The author is chairman of the Indonesia-based Center for Chinese Studies and associate fellow at The Habibie Center in Jakarta and the EastWest Institute in New York.
The association has called Amazon’s online ads for textbooks — promising up to 30% off new textbooks and up to 90% off used textbooks — vague and unsubstantiated. The group also questions the Amazon’s claim that the company’s buyback program offers up to 60% back for used textbooks, given that the refund is in the form of a gift card, not cash.
The biggest economy in South Asia has one doctor for every 1,500 citizens, short of the ratio of one for every 1,000 advised by the World Health Organization. In some rural areas, the ratio is one doctor to 6,000 people and more.
The best yams are tinged with purple, somewhat like the flecked flesh of a betel nut. That's why the Chinese call these "betel nut yams". These pretty purple tubers are also known as taro, or ube.
The band's debut performance in the show featured its original composition, Monopoly, which, sung in both Mandarin and English, is named after the classic board game.
The association forecast that the market demand in April will be less than March.
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The audience, many of them young couples and families with children, sat on the lawn, recorded the eight-minute fireworks show with their mobile phones and hummed the lyrics known to practically everyone.
The author, who contributed this article exclusively to China Watch, is a senior adviser at the Research Institutes of Sweden, senior associate at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and fellow at the Research Center of Journalism and Social Development at Renmin University. The views do not necessarily reflect those of China Daily.
The baby boy underwent the most dangerous period and is now in a stable condition, according to the hospital.
The bill includes huge spending increases sought by Republicans for the Pentagon along with a big boost demanded by Democrats for domestic agencies. Both sides pressed for billion for disaster relief, extending a host of healthcare provisions, and extending a slew of smaller tax breaks.