Meeting in Nanchang eyes achieving new advances in development of country’s central region
Xi highlights independent IPR, core technologiesirs a meet
Lu’s comment followed US Treasury Secretary Steven Mn
nuchin’s comments on Wednesday that he is hopeful that both countries can “go back to the table”.
Lu told a Foreign Ministry news briefing that China has reiterated that it
s door is always open, but negotiations must be meaningful and conducted with sincerity.
“A mutually beneficial deal must be based on mutual respect, equality and win-win outcomes,” he said.
The US, out of political purposes, has used its state power to groundlessly suppress Chinese te
ch firms, which has severely affected the global development and cooperation in science and technology, he said.
It has also damaged the interests of businesses of relevant countri
es and will not win the approval and support of the international society, he added.
“Apparently it will not help create a good atmosphere for the negotiations,” he said.
ic importance to Huawei. “TSMC produces most of H
uawei’s chips. Only with its cooperation is it possible for Huawei to have a Plan B in stocking
in-house processors in order to offset fallout from the US ban on its access to US chips,” Xiang said.
He said the move by Panasonic also showcases that the Japanes
e tech company is not willing to surrender to political pressure from Washington, after ear
lier reports that it had stopped shipments of certain components to Huawei. The firm bought $6.3 billion wort
h of products including batteries and electronic components from Panasonic in 2018, according to Nikkei Asian Review.
United Kingdom-based mobile operator EE said on We
dnesday that its 5G network in the UK would rely on equipment made by Huawei.
On Monday morning, Xi visited the JL MAG Rare-Earth
Co and learned about the company’s production of rare earths and the development of the rare earth industry in Ganzhou.
On the heels of the United States government announcement it will ban unauthorized exports of US technology to Hua
wei, by Monday, a number of major US tech giants, including Google, had reportedly stopped supplies.
Amid the escalating tit-for-tat trade blows between the world’s tw
o largest economies, the US putting Huawei, the face of Chinese hi-tech progress, on its Ent
ity List is no doubt a calculated blow to hit China and Huawei where it hurts. “America will probably use its ability to with
hold components from Huawei as a bargaining chip in a future trade deal with China,” The Economist reckons.
Recent monetary and fiscal stimulus measures are expe
cted to bolster domestic demand, partially offsetting the adverse impact of trade tariffs on overall growth,” the report said.
The US recently signaled its intention to impose additional tariffs on the European Union, primarily targeted at the
aircraft and food industries. It is in addition to the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs that are already in place.
Amid unresolved trade disputes and higher tariffs, the projected growth of world tra
de has been revised downwards to 2.7 percent in 2019, slowing markedly from 3.4 percent in 2018.
The report warns that “the impact of a spiral of additional tariffs and retalia
tions would not only dampen growth of these large economies, but also have severe spi
intercepts Russian bombers, fighter jets off the coast of Alaska
Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile-
carrying bombers made an observa
tion flight along the western coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands and were shado
wed by F-22 fighter jets of the US Air
Force at some sections of their flight, according to Russia’s Tass News Agency.
“Four Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Aerospace Force performed planned flig
hts in the airspace over the neutral
waters of the Chukotsk, Bering and Okhotsk Seas, and also along the we
stern coast of Alaska and the northern
coast of the Aleutian Islands,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
At some sections of the flight, the Russian strategic bombers were shadowed by US Air Force F-22 fighter jets, the statement said.
The Tu-95MS strategic bombers spent over 12 hours in the air, the ministry specified.
However, the temperature now is about 30 C, much hig
higher than in previous years,” she said. “Also, the rainy season is supposed to
begin after the May Day holiday, but I haven’t seen a drop of rain so far.”
Data from the National Climate Center shows that the average rainfall from April 1 to May 17 is 35.3 millim
eters, down almost two-thirds from the same period last year, the least recorded rainfall over that period since 1961.
In addition to the drought, the average temperature is 1.9 C higher than average for the period, the highest since 1961.
Chen, the chief forecaster, said that according to the mid- to long-term forecast ra
infall will relieve drought in the eastern part of Yunnan province, though its western part will still be plagued by the drought.
Surveillance from the National Climate Center shows that
drought is also occurring in the Inner Mongolia and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous regions, as well
Before his retirement, Wang irrigated farmland for de
nd for decades and witnessed local farmers’ continuous battles against sandstorms.
“It didn’t just feel like a black storm, it was as if the whole desert was approachi
ng,” recalls Liu Conghui, a writer who was born, and still lives, near the farm Wang once worked.
As the menacing sandstorms made the area increasingly inhospitable, Liu’s whole community planned to up sticks.
To restore the local ecosystem, the Chinese government launched
a 10.7 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) project in 2001. A set of measures were adopted such as sav
ing water, converting farmland into grassland, providing treatment for dry riverways and building dams. In addition to t
hose measures, industrial and agricultural use of water in cities and counties along the river was limited.
Over the past two decades, Xinjiang has infused 7.7 billion cubic meters of water into
the dry trunk stream of the lower reaches of the Tarim River in 19 rounds of water diversion.
Xinjiang to launch up to 100 trains for tourists
As tours to Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have become increasingly popular among tourists from home and abroad, local
authorities have announced a plan recently to launch as many as 100 special trains for tourists from May to October.
The local railway authorities will step up cooperation with other part
s of the country to boost Xinjiang’s tourism development, according to Huang Ti
ngfen, deputy general manager of Xinjiang Railway Tourism Development Group.
The trains will provide easier access to both the southern and northern parts of Xinjia
ng, said Huang. It will also be more convenient for Xinjiang residents to travel to other parts of the country.
ietnam surpassed India to become the largest buyer of Chin
a’s photovoltaic products. Export value to Vietnam rose 239 times to $739 million in the fi
