In a message, read out by Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the recent Christchurch terrorist attacks brought into sharp relief the importance of building interactions and understanding across peoples, cultures and borders.
In a move to bring in overseas workers amid a shrinking and aging population, the Japanese government this month enacted a revised law that will allow approximately 345,000 workers to enter the country in the next five years.
In a recent report, global consultancy McKinsey also concluded China's pharmaceutical industry is undertaking a critical transformation toward high-quality and innovation-focused development, as reflected by the explosion of new drug and clinical trial approvals in recent years. An increasing number of approvals are for drugs or therapies from Chinese companies.
In a message sent in recent days in response to a letter from Party members there, Xi called on them to pass along the legacy of the revolutionary era and make all efforts to demonstrate the exemplary role of the Party organization and its members.
In a speech delivered at a meeting on green financing, vice governor of the central bank Chen Yulu said China's green financing is still at an early stage and it has the potential to be more effective.
In a statement on Saturday, the White House described China's caution that foreign airlines should not refer to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as independent countries as "Orwellian nonsense".
江门市精神障碍
In a scene from the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, the arrogant and awkward physics prodigy Sheldon Cooper asks a class of doctoral candidates at the California Institute of Technology if they are familiar with the concept of topological insulators.
In a joint inquiry, conducted by the administration, the Beijing Public Security Bureau and Beijing Cultural Market Administrative Law Enforcement Team, the three companies were found to lack systematic management and to have been inadequate in checking information, emergency response and technical support.
In a family of seven, for instance, Peng Jisong, who worked at places such as construction sites outside the village, was his family's only income earner. His wife often had to buy rice and meat on credit.
In a historic move to unleash Africa's growth potential by boosting intraregional trade, African leaders launched a continental free trade zone at the African Union Summit in Niamey, capital of Niger, on Sunday after 17 years of tough negotiations.