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01/06/2020

Update: Xi extends Int’l Children’s Day greetings

Children from Hejiazhuang primary school paint in Hejiazhuang Village of Wangba Township in Kangxian County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, May 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has greeted children of all ethnic groups across the country on International Children’s Day, which falls on June 1.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, called on children to study hard, firm up their ideals and convictions and develop strong bodies and minds to prepare for realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

Xi noted that children nationwide have experienced a special period during the country’s fight against COVID-19 as all Chinese people stand united.

Children paint elephants at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, May 27, 2020. Two female Asian elephants gave birth to two babies respectively on April 30 and May 12 in the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, adding the total number of the Asian elephants here to 27. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

Witnessing the great feats of Chinese people working together and rising to challenges, the children have followed the call of the Party and the government to support the anti-epidemic battle with their concrete actions, demonstrating the fine spirit of the country’s children, Xi said.

He stressed that China’s children today are not only undergoing and witnessing the realization of the country’s first centenary goal, they are also a new force for achieving the second centenary goal and building China into a great modern socialist country.

Xi urged Party committees and governments at all levels as well as the society to care for children and create favorable conditions for their growth.

Source: Xinhua

20/04/2020

Coronavirus: Chinese Super League team return home to Wuhan after 104 days abroad

Fans greated the team as they arrived in Wuhan via train
Fans greeted the team as they arrived in Wuhan via train

Chinese Super League team Wuhan Zall made an emotional homecoming after being unable to return for three months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Players had initially stayed at their winter training camp in Spain when the virus peaked in Wuhan in January.

After a prolonged transit in Germany, they landed in Shenzhen on 16 March and underwent three weeks’ quarantine.

They were greeted by fans when they arrived in Wuhan by train on Saturday evening.

“After more than three months of wandering, the homesick Wuhan Zall team members finally set foot in their hometown,” the team said on the Twitter-like Weibo.

Fans, dressed in the team’s orange colours, sang and gave the players flowers as they arrived home for the first time in 104 days.

Players will now spend time with their families before training resumes.

The team had first left Wuhan in early January to start preparing for the Super League season.

By the time they arrived in Malaga, residents in Wuhan were living under strict lockdown measures, and there were no planes or trains in or out of the capital.

Coach Jose Gonzalez told Spanish media at the time that the players “are not walking viruses, they are athletes” and asked for them not to be demonised.

The Chinese Super League was set to begin on 22 February but it has been postponed.

Wuhan raised its official Covid-19 death toll by 50% on Sunday, adding 1,290 fatalities.

Source: The BBC

11/12/2019

Queen Elizabeth greeted Melania Trump at the Nato summit – did the US first lady dress to impress?

In June, the US first lady joined US President Donald Trump and his children on a trip to Buckingham Palace, but this year she and Trump went alone

Queen Elizabeth with first lady Melania Trump during a reception at Buckingham Palace. Photo: Yui Mok/EPA-EFE
Queen Elizabeth with first lady Melania Trump during a reception at Buckingham Palace. Photo: Yui Mok/EPA-EFE
Away from the developing impeachment inquiry at home, US president Donald Trump flew to Britain for the 70th Nato summit. In the middle of a series of meetings with senior leaders from the world, Trump attended an anniversary event at Buckingham Palace on December 3 hosted by Queen Elizabeth.
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Compared to his last royal visit in June when he was accompanied by his wife, first lady Melania, and children, Donald Jr, Eric, Ivanka and Tiffany, this time, the US president was only joined by the first lady.

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at 10 Downing Street in central London to attend a reception hosted by Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the Nato alliance summit. Photo: Niklas Halle’n/AFP
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at 10 Downing Street in central London to attend a reception hosted by Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the Nato alliance summit. Photo: Niklas Halle’n/AFP
What should you wear when you meet the queen?

Turning up at the reception, the first lady, a former model, was dressed in a striking yellow coat with a dropping cape from Italian fashion house Valentino, matched with a long-sleeve magenta-pink dress underneath. She paired the sleek outfit with a pair of suede Christian Louboutin So Kate pumps that matched the hue of her dress.

Source: SCMP

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