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China's research icebreaker Xuelong, with 126 crew members aboard on the 35th Antarctic research mission, on Thursday local time left the Zhongshan Station on its way back to China.Snow Eagle 601, China's first fixed-wing aircraft for polar flight, on Thursday night also departed from the Antarctic after completing all assignments.Xuelong arrived near Zhongshan on Feb 9. It supplied the station with fuel oil, then picked up summer expedition team members at the Kunlun, Taishan and Zhongshan stations, as well as members of the fixed-wing aircraft project.Sixteen members of the Kunlun team previously completed all scientific expeditions at Dome Argus (Dome A), the South Pole's highest icecap. They, together with 21 members of the Taishan team, returned to Zhongshan on Feb. 8.The Zhongshan team completed tasks including installation of and tests for LiDAR, drilling of ice bedrock, atmospheric sounding observation, surveys of birds and aerial exploration carried out by the fixed-wing aircr...
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![China refutes U.S. pressure on some countries over using Chinese tech]( "China refutes U.S. pressure on some countries over using Chinese tech")
Reports stated that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cautioned allies on Monday against deploying equipment from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on their soil, saying it would make it more difficult for Washington to 'partner alongside them.''For a period of time, the U.S. side has worked tirelessly to fabricate various unwarranted reasons and 'China threat' rhetoric, even flagrantly threatened and driven a wedge between China and other countries, as well as slandered and suppressed the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises in pursuing development and cooperation,' said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a press briefing.The Chinese side hopes all parties abandon ideological bias as well as cold-war and zero-sum mentality, to create a fair, inclusive, transparent and standardized environment for normal international friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation, said Hua.Refuting U.S. moves' lack of due demeanor for being a major power, Hua said Chin...
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![NASA satellite data verify China]( "NASA satellite data verify China")
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Standing on a hillside, 46-year-old ranger Huang Xiaobin looks down at the lush landscape that surrounds his village in the remote mountainous areas of the southwestern Jiangxi Province. Terraced slopes that were once barren are now filled with cedars and pine trees.The landscape has changed a lot since Huang's grandfather, the first ranger in his family, took the job in 1951. At that time, the fields were just sparsely dotted with bushes.Inspired by the idea of turning barren hills to green ones, Huang's father and Huang picked up the batons in succession.'The landscape looks completely different,' said Huang Xiaobin, who has spent 25 years planting trees and taking care of the forest. 'It's worthwhile,' he said simply, despite the harsh environment and heavy workloads.Thanks to hundreds of thousands of devoted rangers like the Huang family, China has made huge headway in reforestation over the past decades, contributing enormously to global efforts in fig...
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No cell phones, no digital cameras, and no smart wearable devices -- the Guizhou provincial government has revised a regulation to keep the noise down and prevent human activities from affecting the world's largest telescope.The blanket ban is enforced on radio equipment and electromagnetic gadgets, including tablets, speakers and drones, in the core silence zone of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST).The total quiet area of FAST includes a 5-km radius as the core zone, 5 km to 10 km radius as the intermediate zone and a peripheral zone that covers 10 km to 30 km in radius.Visitors and tourists who enter the quiet area shall abide by the regulation to minimize confusing operations of the telescope.
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The Chinese TV drama show Story of Yanxi Palace wowed the world by becoming the most searched TV drama of 2018, according to Google’s Year in Search 2018, as Chinese TV dramas experience growing popularity around the world.The Chinese series was followed by American sci-fi web TV series Altered Carbon, according to Google, which did not include data from the Chinese mainland.The popular online drama set in the Qing Dynasty has won an enormous fan base. People enjoy the intelligent, determined female character who eventually becomes the second highest imperial noble consort. It has racked up over 18 billion views on iQiyi, a Chinese Netflix-like video platform, since its debut in July 2018.
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For peoples of the world, human rights, including the rights of the person, and the political, economic, social, and cultural rights, represent the common aspiration and pursuit for all. Accordingly, governments around the world are duty-bound to guarantee people’s rights to subsistence and development, and to secure people’s fundamental rights to food, to shelter, to work, to school and to hospital, and to ensure people’s happiness as the most achievement of human rights.
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![The claim that China has “arbitrarily” applied the death penalty is far from the truth]( "The claim that China has “arbitrarily” applied the death penalty is far from the truth")
A Canadian citizen in China on Monday was sentenced to death after a court in northeastern China convicted him of drug smuggling. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was initially given a 15-year sentence last November, had requested a retrial and was sentenced to death for smuggling methamphetamines. In response, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused China of “arbitrarily” applying the death penalty, calling the sentence “extremely concerning.”At a regular press conference on Tuesday, Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was asked for China’s comment on the matter.Hua called the claim that China is arbitrarily enforcing its laws “far from the truth.” She then wondered whether the people in Canada making such claims have read the information issued by the court or if they have seriously studied the relevant laws in China.The point that Hua was making is that the court made a reasoned decision and drug smuggling is a serious crime punishable by death in ...
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BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- Two years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the United Nations (UN) Office at Geneva, calling for joint efforts to build a community with a shared future for mankind.Two years on, the appeal, which represents a vision of common development and progress, has gained wide support and helped form synergy among the international community in pursuing a better shared future.
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![Op-Ed: China remains the bright light in the global economy]( "Op-Ed: China remains the bright light in the global economy")
Earlier this month, Ma Yun (aka Jack Ma), the founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, delivered a speech at the 2018 Shanghai Forum themed “Zhejiang Entrepreneurs in the World.”In his speech, Ma predicted that this year will be a year full of challenges. Given the gloomy outlook for the global economy in 2019, he advised Chinese enterprises to rely more on their internal strengths and work hard, less they become part of the storm clouds gathering in the external environment.On a more positive note, Ma also predicted that this year will be a year full of opportunities, especially for China, which has three major advantages that give the nation an edge in this new era.First, he pointed out that China has nearly 1.4 billion people and 300 million middle-income people.China accounts for one-fifth of the world’s population and has four times as many people as the United States—currently the world’s largest economy. Though the size of China’s middle-income group can v...
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For peoples of the world, human rights, including the rights of the person, and the political, economic, social, and cultural rights, represent the common aspiration and pursuit for all. Accordingly, governments around the world are duty-bound to guarantee people’s rights to subsistence and development, and to secure people’s fundamental rights to food, to shelter, to work, to school and to hospital, and to ensure people’s happiness as the most achievement of human rights.
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