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Nov 20, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Maria Spiliopoulou |Chen Gang
ATHENS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Greek gross domestic product (GPD) is expected to grow by 2.3 percent in 2025, according to the draft budget submitted to the parliament on Wednesday. The budget presented by Minister for National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis also projected a 2.2 percent GDP increase for 2024. "The Greek economy is proving to be resilient in an unfavorable and uncertain international environment," the budget noted.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Maria Spiliopoulou |Chen Gang
ATHENS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- A thematic exhibition on the cultural legacy of Beijing's "Double Olympics" was launched in Athens on Monday evening. Greek and Chinese officials, artists, representatives of sports and ordinary citizens attended the event hosted at the Serafio sports center in Athens, praising the links between the two countries through the Olympic movement and culture.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Maria Spiliopoulou |Chen Gang
ATHENS, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A 55-year-old Greek fireman died Sunday while battling a wildfire in northern Greece on the outskirts of Thessaloniki port city, Greece's Fire Brigade said. The fire, which was not threatening residential zones, had burned an uncertain area of low vegetation. This was the sixth wildfire-related death in Greece this year. Although the wildfire season typically spans May 1 through Oct.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Chen Gang |Li Jing |Liao Lei
LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A ship carrying around 80 Chinese citizens and their foreign family members arrived safely at the Port of Limassol, Cyprus, early on Tuesday. This was part of an ongoing evacuation operation as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East, particularly affecting Lebanon. The vessel, the "Xin Xiamen," owned by China COSCO Shipping Corporation, departed Lebanon just after midnight on Monday, navigating turbulent conditions in a 13-hour journey to reach safety.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
thinkchina.sg | Chen Gang
Recently, as first- and second-tier cities near capacity, migration is shifting to provincial capitals in central and western China. This trend reverses 40 years of population concentration in coastal areas and supports balanced development in the interior, says EAI deputy director Chen Gang.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Maria Spiliopoulou |Chen Gang
ATHENS, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to a new visa policy introduced not long ago, Greek twin sisters Marianna and Sofia Erotokritou are excited at increasingly easier travel between Greece and China. The twin sisters have been studying and living between the two countries since 2013. The twins held single-entry visas when they were students, eventually progressing to double-entry and multiple-entry visas. Visa application processes have become more and more streamlined over the years, they said.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
thinkchina.sg | Chen Gang
China is counting on its 22 free trade zones and only free trade port in the southern Hainan province to give its reform and opening up a lift. But headwinds in the tense geopolitical environment could keep foreign investment at bay. EAI deputy director Chen Gang explains.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Chen Gang
ATHENS, July 29 (Xinhua) -- In the past 24 hours, Greece has recorded 54 wildfires, with firefighting teams successfully containing 43 of them, according to Greek Fire Brigade on Monday. However, efforts continue to control 11 active blazes, as reported by the Greek national news agency (AMNA). A major fire that erupted Monday afternoon in a forested area near the village of Petries, in the municipality of Kymi-Aliveri, Evia, has become the primary focus.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
thinkchina.sg | Chen Gang
China’s rebalancing policy will power the country’s data centres with more renewable energy, says EAI deputy director Chen Gang, but this is far from sufficient to reduce China’s AI’s carbon footprint due to the soaring energy demand from the AI sector and grid bottlenecks. China has been installing record amounts of green energy in recent years, with more than half of the world’s new wind and solar capacities built in the country in 2023.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Maria Spiliopoulou |Chen Gang
ATHENS, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Greek archaeologists unearthed a rare ancient monument on Crete island during construction works for a new airport, Greece's culture ministry said on Tuesday. The monumental architectural find of circular shape is unique in Minoan-era archaeology which studies the Minoan civilization that was centered on Crete island during the Bronze Age (3,100-1,100 BC), according to an e-mailed press statement.
