Monday's announcementmeans Italian brands can sign up to accept payments via WeChat Pay. So far, none of them have installed a payment terminal, meaning Chinese shoppers will still need to wait a while before such payments will be accepted.
Monday's losses were marketwide. Twenty-nine of the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow index declined, as did the 11 sectors tracked by the S&P 500. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq escaped sharp declines.
Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, said at a virtual news conference on Monday: "We encourage all people at all levels and in all countries to use language that is appropriate, respectful and that is not associated with any connotations that are negative.
Monday's forum will allow the 10 participating countries to form a meaningful cooperation that could produce initiatives for the future, he noted.
Moody's Investors Service revised the Chinese banking system's outlook on Thursday to stable from negative — the first change since 2015 — because of the improved corporate profit, solid economic growth, steady commodity prices and slower increase in corporate debt.
Mintel, a global consultancy based in London, has also projected consumer loans in China to breech the 50 trillion yuan mark by 2020.
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Mo Jingxi and Yonhap News Agency contributed to this story.
Missionary schools in communities and immersion elementary language schools in the US have offered Chinese classes, Yang Yanli, a veteran Chinese teacher who worked in some US schools, told Red Star News.
Military urges revocation of Taiwan deal, warns of damage to relations
Mo Kaiwei, a senior researcher at the Institute of Digital Economy of the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, said that the listing of Ant Group on Shanghai's STAR Market stands to greatly increase the allure of domestic public companies for foreign capital, effectively broaden their sources of funding and keep the vitality of the Chinese market.