Robots may not yet be folding burritos or frying kung pao chicken, but they can slowly wheel up to your table, deliver a plate of fried rice, and wish you bon appetite in a low, mechanical tone.
Retail sales increased by 9 percent in 2018 year-on-year, down from 10.2 percent in 2017, the NBS said.
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Rice is a Chinese staple, and the whole country enjoys this snowy white grain. But as in all major food preferences, there are marked differences in the north and south, with just about as many variations in-between.
Reuters reports?that lawyers representing the companies, also including Google, Pfizer and Aetna, plan to file a brief in a case related to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). An?attorney for the companies wrote that DOMA “requires that employers treat one employee differently from another, when each is married, and each marriage is equally lawful.”
Rubber production on Hainan was an example of monoculture farming (the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop) which maximizes crop yield. "Twentieth-century monoculture farms greatly increased agricultural production, but at a huge price," noted Daily.
临沂高级电子上臂高级上臂肌肉注射及对比模型(带检测警示系统)
Robin Tallendier (left) and Wilfred Buiron from France have launched their business in China to create watches made in the country that highlight traditional and mythical elements.[Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]
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Runners start their race. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Retail sales dropped by 1.1 percent in July on a yearly basis, narrowing from the 1.8 percent decline in June. Sales of commercial goods for the first time returned to expansion mode this year, growing by 0.2 percent year-on-year in July as domestic consumption gradually recovers.