A new burst of messaging against China has been unleashed again by Australian newspapers and the Four Corners program of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, giving the impression that hostile forces are threatening Australia. In March, former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans said, "a new form of Sinophobia is emerging". He said this is one of the reasons Chinese-Australians are under-represented in senior leadership in Australia.
Editor's note: In her speech at the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Friday, Christine Legarde, International Monetary Fund managing director, said the initiative had now entered its second phase - which she called "BRI 2.0". Excerpts:
WU XIEYU, a Peking University student suspected of having murdered his mother in 2016, was caught by the police in Chongqing last week. Beijing News comments:
When President Xi Jinping outlined China's to-do list at the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Friday, many foreign listeners started taking notes.
With more than 110 countries and international organizations participating in the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition that opens on Monday, it is an ideal platform for highlighting the importance of and promoting the concept of "Live Green, Live Better", which is this year's theme.
AN AUSTRALIAN TV PROGRAM recently reported that the country had been suffering a "recycling crisis" since China banned imports of solid waste. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:
Editor's note: The European Commission recently issued the ethical guideline for the development of artificial intelligence (AI), setting out seven key requirements including transparency and accountability of AI. How should we guide the development of the emerging AI industry? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:
Editor's note: The final season of the Game of Thrones is airing on Tencent video site in China sans six minutes of scenes containing sex and violence. Why have Chinese video sites adopted such a cautious approach toward sex and violence in TV series and films? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:
It will attract 110 countries and international organizations as participants and more than 120 non-official exhibitors. It will have 41 outdoor exhibition centers which will host about 2,500 activities, including those involving artificial intelligence and 5G technology. And it will draw an estimated 16 million visitors both from home and abroad.
Joint Communique of the Leaders' Roundtable of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
China hosted the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing on 25-27 April 2019. Since the first BRF and during the second one, national governments, local authorities and enterprises reached a series of cooperation agreements, important measures and practical results. As the host country, China has put together the most representative outcomes, and formed a list of deliverables of the second BRF. The list includes 283 concrete results in six categories, namely, initiatives proposed or launched by the Chinese side, bilateral and multilateral documents signed during or immediately before the second BRF, multilateral cooperation mechanisms under the BRF framework, investment projects and project lists, financing projects, and projects by local authorities and enterprises.
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