MIL-OSI China: Chinese Film Festival kicks off in Sri Lanka
Source: China State Council Information Office 3 A five-day Chinese Film Festival kicked off in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Friday evening to celebrate the Chinese New Year and the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The film festival was organized by the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: First China-made sci-fi blockbuster inspires hope for new sci-fi era
Source: China State Council Information Office 3 “The Wandering Earth,” which is considered the first China-made sci-fi blockbuster, will be released across the country during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday. In many people’s eyes, the movie, adapted from a short story by Liu Cixin, a Hugo Award winner in 2015, and staring Wu Jing, the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: IS attack kills Iraqi guard on border with Syria
Source: China State Council Information Office An Iraqi border guard was killed and another wounded on Saturday when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked their post in Anbar Province on the border with Syria, a local security source said. The IS militants attacked the post in the southeast of al-Qaim, some 350 km west of the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: France regrets U.S. withdrawal from arms control treaty, calls on Russia to keep talks
Source: China State Council Information Office France regretted United States move to leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, asking Russia to use the six-month window to keep talks on nuclear arms pact and come into compliance with the agreement, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a press release issued late on Friday. “France regrets […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Chinese embassy in Cuba celebrates Spring Festival
Source: China State Council Information Office Chinese Ambassador to Cuba Chen Xi said on Friday that the year 2019 will be decisive for strengthening political and commercial ties between China and Cuba. Chen made the remarks at a reception celebrating the Spring Festival in the Chinese embassy in Cuba, noting that bilateral ties were deepened […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: East Africa summit endorses Kenya application for UN Security Council slot
Source: China State Council Information Office The 20th ordinary summit of heads of state of the East African Community (EAC) has endorsed Kenya’s candidature for the non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council. A communique released at the end of the one-day summit in Arusha, Tanzania, on Friday night said Kenya’s membership to the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Iran unveils indigenous long-range cruise missile
Source: China State Council Information Office Iran unveiled an indigenous long-range cruise missile on Saturday, Tasnim news agency reported. The missile, Hoveizeh, was displayed at a ceremony in the capital Tehran, which was attended by Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami. Manufactured by Iranian Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Industries Organization, the missile is ready to be delivered […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Bird guardians’ Spring Festival on the Yellow River wetlands
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 Unlike the rest of the neighborhood, which is busy decorating their houses with couplets of rhymed wishes for the upcoming Spring Festival, at 11 p.m. Friday, Song Keming, a mild man with a strong build and pleasant features, put on his coat and began his inspection along the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Birdwatcher wandering south China’s wetlands
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 Lu Gang has just finished recording his observations of waterfowls wintering in China’s southernmost province. “People often ask me how many kinds of birds there are in Hainan,” he said. “You can know more about the ever-changing number through investigation.” Lu is the founder of the civil Haikou […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Moving China: The Spring Festival train journey now and then
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 Veteran train driver Zhou Li, 54, has driven all four generations of Chinese trains — from steam locomotives to high-speed. Having spent two-thirds of his Spring Festivals driving a train, this year is Zhou’s 31st Spring Festival travel rush. The Spring Festival holiday is a frenetic travel period […]
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