In October, the country's steel imports registered an 87.6-percent growth to 1.93 million tons, while exports reached around 4.04 million tons, down 15.5 percent year-on-year.
In March, it announced it would adopt a new Chinese name "Aibiying", which means "welcome each other with love," and stepped up efforts to localize its services in China. It integrates Chinese payment methods including Alipay, and offers its customers the ability to log in through WeChat.
In March, Amazon said it would hire 800 people for a new 145,000-square-foot office in Austin. The announcement came just a few months after Apple announced plans to build a 15,000-person campus in the Texas city.
In Southern California — which includes Los Angeles County — the availability of ICU beds reached critical mass Thursday, with 0 percent open, health officials said.
In Peru, the health ministry reported 3,430 new cases on Sunday, taking the tally to 279,419 with 9,317 deaths. The capital Lima sits in the hardest hit region.
In Shanghai, inadequate law enforcement was found, with fines too light to deter polluters and about 800 companies that were ordered to shut down due to their pollution output were still in operation.
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In September last year, customs authorities found more than 41,000 maps suspected of infringing China's sovereignty and territorial integrity during customs inspection. It later led to the discovery of a company based in Guangdong's Dongguan. The company planned to print 500,000 such maps. Authorities managed to stop the printing of more than 190,000 maps, although more than 300,000 had been printed.
In March this year at the National People’s Congress in Beijing, Premier Li Keqiang reiterated the government’s position, saying China will “reinforce the new generation” of artificial intelligence research and development.
In Xiangshan of Ningbo, a traditional fishing hub in Zhejiang, over 2,700 fishing boats have returned to shelter with 8,184 fishermen brought onshore, according to the local fishery administration.
In March, it agreed to build electric smart-branded city cars together with Geely, which acquired a 9.69 percent stake for billion in early 2018.