Daily Archives: January 28, 2023

2023-01-28: News Headlines

____ (2023-01-28). China sees over 300 mln domestic trips during Spring Festival, generating $55.5 bln revenue. ecns.cn More than 300 million domestic trips have been made in China during the Spring Festival, with the tourism revenue reaching 375.84 billion yuan (about $55.5 billion), said China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.

____ (2023-01-28). Offshore duty-free sales in Hainan hit $248 million during Chinese New Year. ecns.cn Sales of 12 offshore duty-free shops in south China's Hainan hit 1.685 billion yuan (about $248 million) from Jan. 21 through 25, growing by 325 percent from that of 2019, said Hainan Commerce Department on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-28). China sees over 300 mln domestic trips during Spring Festival, generating $55.5 bln revenue. ecns.cn More than 300 million domestic trips have been made in China during the Spring Festival, with the tourism revenue reaching 375.84 billion yuan (about $55.5 billion), said China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.

____ (2023-01-28). Offshore duty-free sales in Hainan hit $248 million during Chinese New Year. ecns.cn Sales of 12 offshore duty-free shops in south China's Hainan hit 1.685 billion yuan (about $248 million) from Jan. 21 through 25, growing by 325 percent from that of 2019, said Hainan Commerce Department on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-28). 6 tourists trapped in Hainan mountains saved by firefighters during Spring Festival. ecns.cn Six tourists trapped in Wuzhishan (aka Five Finger Mountain) in south China's Hainan were successfully saved by firefighters on Monday afternoon after 21 hours.

____ (2023-01-28). Herd immunity impedes spread of COVID-19 in China: expert. ecns.cn With most people in China having been infected with COVID-19, herd immunity has been reached and the transmission ability of the epidemic gradually weakens, said Fang Bangjiang, a doctor from Longhua Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, on Friday.

____ (2023-01-28). Local govt's stepping up growth incentives. ecns.cn A number of regional economic powerhouses across China are rolling out substantial new policies to revive growth during the ongoing holiday period, aiming to provide a significant boost to recovery.

____ (2023-01-28). Nation sees therapeutics success. ecns.cn China will create broad-spectrum treatments to tackle mutated strains of the COVID-19 virus and develop drugs with novel mechanisms to fight the pathogen, according to a document provided to China Daily.

____ (2023-01-28). Nepali envoy hopes Chinese return en masse. ecns.cn Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, the ambassador of Nepal to China, said the Chinese government's adjustment of its COVID-19 response measures is a very important step that helps to promote economic development both for China and the world, enhance people-to-people exchanges and boost tourism.

____ (2023-01-28). China's tourism and film industries recover during spring festival: report. ecns.cn During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit, China's domestic demands for tourism and film consumption have recovered, bringing confidence to markets, according to a latest spring festival report published by Alibaba on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-28). China's 2023 college graduates to reach 11.58 million. ecns.cn China's college graduates in 2023 are expected to reach 11.58 million, an increase of 820,000 year on year.

____ (2023-01-28). China's Lushan Scenic Area announces free admission for all. ecns.cn Lushan Scenic Area in east China Jiangxi province on Saturday announced free admission from Feb. 1 to March 15 for visitors from across the globe.

____ (2023-01-28). Bill Gates says 'China's rise' is a 'huge win for the world'. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-28). They Say: Fake news attemps to make people forget China's contribution to the global COVID-19 fight. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-28). Torch festival held to celebrate Chinese New Year in Guangdong. ecns.cn Villagers attended a celebration of a torch festival in Yangmei village, Jieyang City, southern China's Guangdong Province on Friday.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-28). China-Latin America and Caribbean Ties To Enter New Era of Equality, Openness, Mutual Benefit. orinocotribune.com Taking the joint building of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the lead, China and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have worked together to promote the high-quality development of economic and trade cooperation over the years, writing a new chapter for building a China-LAC community with a shared future. | When delivering a video address at the seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said LAC countries are important members of the developing world and take an active part in global governance and make important contr…

Xin Ni, Zhe Li, Yingying Liu, Guoliang Bai, Xinping Li, Xiao Zhang (2023-01-28). [Correspondence] Improving childhood cancer care in China — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Yaping Wang and Jue Liu for their Correspondence in response to our Article1 about socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and access to health services faced by Chinese children and adolescents.

Yaping Wang, Jue Liu (2023-01-28). [Correspondence] Improving childhood cancer care in China. thelancet.com We read with interest Xin Ni and colleagues'1 study on cancer incidence, and the association between incidence and inaccessibility of health services among children and adolescents in China. The authors found that an estimated 121‚Äà145 cancer cases were diagnosed among children and adolescents in China between 2018 and 2020, and found a positive association between cancer incidence and regional socioeconomic status (p<0 ∑0001).

____ (2023-01-28). Night view of Hongya Cave draws tourists to Chongqing. ecns.cn Hongya Cave, formerly known as Hongya Gate, is one of the city gates of ancient Chongqing. Despite the name, this destination isn't really a cave—it's a commercial area. From the bottom, Hongya Cave resembles a series of wooden structures trying to cling to the side of a cliff.

____ (2023-01-28). Policies boost Huangshan's tourism. ecns.cn When Feng Jiapeng, a 36-year-old robotics engineer from Foshan, Guangdong province, stepped into a bed-and-breakfast called Alina's Garden in Huangshan, Anhui province, which was renovated from a Huizhou-style building from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), he felt secluded from the outside world and everything slowed down.

Staff (2023-01-28). Donación china beneficia a Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Holguín. cubadebate.cu La Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de la nororiental provincia de Holguín recibió una donación china de carros especializados en la mañana de este viernes, para dar cumplimiento a las actividades de objeto social de la entidad. La donación cuenta con tres tipos de carros: pipas de agua, carros limpia fosas y carros desobstructores.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-27). US Marines Open New Base on Guam to Prepare for Future War with China. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-27). Foreign leaders extend best wishes for Chinese New Year of Rabbit. ecns.cn As the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit arrives, many foreign leaders have sent their Chinese New Year greetings to the country, the Chinese people and overseas Chinese, and expressed their hope for stronger cooperation with China towards a better future.

Staff (2023-01-27). Crypto Convulsions Reflect Capitalism's Tendency to Breed Instability, w/ Ramaa Vasudevan. youtube.com Bitcoin, Stablecoin, Tether, Blockchain, Coinbase, Binance, Etherium, Luna, Celsius, Circle, FTX, NFTs: What's all this crypto jargon really about? What stage of capitalism does it mean we're in? How has digital currency been impacted by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine? What are the geopolitical implications for the US cold war with China? And …

Alasdair Macleod (2023-01-27). Russia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Are Considering Using Gold for Pan-Asian Trade. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-27). Australia aims at strengthening its ties with Indonesia. journal-neo.org The Republic of Indonesia does not actively participate in the present geopolitical game being played on the world stage and strives to maintain harmonious ties with both its immediate neighbors and powerful nations like China, the United States, and Russia. Meanwhile, the fact that Indonesia is a pretty large state with 275 million citizens and …

____ (2023-01-27). They Say: China's ability to implement controls demonstrates a breakthrough ability in governance. ecns.cn

Suheir Sheikh (2023-01-27). What will the Year of the Rabbit bring for China's economy? america.cgtn.com China's economic prospects in 2023 look promising according to Anthony Chan, former Chief Economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., as the country reopens to the world. "Assuming the number of COVID infections during the new year is manageable," 4.4% growth as the IMF projects …

____ (2023-01-27). China's coal output increases in December 2022. ecns.cn China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in December 2022, official data showed.

____ (2023-01-27). Pakistan-China red chili project to help uplift Pakistan's agriculture sector. ecns.cn On a fine January morning, Muhammad Sajjad was all smiles after seeing thriving saplings of the Chinese sweet chili at a nursery in a remote farming land of Pakistan's eastern city of Multan.

Alex Kimani (2023-01-27). Why We Shouldn't Underestimate China's Petro-Yuan Ambitions. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-27). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

____ (2023-01-27). China's postal industry registers stable growth in 2022. ecns.cn China's postal industry saw steady expansion in terms of both business revenue and parcels handled in 2022, data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) shows.

____ (2023-01-27). China key contributor to Cambodia's development: Cambodian senior official. ecns.cn China is a key contributor to Cambodia's socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, Cambodian Economy and Finance Ministry's Standing Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said here on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-27). They Say: Some developed countries keep unhappy whether China shifts COVID poliy or not. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-27). China's power use up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, maintained stable growth in 2022, official data shows.

____ (2023-01-27). China remains Germany's main supplier of rare earths. ecns.cn Germany's imports of rare-earth metals from China amounted to 49.3 million euros (53.7 million U.S. dollars) in the first eleven months of 2022, accounting for two-thirds of the total imports, the country's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-27). China issues blue alert for cold wave. ecns.cn China's meteorological authority on Monday issued its blue alert for a cold wave, forecasting big temperature drops and gales across most of the central and eastern regions of the country.

____ (2023-01-27). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

____ (2023-01-27). Clean energy warms up remote mountain village. ecns.cn Home appliances hanging on the wall stood out in many rural houses in Hantianling Village, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

____ (2023-01-27). China's box office bounces back during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn On Sunday, Chinese Lunar New Year, a young moviegoer named Lian Cheng watched multiple films at three cinemas near his home in Shanghai.

____ (2023-01-27). Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival holiday amid optimized COVID response. ecns.cn Following the downgrading of China's management of COVID-19, people across the country are merrily celebrating the Spring Festival, one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals, with their families.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-01-27). "Chinese aggression" sure looks an awful lot like U.S. aggression. mronline.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

Frances Kuo (2023-01-27). Hong Kong tailors livestream to maintain business. america.cgtn.com The pandemic hit Hong Kong's tailoring industry hard. Many tailors are struggling to stay afloat. Find out how.

Staff (2023-01-26). NATO to hold unprecedented/unparalleled strategic talks with India. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com MintJanuary 26, 2023 India, Nato to hold strategic talks; focus on regional security, China New Delhi is set to host a rare strategic dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) focused on regional security issues in a development with potential global ramifications. The dialogue is expected to be held in early March, said people …

Ben Norton (2023-01-26). Exaggerating China's Military Spending. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-26). Caitlin Johnstone: US Constantly Provoking China. scheerpost.com The way the U.S. has been positioning its war machinery around China would have sparked a third world war had the roles been reversed. Nonetheless, talk inside the U.S. empire is all about Chinese "aggression."

____ (2023-01-26). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

_____ (2023-01-26). 'Chinese Aggression' Sure Looks an Awful Lot Like U.S. Aggression. strategic-culture.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-26). Lula reitera en Uruguay intención de fortalecer el Mercosur. telesurtv.net Se reúne con el presidente Luis Lacalle. Expresa que Brasil desea desarrollar el bloque integracionista y concretar un acuerdo con China.

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