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  Chinese Women Are Driving a Global Fertility Industry Boom

  For companies in the business of helping women conceive, China is a booming market. Chinese women are fueling a “fertility tourism” industry stretching from Southeast Asia to southern California offering in-vitro fertilization, egg freezing and other services that are often unavailable or unreliable at home.

  April 28 , 2019
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  【CGTN】Experts warn of ’grey rhino’ risks in high-speed railways

  By the end of 2018, China had 29,000 kilometers of high-speed railway, accounting for more than two-thirds of the world’s total. The country has seen its high-speed railway network steadily expand over the years, dramatically transforming lives and boosting regional economies. But experts have recently raised concern regarding the financial risks of expanding the high-speed railway network.

  January 31 , 2019
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  【Epoch Times】New Research Reveals China’s Rapidly Declining Birth Rate

  Negative population growth is projected to commence in China in the year 2027, according to a new paper released by the state-run Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in early January.

  January 29 , 2019
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  【CGTN】 China adjusts its fiscal policies to seek new drive for economic growth

  ‍In the context of worldwide economic uncertainty, the Chinese economy is confronted with new downward pressure. But with a series of fiscal policies coming out after the annual Central Economic Work Conference held this past December, China is seeking to accelerate a shift in its economic model to new drivers of growth.

  January 10 , 2019
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  【CGTN】 Key messages sent by President Xi’s New Year Speech

  “Times stops for no one, and the seasons keep changing,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping in his New Year’s speech delivered on Monday. At a critical juncture in China’s history and path ahead, President Xi added that China “has braved thorny paths and confronted stormy weather over the past 70 years” and will face the challenges ahead relying on the hard work of the Chinese people.

  January 04 , 2019