Oil major puts dance in spotlight

Before China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) came to Kazakhstan, there was no academy of choreography in Astana, capital of the Central Asian country.

Fonterra to triple dairy product sales in China

Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd, a global dairy exporter and manufacturer from New Zealand, has developed a green program to strengthen sustainable farming in the Chinese animal husbandry industry.

Tencent Foundation supporting public welfare

Tencent Foundation, the charitable platform set up by Shenzhen-based internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, will give about 400 million yuan ($58.5 million) this year to promote public welfare, as it celebrates the annual online charity day on Sept 9.

Tutoring platform offers rural students free lessons

Online tutoring platform Zhangmen is offering primary and middle school students free lessons to improve education levels in remote and impoverished areas across the country.

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China, Africa on shared mission for better future

"Community with a shared future" has become so prominent in Chinese diplomacy lately that it should come as no surprise that the 2018 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation passed its Beijing declaration on Tuesday promising to build a "closer China-Africa community with a shared future".

Region flies the flag for managing its own affairs

In a sign that Sino-Philippine relations are now resilient enough to withstand any unexpected incident, on Monday, the Philippine navy extricated one of its largest warships from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea where it ran aground last week.

Preemptive measures required to curb the trade in personal info by insiders

MORE THAN 300 MILLION PIECES of delivery information from SF Express, one of the largest express delivery companies in China, are being sold on the internet. The information includes names, telephone numbers and addresses. Beijing News comments:

Rainbow trout make a fine kettle of fish

A FEW WEEKS AGO, 12 domestic companies, most of which are rainbow trout producers, issued a standard with an aquatic association that classified rainbow trout as salmon. Now, according to media reports, both the price and sales of rainbow trout have dropped. Beijing News comments:

Law has a long arm with which to strike blow against looters

A TRUCK carrying peaches overturned on an expressway in Dezhou, East China's Shandong province, last week, and the driver was seriously wounded. More than 20 farmers living near the road rushed to the scene, scrambling for the peaches that were scattered around, in defiance of the orders issued by the traffic police. China Youth Daily comments:

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BRI will help realize 'African Dream'

President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative five years ago to bridge the development gaps among countries, improve peoples' living standards and promote sustainable, shared development. This makes the initiative a global cooperation network that connects countries by air, land, sea and cyberspace, and extends beyond the Eurasian continent to Africa and Latin America.