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Both Kering and LVMH have been able to invest very heavily into store renovations, visual merchandising, and digital strategy in China which has made it easier for Both Kering and LVMH to generate mainland China sales, prada was behind the curve. – Ben Cavender	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The surge in China's mainland equity markets since the start of the year looks excessive, even allowing for renewed optimism about stimulus in China and the possibility of a US-China trade deal, since we are anticipating more economic weakness in both China and the rest of the world regardless, we suspect that the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets will fall back sharply later in the year. – Oliver Jones	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
As in recent years, even the most roundabout references to the event get censors worked up and maybe even lead to arrests, while images of a man standing before a line of tanks are shown and described in various newspapers outside the mainland, on the Chinese internet even the word' today' may be treated as subversive content. – Jeff Wasserstrom	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It is quite convenient for businesses, but this rail is clearly about further integrating Hong Kong with mainland China, i don't know whether it is really good if we just become another city in the Guangdong province. – Bosco Wong	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Even though The President dropped the ball, The President is now doing a victory dance in the end zone, or should we call it the dead zone ? Trump's comments also drew swift condemnation from elected officials and residents of the island, where blackouts remain common, 60,000 homes still have makeshift roofs and 13 percent of municipalities lack stable phone or internet service. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a Facebook post in Spanish, the victims of Puerto Rico, and the people of Puerto Rico in general, do not deserve to be questioned about their pain. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz, a Democrat who has sparred with President Trump multiple times, tweeted that President Trump is so vain President Trump thinks this is about President Trump. NO IT IS NOT. In New York, which has the largest Puerto Rican population in the mainland United States, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called Trump’s tweets. – Luis Gutierrez	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Maximum sustained winds are now 75 mph, and further strengthening is forecast over the coming days, hurricane Florence continues on a track to impact the United States mainland by Thursday or Friday. – United States	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Are we establishing the 'one country, two system' policy in Mainland China now? – Wu Ran	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We are trying to stop them sending the greyhounds to the mainland because the problem is it is legal to have dog meat and there is no animal protection there. – Zoe Tang	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Due to the corrosive effects of salt and humidity in the islands, HQ-9 missile systems must be removed and sent back to the mainland for maintenance periodically. – Timothy Heath	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are digging in what is essentially the area that the Picts threw their rubbish but this collection of the waste products of their day-to-day lives is a treasure trove to archaeologists, what’s exciting is the level of preservation here. We’ve found animal bone which rarely survives in mainland Scotland because of the acidic soil. We are already getting really nice information about what people ate within the fort and we hope to extract a level of information we’ve not had for Pictish sites before. – Gordon Noble	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
At present, visitors to Hong Kong from mainland China tend to fly in for one or two days, mostly for shopping, and seldom travel to other areas in the Pearl River Delta. – Marcos Chan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The bridge is a waste of money, when it comes to linking the mainland to Hong Kong, we have air, sea and land linkages already. Why do we need this extra project ? – Claudia Mo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The entire area of the U.S. mainland is within our nuclear strike range, united States can never start a war against me and our country. – Kim Jong-un	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I haven't even seen a truck nearby. Polls are still down lines are down, I really have no idea. And it's been slowly coming back around the metro area, but I feel like my area has been forgotten. She said she does n’t know what the future will bring. Right now, we're scared about Puerto Rico's future. This is really, really serious for us, we don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul. – Monica Viego-Rodriguez	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul, the mission is to restore power and that's what we're focusing on. Wednesday night, the Puerto Rico governor said the island will receive approximately $ 35 billion in federal aid. But he added that Puerto Rico is facing massive debt and won't be able to repay the money until 2022. Power crews say they have to prioritize – hospitals, police and fire stations, come first.Then communication facilities, water treatment plants, transportation providers and shelters.From there, utility crews repair infrastructure serving smaller groups and neighborhoods. People like Sol Vazquez, a law student who has been working the best she can with limited resources, also Skyped with Fox News this week. She said she has been seeing a mixed response from her friends and fellow students. I think everyone wants to get their electricity back, I don't think, at this point, they care who does it or how they do it. – Lance Becca	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The entire area of the U.S. mainland is within our nuclear strike range, the United States can never start a war against me and our country. – Kim Jong Unduring	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
North Korea has been a threat for quite some time now, but our previous administration chose to ignore the warning signs and pretend they did not exist, now that Trump has taken office we are seeing this threat being addressed and it is causing tensions not only in that region but for the U.S. mainland as well. – Gary Lynch	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This bill will help improve our ability to defend Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. mainland against a North Korean ballistic missile threat. – Brian Schatz	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The spending pattern of mainland tourists had changed and their consumption power is weakening. – Thomson Cheng	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
There is no legal arrangement for the transfer of a person to the mainland authorities and the Hong Kong government will handle all cases in accordance with the law of Hong Kong. – Lai Tung-kwok	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Any law-enforcement entity, including mainland and foreign, does not have the right to exercise power in Hong Kong, it is illegal for any overseas entities to enforce law in Hong Kong and we shall not accept it. – Leung Chun-ying	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
But, Taiwan society ought to understand and attach importance to the feelings of the 1.37 billion residents of the mainland. – Zhang Zhijun	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Property companies, when they go public in Hong Kong, one of the reasons is to be able to do foreign issuance (of bonds), have better credit rating and cheaper financing, but now, when you look at the bond market in mainland China, it's getting more and more popular. So if you're listed in the A share market, it's very easy to issue bonds also. – Ringo Choi	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The revelations, pronouncements and 'tests' appear to be part of a campaign to establish the narrative that Pyongyang has, or will soon have, a nuclear-armed, long-range missile that could threaten the U.S. mainland, each unveiling, if real, would be part of a structured program aimed at developing the capability. The open question is: How real are these tests? – Michael Elleman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Both Kering and LVMH have been able to invest very heavily into store renovations, visual merchandising, and digital strategy in China which has made it easier for Both Kering and LVMH to generate mainland China sales, prada was behind the curve.

– Ben Cavender

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The surge in China's mainland equity markets since the start of the year looks excessive, even allowing for renewed optimism about stimulus in China and the possibility of a US-China trade deal, since we are anticipating more economic weakness in both China and the rest of the world regardless, we suspect that the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets will fall back sharply later in the year.

– Oliver Jones

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

As in recent years, even the most roundabout references to the event get censors worked up and maybe even lead to arrests, while images of a man standing before a line of tanks are shown and described in various newspapers outside the mainland, on the Chinese internet even the word' today' may be treated as subversive content.

– Jeff Wasserstrom

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is quite convenient for businesses, but this rail is clearly about further integrating Hong Kong with mainland China, i don't know whether it is really good if we just become another city in the Guangdong province.

– Bosco Wong

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Even though The President dropped the ball, The President is now doing a victory dance in the end zone, or should we call it the dead zone ? Trump's comments also drew swift condemnation from elected officials and residents of the island, where blackouts remain common, 60,000 homes still have makeshift roofs and 13 percent of municipalities lack stable phone or internet service. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a Facebook post in Spanish, the victims of Puerto Rico, and the people of Puerto Rico in general, do not deserve to be questioned about their pain. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz, a Democrat who has sparred with President Trump multiple times, tweeted that President Trump is so vain President Trump thinks this is about President Trump. NO IT IS NOT. In New York, which has the largest Puerto Rican population in the mainland United States, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called Trump’s tweets.

– Luis Gutierrez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Maximum sustained winds are now 75 mph, and further strengthening is forecast over the coming days, hurricane Florence continues on a track to impact the United States mainland by Thursday or Friday.

– United States

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Are we establishing the 'one country, two system' policy in Mainland China now?

– Wu Ran

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are trying to stop them sending the greyhounds to the mainland because the problem is it is legal to have dog meat and there is no animal protection there.

– Zoe Tang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Due to the corrosive effects of salt and humidity in the islands, HQ-9 missile systems must be removed and sent back to the mainland for maintenance periodically.

– Timothy Heath

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We are digging in what is essentially the area that the Picts threw their rubbish but this collection of the waste products of their day-to-day lives is a treasure trove to archaeologists, what’s exciting is the level of preservation here. We’ve found animal bone which rarely survives in mainland Scotland because of the acidic soil. We are already getting really nice information about what people ate within the fort and we hope to extract a level of information we’ve not had for Pictish sites before.

– Gordon Noble

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

At present, visitors to Hong Kong from mainland China tend to fly in for one or two days, mostly for shopping, and seldom travel to other areas in the Pearl River Delta.

– Marcos Chan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The bridge is a waste of money, when it comes to linking the mainland to Hong Kong, we have air, sea and land linkages already. Why do we need this extra project ?

– Claudia Mo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The entire area of the U.S. mainland is within our nuclear strike range, united States can never start a war against me and our country.

– Kim Jong-un

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I haven't even seen a truck nearby. Polls are still down lines are down, I really have no idea. And it's been slowly coming back around the metro area, but I feel like my area has been forgotten. She said she does n’t know what the future will bring. Right now, we're scared about Puerto Rico's future. This is really, really serious for us, we don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul.

– Monica Viego-Rodriguez

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul, the mission is to restore power and that's what we're focusing on. Wednesday night, the Puerto Rico governor said the island will receive approximately $ 35 billion in federal aid. But he added that Puerto Rico is facing massive debt and won't be able to repay the money until 2022. Power crews say they have to prioritize – hospitals, police and fire stations, come first.Then communication facilities, water treatment plants, transportation providers and shelters.From there, utility crews repair infrastructure serving smaller groups and neighborhoods. People like Sol Vazquez, a law student who has been working the best she can with limited resources, also Skyped with Fox News this week. She said she has been seeing a mixed response from her friends and fellow students. I think everyone wants to get their electricity back, I don't think, at this point, they care who does it or how they do it.

– Lance Becca

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The entire area of the U.S. mainland is within our nuclear strike range, the United States can never start a war against me and our country.

– Kim Jong Unduring

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

North Korea has been a threat for quite some time now, but our previous administration chose to ignore the warning signs and pretend they did not exist, now that Trump has taken office we are seeing this threat being addressed and it is causing tensions not only in that region but for the U.S. mainland as well.

– Gary Lynch

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This bill will help improve our ability to defend Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. mainland against a North Korean ballistic missile threat.

– Brian Schatz

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The spending pattern of mainland tourists had changed and their consumption power is weakening.

– Thomson Cheng

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

There is no legal arrangement for the transfer of a person to the mainland authorities and the Hong Kong government will handle all cases in accordance with the law of Hong Kong.

– Lai Tung-kwok

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Any law-enforcement entity, including mainland and foreign, does not have the right to exercise power in Hong Kong, it is illegal for any overseas entities to enforce law in Hong Kong and we shall not accept it.

– Leung Chun-ying

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

But, Taiwan society ought to understand and attach importance to the feelings of the 1.37 billion residents of the mainland.

– Zhang Zhijun

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Property companies, when they go public in Hong Kong, one of the reasons is to be able to do foreign issuance (of bonds), have better credit rating and cheaper financing, but now, when you look at the bond market in mainland China, it's getting more and more popular. So if you're listed in the A share market, it's very easy to issue bonds also.

– Ringo Choi

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The revelations, pronouncements and 'tests' appear to be part of a campaign to establish the narrative that Pyongyang has, or will soon have, a nuclear-armed, long-range missile that could threaten the U.S. mainland, each unveiling, if real, would be part of a structured program aimed at developing the capability. The open question is: How real are these tests?

– Michael Elleman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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