His claim was contradicted by US defense officials, including US Defence Secretary Mark Esper, who said on Wednesday that while the Pentagon was still gathering information about the explosions, "most believe that it was an accident as reported."
Hong Kong has always enjoyed a high level of autonomy in accordance with the provisions of the Basic Law, robust protection of fundamental rights and freedoms and strong rule of law, Ip said.
His comments came as the association announced that total car sales in the first 11 months came to 25.85 million vehicles, a 3.6 percent growth year-on-year.
His departure comes after former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis stepped down last month.
Hog production recovery gained momentum, as the number of breeding sows in stock continued to expand in the past three months and the prices of live pigs kept retreating for 12 consecutive weeks, Han said.
His first visit to Beijing was in the 1970s, when he was on an exchange program at Peking University. "The capital was almost entirely low-rise. There was no neon, no advertising anywhere. And the streets were full of people on bicycles," he said.
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Hong Kong is at a risk for another violent protest on Saturday. A planned rally, in response to attacks at Yuen Long metro station on July 21, when white-clad people assaulted commuters and passersby indiscriminately, was rejected by the city's police. However, there is concern that protesters will gather anyway.
Hong Kong is subsequently being strong-armed into not following China's foreign policy, which is Beijing's sovereign right as set out in the Basic Law of Hong Kong and the Sino-British Declaration, which lays the groundwork for Hong Kong's handover to its motherland.
His expectation was shared by Zhang, who said Chinese tourists traveling overseas were expected to grow to 200 million over the next five years from 120 million in 2016, which would energize the global tourism market and help balance international trade.
His words are echoed by a senior executive from BYD, who told the Economic Observer that the cutback of government subsidy will at least push the new energy carmakers to go upward.