While online sales made inroads, retail malls were still packed, though definitely not mobbed. More than 164 million US citizens are expected to shop over the five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, projected the National Retail Federation.
While dismissed by critics as marketing spin, Ardern views the budget as a way to deliver the reformist agenda she campaigned on in the 2017 election.
While the energy share of biomass remains relatively low compared to other sources of renewable energy, China plans to increase annual biomass power generation to 90 billion kWh by 2020.
While red envelopes containing money are usually presented as gifts in China during holidays such as the Spring Festival or celebrations like wedding ceremonies, China's largest online travel agency Ctrip has seasoned this tradition with an exotic flavor this Lunar New Year by rolling out red packets containing foreign currency.
While visiting a village and an urban community, he called for enhanced supervision on cadres at the primary level and continued crackdown on corruption in poverty alleviation and corruption related to gang crimes.
While the situation eased later in the day, hundreds of protesters, some wearing masks and office attire, took over sidewalks in the Central business district during their lunch hours. Riot police put up a flag warning they would use force to disperse them, though traffic was largely uninterrupted.
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While some experts said the series of talks shows how serious both sides are about trying to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, others slammed the talks, calling the absence of the Afghan government and other regional stakeholders, a "blunder". Critics believe that the talks will not deliver results unless the genuine interests of Afghanistan's neighboring countries are ensured and an agreement is reached with the Afghan government.
While skating to Russian songs, he wears Russian Cossac nomads' attire.
While delivering the report, Yang Xiaodu, head of the commission, said, "The CPC Central Committee has elevated the work of tracking down fugitives and recovering stolen assets to the political and diplomatic level and incorporated it into the overall plan of anti-corruption work."
While the head of the SPD Bank branch was banned from working in the banking sector for life, local banking regulatory officials and SPD Bank senior management were also punished for their negligence of duty.