Thali, a set meal on one plate that contains a variety of dishes, such as lentil soup, flatbread and curried meat and vegetables. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
That is not good news.
Tencent, which was valued at 746 billion yuan, came in second place, followed by Alibaba (671.64 billion yuan), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (588.15 billion yuan) and China Mobile (430.28 billion yuan).
Thailand's TCP Group, owner of the popular energy drink brand Red Bull, also plans to invest more than 1 billion yuan (1 million) in the Chinese market over the next three years. As part of the new investment, the company will build a plant in Beijing's Huairou district that will become operational in 2021.
That deal followed?the news earlier this year?that Amazon had purchased rights to become the exclusive home of Downton Abbey.
Ten Chinese academic institutions expressed their opposition in a joint statement against the decision by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers to ban employees and scientists funded by Huawei Technologies Co from peer-reviewing its research papers.
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Thanks to technology applications, such as artificial intelligence and big data, "we've helped more families find their missing children and witnessed more family reunions," said Meng Qingtian, deputy director of the anti-human trafficking office with the Ministry of Public Security.
Thailand has kept coronavirus infections low, with 3,559 cases and 59 deaths, but the nation's economy has taken a hit from a ban on foreign visitors since April. The travelers now permitted to enter Thailand will be from countries deemed low-risk by the government.
That is because today's young people face the prospect of receiving much smaller pensions, despite being burdened with high contribution rates.
Tencent and Alibaba have been embroiled in investment rivalry by spending billions of dollars backing tech startups, notably in Southeast Asia, where a growing population and burgeoning mobile internet are fueling opportunities from e-commerce and payment to gaming and social media.