Standard Chartered's SME Index rose to 53.3 in June from 51.7 in May. Since SMEs make up about 80 percent of urban new hiring, Standard Chartered's employment expectations indicator also rose to 53.2 from 52.1 in the same period. Numbers above 50 indicate an improving situation. Similarly, the SME development index of the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises rose 3.5 points to 85.5 in the second quarter.
Stephanie Aaronson, vice-president and director of economic studies at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, wrote in a post Thursday that the "economy is still suffering".
State Grid said Africa will see tremendous demand for investment in the future to speed up local energy and power facility construction, as the continent currently has low grid coverage.
Starting from 2015, the number of Chinese users infected with mobile ransomware has been skyrocketing. In 2016, the number of added mobile ransomware on the Android platform hit 120,000 in China, according to a recent report by Qihoo 360.
Steel, who died in September 2018 at the age of 97, said that in 1968, while he was an orthopedic surgeon at Shriner's Hospital and a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, another doctor used to joke with him about his specialty, saying orthopedic surgeons couldn't get published in a journal as prestigious as the NEJM, so he bet Steel that he couldn't.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena told reporters in Colombo that some 140 people in the island nation had been identified as having links to the Islamic State group, and that the Sri Lankan government has "the capability "to completely control ISIS activities" in the country.
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Startups are also attracting attention. Zhejiang Ruofan Food Technology Co Ltd, which produces meal replacement tablets, was founded in Hangzhou in 2015. Although the company did not see a spike in new customers, it has registered relatively high repeat purchases, said Ruofan's founder Shao Wei.
Starting from the late 1990s, more young people-including Shi Guangyao's four children-left the village for jobs in cities. But he couldn't part with the stone mill he inherited from his father, so he continued to use it, making tofu for his children when they returned home for the annual Chinese New Year holiday.
Staff members work at the public facilities operation and control center of Sino-Singapore Eco-City in Tianjin Binhai New Area. [Photo/Xinhua]
Starbucks also has opened kitchens in Hema, Alibaba's supermarket chain, to fill orders. Starbucks also will expand its ready-to-drink business with partner Tingyi to 400 Chinese cities.