The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest in the United States by container volume, saw its volume of containers fall by 10 percent from January to February in 2018 while a 31 percent drop was seen from February to March.
The Panama-registered Sanchi, which was owned by an Iranian company and carried 136,000 tons of highly flammable condensate oil or natural gas liquids, collided with a Hong Kong freighter, CR Crystal, on Jan 6 some 160 nautical miles east of Shanghai and burst into flames.
The Republican bill has faced opposition from both Democrats and fellow Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was forced to postpone a vote on the bill in late June to seek more support.
The Rite of Spring will make its international debut in October during the 20th China Shanghai International Arts Festival (CSIAF), and move onto the stage at the 72nd Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) in August 2019.
The People's Republic of China enacted its first Constitution in 1954. The current Constitution was adopted in 1982 and amended in 1988, 1993, 1999, 2004 and 2018.
The Qingdao Haier Co Ltd said its net profit in the first half of the year grew 10 percent to 4.86 billion yuan (2.5 million). [Photo/VCG]
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The Producer Price Index (PPI), which gauges factory-gate prices and is a major indicator of economic briskness, rose 4.9 percent from a year earlier in December, compared with 5.8 percent in November.
The RCEP, signed by 15 countries last month, is the world's largest trade deal. It covers a market of 2.2 billion people, with participating countries accounting for about 30 percent of global GDP.
The Potala Palace stands in the center of Lhasa. [Photo by Phenthok/For chinadaily.com.cn]
The STAR Market has been seen as the testing ground of capital market reforms. No daily limit of stock price rises or losses was imposed on the first five trading days, and after that a 20-percent daily limit was adopted, versus a 10-percent limit for other boards of the A-share market.