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Americans saw many benefits from the second globalization period. As Japanese and, later Chinese, manufacturers began to export t
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Geng Shuang, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry
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The online survey was conducted among 1,000 US consumers and 1,000 Chinese consumers in early June.
About 57 percent of the respondents said they hop
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According to Ling Zi, a marriage consultant, it does more harm than good for parents to be overly involved in children’s ma
rriages. “It shows the distrust of the parents, and transfers their anxiety to their children,” said Ling.
It has become common in China for pushy parents to look for spouses for their children who are too busy or slow in finding love, the paper said.
s the race to replace Theresa May as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister reach
es the final two candidates, China Daily looks at the candidates: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt.
Johnson has long been one of the loudest voices supporting Brexit, a
nd had the backing of Donald Trump. Hunt is a converted Remain supporter.
After Conservative MPs narrowed 10 candidates down to the final tw
o, it is now up to party members nationwide to choose the next occupant of 10 Downing Street.
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Moreover, after talks with Pyongyang, Beijing could convey some of its messages to the leaders of other rela
ted countries at the G20 summit, in order to promote multilateral talks with the aim of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
President Xi Jinping encouraged a group of elite student athletes to make greater contributions
to China’s goal of developing into a stronger sporting nation as he replied to a letter they sent to him.
Xi wrote to students of the 2016 class of Beijing Sport University’s champ
ions’ postgraduate program on Tuesday to urge them to keep working hard to sho
ulder greater responsibility in the development of the country’s sporting culture and athletic prowess.
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s during the 19th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June
Xi called for joint efforts to fight the three evil forces — terrorism, separatism and extremism — as well as be
efing up security measures and halting the flow of terrorists and extremist forces.
Noting that Afghanistan is a neighbor of SCO countries and an important observer state in the organiz
ation, Xi said the SCO firmly supports an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process.
SCO countries should cultivate new cooperation areas in such fields
as digital economy, ecommerce, artificial intelligence and big data, he said.
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Now, at the age of 18, Qureiris is facing the death penalty after being
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inopec establish joint venture with Russian companie
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est refiner by volume, has agreed to establish a joint venture with Russia’s Novatek and Gazp
rombank to market natural and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in China, Sinopec said on Thursday.
The agreement, which aims to sell LNG produced by Novatek in the Arctic, was signed fo
llowing talks in Moscow between Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President, Xi Jinping.
The agreement will be of considerable economic and social benefit an
d will further diversify China’s natural gas imports, while meeting ever-increasing ga
s demand in the country, said Dai Houliang, China Petrochemical Corp president.
mier Li Keqiang presides over a State Council meeting on
上海会所品茶微信Premier Li Keqiang called for greater strides in reform and opening-up to stimulate market vitality and to tra
nsform and upgrade economic structure in revitalizing the rust belt in Northeast China.
Li’s remarks came as he presided over a State Council meeti
ng on Thursday on revitalizing the country’s traditional industrial bases.
He underscored the importance of transforming government functions a
nd bettering the business environment, and urged government departments to offer m
ore support to provinces in the Northeast in streamlining administration.
The tax cuts and fee reduction policies must be implemented in full, and the country w
ill make the region a priority in special transfer payments to localities, he said.
The reform of State-owned enterprises must be moved forwa
rd, and more work must be done to expand the private sector, he said.
Minister General Wei Fenghe speaks at the Shangri-La Dialo
The People’s Liberation Army will adamantly support regional and world peace, but will not be
