Historians said as many as 400,000 women from Asian countries, including the Korean Peninsula, were forced into sex enslavement for Japanese military brothels before and during the Pacific War.
Hong Kong government statistics show that by the end of last year, mainland banks' assets in Hong Kong accounted for approximately 33 percent of the local banking system, compared with 13 percent in 1997. Currently, almost all State-owned and national joint-equity commercial banks have branches in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong and ASEAN will sign the FTA and the Investment Agreement in November this year, according to Yau.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor speaks at a news conference in Hong Kong on Tuesday. KAI PFAFFENBACH/REUTERS
Hong Kong experienced months of protest violence triggered by a now-withdrawn extradition bill last June. On many occasions, US and British national flags were seen during those events. Some Hong Kong activists went to the United States and met with US officials to lobby for economic sanctions on Hong Kong in the hope that the SAR government would be coerced to compromise.
Home to dozens of ethnic groups, Xinjiang currently has 21 civil airports, the most among provincial regions on the Chinese mainland. The group said with six new airports under construction, there will be 27 airports in the region by 2023.
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Hong Kong consumers still want better and more convenient services to help them get rid of old or unused electrical appliances that are destined for the landfills.[Photo provided to China Daily]
His association with floods and the consequences seems inevitable.
His family asked the Beijing Red Cross for help. After consulting with local doctors, the family decided to transfer him to Beijing by ambulance.
His father died two years ago. Two years before that, the father had been arrested amid a domestic dispute with the boy's mother.