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China willing to join Japan to seek sound development ties: premier

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday Beijing is willing to join hands with Tokyo to work for the long-term healthy and stable development of bilateral ties.

Li and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe exchanged congratulatory messages on Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship.

In his message, Li noted that 40 years ago, the leaders of the two countries made the decision to sign the treaty and affirmed various principles in the China-Japan Joint Statement in the form of law, creating a milestone for bilateral ties.

Over the past 40 years, the relationship between China and Japan has seen remarkable progress, which has brought benefits to the two peoples, and contributed to the prosperity and stability in the region and around the world, Li added.

Both Japan and China shoulder important duties for regional and world peace and prosperity, said Abe, adding that the two countries should continue deepening their cooperation, and contribute to the settlement of all sorts of problems facing the international community. (Xinhua-People's Daily app)

Direct flights link China with 45 Belt and Road countries

China's Civil Aviation Administration said at a press conference that China has signed bilateral agreements on air transportation with 62 Belt and Road countries, including Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Egypt.

People's Daily reports that China and 45 countries are now linked by 5,100 direct flights weekly. 

China is aiming to boost connectivity and strengthen cooperation with Belt and Road countries through civil aviation, according to Zhang Qing, Deputy Inspector for the administration. (China Plus)

China upgrades alert for typhoon Yagi

China's national observatory on Sunday upgraded the alert for typhoon Yagi from blue to yellow, as it forecast to make landfall in the eastern coastal region Sunday night.

At 5 p.m., the center of Yagi, this year's 14th typhoon, was over the East China Sea about 235 km southeast of the city of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said in a statement.

It will move at a pace of around 35 km per hour towards the northwest with increasing force, and will make landfall in Zhejiang Province Sunday night, the center said.

Yagi will weaken after making landfall and continue to move northwest inland, the NMC said. (Xinhua)

Large wildfire raging in Eastern Greece, villagers evacuated

A large wildfire was raging in Eastern Greece on Evoia island, some 80 kilometers north of Athens, on Sunday, the local Fire Brigade said.

Over 250 residents from two villages in the Dirfia and Messapies municipalities have been evacuated as a precautionary measure, Fanis Spanos, the Deputy Governor of the region of Evoia, told Greek national news agency AMNA.

In addition, traffic in regional roads has been banned.

According to local authorities, fanned by strong winds blowing in the area, the blaze spread to a pine forest over a very wide front, despite efforts of dozens of firemen to contain it. (Xinhua)

West China's first international standard 5G network to be launched

China Telecom, one of the three major network operators in China, launched west China's first international telecommunication union standard 5G network at its branch in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

The newly built international standard 5G network is based on multiple BTS (base transceiver system). Prior to this, 5G experiments in the region were conducted in network, based on singular BTS. It marks the 5G network's new stage of development with group network application tests, and a milestone in commercial use.

At present, a major 5G project called Yun Jin Tian Fu is under construction, which will create several new information hubs and digital new media clusters for different industries.

It is estimated that with the roll-out of group network tests, 5G technology will be put into commercial use in the entire province by 2020 and bring economic gains of 110 billion yuan to Chengdu. (China Plus)

NASA launches Parker Solar Probe in first mission to 'touch Sun'

NASA on Sunday blasted off its first-ever spaceship to explore the Sun, the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe, a strategic mission to protect Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms.

The launch of the car-sized probe aboard a Delta IV-Heavy rocket lit the night sky at Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3:31 am (0731 GMT).

The unmanned spacecraft's mission is to get closer than any human-made object ever to the center of our solar system, plunging into the Sun's atmosphere, known as the corona, during a seven-year mission.

Scientists hope this close encounter will give them a better understanding of solar wind and geomagnetic storms that risk wreaking chaos on Earth by knocking out the power grid. (AFP)

China on the way to revive majesty of Asian elephants

A dozen wild Asian elephants went on parade and enjoyed a special fruit feast at the Asian Elephant Breeding and Rescue Center in Southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday, World Elephant Day.

Established in 2008, the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, a 241,000-hectare rainforest, has rescued 13 wild Asian elephants, ten of which are still receiving medical care and rehabilitation training at the sanctuary. 

So far, five elephants have been successfully born.

In China, wild Asian elephants are scattered in a few regions, with Xishuangbanna as one of their primary habitats.  (Xinhua-People's Daily app)

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What is the measurement of energy in food and drink ?

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