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COP15 President Huang Runqiu announced that he would take the lead in the implementation of the Kunmeng Framework. China, together with Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, the Maldives and other parties, as well as international organizations, jointly launched the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" Initiative. Partners such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Climate Bonds Initiative, the Nature Conservancy...

An initiative has been launched during the ongoing COP28 climate conference to shore up the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

In a rare and chilling medical episode in Kunming, China, doctors successfully removed over 60 live worms from a woman's eyes during a recent operation.

New principles will guide multilateral development banks’ support for countries and the private sector in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; For the first time, multilateral development banks define common principles and the criteria for identifying and tracking nature-positive finance; Announcement follows COP26 Joint MDB Statement on Nature, People and Planet. The European Investment Bank

China said on Monday that peace talks had been held over the conflict in northern Myanmar and yielded “positive results”, after weeks of fighting between the country’s junta and ethnic minority armed groups.

Chinese president will ‘seek reassurance’ and closer ties with Hanoi after it upgraded relations with Washington and Tokyo, observers say. But Vietnam is expected to continue its hedging strategy, looking to China for more economic cooperation while inching closer to the US.

While the new Maldivian vice president attended the Indian Ocean Forum organised by China, skipping the Colombo Security Dialogue comprising India and other Indian Ocean Region states, the countrys new president visited Turkey in what was his maiden visit abroad. Male, meanwhile, announced it will open its embassy in Ankara.

A Chinese woman ended up with a CN¥430,000 (£50,000) bill from a hot pot restaurant after posting a photo of her meal onto social media platform WeChat.

The announcements are expected during President Xi Jinpings visit to Hanoi from Tuesday, the first in six years to the Southeast Asian neighbour, and shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to the Vietnamese capital in September to strengthen bilateral ties.

The South China Sea dispute between China and Vietnam is not expected to become a sticking point during Xi’s meetings in Hanoi.