Shi Yuanhua, a professor of Korean Peninsula studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, called the nuclear issue "the most demanding security challenge now within the Asia-Pacific region".
Since China announced the ban last July, the number of shipments has been dropping. In September, exports of scrap paper from West Coast ports fell 17 percent year-on-year, according to trade data of the US Census Bureau.
Since China launched its first pilot FTZ in Shanghai in 2013, another 10 provinces and municipalities have been included in the second and third batches of new FTZs in 2015 and earlier this year.
Similar to Wagas in concept, Woods Cafe opened its fifth branch in Beijing last month. The restaurant tries to make its healthier offerings tastier and appealing by tweaking its recipes (crispier bread for sandwiches; tangier sauces).
Since 2013, the initiative has delivered real benefits to countries along the routes. From Mongolia to Malaysia, Thailand to Pakistan and Laos to Uzbekistan, many projects, including high-speed railways, bridges, ports, industrial parks, oil pipelines and power grids, are being built.
Shuibei Jewelry Village has gone through various periods of development, according to Miao, managing director of Shenzhen Ideal Jewelry Co.
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Similar initiatives are likely to be rolled out in the realm of education by the first half of 2019, Ko said.
Sherry Madera, special adviser for Asia at the City of London Corporation, told a news conference on Wednesday that her team is in talks to sign up several development banks to the Alliance. These new members could be unveiled as early as the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue later this year, she said.
Since 2017, the Emirates Group has invested 9 billion dirham in new aircraft purchase, the acquisition of companies, modern facilities, the latest technologies, and staff initiative.
Similarly, Yoshinoya, a popular Japanese diner chain in the city, suffered a year-on-year sales drop of more than 10 percent in July, Japan's state broadcaster NHK said on Aug 9.