U.S. economic growth slows to 2.6 pct in...
The U.S. economy grew by 2.6 percent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2018, down from 3.4 percent in the previous quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Thursday. Real gross domestic
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U.S. economic growth slows to 2.6 pct in...
The U.S. economy grew by 2.6 percent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2018, down from 3.4 percent in the previous quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Thursday. Real gross domestic
Chinese own nearly 7.6 billion bank card...
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- On average, Chinese people had more than five bank cards at the end of last year as more people in the world's second-largest economy turn to non-cash transactions, acco
Chinese, U.S. communities celebrate Luna...
HOUSTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Local Chinese and American communities gathered Friday night in Houston, the fourth largest city of the United States, to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. During the
Lijiang: Top tourist city strengthens cu...
In a traditional Naxi costume of goatskin vest and a white robe, 42-year-old He Runyuan guides tourists to learn the Naxi scripts, history, culture and tradition in his center of Naxi Dongba pictogra
China Securities Co. reports profits dow...
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China Securities Co. said on Tuesday that its net profits fell 23.11 percent year-on-year to 3.09 billion yuan (about 461 million U.S. dollars) in 2018, largely due to i
British car production posts double digi...
British car production dropped more than 15 percent in the year to February, marking ninth straight months of decline, according to data published Wednesday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and
China's farm produce trade deficit expan...
BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- China's agricultural products trade reported a deficit of 12.72 billion U.S. dollars in the January-February period, up 37.1 percent year on year, official statistics sho
Zambia arrests 5,241 over drug-related o...
LUSAKA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Anti-drug authorities in Zambia arrested 5,241 people last year over drug-related offenses, a government spokesperson said on Monday. The arrests represent a 9 percent red
NW China's Xinjiang sees fast growth in ...
The volume of online transactions in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region grew by 16 percent year on year in 2018, local authorities have said. The volume of online transactions reache
World Meteorological Day: The Sun, the E...
Since 1950, the World Meteorological Day is observed every year on March 23. This year's theme is "The Sun, the Earth, and the Weather". For over 4.5 billion years, the Sun has been driving the weath
Feature: "Peppa Pig" enlivens Chinese Ne...
by Julia Pierrepont III LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- "Oink! Oink!" is how a two-foot-tall animated character of the porcine persuasion introduced Chinese New Year of the Pig to American moviegoers
Vienna Airport reports 24 pct y-on-y inc...
VIENNA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Vienna International Airport registered a 23.9 percent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in March serving almost 2.4 million people, its operator the Flughafen W
Alibaba creates over 40 mln jobs in 2018
HANGZHOU, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba created about 40.82 million jobs last year via its expansive retail ecosystem, up 10.9 percent year on year, a recent report showed. The
Vietnam earns bigger garment export in 2...
HANOI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam gained nearly 4.9 billion U.S. dollars from exporting garments and textiles in the first two months of this year, up 19 percent year-on-year, according to the coun
China Life insurance premiums grow over ...
BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a leading insurer in the country, saw its premium income increase by over 20 percent year on year in the first two months of 2019, company
China's energy efficiency improves in 20...
China's energy consumed per 10,000 yuan of its gross domestic product (GDP) fell 3.1 percent year on year in 2018, indicating higher energy efficiency, official data showed Monday. The decline was i
SAIC Motor sees 17 pct sales decline in ...
SHANGHAI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor Corporation Limited saw auto sales fall 16.9 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2019 amid a wider sales slump in the world's la
China's services sector maintains steady...
BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- China's services sector continued steady expansion in the first two months this year, official data showed. The production index of the service sector registered a 7.3 p
Structure fires in Mongolia claim 14 liv...
ULAN BATOR, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen people have been killed in structure fires in Mongolia so far this year, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday. A total of
Macao's visitors arrivals up 15.5 pct in...
MACAO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Visitors arrivals in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) in February reached 3.54 million, up 15.5 percent year-on-year and 3.5 percent month-to-month, the S