The head of Beijing’s Tsinghua University is likely to be appointed to the top environmental job in in China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, according to reports, as the country’s leadership moves to defuse public anger about worsening air, soil, and water pollution.Tsinghua University President Chen Jining is expected to replace Zhou Shengxian as Environment Minister,
US considers joint boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Calls have grown for the US to back out of the Games because of alleged human rights violations in China
State Department spokesman Ned Price stressed the need to work with allies so that any step the US takes will have more influence on Beijing
2021-02-09 22:35:37 GMT2021-02-10 06:35:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
DUBLIN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) Dublin Chinese Lunar New Year, an annual event organized by Dublin City Council since 2008, kicked off here on Tuesday, with an online evening gala providing a moment of joy and relief for local audience.
The pre-recorded hour-long evening gala, jointly organized by the People s Government of Beijing Municipality and the Chinese embassy in Ireland, was streamed simultaneously by Dublin City Council on its Dublin Chinese Lunar New Year website and the Irish national radio and television broadcaster RTE on its social media platform.
The bilingual program featured a selection of traditional Chinese music, dances, martial arts and acrobatics performed by top Chinese art groups and artists in addition to an introduction of how ordinary Beijing citizens celebrate the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, in a traditional way such as making dumplings and doing paper-cut decoration
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2021-02-03 03:33:03 GMT2021-02-03 11:33:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WELLINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) A grand gala was held Monday in the New Zealand National Museum to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Beijing and Wellington.
Fifteen years on, the relationship between the two capital cities has grown and flourished, setting an example for relations at the sub-national level between China and New Zealand.
BRIDGE OF COMMUNICATION
From boosting cooperation in various fields to promoting the two cities complementary advantages, the sister-city relationship between Beijing and Wellington has served as a bridge of communication linking both cities and countries.