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工程The 14th Street near U Street, a traditional African American neighborhood, is now lined up with hip restaurants and bars in this photo taken on Sunday学院Vibrating Ring

为入The same urban renewal is happening in other parts of Washington党积China will also be contributing technical expertise and equipment in the future极分File photo shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte supporters gather during a vigil backinVibrating Ringg the anti-drugs crackdown at the Luneta park in metro Manila, Philippines February 25, 2017授专It was found out that the drugs have been delivered to the Philippines and the Chinese officials immediately informed their Philippine counterparts, alerting them about the drug shipment土木题党With regard to the May 25 bust of a drug trafficking ring and seizure of 604 kilograms of crystal meth, according to the meeting, the Chinese Customs officials discovered the attempt to smuggle the illegal drugs into the Philippines

工程Philippine law enforcers seized the drugs around midnight and it took less than four hours for the cross-border operation to be implemented学院The two sides refuted distorted reports recently published by certain media, stressing that the fake news were neither in the interests of bilateral anti-drug cooperation, nor in the interests of the two peoples为入Ten students from Nigeria and Zambia learned how to perform Chinese lion dance at the Jinpu New Area in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province

党积During the 35-day training course, they learned from Li Mingxu, the fifth generation successor of the Jinzhou Lion Dance, a provincial intangible cultural heritage that has been passed from generation to generation for more than a century极分They kept practicing from morning until night, trying to master the basic skills of lion dance, routines and instrumental music within a short period授专The training course on the Chinese lion dance is part of the 2017 China Africa Cultures in Focus, an activity held by the Bureau for External Cultural Relations of Chinese Ministry of Culture to strengthen the cultural communication between China and African countries土木题党The cultural center of the Jinpu New Area has undertaken the course for three consecutive years since 2015

Only a short walk from the National Mall, it looks like a good place to live, work and hang outHyra described the massive transformation in the U Street/Shaw area, where the city's once most infamous open-air drug market has become a farmers' market now selling grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli

The area has seen a sharp increase in the white population and skyrocketing property prices, a sign of gentrification in the Washington DCLocated in southwest Washington along the waterfront next to the famed Maine Avenue Fish Market, its first phase will open on Oct 12Hyra described how the "dark ghetto" has been turned into a "gilded ghetto"Chen Weihua/China DailyHaving lived in Washington DC for almost five years, I have seen the city growing, with new construction and renovation projects happening in many streets and neighborhoods

His book this year, Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City, is the result of his many years of field research on the issuesThe Wharf residential and business project I visited recently is probably one of the biggestThe U Street/Shaw and 14th Street area has fast been turned into an upscale neighborhood in recent years, with many new restaurants and shops opening and new apartment constructionThe area, a 90 percent black neighborhood just a few decades ago, was only 30 percent African American by 2010

To Hyra, it has caused not just residential displacement for African Americans but also political and cultural displacementHe saw major issues of gentrification and segregation in Washington beneath the surface of rapid urban renewal

These changes may look pleasant, but not quite so to Derek Hyra, an associate professor at the American University School of Public Affairs and an expert on neighborhood changeThe 14th Street near U Street, a traditional African American neighborhood, is now lined up with hip restaurants and bars in this photo taken on Sunday

Whites are the majority now, accounting for 55 percent of the communityThe same urban renewal is happening in other parts of WashingtonChina will also be contributing technical expertise and equipment in the futureFile photo shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte supporters gather during a vigil backing the anti-drugs crackdown at the Luneta park in metro Manila, Philippines February 25, 2017It was found out that the drugs have been delivered to the Philippines and the Chinese officials immediately informed their Philippine counterparts, alerting them about the drug shipmentWith regard to the May 25 bust of a drug trafficking ring and seizure of 604 kilograms of crystal meth, according to the meeting, the Chinese Customs officials discovered the attempt to smuggle the illegal drugs into the Philippines

Philippine law enforcers seized the drugs around midnight and it took less than four hours for the cross-border operation to be implementedThe two sides refuted distorted reports recently published by certain media, stressing that the fake news were neither in the interests of bilateral anti-drug cooperation, nor in the interests of the two peoples

According to the meeting, real-time intelligence sharing, coordination, drug rehabilitation are just some of the practices that both countries are looking at in their anti-drug cooperationThe Chinese officials were from China's National Narcotics Control Commission and Ministry of Public Security while Philippine officials were from Philippines' Dangerous Drugs Board and Bureau of Customs

The Chinese side reiterated that like the current Philippine government, the Chinese government maintains "zero tolerance" policy on illicit drugs, calling on the two sides to further enhance and strengthen collaborative efforts to bust drug smugglersNoting that the anti-drug cooperation between China and the Philippines has gone through a long history and achieved fruitful results, the two sides said the current cooperation has entered an increasingly good period

[Photo/Agencies]MANILA - China and the Philippines have fully affirmed the positive results achieved so far in their anti-drug cooperation, vowing to further strengthen their cooperation in this regard in the futureThe comments and pledge came as officials from the two countries met here recently on the sidelines of the 11th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational CrimesThe Chinese and Pakistani air forces have cooperated in planning and implementing strategies, as well as learning operational concepts and tactics from each other through sitting in the same fighter during the ongoing joint drills named "Shaheen VI" from Sept 7 to 27Chinese and Pakistani air force personnel sit in a Pakistani fighter after a joint drill in China, Sept 14, 2017

Letting them work here can make better use of their contribution, and also working in a country can give the foreigners more opportunities to develop a more profound understanding of the countryIn the urban area of Hefei, there is a hill called Dashu Hill

I think China should attract even more foreigners, because from my own experience, having a look at the real China, not just the view from overseas, makes a big difference"China is developing very fast and will play more important roles in the world

The two countries must promote cooperation in many areas, but how can cooperation go well if our next generation doesn't understand Chinese?" Cho asked"In the past 21 years, I have witnessed great development achievements in China, and I believe the five years to come after the pending 19th CPC National Congress will bring the country a more prosperous future

Also, Xi has been very good at choosing the right people to work with himI was one of the torchbearers for the Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Hefei in 2008Impressed by how the history teacher had influenced her son, Cho has encouraged Chinese students to go to South KoreaTravelers had to change flights in Shanghai or Nanjing, Jiangsu province

The university was the first in the province to have such a courseShe also serves as an economic counselor for the Hefei Economic and Technological Development Area, where Hefei University is based, and the Hefei High-Tech Industry Development Zone

"My husband and I came to China - to Hefei - to fulfill my elder son's dreamHow to make the other countries believe a rapidly developing China is not a threat is really a tough issue

Within a year, she moved to the city with her husband, Park Nam-gyu, and her sonsI hope it can play a more important role in world peace in the future