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Video: PLA a true force for peace in the world
The Chinese military has been making significant contributions to world peace. It has taken part in 24 United Nations peacekeeping missions involving nearly 40,000 Chinese so far, and has also actively participated in disaster relief and humanitarian efforts around the globe. The PLA Navy has also escorted more than 6,600 ships in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia.
Films: Imax sets record box-office takings
Imax set a box-office record over the Spring Festival holiday starting on Feb 4, grossing 217 million yuan ($32.1 million) across its 599 theaters in China. Imax Corp and Imax China said on Monday that the results were driven by the strong performances of three Chinese-language films — The Wandering Earth, Crazy Alien and Pegasus. The sales figures marked Imax China’s best Spring Festival performance ever, up 40 percent year-onyear. The Wandering Earth, the country’s first big-budget sci-fi film, led the pack by grossing more than 185 million yuan in Imax theaters to become the
highest grossing local-language film in Imax history.
Culture: Teapot featured on stamp in Portugal
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Portugal, Portugal Post has issued a pair of stamps featuring teapots. One of the stamps depicts a traditional Portuguese silver teapot and the other shows a well-known Yixing zisha teapot. They were designed by Elizabete Fonseca from Portugal. Zisha teapots have been exported to Europe since the 17th century.
Biz: Reddit raises $300 million in funding
The United States social media site Reddit said on Monday it had raised $300 million in a financing drive led by internet giant Tencent, which pushed the company’s market valuation to $3 billion. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told CNBC news outlet that Tencent invested $150 million in the latest round of fundraising, along with other investors. Huffman said Tencent has invested in lots of videogame companies, and video games are a popular category on Reddit, a social news and media aggregation company based in San Francisco, Northern California.
Rankings: Top phone makers by Q4 shipments
The world’s smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of last year, down 4.9 percent year-on-year and declining for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to a report released by International Data Corp. IDC predicted the smartphone market is likely to decline this year, with continuously challenging market conditions. The top five smartphone vendors in the fourth quarter were Xiaomi, OPPO, Huawei, Apple and Samsung.