In 2003, a double-decker bus fell off a flyover in Tuen Mun after running into a container truck, leaving 21 dead. It was Hong Kong’s worst motor vehicle accident in history. In 2008, a tour bus crashed in Sai Kung, claiming 18 lives.
Imagine, then, the sensory stimulation when, on Sunday morning, my kitchen window swapped out the gray vista with whiteness. And it was falling as I gawped. OK, it wasn't the first snowfall in Beijing this season. But the world suddenly got a lot closer; it was in my face. Window thrust open, I was leaning out as far as I could. The cold bite of the winter air gave me kinship with the distant figures I could make out.
In 1994, then-president Bill Clinton, a Democrat, signed into law a 10-year "assault weapons ban" on firearms such as AK-47s, Uzis and TEC-9s.
Implementation of new favorable policies in Hainan province has boosted sales and profits of China Duty Free Group, the country's largest operator of duty-free stores.
In 1997, it became China's fourth municipality after Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Covering 82,402 square kilometers, it's by far the largest of the four, even bigger in area than the Republic of Ireland or the Czech Republic.
Images taken from a distance of the first blast showed a tall plume of white smoke billowing into the sky, while closer video footage taken after the second blast showed firefighting crews hosing down burnt rubble outside the destroyed factory.
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Imports are expected to increase to 2.1 million tons next year, and may then start to decline due to rising domestic supplies. However, they will remain at high levels over the next few years.
In 2016, China's digital economy grew 18.9 percent and contributed 22.6 trillion yuan (.35 trillion) to the country's economy, according to a report from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.
Imports from China at the port were down 18.6 percent during the first three quarters of 2019, compared with the same period in 2018. Exports to China fell 31 percent for the first three quarters of last year, compared with 2018.