Jin Yong, deputy head of the School of International Studies at the Communication University of China, said that Xi's attendance at the forum will promote regional economic cooperation, which is of great significance at a time when trade protectionism is rising.
Jing Wei, deputy director-general of Hanban, echoed Liu's view. She pointed out that when the first National Chinese Language Conference was held in 2008, it was predicted that by 2015, 120,000 would be learning Chinese in US educational institutions with 1,200 Chinese teaching positions. The reality exceeded the expectations.
Joyce Wu, a postgraduate student at the University of Leeds in England, booked a flight to Hong Kong and a second flight through another airline to Shanghai, just one hour before Hong Kong's quarantine rules were tightened on Sunday night.
Judy Ngina, an agriculture expert from Kenya, said the course, which included lectures and practical classes from academics from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science at Hainan University was enlightening. Subjects covered included tropical crop cultivation, propagation, fertilization, pest management and processing of tropical fruits, she said.
Johnson, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, added, "Obviously, it does change the sort of tone of things."
Joseph Jacobelli, a senior analyst of Asian utilities at Bloomberg Intelligence, said: "Slow approvals as well as delays in the commissioning of new generation reactors may delay the government's ambition to have 58 GW in operational capacity."
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Jiang is one of China's new generation of women. Although inequality in the job market still exists, with hiring discrimination and office harassment being major concerns, Chinese women are becoming more powerful in terms of corporate roles and social influence as the emerging new economy and innovation in traditional industries project more opportunities.
John Cook, Wooster, Ohio: It’s 11 degrees right now in this rural farming community that sits about an hour south of Cleveland, which means that our family has been locked inside through the holiday watching horrible football bowl games, eating too many Christmas cookies and playing endless games of Exploding Kittens.
JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd, the world's biggest solar panel producer by shipments, has signed a three-year agreement to supply 1.43gW of high efficiency modules to sPower, a US-based renewable energy independent power producer, on Tuesday.
Josie Zhang sees the launch of the store as showing how the future of retail will likely be shaped by the consumer.