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Zhang Dejiang meets Tajik president in Beijing

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

Zhang Dejiang , chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) meets with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China source: XinhuaRead more

41 people sentenced over election fraud

Shenyang - Arab Today

Forty-one people who had been involved in election fraud in northeast China's Liaoning Province have been sentenced, Liaoning provincial government said in a statement Saturday. They stood trial in 15 intermediate courts in Liaoning from March 28 to 30, and were handed various prison terms, the statement said. According to the statement, these people bribed voters in the election ofRead more

Chinese government work report sends encouraging signals to Australia

Sydney - ArabToday

Australian media have devoted much coverage to the Chinese government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang to the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) on Sunday, stressing that China's sustained growth will benefit Australia. The Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australia's Number One financial newspaper, Monday had a front page feature, as well as stories throughout, highlighting theRead more

China trims GDP target, citing severe challenges

Beijing - Arab Today

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warned Sunday the world's second-largest economy faces severe challenges, signalling a further deceleration as he announced a trimmed 2017 GDP growth target of "around 6.5 percent." The economy is already growing at its slowest rate in more than a quarter of a century and the latest target unveiled at the opening of China's rubber-stamp parliament isRead more

"Hong Kong independence" leads nowhere

Beijing - Arab Today

The notion of "Hong Kong independence" will lead nowhere, a government work report to be delivered by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday said. The report, available just before the opening of the annual session of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), also pledged to fully implement the "one country, two systems" principle in the special administrative region.Read more

Fights poverty from Great Hall of the People

Beijing - Arab Today

"My family was so poor that I almost married a man just because his family promised to buy us a bicycle," said Rayhangvl Emir, a Uygur lawmaker from northwest China's Xinjiang. Emir is responsible for poverty alleviation and employment in a township in Kashgar, one of China's most westerly cities. At only 28 years old, she is in Beijing toRead more

Financial risks hang over China legislature meeting

Beijing - ArabToday

China's rubber-stamp legislature convenes this weekend with the script focused on containing worrisome economic risks while President Xi Jinping consolidates power ahead of a pivotal Communist Party meeting later this year. The gathering of 3,000 National People's Congress (NPC) delegates at Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People is staged annually by the all-powerful party to portray a facade ofRead more

In China's new environment law

Beijing - Arab Today

China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming, according to the web site of the country's highest legislative body. The National People's Congress (NPC) standing committee passed the law, the first to tax polluters, on Sunday, less than a fortnight after a red alert for smogRead more

Lawmakers Call For Early Introduction Of E-Commerce Law

Beijing - Arab Today

Chinese lawmakers on Sunday called for early introduction of a draft e-commerce law so as to regulate and facilitate booming e-commerce in the country. The draft law was submitted for review by legislators at the week-long bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, which concluded on Sunday. It is the first reading of the draft by theRead more