Prasad said whether those medium-term problems can be dealt with effectively is going to depend a lot on what comes out of the NPC meetings for the next year in terms of reform of SOEs, the banking system and the financial system more broadly.
President Xi Jinping presented the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, China’s top scientific honor, to nuclear submarine designer Huang Xuhua and atmospheric physicist Zeng Qingcun at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday.The two scientists would also each receive 8 million yuan (.14 million) in prize money, according to the National Office for Science and Technology Awards. Huang, 94, spearheaded the design of China's first-generation nuclear submarine. For more than three decades, his work remained top secret. In December 1970, China launched Long March I, becoming the fifth nation to have a nuclear submarine. Huang was also one of the eight recipients of the Medal of the Republic last year for his outstanding contributions to the nation. Other exemplary individuals who received the medal included agriculturalist Yuan Longping and Nobel laureate Tu Youyou.
Popular buffet restaurant, Tucker's Marketplace in the ByWard Market is seen closed as a result of measures taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Oct 19, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China is ready to work with the United Kingdom to uphold multilateralism and free trade and promote the world's open and inclusive development.
Pounding rains that had already caused deadly floods and landslides in southwestern Japan will continue to move northeast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Thursday, warning of further devastation.
President Xi Jinping attends the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, Nov 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Prague's city council voted on Monday to cancel the partnership with Beijing, established in 2016, after it was unable to remove an article requiring its commitment to the one-China principle and stating that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, Reuters reported.
Portland was not an HQ2 finalist, but Amazon is growing rapidly there. The company said in August it planned to move into a new 84,000-square-foot downtown office and expand the team by 400 people. The Portland tech hub focuses on the Amazon Web Services cloud division, and it is also home to AWS Elemental, which came out of a video processing startup Amazon acquired in 2015.
Pompeo said that Washington recognized "the Turkish people's right and (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan's right to defend their country from terrorists".
Premier Li Keqiang meets with former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct 23, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]