Weekly Top News - 2018 November 4
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived in China for his first trip since was elected to the position in late July and will deliver a keynote speech at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. - Read more
China is planning to start building an airport in Antarctica in November. There are currently more than 20 airports in Antarctica, but none of them belong to China. - Read more
President Donald Trump says he talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping about trade amid tensions between the world's two largest economies. Trump says the conversation was productive, but he did not provide any details about progress. - Read more
In readiness for CIIE, the EU delegation has released its expectations for the expo on its website. The documents asks China to seize the opportunity of CIIE and announce “timely, concrete and systemic” opening up measures. - Read more
The World Bank is "well positioned" to provide support for Belt and Road Initiative projects, said World Bank Group (WBG) President Jim Yong Kim. - Read more