Macao's GDP increased from 51.87 billion patacas (.43 billion) in 1999 to 444.7 billion patacas in 2018. The fiscal surplus reached 505.6 billion yuan by the end of last year, a 193-fold increase over 1999, greatly enhancing the SAR's ability to protect itself from external risks. The unemployment rate fell from 6.3 percent in 1999 to 1.8 percent in 2018, official data show.
Ma Jianguo, who killed two people at a roadblock set up to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, was executed in Yunnan province after China's top court approved his death penalty sentence. [Photo from web]
Mancur Olson, the late great economist at the University of Maryland, argued that economies and societies stagnate as special interest groups are able to protect their positions and prevent change.
MSCI said in June that it would include 222 large Shanghai and Shenzhen listed companies into its widely followed Emerging Market Index. The decision by MSCI may elicit initial inflows of billion to billion into the domestic equity market, according to MSCI estimates. Capital inflows may reach 0 billion if A shares are wholly included in the MSCI indices.
Major THAAD elements, including two launchers and a radar, were installed last week following a violent tussle between police and protesters.
Many Americans who graduated from Yale have played a major role in US-China relations. George H. W. Bush, a graduate in 1948, became the head of the US Liaison Office in China in 1974. He was followed by Winston Lord, Clark Randt Jr and Gary Locke, all Yale graduates, to become US ambassadors to China.
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Ma stressed that the move accords with the will of the people and that there is no so-called "exchange of commercial interests."
Manchanda holds that it would be useful for Chinese automakers to "look at case studies of the Korean car brands in the US over the last 20 years." "They started from a similar position and now they are solid players."
Many Chinese New Year customs I've experienced at my in-laws' home in Zhejiang province revolve around auspiciousness, such as the red couplets and firecrackers used to ensure a propitious start to the new year. But Christmas traditions I've grown up with are also said to represent good fortune, including the centerpiece of all decorations: the Christmas tree.
Ma reiterated that the mainland will continue to uphold the 1992 Consensus on the one-China principle and to resolutely oppose separatist elements advocating “Taiwan independence” and their activities.