Permitting activity for the site restarted in late January, records show. On a visit this week, the retail site in the Ava Capitol Hill apartment building looked at first glance to be the same as when GeekWire visited it more than two years ago, with cardboard in the windows blocking the view of the inside. However, this time, construction workers were on the scene, walking in and out of the space. They didn’t want to talk about what was happening, saying they were just there to put in some scaffolding.
Peter Frankopan, professor of global history at Oxford University, said “President Xi is clearly trying to show that China is not just an attractive place to do business, but recognizes that some reforms are necessary to widen the opportunities for those wishing to work together with China.”
Peace, development and win-win cooperation remain the trend of today's world, Xi said in the letter, adding the global governance system and international order are changing at a faster pace, and the future of people around the world is closely connected.
People shop for fruit at a supermarket in the Wuchang district of Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Feb 6, 2020. [Photo by Su Feng/chinadaily.com.cn]
Peng Tao, president of Airbnb China, said: "The combination of the sharing economy and tourism has provided a new accommodation option and travel experience for travelers, enriching the forms of tourism during the Spring Festival holiday."
People make recycling bags to collect cigarette butts at a community in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Wednesday. CAO JIANXIONG/FOR CHINA DAILY
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Pei Jianmin introduces the history and maxim of the Pei family to primary students from Yuncheng, Shanxi province, at the Pei family ancestral temple in Peibai village. [Photo/China Daily]
Pedestrians walk past the People's Bank of China (PBOC) headquarters in Beijing, Jan 18, 2016. [Photo/VCG]
Peng Zhengang, director of the information office of the Nanjing Municipal Government, said: "During the 72 years of his adventurous life, Sindberg had 106 days closely interwoven with the people of Nanjing by witnessing the darkest moment in the history of human civilization - the Nanjing Massacre.
People walk on ice in frozen sea waters off Dalian in Liaoning province on Saturday.Lyu Wenzheng / For China Daily