Near the international airport in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, a light rail train, painted in the deep blue of Kazakh national flag, hangs on the newly built elevated tracks, its car bodies freshly hoisted into place. A Chinese engineer pauses, tools in hand, feeling a quiet pride in this nearly complete milestone - Central Asia's first light rail.
BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A treaty on eternal good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation signed during the Second China-Central Asia Summit is a new landmark in relations between the six countries involved, and a pioneering initiative in China's neighborhood diplomacy, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a daily press briefing on Wednesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the summit on Tuesday in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, and made a keynote speech.
BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Wednesday after attending the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana of Kazakhstan. Xi's entourage, including Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and foreign minister, returned by the same flight.
Nellie Fong (center), founding chairperson of Lifeline Express, and Tam Yiu-chung, chairman of the Lifeline Express Hong Kong Foundation, visit a cataract patient in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in June 2024. CHINA DAILY Among the treasured souvenirs that eye specialist Hou Xianru keeps from his extensive medical missions to restore eyesight is an embroidered handmade cushion gifted by an octogenarian Uzbek patient.
