ChiNext Index opens lower Friday
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.22 percent to open at 4,079.95 points Friday.
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China's STAR Composite Index opens lower Friday
The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, opened 1.05 percent lower at 2,053.44 points on Friday.
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Chinese shares open lower Friday
Chinese stocks opened lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.32 percent to open at 4,044.83 points.
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index opens 0.27 pct lower
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 67.28 points, or 0.27 percent, to open at 25,186.12 points on Friday.
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Wider global role seen for RMB
China has ample room to expand the global use of renminbi through trade and commodity settlement, supply chain finance and offshore market development, senior economists said, adding that the process will be gradual and largely hinges on continuing financial market reforms across the globe.
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Green growth, stable energy prioritized
China's top economic regulator — the National Development and Reform Commission — held a symposium with State-owned enterprises on Tuesday to deepen corporate reform, advance the construction of a unified national market, and bolster green development and energy security, to better align with the
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Services sector registers robust May
China's services activity expanded at a faster pace in May, according to the latest RatingDog China General Services Purchasing Managers' Index, which points to robust growth in new business and a rebound in overseas demand, despite uncertainties from geopolitical tensions in the Middle
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Long-term strategies help China's great green wall thrive
Unlike many ecological projects, which falter due to short-term aid cycles, China's great green wall — the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program — thrives thanks to its long-term strategies and predictable funding, incentivizing local people and businesses to invest in restoration.
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Thongloun revisits his alma mater in Beijing
When Lao top leader Thongloun Sisoulith stepped into the dormitory where he had lived in 2000, he found everything almost exactly as he remembered — the same layout and the same atmosphere, unchanged even after so many years.
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When ecology becomes an economic engine
In the spring of 2026, several pods of wild finless porpoises — the "water pandas" known for their extreme sensitivity to water quality — were spotted swimming and playing in the Yangtze River near Yibin in Sichuan province.
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Chinese embassy urges strict adherence to one-China principle after travel ban imposed on New Zealand MPs
"Whoever crosses the red line on the Taiwan question will face the consequences," the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand said on Thursday, in response to travel bans imposed on a few New Zealand Members of Parliament after they visited the Chinese region.
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Sound relations between Russian, Chinese heads of state serve as solid foundation for opening up new prospects for bilateral ties: Putin
Sound relations between Russian, Chinese heads of state serve as solid foundation for opening up new prospects for bilateral ties: Putin
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China launches new satellite group for commercial constellation
China sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Thursday.
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China developing robustly, playing increasingly important role in global economy, politics, international affairs: Putin
China developing robustly, playing increasingly important role in global economy, politics, international affairs: Putin
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