Participants from 158 countries and regions gathered in Beijing for the conference, which lasts from Tuesday to Friday.
PARIS - The Taliban in Afghanistan have not yet shown any sign they are serious about ending their 17-year insurgency despite US efforts to push a fresh peace process, the country's de facto prime minister has said.
Pan Lianwei, deputy head of the basic education department at the city's education commission, said the authorities hope the books will have a positive effect on the children.
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Participants in the 131st Rose Parade greet spectators along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, on Wednesday. [LI YING/XINHUA]
Participants of this year's Beijing International Model United Nations gather at the China Foreign Affairs University in preparation for the sessions held over May 23-26 in Beijing, where they act as diplomats for various countries or international groups and learn how to discuss on a range of issues, negotiate and compromise. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Patrushev said during the consultation that the Russian government is willing to continue close, high-ranking contacts with China and deepen strategic coordination.
O’Brien asked that the Council?still invest a few million dollars into setting up the infrastructure to collect a head tax so that it could be implemented on schedule if it is approved early next year. The move would hold his colleagues accountable for their pledges to support the tax after more discussion. With the same goal, Councilmember Kshama Sawant plans to introduce a resolution Monday that says the Council intends to pass an employee-hours tax in the future.