Marie Brennan
Mark Britton
Marx was born on May 5, 1818 and spent the first 17 years of his life in Trier, a southwestern German city near the Luxembourg border, before going to study in Bonn and then Berlin.The 19th-century philosopher is well known for his works The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital.In a speech at a church in Trier on Friday, Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, said: "Karl Marx was a philosopher whose thought into the future had creative aspirations," and thus it was of great significance to mark this special occasion.The 2.3-ton statuedepicts a thoughtful but towering Marx, holding a book in his left hand and looking ahead with confidence in eyes.Wu, the curator, said: "It is a great honor for me to create the statueof the great thinker and to witness its unveiling in his birthplace.
Many analysts speculated that the PBOC would reduce the new benchmark lending rate in January, a measure to lower financing costs of companies and support economic growth after GDP growth rate moderated to 6 percent in the fourth quarter last year.
Market observers expect the new IPO system to be launched on the ChiNext board later next month at the earliest. The IPO reform is an expansion of the practice of the STAR Market in Shanghai where China first experimented with the registration-based system last July.
Massive tax reductions and financial support for nonpublic enterprises' key technological projects are encouraging those firms to invest more in scientific research and innovation, which would help to advance the nation's industrial upgrade. [Photo/VCG]
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Many joint teams have been hailed more for their symbolism than their performance - the Winter Olympics women's ice hockey team lost all five of their matches, outscored by a total of 36 to 2.
Many residents welcome the new rule. "It can help create a better transport environment as playing music or videos on speakers is very disturbing to others," said a woman surnamed Ding.
Market consultancy ASKCI Consulting Co said the market size of the country's online fresh food industry hit over 210 billion yuan last year, up 49.93 percent year-on-year.
Many photographers had visited Nepal to take pictures of the locals, but few bothered to let the subjects see the images they captured. So Yu decided to print all the pictures he took and give them as gifts.