While petroleum consumption growth remains at a low-speed, China's natural gas consumption witnessed rapid growth, which totaled 71.2 billion cubic meters during the first quarter, a year-on-year growth of 9.8 percent.
Whiston said for now the F-Series is being affected. "But if this issue halts Expedition and Navigator production, then things get even more ugly. Those SUVs and the F-Series are Ford's most profitable vehicles, so Ford can't have a long shutdown of any of them without major negative ramifications to earnings," he said.
While the numbers are not large, an expert has said they show that authorities are paying greater attention to child protection, including against sexual predators.
While it was a spoof, it was also very serious on one level. It was the first in the series of vox-pop videos made by Gal Or's startup. The episode by Foreigner Research Institute, or YChina, the shorter name by which Gal Or is now promoting his organization, got more than 10,000 thumb-ups after being posted on China's social media Weibo on September 14.
While much of the global economic downturn can be attributed to weakening macro-conditions, the notion that the buildup of unpredictable political risk over the past few years has finally caught up with the macro environment can no longer be overlooked.
While moods were higher immediately following the screen-time breaks compared to the activity breaks, children reported a more positive mood during both the sedentary and exercise conditions, and they subsequently rated the activity breaks as more fun.
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While most of them lean toward professional services, one woman is attempting something different, and is using traditional Chinese clothing to do it.
While many Aussies argue about the best way to steer the transition out of minerals and manufacturing and into the digital workplaces of the future, it seems there's one thing everyone can agree on -- All roads lead to China.
While the Beijing students taught their American counterparts traditional Chinese culture, students from the Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in Brooklyn welcomed them by singing Jasmine Flower in Chinese. It is one of the most famous Chinese folk songs and is included in Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot.
While several Chinatowns in major American cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia and Boston have paifang, this will be New York City's first, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.