President Xi Jinping assured foreign and Chinese corporate leaders at the 2015 Boao Forum for Asia on Sunday of China's commitment to its openness and welcoming of foreign investment.
China's action plan for building a Silk Road economic belt and a 21st century Maritime Silk Road was released over the weekend, fleshing out the priorities as policy coordination, connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people exchanges.
Singaporeans said farewell to longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with an elaborate procession on Sunday and a three-hour state funeral where his son, the current prime minister, eulogized the statesman and declared that the wealthy Southeast Asian city state he helped build is his monument.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed on Sunday that China has begun preparations for evacuating more than 500 Chinese nationals from war-torn Yemen.
The dust is just settling after the participants of the Boao Forum leave the tropical island of Hainan. Maybe a few have decided to stay behind to enjoy the pleasures of sun and sea after official business has concluded.
Item from March 27, 1987, in China Daily: Deng Xiaoping, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meets Wu Bosen, secretary of the Communist Party branch committee in Fishermen's Village, considered the richest brigade in China.
"Animals in zoos should be bred with their own kind. People should learn to protect animals according to the real needs of the beasts."
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Austria has joined the list of countries applying to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with the European nation's president saying in Beijing on Friday that Vienna attaches great importance to the institution.
A Dutch private collector who owns a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside is willing to return it to a Chinese village if it is proved that the statue was stolen from there.
Interest in sports is spreading across the country as Beijing and Zhangjiakou press ahead with their joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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