China’s GDP expands 5.4 pct year on year in Q1
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.4 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Wednesday. The country’s GDP…
Xi calls for deepening China-Malaysia friendship in signed article
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that he looks forward to meeting with Malaysian friends to celebrate the friendship between China and Malaysia and plan for future cooperation. He…
Xi meets Malaysia’s king
Chinese President Xi Jinping met here Wednesday with Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar. Xi arrived here Tuesday for a state visit, the second leg of his three-nation Southeast Asia…
Fitch upgrades Pakistan’s credit rating to ‘B-’ on improving deficits, reforms
Global ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday upgraded Pakistan’s foreign currency credit rating to ‘B-’ from ‘CCC+’, citing increased confidence in the country’s progress on narrowing its budget deficits. The upgrade…
A dialogue between ancient towns in China, Germany
Both Shexian County in China’s Anhui and Germany’s Bamberg, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, stand as models of traditional culture preservation. Join a cross-cultural dialogue between them on cultural…
Sand control, afforestation efforts in China’s largest desert
The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest…