Stephanie Hubley, an executive assistant in the Kindle Reader group at Amazon. (Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire)
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said earlier on Tuesday that it is important and positive for the top leaders of the two countries to sit down and conduct equal talks, which is creating a new history. China welcomes and supports the meeting and hopes the two leaders will avoid disruptions, build mutual trust and overcome difficulties, he said.
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Started in 1989, IMD's World Competitiveness Yearbook produces annual rankings based on 260 indices, two-thirds of which are "hard" indices. The additional figures are based on the surveys of over 6,200 top executives working for global conglomerates. The list incorporates 63 economies with the full score reaching 100 points.
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson speaks at the 2017 GeekWire Summit in Seattle. (Photo by Dan DeLong for GeekWire)
Statistics from market research firm International Data Corp showed that Huawei continued to lead China's smartphone market during the fourth quarter of last year, with a 29 percent market share, followed by Oppo and Vivo. However, Samsung is losing most ground on midrange and cheaper smartphones.
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Starting Monday, the Chinese capital will redirect all the inbound flights scheduled to land at Beijing Capital International Airport to 12 designated airports where passengers' health condition will be checked.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz at the company’s annual shareholders meeting this week. Starbucks announced several new tech-driven programs at the meeting. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Statistics show that the joint venture sold 111,788 Auman trucks, which have Daimler's technology, in the first 10 months this year, up 55 percent from the same period last year.
Stephen Gavazzi, professor of human sciences at Ohio State University, told NBC News: "When a university sneezes, the town gets pneumonia. Now, when the university has pneumonia, what does that mean for the town?"