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Commentary        BEIJING – Despite external challenges, the Chinese economy has shown remarkable improvement and performance this year, instilling confidence in its development prospects.The economic data for the first half of 2023 reflects this positive trend, with China’s gross domestic product (GDP) reaping year-on-year growth of 5.5 percent. This growth surpasses the 3-percent growth in 2022 and the 4.5 percent growth in the first quarter.Despite a complex and

ROME – East Timor’s new and first-ever cardinal has said his small nation, one of just two Catholic majority countries in Asia and located in the shadow of the world’s largest Muslim nation, is still longing for a papal visit postponed due to the novel coronavirus.In the meantime, he said, his church is trying to promote inter-faith tolerance, a natural vocation given East Timor’s neighborhood.Although it was never officially announced, Pope Francis was expected to visit East Timor,