Seeds taken up to the Moon by Chinese Chang e-4 mission have sprouted, says China National Space Administration. It marks the first time any biological matter has grown on the Moon, and is being seen as a significant step towards long-term space exploration.
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Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was given a 15-year jail term in November but, on Monday, a court said the sentence for drug smuggling was too lenient. The ruling is likely to worsen a diplomatic row between the countries. Last month, Canada arrested a top official at the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, on a request from the United States.
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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, on Tuesday held talks with Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), who arrived in Beijing on the same day for a visit to China. In a cordial and friendly atmosphere, the two leaders had an in-depth exchange of views on China-DPRK relations and issues of common concern, and reached important consensus.
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Kai-Fu Lee, a writer, venture capitalist and technology executive who has over 30 years experience in AI, claims the world of employment is facing a crisis. He believes that almost half of all current jobs will become obsolete in just 15 years.
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Survivors of the one-child policy recall forced adoptions and derailed careers.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in China at the invitation of the President Xi Jinping, amid the ongoing effort between Pyongyang and Washington to arrange the second summit between their leaders. Kim reached Beijing by train on Tuesday, accompanied by a high-level delegation. As part of a four-day visit, he is expected to hold talks with Xi, both the Chinese and North Korean state media confirmed.
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The number of Chinese tourists visiting Russia saw a significant boost last year, according to the largest travel agency in China, Ctrip, which organized tours for approximately 130,000 people. It told TASS that Russia was in the top three (after the UK and France) most popular destinations among European countries for Chinese travelers.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China. In a speech marking 40 years since the start of improving ties, he reiterated Beijing's call for peaceful unification on a one-country-two-systems basis.
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The past year was full of events that inevitably split the global geopolitical space into two camps: those who still support using US currency as a universal financial tool, and those who are turning their back on the greenback. Global tensions caused by economic sanctions and trade conflicts triggered by Washington have forced targeted countries to take a fresh look at alternative payment systems currently dominated by the US dollar.
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Nigeria is expanding its trade and investment relationship with China with a bilateral local currency swap deal worth 720 billion naira. But while this a positive development, it is not without some downsides.
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