Like a skillful slalom by an Olympic skier, Beijing has made good progress preparing to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, officials said.
Standing in a dark room, I was taken aback by the sound of guns as shouting soldiers burst in, hurtling us this way and that. In the noisy, humid air rank with smoke, I could make no sense of my surroundings.
China will issue a development plan for traditional Chinese medicine as part of the overall Belt and Road Initiative, according to a senior TCM official.
Acupuncture, a component of traditional Chinese medicine, can serve as an effective introduction to TCM therapies in other countries, officials said.
AFTER GIVING THE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping visited the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in the city of Lausanne on Wednesday. During his visit, Xi highlighted the importance of sports in changing the world. Meanwhile, his comments on Tuesday about global economic developments were well-received both by forum attendees and around the world. This year, the forum, a gathering of leaders from the worlds of politics and business, featured technological developments, such as virtual reality headsets.
With populist sentiment growing in Europe, President Xi Jinping called for joint opposition to protectionism in a meeting with King Philippe of Belgium on Tuesday.
Political, business and academic leaders braved bone-chilling cold in Davos, Switzerland, to gather at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday morning and listen to Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening session.
Innovation and sustainability will be high on the agenda at the summer meeting of the World Economic Forum in Dalian, according to the city's government.
The summer meeting of the World Economic Forum, which returns to Dalian this year, has helped to transform the city's business landscape and put it on the map for international leaders.
President Xi Jinping, who was welcomed by overseas Chinese in Davos, Switzerland, delivered the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. During his address to the annual meeting of political and business leaders, Xi said openness is the primary solution to the global economic slowdown. He added that China's development presents many opportunities for the world, and invited other countries to share them, but he stressed that a trade war would be detrimental to all parties involved.
Short-term capital controls may help fend off financial risks, but they will not last long at a time when the country is stepping up efforts to promote the yuan's use in international trade and enhance market openness, say economists.
Markets have become even more divided over the trend of the yuan after it registered major gains early this month in both onshore and offshore trading, with some analysts saying the Chinese currency may rise moderately against the dollar this year. Analysts have also argued that given China's sound economic fundamentals, even if the yuan were to further weaken against the US dollar, the depreciation will not be sharp.
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