- What makes Chinese people happy? According to the United Nations World Happiness Report in 2017, China is the 79th happiest country out of 155 nations. That ranking is an increase compared to last year, when China ranked 83rd.
- China’s first lady Peng Liyuan delivers UN speech on women’s education Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls’ and Women’s Education, delivered a speech in English at the Global Education First Initiative event at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 26. Listen to her speech:
- Xi Jinping details Chinese peacekeeping efforts at UN summit Xi Jinping said that U.N. peacekeeping operations bring confidence to conflict areas and hope to the local people, during his address at the U.N. Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping Monday.
- Xi Jinping announces $1B UN fund and thousands more in peacekeeping troops Chinese President Xi Jinping is offering more than $1 billion to help with global peacekeeping efforts.
- Background on 70 years of the United Nations China is a founding member state of the United Nations.
- At UN, Xi pledges billions to developing countries Chinese President Xi Jinping is pledging billions in development aid to the world’s poorest nations and says China will forgive the debts due this year of those worst-off.
- China’s economic growth helped reach UN development goals Global leaders at the United Nations in New York are due to adopt the latest drive to help end poverty.
- The world’s press focus on New York for the UNGA World leaders are not the only VIPs who attend the United Nations General Assembly.<!–more–> Thousands of attendees from around the world are pushing their own messages onto the agenda. CCTV’s Nick Harper has more.
- China’s Xi on the way to US for historic visit Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to land in the coming hours in the west coast U.S. state of Washington where he’ll begin a historic trip to the United States.
- China releases document reaffirming stance on UN issues China’s Foreign Ministry released a comprehensive introduction to China’s stance on major United Nations issues on Monday, highlighting the U.N.’s irreplaceable role on the world stage.
- President Xi’s schedule during US visit Our interactive Google map shows the locations and a summary of the stops during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit.
