In early trading, the company's shares gained 4.07 percent.
In an announcement just days before world leaders gather for the annual UN General Assembly, the US State Department accused the two Cuban diplomats of trying to "conduct influence operations" harmful to US national security but did not elaborate on the accusations or release their names.
In another development, shares in Shenzhen-listed Wanda Film, a listed arm of Wanda Group, halted trading on Thursday after tumbling nearly 10 percent on speculation about Wanda Group. The group denied as "malicious speculation" market rumors that banks had ordered a sale of its bonds, and said it is operating normally.
In early trading, the company's stock fell 2.13 percent.
In an era of growing economic nationalism in the West, even free-market governments such as Germany are shifting toward a more interventionist policy to protect against perceived Chinese competition.
In an earlier statement in July, the Beijing-based developer said it expected its net profits to rise 10.6 percent year on year to 5.5 billion yuan in the first half of this year.
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In categories like toothpastes, imports have consistently outpaced category growth, sometimes by a wide margin. This indicates that imported goods have become a crucial impetus for premiumization and consumption upgrade, said Derek Deng, a partner of Bain and lead for the company's consumer products practice.
In an earlier interview with China Daily, Bi Shengsi, former vice-head of the Sanxiaokou store, said the bookstore didn't rely heavily on selling books for profit.
In general, "cherries are very difficult to produce and the volume varies from year to year," said Garces.
In contrast to merchandise trade, trade in services refers to the sale and delivery of intangible products such as transport, tourism, telecommunications, construction, advertising, computing and accounting.