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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek sought Dec. 14 Chinese investment for infrastructure products in Turkey during an official visit to Beijing.

Google pulled some of its core businesses out of China seven years ago, after concluding that government controls and surveillance ran counter to its commitment to a free and open internet, reported NY Times. 

Since then, as China's online scene has grown and prospered, the American search giant has been looking for ways to tiptoe back in.

South Korea's president Moon Jae-in has called for closer economic and political ties with Beijing, said Korea Herald, quoted by Focus.

The head of state arrived on a visit to China today, which will last until the end of the week. Moon Jae-in noted the good economic relations that the two countries have, calling for their further development.

One of China's largest state-owned automakers has said it will phase out sales of all petrol vehicles by 2025, as Beijing considers taking all fuel-burning cars off the country's roads, news18.com reported. 

One of China's largest state-owned automakers has said it will phase out sales of all petrol vehicles by 2025, as Beijing considers taking all fuel-burning cars off the country's roads.       

Preparation of a tourism forum in Beijing under the auspices of the Bulgarian Euro-Presidency to be held in the spring of 2018 and to gather high-ranking representatives of the European Commission and neighboring countries, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelova and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Haizhou discussed on Friday, reports mediapool.

The United States warned North Korea's leadership it would be "utterly destroyed" if war were to break out after Pyongyang test fired its most advanced missile, putting the U.S. mainland within range, in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, Reuters.

BUDAPEST - Cooperation with Beijing is significant for Europe's development, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said at the opening of the 6th summit of China and Central and Eastern European states in Budapest on Monday, announcing that a tender for reconstruction of the Budapest-Belgrade rail line would be published later in the day.

"Brussels rattled as China reaches out to Eastern Europe," writes the Financial Times, in an article about Monday's China-Central and Eastern Europe summit.

Wrapping up her visit to Budapest, Hungary, Brnabic said her bilateral meetings with Hungarian and Chinese counterparts Viktor Orban and Li Keqiang had shown this.

She told Tanjug that she and Orban agreed to hold a joint session of their cabinets on February in Hungary.