ISLAMABAD, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Pakistan is gearing up for Thursday\’s general elections, with two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People\’s Party (PPP), alongsi
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Winter sports economy continues to heat up in East China
HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — In a bustling production workshop in Taizhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, about 200 workers meticulously assemble ski goggles. Soon, 30,000 pairs will hit
China\’s Yunnan sees blooming flower export in 2023
KUNMING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Yunnan Province, the main supplier of flowers in southwest China, exported fresh-cut flowers worth 570 million yuan (about 80 million U.S. dollars) in 2023, ranking first i
China pledges measures to boost domestic consumption in 2024
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — China will introduce a raft of measures, such as stimulating purchases of vehicles and household appliances, to boost consumption this year, a commerce ministry official sa
China\’s central bank adds liquidity via reverse repos, RRR cut
BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — China\’s central bank conducted 100 billion yuan (about 14 billion U.S. dollars) of 14-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.95 percent Monday.
The People\’s Bank of Chi
Chinese procuratorates see rise in securities-related indictments in Jan-Nov 2023
BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese procuratorates indicted 319 individuals on charges of securities-related crimes in 117 cases between January and November 2023, up 12.7 percent and 42.7 percent yea
Scientists pinpoint timing of mass extinction 200 mln years ago
NANJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — A research team led by Chinese scientists has pinpointed the timing of the mass extinction of land life that occurred more than 200 million years ago, according to Nanjing
Shanghai Port\’s bonded LNG bunkering registers 98.5-pct surge in 2023
SHANGHAI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Shanghai Port registered a bonded liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering of over 260,000 cubic meters in 2023, marking a 98.5 percent surge year on year.
Shanghai Port is C
China\’s lottery ticket sales up in 2023
BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — China\’s total lottery ticket sales amounted to 579.7 billion yuan (about 81.64 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, up 36.5 percent year on year, data from the Ministry of Financ
China\’s Guizhou generates record-high wind, photovoltaic power in 2023
GUIYANG, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Southwest China\’s Guizhou Province generated a record-high 23.97 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind and photovoltaic power in 2023, registering a 15 percent year-on-year