Ministry Slams US Report on China’s CEE Influence

Since the launch of the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism 10 years ago, fruitful results have been achieved in more than 20 fields including trade and investment, interconnectivity, tourism and the response to COVID-19, Mao said, noting that all participants have benefited from such cooperation.

According to the Ministry of Commerce, China-CEEC trade expanded 8.4 percent year-on-year to $103.45 billion in 2020, and bilateral trade maintained an average annual growth rate of 8 percent between 2012 and 2020.

Large projects such as the Belgrade-Budapest Railway, which links Serbia and Hungary, benefit people in both countries, Mao added. The spokeswoman said that China has no geopolitical agenda in Central and Eastern Europe and always opposes the politicization of cooperation.

Dozens of Relics Discovered in South China Sea Shipwrecks! (6.9.2022)

The submersible is capable of using sonar to locate objects as small as a grain of rice and can cover an area of around 100 square kilometers a day. 

Manned deep dives were also carried out for the underwater identification and extraction of relics after the unmanned submersible located possible relic sites.  

After the excavation of the 66 relics, researchers have continued carrying out further investigations using technologies such as image data extraction and three-dimensional laser scanning. 

“A complete work flow for deep sea archaeological investigations has been established,” Deng Qijiang, deputy director of the Institute of Underwater Archaeology of State Administration of Cultural Heritage, told media. 

As the ancient Maritime Silk Road passed through its waters, the South China Sea holds an abundance of historical treasures beneath its surface.

What was the Relationship Between North Korea and Ukraine before Severing of Diplomatic Ties? (14.7.2022)

The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in January 1992. North Korea established an embassy in Ukraine in October 1992, but withdrew it in January 1998. Before 2017, the two countries shared certain trade relations. In 2015-2016, Ukraine’s exports to North Korea amounted to $33.7 million and $7.5 million, respectively – with the main exports being flour, grains and rapeseed – according to South Korea’s foreign ministry.

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