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Now playing Next Economy Chinese exports rocket with positive growth data due by the end of the week China's exports have rocketed some 18.7 percent compared to the same period last year. 13/04/2016
Now playing Next Czech Republic Pro-Tibet activists deface Chinese flags as President Xi arrives in Prague Czech police have arrested 12 people in Prague for defacing Chinese flags and replacing them with Tibetan ones, as Chinese President Xi Jinping 28/03/2016
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Now playing Next World News Explainer: Tibet's struggle against Chinese rule It’s 57 years since hundreds of Tibetans rose against the Chinese occupation of Tibet and their fight lives on today. On Thursday (10 March 2016) 10/03/2016
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Now playing Next World MOOCs: vital tools in education of the future - or over-hyped online fad? When Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) first emerged around a decade ago – the term ‘MOOC’ itself first started to be used in 2008 – they were 04/03/2016
Now playing Next Economy Millions more Chinese 'zombie company' workers face the sack China reportedly plans to lay off millions more workers at so-called 'zombie' companies to cut industrial overcapacity and pollution, according to sources close to the Beijing leadership. 01/03/2016
Now playing Next Europe News EU ministers fret over Chinese steel 'dumping' The EU needs to tighten up its anti-dumping rules to protect its steel industry from cheaper Chinese imports. That’s according to some EU trade 29/02/2016
Now playing Next Taiwan Claims of Chinese missiles in South China Sea spark tension in region Taiwanese officials say China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on an island in the South China Sea. The US also acknowledged 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Economy To Russia with cash: Chinese tourists offset fall in Western visitors Russia is enjoying a tourism boom of Chinese visitors who have become the largest group of foreign visitors with numbers more than doubling last year compared with 2014. 09/02/2016
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Now playing Next Business Series ArcelorMittal share issue to counter falling profits from cheap Chinese steel ArcelorMittal is to issue 2.7 billion euros of new shares to reduce debt and cut costs with its profits hit by a plunge in steel prices, which the world's largest steelmaker blamed on cheap exports fr 05/02/2016