ered a barometer of innovation and entrepreneurship.
intercepts Russian bombers, fighter jets off the coast of Alaska
Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bombers made an observa
tion flight along the western coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands and were shado
wed by F-22 fighter jets of the US Air Force at some sections of their flight, according to Russia’s Tass News Agency.
“Four Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Aerospace Force performed planned flig
hts in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Chukotsk, Bering and Okhotsk Seas, and also along the we
stern coast of Alaska and the northern coast of the Aleutian Islands,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
At some sections of the flight, the Russian strategic bombers were shadowed by US Air Force F-22 fighter jets, the statement said.
The Tu-95MS strategic bombers spent over 12 hours in the air, the ministry specified.
He said through the SAR government’s efforts and a ratio
onal discussion among the people of Hong Kong, the city will eventually reach a consensus and any doubts over the issue will be dispelled.
Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Comm
ittee, hoped that all sectors in Hong Kong will work together to safeguard the image of the city’s rule of law.
The SAR government proposed to amend its Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and Mutual Legal Assista
nce in Criminal Matters Ordinance in March. The proposed amendments will allow Hong Kon
g to surrender fugitive offenders to jurisdictions with which it does not currently have extradition arrangements on
a case-by-case basis, with prior approval from the chief executive before an application is submitted to the courts.
China will further open the financial market to welcom
e more overseas investors in. The cross-border trade and investment will be more free and convenient, said Pan.
He called China’s economy stable, as the major economic indicators were within a reasonable range.
In April, the National Bureau of Statistics said the purchasing ma
nagers’ index for the manufacturing sector stood at 50.1, indicating expansion as the reading was above 50.
The broad money supply, or M2, increased 8.5 percent year-on-year by the end of April, compared with 8.3 percent a year earlier.
“The prudential monetary policy was focused on countercyclical adjustments this year, maintaining flexibility as well as
ample liquidity to promote fast growth of credit and strengthened support of private and small enterprises,” Pan added.
At 65 meters in diameter, the radio telescope Tianma－or
heavenly horse－located in the suburban Songjiang district, is the largest omnibearing movable telescope in Asia an
d is ranked third in the world in comprehensive performance. It began providing celestial observations in 2012.
While Tianma was not directly involved in the observations that led to the black hole image, its ability to see other phenome
na in the universe on certain wavelengths, contributed to the precise calibration of the final data for the image, s
cientists in Shanghai said. Tianma is part of the East Asia Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network, or EAVN.
Shen Zhiqiang, head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ S
hanghai Astronomical Observatory and a member of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) inter
national team that assembled the black hole image－more than 200 astronomers worldwide linked via a g
lobe-spanning array of eight ground-based radio telescopes－said that the equipme
Commenting on the suggestion of quickly shifting sou
rcing to countries other than China under the tariff specter, the FDRA said there had been com
panies moving away, but “footwear is a very capital-intensive industry, with years of planning required to m
ake sourcing decisions, and companies cannot simply move factories to adjust to these changes”.
Douglas H. Paal, vice-president of the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowme
nt for International Peace, said the footwear industry’s complaints are justifiable, albeit a little late.
“Since their issues do not involve critical technologies, the
re might be room for the administration to offer a degree of relief,” Paal told China Daily.
Also, these new first-tier cities have preferential po
policies for residence permits and financial incentives to lure more talent.
For example, Zhenjiang in Jiangsu province, promised bonuses of 150,000 and 200,000 yuan for house purchases to gradua
tes with master’s and doctoral degrees, respectively, after they work in the city for three years.
Haikou, capital of Hainan province, is attracting college students with a monthly rent s
ubsidy of 1,500 yuan, with an 18,000-yuan allowance to graduates who decide to buy an apartment there.
Employment, especially some groups such as college gradu
ates and demobilized military staff, remains a priority to the government.
Premier Li Keqiang said at a teleconference on May 13 that employme
nt pressure will be felt this year by a larger number of college graduates. However, promotin
industrial internet and the internet of vehicles are am
ong the country’s top development priorities in the telecommuni
cations industry,” Zhang Feng, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Te
chnology, said on Friday during the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
Zhang called for accelerated efforts to set standards in key areas, including 5G, to expedit
e the commercialization of this forefront technology and bolster the nation’s core competitiveness.
Major Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co has a
lready unveiled its first 5G chip and first 5G foldable smartphone, the Mate X, which is
expected to hit the market in June, despite challenges involving the United States.
Also on Friday, shortly after the US said it would ban Huawei from buying US t
echnology without special approval, Huawei’s chipmaking arm, HiSilicon, said
rvices will be provided based on the results of a sur
China will offer customized data services for disaster prevention throug
h its Fengyun meteorological satellites for more countries along the Belt and Road, said a
senior official of the China Meteorological Administration’s National Satellite Meteorological Center.
The services will be provided based on the results of a survey of 81 countries. By the end
of April, 22 countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Libya and Sudan, had responded to the survey.
All of the respondents said they wanted to install the application software platforms
of the Fengyun satellites for weather forecasting, as well as climate and environment monitoring.
They also requested a range of services, especially in monitoring rainf
all, droughts, dust storms, heavy fog and lightning, in addition to training courses on F
engyun meteorological satellite data analysis, remote-sensing applications and data collection.
I cannot believe this could happen during the world cha
championships,” said Guan, also President of the Chinese Taekwondo Federation. “This is the first time I have seen such kind of thing.”
