President Xi Jinping congratulates Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Friday for his country's accession to full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Pakistan has also joined the regional bloc. Yao Dawei / Xinhua Asian giants agree their relationship can help spur prosperity and calm an unsettled world China and India on Friday vowed to cooperate closely amid complicated changes in the world and to handle disputes appropriately. President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the consensus as they met in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Xi said that faced with profound and complex international changes, China and India, as the world's two largest developing countries, should pay more attention to cooperation. They should move forward as partners to facilitate each other's development and contribute to world peace, stability and common development, he said. Xi said China attaches great importance to its ties with India and stands ready to work with its neighbor to enhance mutual political trust, link their development strategies, deepen practical cooperation, and maintain coordination and collaboration in international and regional affairs. The president called for more high-level interaction, institutional exchanges, strategic communication and policy alignment between the two countries. China and India should also boost trade and investment cooperation and work together for earlier harvests from large-scale collaborative projects in such areas as production capability, industrial parks and railway construction, he said. Xi said the two countries should make joint efforts to promote regional connectivity and shared development, align their development initiatives, advance the building of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor with a view to substantial progress at a nearly date, and boost cooperation in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. silicone fidget spinnercustom rubber wristbandsflash drive wristbandprinted wristbandsman city wristbandsmotivational wristbands for athletes
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government is considering whether to ban the so-called "Hong Kong National Party" from continuing operation in accordance with the Societies Ordinance.Lee Ka-chiu, secretary for security of the HKSAR government, made the announcement on Tuesday.A letter has been sent to the so-called "Hong Kong National Party," Lee said, adding that a decision will be made in 21 days or after receiving a written explanation.An assistant societies officer had given Lee a recommendation to issue an order to ban the operation of the so-called "Hong Kong National Party" in accordance with the Societies Ordinance.Lee told the press on Tuesday that the recommendation was made in line with relevant provisions of the ordinance and based on national security or public safety, public order or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
