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NEW YORK -- The Chinese economy is staging impressive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic shock, bolstered by the country's effective control of the novel coronavirus, a renowned U.S. economist said.

"The third quarter GDP was encouraging," which does show that "China is on a solid path of economic recovery following the COVID-19 shock in the early months of this year," Stephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, told Xinhua in an online video interview Tuesday.

"The encouraging pieces of it have to do with the contribution to economic growth made by Chinese consumers, who clearly were most adversely impacted by the lockdown early this year," said Roach, who was formerly chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and chief economist at Morgan Stanley, a New York-based investment bank.

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COLOMBO -- The third China International Import Expo (CIIE) is an ideal opportunity for Sri Lankan exporters to tap China's vast consumer market, a Sri Lankan official has said.

Anoma Premathilake, director of Market Development of Sri Lanka's Export Development Board (EDB), told Xinhua in a recent interview that Sri Lankan exporters have been participating in the CIIE since it started in 2018 and found it an ideal venue to engage with Chinese consumers.

"We are very happy that the Chinese government has organized this type of import expo, and we look forward to continuing participating in this event as Sri Lankan companies have achieved good results there," she said.

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Friday that the Turkish army had been testing Russian S-400 anti-missile defense systems.

"It is true about the tests. They have been done and will continue," Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul.

Turkey's purchase of S-400 missiles from Russia had sparked reactions from the United States, straining the ties between the two NATO allies. The United States had warned about possible sanctions in case of the activation of the system.

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NAIROBI -- The China-Kenya handshake of equals shall bring win-win cooperation for partners, the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya said on Thursday.

Zhou Pingjian said in a commentary published in the Daily Nation newspaper that the fruitful and wide-ranging cooperation between China and Kenya is a vivid epitome of and stands out in Sino-Africa cooperation.

"The China-Kenya relationship, already upgraded twice in recent years, is at its best," wrote Zhou and observed that no country can achieve desired development without requisite infrastructure. Enditem

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