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The Federal Reserve's meeting next week will be closely watched in light of recent bank failures in the United States, as the central bank is still trying to get a handle on persistent inflation. 美国最近几家银行相继倒闭，下周的美联储会议将受到密切关注。美联储仍在努力控制持续的通货膨胀。 A day after a handful of US agencies announced that all depositors at two failed banks would be made whole, inv...

President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the people's trust is the biggest motivation that drives him to march on and is a great responsibility that he shoulders. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark in Beijing in a speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National...

The Asian-led multiverse  adventure "Everything Everywhere All at Once" turned out to be a big winner Sunday night at the 95th Academy Awards, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with seven trophies. 3月12日晚，在洛杉矶杜比剧院举行的第95届奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，由亚洲人主演的多元宇宙冒险片《瞬息全宇宙》成为大赢家，斩获7座奖杯。 The film, a hilarious  and big-hearted sci-fi action advent...

It is estimated that millions of Americans enter Mexico each year for medical treatment, risking robbery , kidnapping and others. Low costs and short waiting times are the main reasons. According to Mexico's Medical Tourism Council,despite the huge risks, about 1 million Americans travel to Mexico each year for medical care. 据统计，每年有上百万美国人冒着抢劫、绑架等风险进入墨西哥就医。费用低、等...

Xi says people's trust is biggest motivation for him to forge ahead President Xi Jinping said Monday that the people's trust is the biggest motivation that drives him to march on and a great responsibility he shoulders. "I will faithfully fulfill my responsibilities bestowed by the Constitution, with the nation's needs as my mission and the people's interests my yardstick," he said when addressing...

About 2.6 billion people globally – 38% of the world population – are already overweight or obese. But on current trends that is expected to rise to more than 4 billion people (51%) in 12 years’ time, according to research by the World Obesity Federation. 目前全球已有26亿人口(占世界总人口的38%)超重或肥胖。但据世界肥胖联合会的研究显示，按照目前的趋势，12年后，这一数字预计将上升至40亿以上 (占世界总...

FBI director Christopher Wray said in a US Senate hearing on Wednesday that TikTok "is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government — and it, to me, it screams out with national security concerns". 3月8日，美国联邦调查局局长克里斯托弗·雷在美国参议院听证会上说道，TikTok "是一个最终由中国政府控制的工具，对我来说，它在和国家安全问题叫板"。 In the same hearing, the director o...

Chinese experts will head to Memphis Zoo in the United States next week to assist in the care of giant panda Ya Yato ensure her health and well-being. The move comes after the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens received reports of Ya Ya's poor health condition and was instructed by the country's regulatory authorities to take action. 中国专家将于下周前往美国孟菲斯动物园协助照料大熊猫"...

Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday that the United States defining its relations with China as "strategic competition" is "a reckless gamble with the stakes being the fundamental interests of the two peoples and even the future of humanity", and the "competition" will get the two countries locked in a zero-sum game. 3月7日，外交部长秦刚表示，美国将对华关系定义为“战略竞争”是“一场以两国人民根...

Age anxiety is a social pressure that is especially common among women. Even the outstanding #HongKong pop diva Sally Yeh once struggles with it. Let’s figure out how she deals with her age anxiety. #womensday

China has set its GDP growth target at around 5 percent for this year, which analysts said is "pragmatic" and "achievable". The real figure could turn out to be even higher, they said, suggesting that the country implement more targeted macroeconomic policies to boost consumption and prevent high inflation, in order to promote stable growth. They also said China's stable growth is set to help reli...

中国式现代化 Chinese modernization 社会主义现代化国家 modern socialist country 恢复和扩大消费 the recovery and expansion of consumption 现代化产业体系 modernization of the industrial system 新型举国体制 a new system for mobilizing resources nationwide 稳字当头、稳中求进 prioritize economic stability and pursue progress while ensuring stability 亲清政商关系 a cordial and clean relationshi...

Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report at the opening of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on Sunday.  Here are some highlights from the report. Main targets for 2023 - China sets its GDP growth target for 2023 at around 5 percent - China targets inflation rate, or increase in consumer price index (CPI), of around 3 percent for 2023 -&nb...

President Xi Jinping is a fervent admirer of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. The spirit described in the book is an eternal spirit, he has said. Here we look at Xi's openness to different cultures.

Recently, a train with a study room is in the spotlight. It has removed some of the seats and installed desks and chairs next to the Windows, turning it into a "learning carriage" for passengers who need it. 近日，一趟带有自习室的火车受到关注。它拆除了车厢里部分座椅，在紧挨车窗位置安装了课桌椅，变身“学习车厢”，供有需求的旅客使用。 A slow train in Southwest China boasting its own study room has att...

President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for a political settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, urging relevant countries to stop their attempts to politicize the global economy and make earnest efforts to contribute to a cease-fire and peaceful resolution of the crisis. Xi made the remarks in talks in Beijing with visiting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who started a three-day sta...

Google workers, already rattled by the largest layoff in the search giant's history, now face another indignity  as the company ends some of its leases on unused office space: desk-sharing. 谷歌的员工已经被这家搜索巨头历史上最大规模裁员搞得焦头烂额，现在又面临着另一种屈辱，因为该公司终止了一些闲置办公空间的租约：办公桌共享。 The move affects employees who work for Google Cloud, the Alphabet-o...

Le Le, the giant panda that died early this month at Memphis Zoo, may have succumbed to cardiac disease, according to an autopsy by zoologists from China and the United States. 据中美动物学家的尸检显示，本月初在孟菲斯动物园死亡的大熊猫乐乐可能死于心脏病。 After discovering a cardiac lesion, the experts' preliminary judgment was that this was the cause of the death of the 25-year-old male panda, ac...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is due to start his three-day state visit to China on Tuesday, with expectations high that cooperation between the two countries on post-pandemic economic recovery and the Russia-Ukraine conflict will top the agenda of talks.   白俄罗斯总统亚历山大·卢卡申科将于2月28日开始对中国进行为期三天的国事访问，双方期待疫情后两国经济复苏合作和俄乌冲突将成为...

The spotlight will be on Beijing as the two sessions, China's biggest annual political event and a window to observe the country's development, get underway on Saturday. 作为中国最大的年度政治活动和观察国家发展的窗口---“两会”将于3月4日开幕，届时北京将成为人们关注的焦点。 The two sessions are the meetings of the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature , and the National Committee o...

英语新闻｜啄木鸟在民宅墙内私藏650斤坚果，没想到…… A pest control company in California accidentally pulled 700 pounds of acorns from the walls of a home during a pest inspection. 近日，美国加州一灭虫公司在一处民宅进行检查时，意外地从房屋墙内挖出约650斤橡子。 Theexterminator later discovered that a pair of woodpeckers have stored acorns  in this house for several years, and now the fruits...