In 2018, mobile payment continued to be small amount in each deal, with a high-frequency usage and convenient experience. "Scan to pay" has become the most popular way for mobile payment in China.
In April, Jiangsu's exports rebounded by 19.1 percent year-on-year and 10.4 percent month-on-month to reach 226.79 billion yuan. Meanwhile, its imports totaled 139.49 billion yuan, down 0.1 percent year-on-year and up 3.4 percent month-on-month.
In 2018, the US imposed three more sets of tariffs and a fourth in September 2019. Beijing responded with tariffs ranging from 5 percent to 25 percent on US goods. A cease-fire of sorts was signed in February under a phase one agreement. Trade talks resumed in August.
In 2017, Chinese automotive companies produced 350,000 vehicles in their overseas plants.
In 2016, two glaciers collapsed and ravaged meadows, causing a lake tsunami and killing nine herders and hundreds of livestock at Aru village in Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
In 2017, the country's GDP was 12 trillion US dollars, accounting for 15 percent of world GDP, statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
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In 2017, Guizhou's tea output stood at 327,000 tons with exports reaching 2,852.6 tons.
In August, a pregnant 18-year-old woman from Myanmar was caught with nearly 3 kilograms of methamphetamine stashed in 80 mooncakes, a traditional Chinese delicacy.
In 2017, the US chain sold most of its businesses in the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong to CITIC and private equity group Carlyle for up to .1 billion. CITIC took the majority stake of 52 percent in McDonald's China operations. The deal has given the fast-food giant more localized resources and access to Chinese consumers.
In April the former Republican National Committee strategist apologized for making an "inappropriate and insensitive" statement comparing Adolf Hitler to Syrian President Bashar Assad by suggesting Hitler "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons." His comments ignored Hitler's use of gas chambers to kill Jews.