Jiao He, a Chinese woman who works in Washington, said she was always anxious during her daily subway commute in March when she didn't wear a face mask and the disease was still spreading in Asian countries.
Joseph Jacobelli, a senior analyst of Asian utilities at Bloomberg, said China's clean energy cooperation should expand in the coming years as Chinese developers seek larger footprints abroad.
Jose Manuel Lopez Campos, president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism, said doing away with long weekends could hurt families and the economy and lead to school and workplace absenteeism, even as Mexico needs to become more productive and competitive with the impending new trade agreement with the United States and Canada.
Jon Taylor, an American scholar, said that such actions by the federal government "lay bare any notion that American federalism is functioning effectively right now".
John Zeng, managing director of consulting firm LMC Automotive Shanghai, said the Volkswagen move may be targeted to better utilize its global production network to enhance its presence in the Southeast Asian region, which has been dominated by Japanese brands.
Jordan has dinner with his father Mike and his mother Xie Xin. [Photo/Chinanews.com]
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Jiangxi province is well known for some of the earliest bases for revolutionary movements. Jinggang Mountain is renowned as the "cradle of the Chinese revolution" as the foundation of the first revolutionary base of the Communist Party of China, while Ruijin is the starting point of the Long March (1934-36) - the famous military trek by the Party's Red Army in the 1930s.
Jochen Goller, president and CEO of BMW Group Region China, has been in China for the past several weeks and said he has witnessed the effective measures taken by the Chinese government to get the epidemic under control. "Everyone at BMW Group in Munich as well as in China is standing unwaveringly behind China and the Chinese people," Goller said. "We call on the global community to join us in this support."
Just like Decide, Shopobot offers price comparisons on electronics. But it is also eyeing video games, kitcheware, sporting goods and other categories. The service, which was started at the AngelPad incubator in the Bay Area, is currently in public beta.
June Chang in San Francisco contributed to this story.