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December 17, 2018

China’s Didi chases Uber to Mexico

As ride-hailing service DiDi Chuxing successfully chases Uber off its home turf, the tech giant has chosen Mexico as its next battleground.

December 17, 2018

Mexican invention aims to address lack of water

Severe weather patterns such as prolonged droughts have been linked to climate change but one Mexican invention is looking to help farmers tackle the lack of water.

December 17, 2018

Workers fight to save General Motors plant in Canada – along with their jobs

The company plans to shut down the facility and four others in the United States as part of a restructuring.

December 17, 2018

The Heat: UN climate deal

Success at the UN Climate Conference. Delegates from nearly 200 countries reach an agreement aimed at putting the Paris accord to limit global warming into action.

December 17, 2018

China’s economy: 40 years of reform

China’s economic reforms and opening up to foreign investment changed the world. 40 years on, it does business in every corner of the world, but relations with its most important trade partner are precarious.

December 17, 2018

Disney’s trademark of Swahili phrase “Hakuna Matata” sparks debate on cultural copyright

Disney is taking center stage in a debate over cultural copyright. A phrase from a blockbuster film is raising questions- over whether one can get the rights to profit from someone else’s culture.

December 17, 2018

Developments in relations between China and the US

From ping-pong to pandas, over the decades China and the United States have found ways to connect on a personal level that led to better relations between the two countries.

December 17, 2018

Commentary: China’s opening at 40

Jorge Heine is a public policy fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC, a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing and a former ambassador of Chile to China. His analysis represents his views alone.

December 17, 2018

Milestones in US-China diplomatic relations

2019 will mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between United States and People’s Republic of China. Building and developing a positive U.S.-China diplomatic relations is seen as one of the most important foreign policies of China’s Reform and Opening-up Campaign. Here are some moments of the U.S.-China relations.

December 17, 2018

Chinese lives have improved dramatically in the last 40 years, data shows

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. We looked at data on per capita GDP, income, meat consumption, household consumption, and education that shows the extent of the changes China has seen since 1978.

December 17, 2018

Commentary: 40 years since Deng

Keyu Jin is a professor of economics at the London School of Economics. Her analysis represents her views alone. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s economic reform and opening-up program. China has transformed itself from a once economic backwater to a manufacturing powerhouse, […]

December 17, 2018

Commentary: 40 years of opening and reform – Looking back, looking ahead

Sourabh Gupta is a senior fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies in Washington, D.C.. His analysis represents his views alone.

December 17, 2018

In brief: Key moments during 40 years of China-US relations

Outlining some of the important moments in the 40 years of U.S.-China relations.

December 17, 2018

Photo Gallery: 40 years across China

As China remembers the past 40 years of its reform and opening up, here’s a look at what China looked like from the 1970s-1990s. Click any image to view photo in full screen and read the caption.

December 17, 2018

Chinese internet users remember China’s last 40 years of reform and opening up

People on Chinese social media are sharing posts and photographs marking the 40th anniversary of China’s opening up. Beijing’s Chaoyangmen neighborhood asked residents to share old photos of themselves to WeChat: Hao Shufen and her husband shared a photo of their young family in 1978 […]

December 16, 2018

Steeped in literary tradition, Buenos Aires is a book lover’s dream

Hundreds of bookstores still line the streets in Argentina’s capital and many consider it to be one of the “literary” capitals of Latin America. The metropolis boasts more bookstores per capita than any other city in the world.

December 16, 2018

Fighting food waste in Argentina by delivering it to those in need

Reducing food waste is also important to achieving food security. Food loss is a big problem for Argentina. Forty percent of the food produced in the country is thrown away.

December 16, 2018

The plunge of the peso in Argentina triggers a financial crisis

A year ago the future looked bright for Argentina. President Mauricio Macri had helped the country dodge a recession and the stock market was booming.

December 16, 2018

White House pushes against Democrats over border wall funding

The White House on Sunday pushed the federal government closer to the brink of a partial shutdown later this week, digging in on its demand for $5 billion to build a border wall as congressional Democrats stood firm against it.

December 16, 2018

Brazilians turn to military schools in a bid to curb crime and boost academics

Brazil is turning to military schools in a bid to curb its rising youth violence and president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has promised to expand the program across the country.

December 15, 2018

COP24 deal unites nearly 200 nations on rules for Paris climate Accord

After two weeks of bruising negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries agreed Saturday on universal, transparent rules that will govern efforts to cut emissions and curb global warming.

December 15, 2018

Tear gas used again as ‘yellow vest’ protests in Paris continue

Tear gas billowed Saturday across the protest-scarred Champs-Elysees after a day of largely peaceful demonstrations in Paris and a water cannon shot a frigid stream at the crowd on the fifth straight weekend of protests by France’s “yellow vest” movement.

December 14, 2018

Canada’s top diplomat defends Huawei CFO detention at US talks

One day after Beijing confirmed the detention of a second Canadian, Ottawa is still defending the December first arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, at the request of the United States.

December 14, 2018

Electric vehicle company Faraday Future face a bumpy road ahead

Faraday Future, the California-based Electric Vehicle Company that’s backed by Chinese investors, is in financial turmoil. CGTN’s Mark Niu has more.

December 14, 2018

Mexicans switch to bee products as part of growing trend toward traditional medicine

Mexicans increasingly turn to bee venom and other traditional medicines as part of a growing trend toward alternative treatments.

December 14, 2018

Countries crack down on mobile video games amid concerns about addiction

The rapidly rising popularity of video gaming as a top form of entertainment is generating increasing concerns around the world among parents and lawmakers about gaming addiction. Some are calling for more industry regulation.

December 14, 2018

EU offers no new reassurances on Brexit deal

No new assurances no new talks. That’s the message European Union leaders gave to British Prime Minister Theresa May at a summit in Brussels.

December 14, 2018

The Heat: Brexit Negotiations

No new deal. That’s the message from the EU to British Prime Minister Theresa May as she tries to garner more support for Brexit back home.

December 14, 2018

Ongoing US-China tensions and talks leave crops to rot

The U.S.-China trade war is taking a toll on U.S. farmers. Many are writing off their soybean crops because of a combination of bad weather, a lack of storage and a distressed market.

December 14, 2018

Dubai job market struggles more to compete with regional rivals

Dubai has long been seen as a business hub in the Middle East. But there are signs that its economic recipe for success might be facing new challenges.

December 14, 2018

BIG STORY – The Lost Children of Tunisia

The Lost Children of Tunisia is a harrowing portrait of the devastating effects terrorism has had on Tunisia. It introduces viewers to families whose lives have been forever-altered by sons who have – sometimes secretly – left to join ISIL.

December 13, 2018

Chinese college offers dating classes to students to teach social norms

In China education is the answer for many problems but can it help with dating? One university is turning students love of learning into learning about love.

December 13, 2018

New documentary reveals Japan’s biological warfare during WWII

Dec 13 marked the 81st anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. But that’s just one of the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during World War Two. One North-American filmmaker is trying to shed light on another – and how the United States let the perpetrators escape justice.

December 13, 2018

Fragile wetlands face major threat from climate change in Colombia

Colombia is home to a unique ecosystem which is a treasure in the northern Andes. These wetlands provide 70 percent of the country’s water supply. But they’re under threat from mining, agriculture projects, and climate change.

December 13, 2018

Havana Film Festival celebrates hundreds of films from around the world

Cinema is in focus in Havana this week as the city hosts its annual international film festival 373 films from around the world are being screened – with a special emphasis on Latin America.

December 13, 2018

Canada’s Chinese community voices support for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou

Huawei CFO Meng Wangzhou has drawn strong support from Vancouver’s large Chinese community.

December 13, 2018

The Heat: China-US trade negotiations

Trade talks between China and the United States are moving forward. That’s despite the arrest of a top Chinese technology company executive in Canada earlier this month at the request of the U.S. government.

December 13, 2018

Yemen’s warring parties reach agreements during peace talks

The war is four years old, and has killed tens of thousands and has created a humanitarian crisis, with much of Yemen’s population in danger of famine and tens of thousands of them facing especially dire difficulties in getting food, the U.N. reported.

December 13, 2018

White House unveils Africa strategy

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton calls the spending spree by Beijing a wake-up call to Washington. Africa, he said is strategically important to the United States.

December 13, 2018

MOFCOM: China, US reach consensus on some trade issues

China and the U.S. have reached consensus on some areas in their trade negotiations including agricultural products, energy and automobiles, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday.

December 12, 2018

US officials: China poses “national security threat”

A top national security official told the U.S. Congress, Wednesday, that since 2011, more than 90 percent of the Department of Justice cases alleging economic espionage involve China.

December 12, 2018

Meng Wanzhou’ s first day under ‘conditional release’ in Vancouver

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has spent her first full day under ‘conditional release’ in Vancouver.

December 12, 2018

A more people-centered internet: Developers plan for the new digital future

Inventor of the World-Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee and one of the ‘Fathers of the Internet’ Vint Cerf recently spoke at a conference in Silicon Valley about their vision of what the digital future should be.

December 12, 2018

Peruvians fight back against Amazon deforestation

Widespread deforestation is decimating Peru’s slice of the Amazon. But scientists and citizens are coming up with innovative ways to combat it.

December 12, 2018

The Heat: France terror attack

France raises its security threat level after a terror attack at a Christmas market in Strasbourg.

December 12, 2018

Trump ready to step into Huawei extradition storm

U.S. President Donald Trump has upped the ante on the Huawei case after suggesting he’d intervene to save talks aimed at resolving a trade war with China.

December 12, 2018

PM Theresa May wins ‘confidence’ vote in British Parliament

British Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a vote in Parliament that would have forced her to step down. Despite her political survival, critical questions remain about the future of Brexit in the coming weeks.

December 12, 2018

This is what Chinese people are watching online

More Chinese people are paying for online video content. In 2017, 170 million Chinese users paid for online video, while the total number of all web video users was 565 million, Xinhua found. CGTN’s Weizi Peng reports. The top three streaming platforms in China are […]

December 12, 2018

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison

Former Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen has been sentenced to 36 months, or three years in prison.

December 11, 2018

Tencent Music prepares to launch its IPO at the NYSE

On Wednesday, Tencent Music is due to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s expected to be one of the biggest Chinese initial public offerings of 2018. Its listing comes after one of its early investors claimed the company threatened him into selling his equity stake.

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