Led by China and India, the total billionaire population in Asia now stands at 784 individuals, overtaking North America (727) for the first time, according to the Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2018.
Launched in 2015, the annual conference has attracted more than 100,000 participants, and tens of millions online audience.
Legislating on national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is undoubtedly within the remit of the central authorities, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday.
Lee Hui-ling, 53, from Chinese Taipei is one of the 10 volunteers. She said she hopes to tap into her 25 years of experience as a museum docent in Italy to make online audio books for visitors that compare the aesthetics of murals in Dunhuang with wall paintings from the European Renaissance of the 14th to 16th centuries.
Lee Lik Hsin, CEO of Scoot Airways, soon after announcing the merger of Scoot and Tigerair on July 25, 2017. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Left-behind children-who live in rural areas while at least one parent is away working as a migrant-are more prone to psychological problems and physical injuries, according to a report released by China's top health authority.
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Last year, the world's largest telecom equipment maker spent 131.7 billion yuan (.6 billion)-15.3 percent of its annual revenue-on R&D.
Lawsuits filed against Juul this week by the attorneys general of New York and California allege that the company deliberately marketed and sold vaping products to young people and helped create a public health crisis. The lawsuits allege that the company specifically targeted young people with deceptive advertising featuring flavors like mango, cool mint and cucumber. They charge that the company failed to warn customers that the products contain nicotine, misrepresented them as a safer alternative to cigarettes and illegally sold them to minors. The attorney general of North Carolina announced a similar lawsuit in May.
Lee had denied the charges, with the defense saying that he was not aware of the payments and did not approve them.
Leiting 2019 aims to help build a safe, secure, convenient and equitable Greater Bay Area, and it has provided a heavy blow to cross-border and organized crime in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and contributed to ensuring a good and sound social order to celebrate the 20thanniversary of Macao's return to the motherland later this month, according to Qian.