降降The subsidy scheme did not work, costing the country 8 billion US dollars and leaving it with vast stockpiles of rice

降降Abe last dissolved the lower house of parliament in November 2014 and thereafter led the ruling coalition to a sweeping victory in the following election in December降降In addition, the fact that new opposition parties in the process of being formed will not have time to organize themselves and mount a serious challenge to Abe and the LDP in such a short space of time, has made many political watchers question Abe's regard for democracy and the will of the people

降降TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is gearing up to dissolve the lower house of parliament and call a snap general election, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai confirmed on Tuesday降降The support rate for Abe's cabinet has improved moderately recently, and the opposition camp has accused the prime minister of taking advantage of this and have slammed the possible general election as being unnecessary and serving Abe's personal, not political objectives降降The application for UNESCO heritage status submitted by more than 10 groups from China, the Republic of Korea and other countries and regions will "allow the world to fully understand the brutality of the war of agrression, remember history, cherish peace and defend human dignity," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a regular news briefing降降BEIJING -- Japan should act correctly towards an application for records of comfort women to be listed as UNESCO heritage, instead of threatening not to pay its UNESCO membership fees, a Chinese spokesperson said Monday降降If the submitted documents are approved for the UNESCO Memory of the World Register next month, domestic pressure for Japan to cancel payment of its UNESCO membership fees will grow, according to Japanese media

降降"The members of international organizations are obliged to pay their membership fees on time and in full降降China demands Japan reflect on its history of aggression, and take a correct attitude towards and do not smear or meddle with the application," Lu said降降Lyu Xinhua delivers a speech at the conference on investment and trade between China and Congo (Brazzaville), Sept 25, 2017

降降First, Congo has set up the Sino-Congolese Bank for Africa (BSCA), a joint venture between the Congolese government and the Agriculture Bank of China; Congo is a portal country to the Western African market, with a deep-water port on the west coast along the Atlantic Ocean; the political situation in Congo is quite stable; the government of Congo approved to promote investment in the country in 2015 and the Agency for the Promotion of Investment in Congo will provide detailed information on investment and opportunities to enter the country降降"In Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire, I have reached consensus with the entrepreneurs who have the intent to cooperate with me in textile production and products," he said降降Sun Xinwei, deputy general manager of China State Construction Engineering Corp Central and Western African Region, advised that Chinese companies engaging in any large infrastructure projects in Congo should be aware of expenses for the period after the project is completed and before the official operation, as the Congolese government is suffering from an economic downturn due to oil price drop from 2014, which results in delayed payment降降Lyu also eased local worries about the pollution that comes along with industrialization

China is the top trade partner and the largest engineering project contractor of Congo[Photo by Pan Zhongming/China Daily]Brazzaville, Congo - The Chinese Council for the Promotion of the South-South Cooperation has launched a new wave to explore the French-speaking western African markets in Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire and Congo (Brazzaville) by leading a 30-odd member delegation of entrepreneurs to visit the countries

"Besides, the Congolese government can adopt the most strict standards on pollution for the Chinese companies and the Chinese investors will consciously follow the rules and regulations set by the Congolese government, he said"However, in recent years, the Chinese government no longer tolerates the existence of polluting enterprises," he saidThe Special Economic Zone under construction in Pointe Noire is the flagship project of Chinese-Congolese cooperation, Lyu said"He said the reasons to choose Congo for the visit are that Congo boasts a sound investment environment, the infrastructure construction shows a growing momentum and the Chinese enterprises are willing to be involved in the industrialization process of the country

"Some media claim that the Chinese investment would cause pollution in the host country," he saidZhou Fuming, director general of Suzhou Mike Textile, who has set up a textile and dyeing company in Ethiopia, said that he learned more about Western Africa, the population, the resource and demand so that he would be able to bring Chinese resources to Africa and the Africans' to ChinaThe delegation consists of entrepreneurs in the sectors of finance, machine-building, energy, agriculture, textile, security, culture and educationHe said the visit was quite fruitful thanks to the enthusiasm for cooperation in the western African countries he has visited

"It was true during the first 30 years of China's opening-up while China was attracting foreign investment, pollution was an issue," he said"We hope the Congolese enterprises and Chinese enterprises will form a sound cooperation partnership," she said

"We are glad that the council today meets with the Chinese entrepreneurs to discuss with Congolese counterparts on investment and business partnership," he said, "Congo is the third leg but the most important destination of the visitIn his speech at the conference, Lyu Xinhua, president of the council, said that the Chinese Council for the Promotion of the South-South Cooperation is willing to provide a platform for the Congolese and Chinese enterprises to exchange information and form partnership

From road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like LiangshanThe Congress will review the Party's work over the past five years, discuss and set the future direction for the Party and the nation, as well as elect a new central leadershipChina has lifted hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty over the past few decades, but doing the same for groups like the Yi poses a different set of challengesAs all eyes are on the upcoming Congress, let's take a look at what international media said about the developments and achievements of ChinaSimilarly, the annual per capita income in impoverished rural areas has grown to 10A photo taken on June 14, 2017 shows a poverty alleviation relocation site in Leibo county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province

-- Reuters: "China's ethnic Yi struggle against poverty" (Aug 10, 2017)China lifted 13China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society," which requires the eradication of poverty

About 775,000 officials have been sent to impoverished areas for poverty relief work, said the report91 million people out of poverty each year from 2012 to 2016, according to a report from the State Council on Tuesday

To achieve the target, China needs to bring more than 10 million people out of poverty every year, meaning nearly one million people per month or 20 people per minute9 million people out of poverty each year" (Aug 29, 2017)

[Photo/Xinhua]Poverty reliefAn ambitious poverty reduction campaign is seeking to change this, ensuring by 2020 that no one is living in poverty - defined by the government as less than 2,300 yuan ($349) a yearThe 19th Communist Party of China National Congress will convene in Beijing on Oct 18Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is the infectious cause of this neoplasmThe couple was listed for the discovery of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8)

This year's Nobel prizes will be announced starting from October 2, with the ceremony lasting one or two weeks, said the Swedish Academy on its official websiteEach year, analysts at Clarivate Analytics mine millions of citations in the Web of Science, an online subscription-based scientific citation indexing service, to identify top-tier researchers in physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry and economics

Professor Chang is a Co-Director of the Tumor Virology Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer InstituteChinese-American Yuan Chang, 58, joined the list of physiology or medicine laureates, together with her husband Patrick S

com]Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, announced its 2017 Citation Laureates - scientists whose publications have been cited so often by their colleagues that they could be recipients of a Nobel Prize this year or in the futureTsien (1952-2016) got his Clarivate citation prize of chemistry in 2008, before he co-won the Nobel honor in chemistry at the same year, with Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common cancer in HIV-infected untreated individualsIn the last 15 years, 43 Citation Laureates have gone on to receive Nobel honors, so the prize has been seen as an indicator of the Nobel prizes, introduced in memory of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)Chang was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States as a young childShe has received a number of awards for her work, including the Meyenburg Foundation Award for Cancer Research and the Robert Koch Prize

She received Bachelor of Science at Stanford University and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Utah, according to faculty information of Pittsburgh UniversityHere, we present some of the most striking images around the world this past week

Children cool off themselves at a wading pool in Toronto, Canada, on Sept 24, 2017The vice-premier said China is willing to work with the US to prepare for President Trump's visit to China to ensure it is a great success

Liu addressed a reception celebrating the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Chinese embassy on WednesdayVisiting Vice-Premier Liu Yandong, right, speaks with Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, center, and Ivanka Trump, left, daughter of US President Donald Trump also serving as an adviser, in Washington DC, on Sept 27, 2017