
China's consumers associations receive 8...
Chinese consumers associations received 8,487 tourist complaints last year, according to Beijing News. About half of the complaints were about the inconsistencies between contracts and actual trips,
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China's consumers associations receive 8...
Chinese consumers associations received 8,487 tourist complaints last year, according to Beijing News. About half of the complaints were about the inconsistencies between contracts and actual trips,
Xinjiang's foreign trade up 11.6 pct in ...
The foreign trade volume of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region rose 11.6 percent year on year in January to 13.94 billion yuan (2.08 billion U.S. dollars), Urumqi customs data showed.
Singapore records 3.29 pct growth in dom...
SINGAPORE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's total loans and advances including bills financing of Domestic Banking Units (DBU) grew 3.29 percent year on year in February, according to data released b
China's excavator sales surge in March
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Sales for China's major excavator producers saw notable growth in March, adding to evidence that economic activity remains resilient. The country's 25 leading excavator m
S. Korea's GDP growth hits 6-year low in...
South Korea's economic growth hit a six-year low last year as corporate investment shrank on uncertainties at home and abroad, central bank data showed on Tuesday. Real gross domestic product (GDP),
China's copper industry sees steady perf...
China's copper industry posted higher production and steady profitability last year, official data showed. In 2018, the output of copper products amounted to 17.16 million tonnes, up 14.5 percent ye
Uber’s self-driving car unit was b...
Uber thought it would have 75,000 autonomous vehicles on the roads this year and be operating driverless taxi services in 13 cities by 2022, according to court documents unsealed last week. To reach t
Hong Kong's retail sales up 7.1 pct in J...
HONG KONG, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's retail sales in January, provisionally estimated at 48.1 billion HK dollars (6.17 billion U.S. dollars), rose by 7.1 percent year-on-year, official data sho
Finland's basic income test fails to inc...
HELSINKI, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Finland's basic income probe did not increase the employment level of the recipients during 2017, the first year of a two-year test, initial results showed on Friday. How
St Patrick's Day celebrated worldwide
This year's Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated during the past weekend worldwide. On the day each year, the Irish celebrate the memory of Saint Patrick, the foremostpatron saintofIreland. It takes pl
Bank of Changsha net profit up 14 pct in...
SHANGHAI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Bank of Changsha Co., Ltd., a Chinese city commercial bank, posted a 13.94 percent year-on-year growth in net profit last year. Its net profit attributable to sharehold
2 shows featuring traditional paintings ...
Two shows presenting traditional Chinese New Year paintings kicked off here Tuesday evening. The Parkview Museum Singapore hosted the exhibition called "Breezing Willow - A Fine Collection of Ancient
European turtle dove named Czech Bird of...
PRAGUE, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Society of Ornithology (CSO) has named European turtle dove "Bird of the Year 2019" in a bid to remind the public about the loss of a suitable environment for th
Illegal border crossings in Slovenia ris...
LJUBLJANA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 9,149 illegal crossings of the state border were recorded in Slovenia last year, which is almost a five-fold increase compared to the year before (1,934), lo
Porsche is No.1 prestige car brand clamp...
LONDON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- They are the most expensive cars driven on Britain's roads, but hundreds were ensnared by clampers in the past year for not paying the official road tax. Figures revealed
Shanghai port sees auto imports decline ...
SHANGHAI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Automobile imports via Shanghai port fell 9.8 percent year on year to 373,000 last year, according to Shanghai Customs. The value of total auto imports went down by a na
Malawi expects 25 pct increase in maize ...
LILONGWE, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The maize harvest in Malawi during the 2018-2019 growing year will increase by 25 percent compared to 2017-2018, the country's agriculture minister said here on Tuesday.
Macao's visitors' spending up 13.6 pct i...
The total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) for the whole year in 2018 increased by 13.6 percent year-on-year to 69.69 billion pat
Roundup: U.S. economic growth slows to 2...
The U.S. economy grew at 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
Palace Museum drawing more young visitor...
The nearly 600-year-old Palace Museum is attracting more and more young visitors, according to statistics made public on Monday. Among over 17 million visitors to the museum last year, 40 percent we