Find X in Paris, marking its official foray into Europe. As of January, it had entered nine European markets, including Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
FUZHOU – In the Chinese city of Quanzhou, East China’s
Fujian province, workers at a garment factory of Kelme are busy stitching and ironing the white and blue jerseys of the Spanish football club Espanyol.
Their goal is to meet the soaring domestic demand boosted by Wu
Lei, a Chinese striker who joined the club a month ago. Wu made history by becoming the first Ch
inese player to score in a La Liga match on March 2, sending his fans into a frenzy.
“Over the last month, we have sold over 10,000 Wu Lei jerseys,” said Ke Yongyuan, presid
ent of Kelme (China), who owns the Yuanxiang garment company in the sportswear manufacturing hub.
Prior to Wu’s debut in Europe, Yuanxiang acquired 80 per
cent of Kelme’s shares and became the controlling shareholder of the renowned inter
national brand. Yuanxiang’s expansion offers a glimpse into Chinese manufacturers’ endeavor of going global.
arlier on Saturday, Ardern said the country’s gun law woul
Earlier on Saturday, Ardern said the country’s gun law would be changed.
She spoke to the public at 4:00 pm local time. She said: “This is one of New Zealand’s darkest days. My thoughts are with Christchurch.”
”It is an unprecedented violence in New Zealand. There is no place for such extreme violence in New Zealand.”
”Our gun law will be changed,” said Ardern, noting that the killers had a legitimate gun license.
Five guns were discovered, two of which were semi-automatic guns, she said.
Other weapons and firearms were also retrieved by the police after the attacks on Friday.
Police Commissioner Mike Bush told another press conference that his top priority wa
s on public safety across New Zealand and was supporting the victims and staff involved.
”The investigation into the intelligence failures is also a priority,” Bush said.
The police chief was joined by representatives from the agencies working on t
he ground — Victim’s Support, City Council, Civil Defence, Fire and Emergency and the Defence Force.
Bush acknowledged the bravery of the public, police officers and emergency responders.
He said the arrest took 36 minutes from the first emergency call.
Demonization of Huawei will prove to be a political farce
China’s Palace Museum signed an agreement on Friday with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to promote the use of its 5G telecommunications technology. With
the new generation telecoms technology, the Forbidden City, which is the tourist site that welcomes the largest nu
mber of visitors in the world each year, will definitely provide state-of-the-art services.
Supported by the much faster mobile network, the museum will likely be digitalized to such
an extent that visitors thousands of miles away may be able to explore it in virtual reality. And those visi
ting it in person will be able to learn about the treasures it houses in greater detail with the aid of digital technology.
In the past 20 years since the museum started to facilitate its work with digital technology, a lot
of information about the cultural relics it preserves has been provided on its app, and multiple dig
italized ways have been employed for visitors to have a more rewarding experience.
Crews around Platte Valley were rescuing residents from
Fifteen volunteers were stranded on the lake, eventually rescued themselves with the help of the Nebraska National Guard, which brought in a Black Hawk helicopter, according to CNN affiliate KETV.
The National Weather Service predicts “much calmer” weather in most areas this we
ekend,. However, flooding will persist throughout the Mississippi and Missouri river.
”Anyone with interests along impacted rivers should monitor closely/take action,” the weather service said.
Ice jams possible north of Hwy 30 this weekend. Generally minor/moderate river flooding i
nto next week on many central Iowa rivers. #iawx pic.twitter.com/m0ydybyPuJ
Many central Iowa rivers may see moderate flooding into next week from the rain and snowmelt runoff, the weather serv
ice said. A flood warning for northern and parts of central Iowa has been extended through Saturday evening as “l
ocal creeks and streams, as well as the main river branches are running high,” according to the weather service.
He fled Afghanistan to escape violence, only to watch a man
When Ahmed Khan moved to New Zealand as a refugee from Afghanistan 12 years ago, he thought he had left violence and death behind.
But on Friday, as he was praying at Linwood mosque in Christchurch, an armed man started shooting indiscrim
inately at worshipers — first outside the mosque, then through the windows as women and children huddled inside, screaming.
Khan said he pulled one injured child out of danger and was holding a man who’d been shot in the arm when the gunman returned.
”(The wounded man) was asking for some water. I said to him, ‘calm down, the police are here now’ and stuff. And the g
unman came through the window again while I was holding him and shot him in the head. And he was dead,” Khan told CNN.
Many people in the diverse city have ties to the community that stretch back generat
ions. Former refugees and migrants have told CNN they chose to make it their home because it was safe.
New Zealanders have rallied around their fellow citizens in the
wake of the Christchurch tragedy, laying flowers and messages of support on the side of Hagley Park, close to the Al Noor mosque.
A makeshift memorial grew in the center of the main street, below traffic lights that flashed orange to indicate roads leading to the mosque were closed.
No one was allowed to approach the building, not even local home owner Sue Harrison, whose c
ar was still parked in the driveway of her property behind the Deans Avenue mosque.
Christchurch resident Sue Harrison heard the gunshots from her house, near to the Al
Noor mosque, and called the police. Her son Zin (right) called her to check she was alright.
She remembers listening to the soothing chant of afternoo
n prayers when it was broken by gunshots. Harrison called the police and hid inside her
house as the gunman worked his way through the mosque, shooting as many people as he could.
”The time the shots were happening, it was terrifying, absolutely terrifying,” Har
rison said. “There was almost an immediate feeling that they’re being targeted.”
Harrison’s 19-year-old son, Zin South, heard reports that a gun
at the mosque. He remembered his mother was at their property waiting to meet a contractor. He texted her. She was safe.
Then he saw the video broadcast live from a camera fixed to the gunman’s helmet. It
showed the gunman using the family’s driveway as a base to store his loaded weapons.
”I couldn’t believe it, that the guy had literally parked in our driveway and walked into the mosque, walked back to our driveway and back into the mosque,” South said.
When police arrived they helped Harrison get out of the house and over the back fence. “She wa
sn’t allowed to leave (by the front) because there were literally bodies lying in the driveway,” her son said.
The family says there’s no way that house can be their home now.
Amid the flowers at the roadblock on Saturday was a homemade sign printed on a piece of A4 paper, titled “#No to hate and terror.”
”If New Zealand is like a vessel of milk filled to the very brim, then consider immigrants
as a pinch of sugar. We’ll not bring the vessel to overflowing but make the milk sweeter,” the sign said.
The author, Deepak Sharma, was standing nearby holding an identical copy. He moved from India to New Zeal
and 10 years ago, and with tears in his eyes told CNN, “This is not the country we chose to immigrate to.”
minutes that explain the Trump presidency, a bad defeat
For President Donald Trump, a bad defeat is simply a spark for a future fight.
The President reacted with characteristic defiance to Congress’ repudiation of the national emergency declared in the cause of funding his border wall.
”VETO!” he tweeted, promising to crush the insubordination of lawmakers who had tri
ed, where many others had failed, to rein in his quest for power and contempt for constitutional norms.
Trump’s crisis management reveals defining attributes of this most unique of political care
ers: The irrepressible energy of a force of nature personality, a refusal to accept a loss and an instinctive reflex to seek a new opening.
But it also showcases less positive traits, including his willingne
ss to trample the truth for his own benefit, a selfish streak for which friendly foreign lead
ers sometimes pay the price and even a shockingly casual way of talking about political violence.
His full political arsenal was on display in a Trumpian mastercl
class of a photo-op in the Oval Office Thursday with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
