China’s Hong Kong Garrison Completes New Rotation
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese state media has published photos of the country’s Hong Kong-based troops’ armored carriers and a patrol boat undertaking what they call a routine rotation.
O’Rourke Campaign Ejects Breitbart Reporter From Speech
NEW YORK (AP) — Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign said Wednesday that it ejected a Breitbart News reporter from an event at a South Carolina college because it wanted to ensure that students felt “comfortable and safe.”
Exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci Coming to Beijing
BEIJING (Xinhua) — An exhibition titled "Leonardo da Vinci and His Circle" will open at the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts on Sept. 12 as part of the global commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci's death
UK’s Johnson Asks Queen to Suspend Parliament Ahead of Brexit
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson maneuvered Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a chaotic no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II’s approval to suspend Parliament. His critics were outraged.
Xi Asks Uzbekistan to Promote Belt and Road Construction
BEIJING (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov here on Wednesday, calling on the two countries to jointly push forward the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road.
Spanish Man Paddles His Way From California to Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Antonio de la Rosa doesn’t take it easy on his vacations. The Spaniard spent his summer paddling his way from California across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii.
As E-Commerce Rises, China Opens First ‘Courier College’
NANJING (Xinhua) — A university in east China's Jiangsu Province on Tuesday established the country's first "courier college" to boost China's fast-growing courier sector.
China Ban on Some Textbooks Seen as Aimed at Uighur Culture
BEIJING (AP) — For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions of his fellow minority Uighurs in China’s far western region of Xinjiang.
Costco Opens First Store on Chinese Mainland
SHANGHAI (Xinhua) — U.S. based retail giant Costco Wholesale opened its first brick-and-mortar store on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday.
Biden Says Racism in US is ‘White Man’s Problem’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racism in America is an institutional “white man’s problem visited on people of color,” Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday, arguing that the way to attack the issue is to defeat President Donald Trump and hold him responsible for deepening the nation’s racial divide.
