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  • Facebook announces building of data center in Denmark

    Social media giant Facebook announced on Thursday that it would build a new data center in Odense, Denmark's third largest city in Funen island.

    January20,2017


  • Facebook launches Messenger app for kids

    Facebook on Monday launched a kid-version Messenger app for children under 13, coming with built-in parental controls.

    December07,2017


  • Facebook to open new "deletion center" in Germany

    Facebook will significantly increase its head count for German staff tasked with removing online content in breach of a new hate speech law, the U.S. social network announced on Wednesday.

    August10,2017


  • Facebook supports research into artificial intelligence in Munich

    Facebook plans to support ethical research into artificial intelligence in Munich with 7.5 million dollars and the research will be made by Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and the Technical University of Munich over a period of five years.

    January28,2019


  • Myanmar to suspend Facebook access: telecom operator

    Myanmar temporarily suspended the access of social media platform Facebook on Thursday, according to a statement issued by Telenor, one of the four operators running in Myanmar.

    February04,2021


  • Vietnamese capital to tax big trading businesses on Facebook

    Vietnam's capital Hanoi will collect arrears of existing big trading businesses on Facebook and encourage smaller ones to pay taxes, local media reported on Tuesday.

    June21,2017


  • Chinese embassy in U.S. launches Facebook page

    The Chinese Embassy in the United States said that it has officially launched its Facebook page earlier Monday.

    February13,2018


  • Facebook's parent company Meta to buy green energy from Germany's RWE

    Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, intends to purchase some of its renewable electricity from the German energy group RWE, the company announced on Wednesday.

    August15,2024


  • Report: German government warns against Facebook digital currency

    The German government and central bank will look into how to prevent the Libra digital currency from becoming an alternative to national currencies such as the euro, the Bild newspaper reported.

    July17,2019


  • HTC seeks more VR content as it takes on Facebook, Sony

    HTC Corp will step up efforts to boost virtual reality (VR) content, as the Taiwan-based firm seeks to outcompete Facebook Inc and Sony Corp in the booming sector.

    December15,2016


  • Xinhua Headlines: TikTok fights plagiarism by Facebook, U.S. bullying

    Facing threats of a U.S. ban and smears by rival Facebook, popular video-sharing app TikTok is compelled to respond to what observers describe as an effort to rip up the Chinese-owned firm and reap their own commercial, political benefits, and monopolize the tech economy.

    August05,2020


  • China-aided landmine clearance project benefits over 2.6 mln Cambodians: official

    An ongoing China-aided landmine elimination project has cleared over 160 square kilometers of land contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Cambodia, benefiting more than 2.6 million people, a mine clearance chief said on Saturday.

    August18,2025


  • Foreign patients receive hassle-free medical services in east China

    Yiwu resident Sufyan Marwan Sufyan Mohanmmed, from Yemen, no longer finds himself envying the ease with which Chinese parents are able to keep track of their children's vaccinations.

    April01,2025


  • From Vietnam to China -- a young student's e-commerce journey

    Just 20 km from central Hanoi, in Vietnam's famed furniture-making region, Nguyen Lan grew up surrounded by business. Today, the 24-year-old has come to China, aiming to leverage social media and her Chinese language skills to bridge the markets of the two countries via e-commerce.

    June03,2025


  • Across China: Ethnic New Year celebrations in China draw global visitors

    To the rhythm of lusheng woodwind pipes and the scent of sticky rice cakes, a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province celebrated its annual Dong New Year festival over the weekend -- an event that has become a gateway for global visitors.

    December23,2025


  • Ethnic New Year celebrations in China draw global visitors

    To the rhythm of lusheng woodwind pipes and the scent of sticky rice cakes, a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province celebrated its annual Dong New Year festival over the weekend -- an event that has become a gateway for global visitors.

    December24,2025


  • Feature: Beyond toys, Chinese IP characters capture hearts in Vietnam

    As the Year of the Horse approaches, a stubby Chinese cartoon horse named Ma Xiao Ye has galloped into Vietnamese hearts, winning over consumers not only for its cuteness, but also for the message it conveys.

    February13,2026


  • Across China: Guatemalan expat bridges cultures between China, Latin America through social media

    Celia Esquivel Salguero, from Guatemala, first arrived in China in 2014 as a foreign student of Chinese Language and Literature, and began sharing wide-eyed snippets of her life on Facebook as a simple act of curiosity.

    May16,2025


  • Ancient Chinese garments find their way into global wardrobes

    In an exhibition hall in east China's Shandong Province, Italian fashion blogger Camilla Pedersini explored with rapt attention, carefully learning the intricate process of Hanfu making before slipping into her first Hanfu outfit.

    May13,2025


  • Chinese firm to construct 100 MW solar project in central Zambia

    Zambia's state-run power utility has selected Chinese firm PowerChina International Group Limited to build a 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic project in the country's central district of Chisamba.

    June14,2024


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