Homepage | Monday, May 11, 2015
China opposes Pentagon´s report on China threat
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying says the US is disregarding the facts, making wild guesses and improper comments on China´s defense development.
EU seeks UN backing to seize smuggling boats
EU defense ministers have discussed a military operation to stop human traffickers behind the flow of migrants from North Africa.
Japan´s ruling parties to reach agreement on bills
Japan´s ruling Democratic Party and New Komeito Party will hold talks today in parliament about Japan´s new security laws. They´re expected to reach a formal agreement on two bills, which will lift a constitutional ban on the country´s right to collective self-defence.
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Shanghai leader in shopping malls under construction
China´s largest city Shanghai currently leads the world in the amount of floor space for shopping malls under construction and nine of the 10 most active shopping mall markets in the world are in China, according to a report from real estate service provider CBRE.
2nd Chinese gov´t medical team continues Nepal mission
Another volunteer team from China, the non-government aligned Blue Sky Rescue Team has now also completed its mission in Nepal, and is heading back home.
Beijing tries to reverse desertification
Beijing recently experienced its worst sandstorm in more than a decade, leading to questions about what can be done to prevent a repeat. Forests, northwest of Beijing, traditionally offered protection to the Chinese capital from sandstorms that howl across the vast drylands of Inner Mongolia.
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Storm lashes NE Philippines, two dead
Heavy rains and strong winds from typhoon Noul are flattening houses in coastal areas on the northeastern tip of the Philippines. Two people have been killed so far and more than 3,000 have moved to shelters.
Volunteers reach quake-hit remote areas of Nepal
Some remote areas in Nepal remain isolated and without help. A CCTV?? reporter travelled into the mountains of Northern Nepal with a volunteer who?? decided to take matters into his own hands, on a mission to deliver food to a village that still hasn?? received any aid.
Deaths rise to 8,019 from Nepal quake, medical teams still at work
There have been four more aftershocks, leading to one person being killed, 16 days after a massive earthquake jolted the country. The death toll now stands at 8-thousand and ninteen. Over 17,800 people were injured.
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April CPI up 1.5 pct y/y, PPI down 4.6 pct
China´s consumer inflation was lower than expected in April and producer prices fell for the 37th straight month.
More economic indices to be released this week
The National Bureau of Statistics will also release a number of economic indices for April on Wednesday.
China cuts interest rates to boost real economy
China´s central bank on Sunday announced an interest rates cut starting May 11, the third time since November last year, to bolster the real economy.
China, Belarus vow to combine development strategies, boost partnership
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, pledged on Sunday to combine strategies of development and boost the comprehensive strategic partnership between their two countries.
Premier Li calls for developing vocational education
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for accelerated development of vocational education.
S.Korea deeply worries about DPRK´s test-firing of submarine missile
South Korea´s military expressed deep worry Monday about the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea(DPRK) ´s test-firing of a ballistic missile from its submarine.