Lam said that the violent protests during the social unrest last year has undermined public perception of the rule of law, and exposed the shortcomings in Hong Kong with regard to safeguarding national security, thus the enactment of the national security law in Hong Kong is "both timely and essential."
Lai obtained the rights to do the translations of novels last year. His website is advertising-supported and provides a living, he said.
Kyi Win, 46, managed to return to his village to check on the state of his home but said he will continue staying in a temporary shelter.
Known as the Chinese version of Valentine's Day, Qixi originated from a 2,000-year-old love story and falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese lunar calendar, which is Aug 7 this year.
LOS ANGELES - Residents will be mandated to wear face coverings outdoors to slow the spread of COVID-19 as Los Angeles County is moving forward with its reopening plans, local authorities said Thursday.
Lai said local governments are expected to hold property policies stable and consistent, which could lead to a further decline in home transactions in January.
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Kuok said "rapid testing is critical for hospitals and labs to effectively test patients while being affordable", as people may unknowingly transfer the virus, and it cannot be eliminated in its totality without testing.
Kou Shunchao (second right) and his classmates from Cuba and other Latin American countries pose for a photo with the physician in charge of a ward at Calixito Garica Hospital in Havana last month. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Kong Fanshun, a senior fixed-income analyst at CreditEase, said that the bigger presence of foreign credit rating agencies in China would help overseas investors identify risks in the Chinese bond market and lift overseas investment enthusiasm in Chinese credit products.
Krista Schwarz, an assistant professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, told Xinhua that the Fed's half-point rate cut is "substantial," in that it is the largest magnitude of policy target rate cut since the fall of 2008, and it is the first inter-meeting cut since the financial crisis.