The author is a senior policy adviser with the Africa Policy Institute. The views do not necessarily reflect those of China Daily.
The average China Export Containerized Freight Index stood at 830.22 points in August, up 1.2 percent from a month earlier, as the market was in a "traditional peak season," the exchange said in a statement.
The bank's non-performing loan ratio came in at 1.36 percent, down 0.25 percentage points compared with the end of 2017.
The attacks by external forces on China's plans to enact a proposed national security law in Hong Kong are baseless and wrong, says Executive Councillor Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee.
The back-and-forth laid bare the rising political stakes for each, even with Election Day 2020 still about 17 months away. Trump has zeroed in on Biden as a potential threat to his re-election chances and is testing themes to beat him back.
The auto industry has entered into high-quality developing stage. The Great Wall will phase out more low-end products and push more new cars, said Wei Jianjun, president of Great Wall Motors.
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The bank has worked with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank Group to provide political risk insurance to Belt and Road projects. It also works with the International Finance Corporation, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and similar organizations to bring in blended finance.
The biggest decline in visa approvals in 2017 was seen among students from Asian countries, particularly China and India, which typically account for the largest number of F-1 visas.
The bank pays a service fee to the supermarket based on the number of financial transactions conducted at the terminal each month. All the income from the retail and financial business will go to the committee to help improve the impoverished village's public services.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose by 2.05 percent to 2820.76 points, regaining the 2800 point mark after 15 trading days. The Shenzhen Component Index gained 3.15 percent to 10428.91 points, while the ChiNext Index for small-cap technology growth companies saw an intraday increase of 3.31 percent.