山東青"Through this partnership, we leverage our two institutions' expertise, resources and passion for community development and public service," Jonathan GS Koppell, dean of ASU College of Public Service and Community Solutions, said

島全國愛鳥周鳥The college is aiming to cultivate management personnel with a global vision and international competitiveness of tourism春光中"This new college is an incredibly exciting and innovative initiative," Koppell said when addressing the opening ceremony on Monday

火烈The students also will have access to the quality teaching, research resources and electronic library resources with ASU, she added山東青That means that the students can enjoy American top university teaching resources without going abroad, said Wang Lin, head of the new college島全國愛鳥周鳥With the professional courses taught in English, students will get double degrees, one from Hainan University and another from Arizona State University, if they successfully graduate from the college春光中Tuition is about 60,000 yuan for each semester, which is much less than that in ASU's US headquarters, while excellent students have the same access to various scholarships火烈4 magnitude earthquake recorded on Saturday near the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's most recent nuclear test site was "natural"

山東青The test prompted global condemnation, leading the United Nations Security Council to unanimously adopt new sanctions that include restricting the DPRK's oil shipments島全國愛鳥周鳥The report said the analysis of seismic waves and the lack of sound waves clearly showed the quake was not caused by an artificial explosion, citing an unnamed weather agency official from the ROK春光中Besides calling for putting up the memorial, the resolution aimed at raising public awareness against sex trafficking and all forms of sexual violence

火烈Comfort Women Justice Coalition, a local grassroots advocacy group devoted to bring justice for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery during the World War II, unveiled a monument dedicated to the "comfort women" in San Francisco on Friday山東青" However, in the instance of "comfort women," the criminals "went away and got free, there was no justice for the comfort women島全國愛鳥周鳥Tang told Xinhua that during 26 years as a judge, she had to "make sure in each case that if somebody committed a crime, the person would be held accountable春光中"Asked what the memorial means for her, Sing pointed at herself and at reporters at a press briefing, saying that it reflects the soul of everybody with a conscience

"A sound wave, which is usually generated in the event of an artificial earthquake, was not detectedThe China Earthquake Administration, of which the CENC is a part, and related departments conducted studies on the infrasonic records of the earthquake and previous quakes including those provoked by nuclear tests on the Korean Peninsula

Earlier, South Korea's weather agency said the quake is presumed to have been a natural one, the country's Yonhap news agency reportedThey concluded that Saturday's quake is a natural one, the seismic service said4 on the Richter scale that occurred Saturday in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is not the result of a nuclear test, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said"The quake is presumed to have occurred naturally," the report quoted an agency official as saying

The epicenter was roughly the same with a similar shallow earthquake on Sept 3, which turned out to be caused by a nuclear test by the DPRK4 on the Richter scale in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)BEIJING - China's seismic service CENC detected a zero-depth earthquake measuring 3Rabbani said the donation will help improve the working conditions of the Pakistani parliament, highlighting the friendship and exchanges between the two countries and two peoples

The handover ceremony was held at the premises of the parliament in the capital IslamabadThe Chinese ambassador said enhancing bilateral exchanges is of great importance to deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation, especially to promote the bilateral policy coordination and people-to-people exchanges

ISLAMABAD - China on Thursday handed over 330 pieces of office equipment including laptops, computers, scanners, printers and projectors to Pakistan's parliamentPakistani Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani expressed gratitude for China's donation at the ceremony attended also by senators, parliamentarians and other high officials

Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong and Pakistani Senate Secretary Amjed Pervez Malik signed a handover document on behalf of their respective sidesSun Xinwei, deputy general manager of China State Construction Engineering Corp Central and Western African Region, advised that Chinese companies engaging in any large infrastructure projects in Congo should be aware of expenses for the period after the project is completed and before the official operation, as the Congolese government is suffering from an economic downturn due to oil price drop from 2014, which results in delayed paymentLyu Xinhua delivers a speech at the conference on investment and trade between China and Congo (Brazzaville), Sept 25, 2017The delegation consists of entrepreneurs in the sectors of finance, machine-building, energy, agriculture, textile, security, culture and education"In Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire, I have reached consensus with the entrepreneurs who have the intent to cooperate with me in textile production and products," he said"We hope the Congolese enterprises and Chinese enterprises will form a sound cooperation partnership," she said

China is the top trade partner and the largest engineering project contractor of CongoZhou Fuming, director general of Suzhou Mike Textile, who has set up a textile and dyeing company in Ethiopia, said that he learned more about Western Africa, the population, the resource and demand so that he would be able to bring Chinese resources to Africa and the Africans' to China

In his speech at the conference, Lyu Xinhua, president of the council, said that the Chinese Council for the Promotion of the South-South Cooperation is willing to provide a platform for the Congolese and Chinese enterprises to exchange information and form partnership"However, in recent years, the Chinese government no longer tolerates the existence of polluting enterprises," he said

"Some media claim that the Chinese investment would cause pollution in the host country," he said"He said the reasons to choose Congo for the visit are that Congo boasts a sound investment environment, the infrastructure construction shows a growing momentum and the Chinese enterprises are willing to be involved in the industrialization process of the country

Lyu also eased local worries about the pollution that comes along with industrialization[Photo by Pan Zhongming/China Daily]Brazzaville, Congo - The Chinese Council for the Promotion of the South-South Cooperation has launched a new wave to explore the French-speaking western African markets in Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire and Congo (Brazzaville) by leading a 30-odd member delegation of entrepreneurs to visit the countriesAddressing the conference on investment and trade between China and Congo (Brazzaville) on Monday, Annick Patricia Mongo, director general of the Agency for the Promotion of Investment in Congo, said that she hoped Congo could be the country of priority for Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in central Africa"And we will not allow the overseas projects invested in by Chinese investors to cause pollution

"It was true during the first 30 years of China's opening-up while China was attracting foreign investment, pollution was an issue," he saidFirst, Congo has set up the Sino-Congolese Bank for Africa (BSCA), a joint venture between the Congolese government and the Agriculture Bank of China; Congo is a portal country to the Western African market, with a deep-water port on the west coast along the Atlantic Ocean; the political situation in Congo is quite stable; the government of Congo approved to promote investment in the country in 2015 and the Agency for the Promotion of Investment in Congo will provide detailed information on investment and opportunities to enter the country

"Besides, the Congolese government can adopt the most strict standards on pollution for the Chinese companies and the Chinese investors will consciously follow the rules and regulations set by the Congolese government, he saidThe Special Economic Zone under construction in Pointe Noire is the flagship project of Chinese-Congolese cooperation, Lyu said

He said the visit was quite fruitful thanks to the enthusiasm for cooperation in the western African countries he has visited"We are glad that the council today meets with the Chinese entrepreneurs to discuss with Congolese counterparts on investment and business partnership," he said, "Congo is the third leg but the most important destination of the visit

The Congress will review the Party's work over the past five years, discuss and set the future direction for the Party and the nation, as well as elect a new central leadershipChina has lifted hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty over the past few decades, but doing the same for groups like the Yi poses a different set of challengesAbout 775,000 officials have been sent to impoverished areas for poverty relief work, said the reportSimilarly, the annual per capita income in impoverished rural areas has grown to 10

To achieve the target, China needs to bring more than 10 million people out of poverty every year, meaning nearly one million people per month or 20 people per minute9 million people out of poverty each year" (Aug 29, 2017)

China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society," which requires the eradication of poverty[Photo/Xinhua]Poverty reliefAn ambitious poverty reduction campaign is seeking to change this, ensuring by 2020 that no one is living in poverty - defined by the government as less than 2,300 yuan ($349) a year

From road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like LiangshanThe 19th Communist Party of China National Congress will convene in Beijing on Oct 18