That marked the second straight quarter of decline, as households were hit by the double-whammy of the coronavirus and a sales tax hike to 10% from 8% in October last year.
Thanks to the revolution of information technology and innovative business models, the cost of consumption is getting lower, which helps boost economic growth, said Lyu Wei with the Development Research Center of the State Council, China's Cabinet.
Thank you again to Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, and the many other community leaders and residents who welcomed our plans and supported us along the way. We hope to have future chances to collaborate as we continue to build our presence in New York over time.
That is some of the powerful evidence that China is a source of not only stability, but prosperity for its own nation, the region and the world, not to mention China's greater role in United Nations peacekeeping missions and global governance, including playing a leading role in reaching the Paris climate accord. The list is long.
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Temperatures in parts of northern and northeastern provinces will fall by up to eight degrees Celsius Sunday. Between Tuesday and Thursday, Inner Mongolia autonomous region and northeastern provinces will see temperatures drop by up to more than 10 degrees Celsius, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said.
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Thanks to climate-controlled delivery, customers in 173 cities nationwide can now have fresh crabs in one or two days.
Testing of everyone working in the frozen food import sector in the city was completed by Monday, with no positive result.
Tensions between Tokyo and Seoul had been ratcheting up recently over colonial-era crimes involving sexual slavery and forced labor as well as a military spat known as the "radar lock-on" dispute. The latest strain was sparked by ROK National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang, who described Japanese Emperor Akihito as "the son of the main culprit of war crimes" who should apologize for the Korean women, known as "comfort women", that were forced into sexual slavery during World War II.