The popular image of the ancient Silk Road is one of a network of trade routes full of camel caravans and bustling bazaars. Now, thanks to a gift from a Chinese-American philanthropist, the recently launched Center for Silk Road Studies at University of California, Berkeley will go far beyond that image.
The popular Beijing grill "The Lancet", which is named after the famous medical journal, received a special customer on Sunday --- William Summerskill, one of the four senior executive editors of the journal, according to the grill's weibo account.
The possibility of long-term damage from higher rates of unemployment and an increasing number of small business failures cloud the recovery, he said in prepared remarks to the Senate Banking Committee.
The photo taken on July 10, 2019 shows a limited edition metro card Troika with a giant panda image in Moscow, Russia. Moscow subway released a limited edition of 10,000 metro cards with Chinese giant panda images to mark the 155th anniversary of Moscow Zoo that accepted two giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding in late April from China. [Photo/Xinhua]
The pizza chain said estimated same-store sales, or sales at stores open more than one year, increased 33.5 percent this month in North America and 7 percent globally. In April, the company said estimated same-store sales grew 26.9 percent in North America and 1.4 percent globally.
The picture of Oscar Alberto Martinez, 25, and his 24-month-old daughter Angie Valeria put a renewed focus on the plight of refugees and migrants who are mostly from Central America. The pair had travelled from El Salvador and were seeking asylum in the United States.
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The petition and rally come at a time when hours-long lines are being reported in states where early voting has begun.
The plenary meeting heard and discussed a work report delivered by Xi, who was entrusted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
The premier also urged acceleration of industrial upgrading and transformation while the country carries out the strategy of innovation-driven development, and he called for optimizing the business environment to spur market vitality.
The predictions for Asia are significantly higher than for other major economies. For instance, the ADB forecasts that the US will grow just 0.4 percent in 2020, with the Euro area actually declining 1.0 percent. And, the IMF is now predicting that 170 countries will have negative economic growth in 2020, advanced countries will fall 6.1 percent and global GDP will fall 3 percent.