On Oct 12, the Ministry of Education issued a warning for kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools nationwide to avoid all commercial activities. It said the incident in Heze was "very bad in nature", and urged local authorities to draw lessons from it and take measures to prevent advertising at schools and kindergartens.
On Friday, McDonald's announced the phased rollout of paper straws at all of its 1,361 restaurants in the UK and Ireland. The rollout will be complete in 2019. The company said 1.8 million straws are used in its UK restaurants every day.
On Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, a new ferry route was opened during the five-day holiday to better separate tourists in groups for sightseeing. Multiple boards and digital screens throughout the scenic spot displayed the number of visitors on the island in real time to alert travelers to crowds.
On Jan. 31, US Ship (USS) Antietam ran aground near the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, damaging its propellers and spilling 1,100 gallons of oil in the water. No one was injured. A probe found the ship's captain Joseph Carrian "ultimately responsible."
On June 12, 2018, the top leaders of the United States and the DPRK held a historic meeting and issued a joint statement. Within this framework, the two sides pledged to build a new type of relationship between the US and the DPRK and establish a longer-term stable peace mechanism, and the DPRK promised to realize the target of denuclearization. However, due to huge divergences on key issues including the mode and details of denuclearization, the following working meeting achieved no substantial progress. The two sides decided to hold a second summit this year, hoping to carry out the consensus and achieve real results.
On Jan 9, the Zhaotong city government said that the education department has been urged to ensure heating is provided to all schools in mountainous areas as soon as possible.
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On Nov 28, a chemical storage facility owned by the Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), was leaking highly flammable vinyl chloride gas. The gas later exploded at around 12:40 am, triggering a chain of explosions and waves of flames that engulfed 38 trucks and 12 other smaller vehicles around the plant.
On Jan 22, Beingmate's shares last traded at 6.03 yuan (94 cents), down from 14 yuan last May.
On Nov 3, Yang Zhengbang was recognized by the village for his outstanding contributions to the mutual support model at a ceremony held in Shibadong. After receiving the prize, he promptly donated it.
On Friday, the PBOC injected a total of 180 billion yuan into the market through 70 billion yuan of seven-day reverse repos and 110 billion yuan of 14-day contract, in a bid to maintain stable liquidity.