G20 Hangzhou 2016 News and Updates
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West Lake spectacular
Source: Xinhua | September 5, 2016, Monday |
Performers appear to walk on water during a spectacular celebration of Chinese music, folk dance, traditional songs and ballet that followed a welcome banquet for world leaders attending the G20 summit in Hangzhou.
The performance, directed by famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou, was staged with the glowing West Lake in the background.
A platform was set up just centimeters below the surface of the lake.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan greeted their honored guests at a hotel by the side of the West Lake.
Proposing a toast at the banquet, Xi said: “We have come here for a common obligation to build an innovative, invigorated, interconnected and inclusive world economy as well as lead a new round of robust economic growth.”
— Xinhua
Source: Xinhua | September 5, 2016, Monday |
Performers appear to walk on water during a spectacular celebration of Chinese music, folk dance, traditional songs and ballet that followed a welcome banquet for world leaders attending the G20 summit in Hangzhou.
The performance, directed by famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou, was staged with the glowing West Lake in the background.
A platform was set up just centimeters below the surface of the lake.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan greeted their honored guests at a hotel by the side of the West Lake.
Proposing a toast at the banquet, Xi said: “We have come here for a common obligation to build an innovative, invigorated, interconnected and inclusive world economy as well as lead a new round of robust economic growth.”
— Xinhua
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September 5, 2016, Chinese Hangzhou, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Barack Obama in Hangzhou.
It is reported that the meeting was personally proposed by Obama.
During the interval of the conference, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo take the initiative to close to South Korean President Park Geun hye, talking about the North Korean missile launch problem.
It is reported that the meeting was personally proposed by Obama.
During the interval of the conference, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo take the initiative to close to South Korean President Park Geun hye, talking about the North Korean missile launch problem.
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Dude, I have the same choice as yours！
Kunming!
3-4 months later, Yunnan Province will be finally linked to the national high-speed rail network.
(I think it is one of the last 3-4 provinces unlinked)
New Kunming South HSR Station （capital of Yunnan Province)
The other choice of mine will be in Chongqing, a second tier one but in Western China.
Chongqing Municipality
Chongqing 2011
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G20 has finished.
Nothing has been achieved. Just a bunch of promises to support growth in the global economy and eliminate poverty.
Having so many countries in a group will not achieve anything. They have different economic and political systems and are at different stages of development. There is a lot of rivalries within this G20.
I told you from the start nothing will be achieved. These global summits are all about photo ops, and feel good moments.
Nothing has been achieved. Just a bunch of promises to support growth in the global economy and eliminate poverty.
Having so many countries in a group will not achieve anything. They have different economic and political systems and are at different stages of development. There is a lot of rivalries within this G20.
I told you from the start nothing will be achieved. These global summits are all about photo ops, and feel good moments.
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Glad someone understands! Same goes for a lot of "internationalism" in general.
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Why is there a kid?
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I guess she is the daughter of Canadian PM and First Lady.
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Commentary: Three Stories to Footnote "Chinese Imprint"
By Lu Xinning, September 05, 2016
Artists dance during an evening gala for the G20 summit at the West Lake scenic zone in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 4, 2016.
The ancient city Hangzhou has abundant cultural heritage to offer as its name card: The Three pools Mirroring the Moon, the Spring dawning the Su Causeway, and the great canal winding its way north, etc. The charm of the lower reach of Yangtze River in China is marked as “Chinese imprint”.
Besides the imprint of beautiful sceneries, there is another imprint, abstract but even more enchanting. As the Group 20 (G20) Summit gathers world leaders in Hangzhou, and the Business 20 (B20) Summit offers platform for ideas to clash in the same city. By the Qiantang River and the West Lake, what kind of “Chinese imprint” will Hangzhou make?
“Build an open global economy”, “promote inclusive development”… In the opening remarks at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Chinese President Xi Jinping has written out prescription for the global economy. A day before, in the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the B20 Summit, President Xi said, “It is meant to build not China’s own backyard garden, but a garden shared by all countries.” China is not the challenger to the current international institution, but a contributor to it. There are stories to best footnote Xi’s speeches, decoding an answer the world has been looking forward to.
The first story is a story about silk. Hangzhou has been hailed as “the Homestead of Silk” since ancient time. From thousands of years ago, the silk from Hangzhou has travelled the desert and the sea to be sold in all across the world.
The story is blessed with a new note in modern times. President Xi has launched the Belt and Road Initiative, linking the two biggest economic and cultural veins in the world and playing a modern symphony of connectivity. The Initiatives have been acknowledged by all countries to whom it has extended its way. It is a road of trade, a road where civilizations meet, and a road that leads to peace and friendship. The Belt and Road Initiative is to inject “positive energy” into the world today, and is marked as the new “Chinese imprint”.
The second story is a story of “green mountains and clear water”. “Green mountains and clear water are as good as mountains of gold and silver,” President Xi made this dialectic notion in his speech while he held office in Zhejiang. Under the guidance of this philosophy, the once polluted mountain and water regained its bright pigments. Hangzhou, hailed as “Paradise on Earth”, has once again taken pride in its beautiful sceneries.
Such philosophy can be applied to a worldwide context. It is estimated that it will take five times the resources of the Earth to afford 1.3 billion Chinese to live “American lifestyle”. President Xi has made the promise that in the next five years, China will see a 23 percent decrease in water usage per GDP unit, a 15 percent decrease in energy consumption, and a 18 percent in carbon dioxide emission. Blue sky, green mountains, and clear water are another “Chinese imprint” to look forward to.
The protagonist of the third story is “Alibaba”. “Just one click of the mouse in Hangzhou, and you will be connected to the whole world,” said President Xi in his keynote speech. The e-commerce has reached a record 91.2 billion yuan ($14.3 billion) on a single day’s sale boost last year. Alibaba, the company who achieved this feat was established merely in 1999 and listed in the United States in 2014. With deep root in China’s ancient wisdom together with the gigantic market needs in China, the “Dream-maker” Alibaba is the embodiment of the thousands of Chinese enterprises that constitute the modern “Chinese imprint”.
The chart of ancient Silk Road has been extended to today, the green mountains and blue water is writing the history for generations to come, and the lively e-commerce companies are echoing the era of information… The three Hangzhou stories are the footnotes of today’s China. For the past 30 years, China has embraced the world with an open mind. The appeals made by President Xi come from the profound lessons learned in China’s own stories.
China’s “Moonlit night on Spring River” echoed Debussy’s “Moonlight”, and China’s zither melody “Mountain Stream” dances with the prestigious ballet “Swan Lake”. On the night of September 4, the G20 opening gala performance on the West Lake in Hangzhou has allowed a dialogue between “Chinese imprint” and culture from other parts of the world. Looking out to the future, the world economy will set sail again from this new starting point in Hangzhou towards a bigger ocean.
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Evening gala held for G20 Hangzhou Summit
Xinhua, September 5, 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose for a group photo with heads of foreign delegations and their spouses before a banquet for the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 4, 2016. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)
Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2016 shows a night scene of the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. The 11th G20 summit opened here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)
Artists dance during an evening gala for the G20 summit at the West Lake scenic zone in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 4, 2016. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)
Artists perform during an evening gala for the G20 summit at the West Lake scenic zone in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 4, 2016. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)
Artists perform during an evening gala for the G20 summit at the West Lake scenic zone in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 4, 2016. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)
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