Shanghai has been working hard to boost the supply of daily necessities for people under restrictions due to a resurgence of COVID-19. Xinhua's Li Shuting paid a visit to an elderly couple, to see what their life is like.

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GENEVA, April 15 (Xinhua) --Chinese pianist Lang Lang gave a solo piano performance in Switzerland's Jungfrau on Thursday, hoping to promote cultural exchanges between China and Europe through classical music.

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Driverless vehicles are delivering food for university students under quarantine in north China's Shanxi Province. #GLOBALink

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The complexities and nuances of aircraft assembly are often overlooked. Let's take a look at the assembly of China's AG600 large amphibious aircraft. Come see what makes this multi-functional aircraft ideal for maritime rescue and more.

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China's total imports and exports expanded 10.7 percent year on year to 9.42 trillion yuan (1.48 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2022, official data showed Wednesday.

In the period, exports surged 13.4 percent year on year to 5.23 trillion yuan, while imports rose 7.5 percent to 4.19 trillion yuan, according to the General Administration of Customs.

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South Korea has been gripped with rising fear over U.S. biological weapons laboratories operated by the U.S. Forces Korea. Civic groups and local residents have taken to the streets to demand the U.S. military take its hazardous weapons and vacate the country. #GLOBALink

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Anyue county in Sichuan, China was battered by strong gales on Monday.

The fastest wind speed reached around 40 m/s.

The severe weather caused flooding and affected at least 10,000 people.

Twenty people suffered minor injuries, and among them 16 have been discharged from hospital.

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ZHENGZHOU, April 12 (Xinhua) -- China's leading bus maker Yutong has implemented the "5G-enabled intelligent mobility solution" in central China's Zhengzhou, the city where Yutong has its headquarters.

To the extent of demonstrating the system, Yutong showcases an intelligent bus terminal where buses park, charge, move and depart with no human operation.

The intelligent mobility solution is built on new mobility infrastructures, such as big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

In addition to intelligent vehicles, there are smart roads.

Currently, there are 34 space capsule-shaped bus stops along the intelligent driving route of autopilot bus line 1 in Zhengzhou, which was put into trial operation in June 2020.

The autopilot bus carries a combination of technologies including autopilot driving, internet of vehicles, platform supervision, safety control and autonomous door operating and parking systems.

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China's currency Renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, has seen wider acceptance in international usage as the country's resilient economic growth bolstered global demands and opening-up measures facilitated foreign investment.

The business volume of cross-border payments of the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB) grew rapidly in 2021, a report from the People's Bank of China showed.

Last year, over 3.34 million transactions were handled through China's RMB cross-border payment system, surging 51.55 percent year on year, according to the central bank.

The total value of these transactions stood at 79.60 trillion yuan (about 12.53 trillion U.S. dollars), jumping 75.83 percent from a year earlier.

"If China can develop the confidence to all people in the world and especially the main trading partners of China," its currency also could "help the stability of the currency in the developing countries, especially the main trading partners of China in the world," said Dendi Ramdani, an economist of Bank Mandiri in Indonesia.

The Chinese currency formally became the fifth currency in the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket on Oct. 1, 2016, joining the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen, and the British pound.

The SDR, an international reserve asset created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countries' official reserves, can be exchanged among governments for freely usable currencies in times of need.

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SHANGHAI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- A short video of an American drummer putting on a drum show on balcony in a community under temporary closed-off management in Shanghai has gone viral on social media. Find out why the player decided to stage the show.

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