The global agenda on green or sustainable development primarily took shape in 2015. At two important meetings—the annual Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris and the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in New York...
Read moreSince the Great Recession of 2008, most central banks around the world resorted to easing policies to stimulate their economies. The Federal Reserve of the United States kept interest rate at virtually zero and launched four rounds of quantitative easing, until the end of 2015 when it raised rates b...
Read moreOn October 10th 2015, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added China’s “Documents of Nanjing Massacre” to its Memory of the World Register, a program set up in 1992 to preserve memories of the world’s significant events...
Read moreOn March 28th 2015, the Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road(Belt and Road Initiative) was jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Re...
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