Robb said that improving the lives and the quality of life of individuals in any community is the responsibility of their government. In this sense, the Chinese government should feel very proud of what they have achieved to date.
Rural Taobao is an ambitious effort by Alibaba to turn China's hundreds of millions of rural residents into online shoppers and sellers. It also underscores the potential of e-commerce to fuel economic activity and eliminate poverty in the country's poorer, largely agrarian regions.
Reynolds said some previous investments made by Chinese companies, particularly among brands with which there was no strong resonance within the Chinese market, have not always worked out.
Rioters in Hong Kong threw petrol bombs at police on Tai Nan West Street in Sham Shui Po on Sunday. One of the police officers injured at the scene in Sunday's attack said the protests were by no means peaceful.
Reyes, who also serves as a coordinator of the Center for Chinese Studies at the Institute of Higher National Studies, highlighted Chinese government's policies that aim to "generate a strong internal market" and support entrepreneurs in the country.
Roach warned that trying to cure multilateral deficits with bilateral tariffs such as those being imposed on China can only backfire — shifting the Chinese piece of the US trade deficit to higher cost producers and thereby adding to the costs for US consumers.
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Rudy Kiryl, Belarusian Ambassador to China, recently shared his views with China Daily on the two sides' mutually beneficial cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Rice also arranged for students from China who cannot get to Texas to take courses and live on campus at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen. "We look forward to welcoming them at a later date," Leebron said. "Keeping everyone safe has required massive planning: reducing the number of people on campus, reconfiguring classrooms, arranging for frequent testing based on risk and implementing contact tracing."
Rorsted emphasized on Wednesday that Adidas had consequently succeeded in growing "the bottom line significantly faster than the top line while continuing to invest into creating brand desire." For 2018, the CEO continues to expect sales to increase at a rate of around 10 percent on a currency-neutral basis, driven mainly by double-digit growth in North America and Asia-Pacific.
Revenue expanded by 8.0 percent to hit a record high of 66.96 trillion won (.1 billion) in the quarter, and net income rose 48.9 percent to 9.36 trillion won (.3 billion).