BEIJING - China's manufacturing sector expanded for the 11th-straight month in June, indicating strength in the world's second largest economy, official data showed Friday. The country's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 51.7 in June, up from 51.2 in May, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below reflects contraction. Sub-indices for production and new orders came in at 54.4 and 53.1, respectively, up from 53.4 and 52.3 last month, indicating accelerated growth in both supply and demand, a...
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Hong Kong - President Xi Jinping on Friday inspected the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Garrison in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at Shek Kong barracks, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.Xi, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, reviewed the troops in the company of Tan Benhong, commander of the PLA Garrison in the HKSAR.More than 3,100 officers and soldiers took part in the review, and over 100 pieces of military equipment including a...
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US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have accepted an invitation to visit China later this year, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirmed at a press briefing on Friday afternoon. "They have (accepted the invitation)," he said when asked to confirm the report a few days ago. The report says the two will visit China ahead of President Trump's state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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LONDON - Queen Elizabeth's bachelor grandson Prince Harry caused a stir Thursday by saying no members of the British royal family want to be the king or queen.The remarkable comment by the prince was made in an interview with the US magazine Newsweek."Is there any one of the Royal Family who wants to be king or queen? I don't think so," Harry said in the magazine.He said the royals were doing it "for the greater good of the people". Prince Harry added in the interview: "We will carry out our duties at the right time."The prince also spoke about the role he...
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LONDON - The UK Parliament has been hit by a cyber-security attack, BBC reported.MPs (members of parliament) were reportedly told about the hack on Friday night and later told of difficulties in accessing their emails away from the Westminster estate.A Commons spokeswoman said the lack of email access was not a result of the cyberattack itself but part of the steps being taken to manage the issue.She said Parliamentary authorities were liaising with the National Cyber Security Center.The spokeswoman said: "The Houses of Parliament have discovered unauthorised attempts to access parliament...
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