JOHANNESBURG - Just about every morning, Deirdre Larkin, 85, runs through the suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa, her white hair buffeted by the wind as she breezes along her well-worn 8-kilometer training course.
The Chinese mainland's Bond Connect arrangement with Hong Kong - a long-awaited program that gives overseas investors direct access to the mainland's $10 trillion debt market - opened on Monday.
China's manufacturing sector resumed its expansion in June, according to a key private survey, which analysts say tends to confirm stabilization in the world's second-largest economy despite some domestic financial tightening and unstable markets abroad.
So the "straddling bus" has bitten the dust.
Item from July 4, 1990, in China Daily: Thousands of people converged on Beijing yesterday for the opening ceremony of an auto show.
President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia will inject new energy into Sino-Russian relations and provide new opportunities for greater regional economic integration, said Li Hui, the Chinese ambassador to Russia.
More high schools in China are offering Russian courses as student interest in the language grows in secondary schools, particularly since the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed, educators said.
China Culture Week was launched and a China-related book exhibition opened on Monday in Moscow, further stoking Russians' growing interest in China.
Trade between China and Russia is expected to grow thanks to the opportunities created by the Belt and Road Initiative, experts said.
President Xi Jinping's trip to Hong Kong, which concluded on Saturday, boosted the confidence of its people for a better future, despite various challenges remaining ahead, analysts and residents said.
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