MIL-OSI China: China sees substantial drop in poverty rate in 40 years
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 China has witnessed substantial drop of poverty rate in the past 40 years, especially in rural areas, thanks to reform and opening-up, a top poverty alleviation official said Saturday. The poverty rate, proportion of people living below the Chinese poverty line, had fallen among rural population from 97.5 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: World’s fastest eco-friendly ro-ro passenger ship named ‘Visborg’
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 A China-built eco-friendly luxury ro-ro passenger ship that boasts to be the fastest of its kind in the world was given the name “Visborg” in Guangzhou on Saturday. Constructed by the Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), the roll-on/ roll-off ship will be operated by Swedish shipping company Gotland. The […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Low-budget comedy ‘A Cool Fish’ surprise winner
Source: China State Council Information Office 3 “A Cool Fish,” a low-budget local comedy with no A-list actors, has received the highest degree of satisfaction by Chinese moviegoers, according to a recent survey unveiled by the China Film Archive. The survey, which covered nine movies shown in Chinese cinemas from late October to early December, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Five missing after cargo vessel capsizes on Yangtze River
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 Rescuers are searching for five crew members who went missing after their freighter capsized in a section of the Yangtze River near Wanzhou, Chongqing Municipality, Saturday evening. The accident occurred at about 7 p.m. Saturday. The Yangtze Waterway Bureau and the municipal maritime safety department have sent a […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China’s efforts to reduce emissions gain growing recognition
Source: China State Council Information Office China’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions have gained growing recognition by the international community, according to Ms. Patricia Espinosa, UNFCCC Executive Secretary. She was speaking at a press conference on Saturday in Katowice, Poland, during the Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: 3rd Macao int’l film festival to draw more new film makers
Source: China State Council Information Office 3 The third Macao International Film Festival kicked off Saturday in China’s Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), with over 50 films from around the world to be shown on the big screens. The seven-day event includes such sections as Competition Section, Gala, Flying Daggers, Best of Fest, New Chinese […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China summons Canadian ambassador on Huawei CFO’s detention
Source: China State Council Information Office Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng urgently summoned Canadian Ambassador to China John McCallum on Saturday to make solemn representations and strong protests against the detention of a senior executive of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. by the Canadian authorities, China’s foreign ministry said in a statement. Le said it […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Russia says detained Ukrainian sailors not war prisoners
Source: China State Council Information Office The Ukrainian sailors detained during the Kerch incident cannot be seen as prisoners of war as they were actually faced with criminal charges and the two countries are not in a state of war, the Russian Security Service (FSB) said Saturday. “Ukraine has recently claimed that its servicemen were […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: France’s social anger endures despite Macron’s U-turn
Source: China State Council Information Office Thousands of people marched again through French cities on Saturday to express their anger over President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership which, according to them, aims to court big business and squeeze revenue of lowest-paid workers. In the fourth week end of protest, 31,000 people took to the streets across French […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Trump names head of US Army to be next Joint Chiefs chairman
Source: China State Council Information Office U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday morning announced on Twitter that he nominates General Mark Milley, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “I am pleased to announce my nomination of four-star General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the […]
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