The two typhoons-Rammasun and Seagulls-that hit the island province within two months, destroyed 2,700 hectares of farm land.
The tsunami that roared ashore from the Sunda Strait on Saturday night, killing more than 420 people and injuring over 1,400 on Java and Sumatra islands, was particularly cruel. It hit on a busy holiday weekend when many people were enjoying the warm night breeze on the beach under a full moon.
The turtle exists in the Triassic period, when the first dinosaurs roamed the earth. [Photo provided to China Daily]
The two countries reaffirmed their firm support on issues related to each other's major interests, agreed to accelerate the synergy of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Laos' strategy of turning itself from a "land-locked" country to a "land-linked" one.
The two upcoming lists, one for nationwide implementation and one for pilot free trade zones, is one of China's concrete moves to further liberalize market access for foreign investors.
The two countries should enhance communication and coordination on global affairs and strengthen cooperation under multilateral frameworks such as the G20, she said.
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The two-day negotiations were launched in central Seoul to reach a new deal on ROK's financial contribution to the US Forces Korea.
The two countries decided to build a comprehensive strategic partnership based on mutual respects and common development, which will inject great power to the bilateral cooperation, Xi said.
The two channels for direct dialogue between governments and military authorities of the two Koreas were severed in February 2016 as South Korea unilaterally shut down the Kaesong Industrial Complex in response to Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test in the previous month.
The two countries established formal diplomatic links in 1974, but China suspended relations in 1995 when the west African country resumed so-called "diplomatic" ties with Taiwan. Gambia severed ties with Taiwan in 2013.