In December 1937, Japanese invaders captured Nanjing, then China's capital, and slew about 300,000 Chinese during a six-week massacre.
In China, the hukou ties the ability of residents to access public services, such as medical care and school education, to their household registration. Many migrant workers are unable to fully benefit from public services in the cities where they work and live due to population control policies.
In January, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced that it had imposed fines of more than 12 million yuan (.7 million) on two pharmaceutical companies for monopoly practices over chlorphenamine, a major ingredient in flu drugs.
In Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province, the world's first self-driving retailing vehicle developed by FlexBot, a local technology firm, has been successfully delivered to its buyers from the United States. The Chinese startup had encountered a tricky situation earlier, when one of its key component makers, based in Wuhan, had to shut down operations due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
In December, Shanghai will also become the first city outside of the United States to open a coffee roastery and tasting room. It opened its first such facility, a 15,000 square foot outlet, in late 2014, where roasting baristas prepare limited-supply reserve coffees using various specialist methods, and charge premium prices to customers.
In December last year, a consortium of Chinese businessmen-who have asked to remain unnamed at this stage -approached Scotts about creating a replica restaurant in Chengdu.
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In January, Pakistan's central bank adopted the yuan as a currency for trade with China. Central banks in European countries including France and Germany are including the yuan in their forex reserves mix.
In December, the country's average mortgage rate was 5.68 percent, 1.16 times the benchmark interest rate that is currently 4.9 percent, down 0.53 percent from the previous month, according to the data.
In Germany, around 25 percent of jobs depend on exports. Open markets are therefore especially important for the "core" country within the EU.
In January, Boeing reported a loss of 6 million in 2019 compared with a profit of .46 billion in 2018 — its first annual loss in more than 20 years. Boeing suspended dividends in March. The CEO agreed to forego pay through 2020.