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Screenshots of the dialogue in question could still be seen on Weibo.
Sara Leung Fong-yuen, chairwoman of the Hong Kong Tourism Industry Employees General Union, said she hopes the central government's support and possible new measures will be a silver lining for the city's pandemic-hit tourism industry. She cited the Individual Visit Scheme, which she described as a shot in the arm for Hong Kong's economy hard hit by SARS in 2003.
Sales volume through e-commerce last year surged 26.8 percent year-on-year, up 3.2 percentage points from 2016, said Gao.
Sang Baichuan, director of the Institute of International Business at the University of International Business and Economics, said the misuse of tariffs would lead to wait-and-see attitude toward cooperation between companies from both countries. The cancellation of additional tariffs will benefit China, the US and the rest of the world, Sang said.
Safety expert Zhang Bangfeng works in Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Provided to China Daily
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Scholars, researchers and business executives from around the country gathered to discuss issues concerning China.
Saying negative things about the initiative helps the critics on two fronts, Sautman said. "They say whatever is useful to them politically," he said.
Sales to China "literally stopped overnight" when the country said it would impose a 25 percent tariff on imported US hardwoods. Michael Snow, executive director of the Sterling, Virginia-based American Hardwood Export Council, said the US exported .6 billion of hardwood lumber overseas in 2017, and approximately .5 billion went to China. American companies exported 4 million of hardwood logs to foreign countries, with 3 million going to China.
Sanchez added the Chinese made vehicles have already passed an important test in the Cuban market and have been available in local car-rental companies from since three months ago.