MIL-OSI China: Lee retirement leaves Lin ploughing lonely Olympic furrow
Source: China State Council Information Office Lee Chong Wei’s tearful retirement was not just a sad conclusion to one of badminton’s great careers, it also ended his remarkable rivalry with China’s Lin Dan. The duo reigned over the sport for more than a decade and have only relinquished that hold in recent years as their […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Ukraine beat South Korea to win U-20 World Cup
Source: China State Council Information Office Korea Republic’s FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 title hopes ended in heartbreak as Vladyslav Supriaga struck twice and Giorgi Tsitaishvili once as Ukraine defeated the East Asians 3-1 in the final on Saturday. Ukraine emerged champions for the first time after coming from behind to defeat Korea Republic 3-1 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Netherlands, Canada stay perfect to progress
Source: China State Council Information Office The Netherlands and Canada have secured their berths in the last-16 of Women’s World Cup on Saturday, after beating Cameroon and New Zealand respectively. Cameroon once leveled the score just two minutes after Miedema’s deadlock-breaker, but Dominique Bloodworth put the Oranjeleeuwinnen in front again shortly into the second half. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Over 100 charity shows to enrich summer life of young Chinese
Source: China State Council Information Office 3 Over 100 charity shows, 16 art summer camps, as well as public speeches will be staged in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to enrich the lives of children during the summer holiday. The events are part of the summer art festival recently launched in Beijing and will cover five theaters […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Shanghai Spirit essential to bringing certainty to world
Source: China State Council Information Office The Shanghai Spirit, initiated and followed through by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members, is essential in promoting win-win cooperation and bringing more certainty to the world. Featuring mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diversity of civilizations and pursuit of common development, the Shanghai Spirit is considered […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China-built road facilitates transportation in Kyrgyzstan
Source: China State Council Information Office For Kyrgyz farmer Mairambek Sarkulakov, the gigantic mountains he could see were almost the boundaries of his world. What visitors may see as picturesque in Sarkulakov’s hometown in Jalal-Abad Region in southwest Kyrgyzstan — grassland where animal graze, the Naryn River and snow-capped mountains — made travel difficult and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Chinese president calls for closer SCO community with shared future
Source: China State Council Information Office Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to build a closer community with a shared future for the group. While addressing the 19th SCO summit in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, Xi noted that since the summit in China’s eastern port […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Competitive devaluations cited as worldwide threat
Source: China State Council Information Office Efforts are needed to avoid a worldwide competitive devaluation of currencies triggered by trade frictions, said Zhou Xiaochuan, former governor of the People’s Bank of China, speaking at the two-day Lujiazui Forum, which attracted government, business and academic leaders from home and abroad and ended on Friday in Shanghai. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Short-term pain without long-term gain, economists say of Trump tariffs
Source: China State Council Information Office The Trump administration has touted the “long-term gain” from its tariff measures targeting trading partners worldwide, arguing that the “short-term pain” to the U.S. economy is worth it, but most economists don’t think so, according to the latest Wall Street Journal survey. Nearly 73 percent of the economists polled […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Assange to face US extradition hearing in February 2020
Source: China State Council Information Office WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to face an extradition hearing in February next year to decide whether he should be sent to the U.S., local media reported Friday. According to British newspaper The Guardian, Emma Arbuthnot, the chief magistrate at Westminster magistrates court, ordered on Friday that a […]
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