More and more Chinese are choosing to travel, exploring new places and experiencing new thrills, instead of visiting relatives and friends during Spring Festival. Call it a new trend if you will.
One of the fallouts of the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a US drone attack in Baghdad on Jan 3 is the wildly fluctuating international oil prices. Both the Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate, two most widely used crude pricing benchmarks, increased about 3 percent on Jan 6. Oil
On Saturday, the number of people known to be infected with the new Wuhan coronavirus had increased by 17 and reached 62, of which two had died.
There are less than two weeks to go before end of the month, when all travel permits mainland authorities issued for Taiwan-bound individual tourists expire. This once important source of tourism revenues for Taiwan will then "make zero".
Simply by speaking the plain truth and saying that he is "against taking a product off the market just because there is a possibility that something might happen", German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer provided some headline news for the US media.
On Saturday, the local authorities asked the residents on French Island of Australia to evacuate because of the wildfires.
As we step into 2020, we also step into a new 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The year 2020, according to the lunar calendar, is the year of shu. In English, it is simply the Year of the Rat (or Mouse).
According to the latest official data, China's planned space launches for 2020 might exceed 40. In 2019, the number was 34, which was already the most in the world.
Editor's Note: China and the United States signed the phase one deal in Washington on Wednesday after one and half years of trade talks. The deal is expected to inject confidence into both economies, as well as the global economy. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jia
President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit to Myanmar from Friday, his first foreign trip in 2020, will deepen bilateral relations and strengthen cooperation. His visit to Myanmar has acquired added importance as 2020 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two
With 13.52 million new urban jobs created in 2019 and the registered urban unemployment rate being 3.62 percent at the end of last year, China's employment situation is stable, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security officials said at a recent news conference.
Speaking on Wednesday, Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region called on the whole community to cherish their home and end the chaos that has pushed the SAR economy into recession.
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