China

Mr Liu i talem se China i redi blong ofarem moa trening long ol best atlet blong Vanuatu blong oli save winim ol medal long taem blong gem ia.

Niu ambassada blong China, hemi mekem tok tok ia taem we hemi bin mit wetem praem minista, Charlot Salwai long yestede (Tosde).

China has developed a growing influence in the Pacific over recent years and this month Russia sent nearly US$9 million worth of weapons to Fiji with the negotiations for a second shipment underway.

However the US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Russel, said all countries could operate in the region effectively.

“Today I am very happy, on behalf of the Chinese government, to offer Vanuatu a package of sport equipment at the beginning of 2016, which demonstrates both the actively supports of Chinese Government towards Vanuatu’s post-Pam reconstruction and another testimony of Sino-Vanuatu friendship,” Ambassador Xie said.

The dramatic attempted rescue was captured on a surveillance camera in Chongwen Square in the Hubei Province, China.

Feng Ning, a 23-year-old army veteran can be seen in the black-and-white footage rushing into the street, his arms outstretched as a group of passers-by watch on.

Beijing's Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection warned that severe pollution would cloak the Chinese capital for several days, starting Tuesday morning.

According to the US Embassy in Beijing, the air quality index stood at 250, classed as "very unhealthy" and 10 times higher than World Health Organization recommended levels.

PT&I’s China office based in Beijing partnered with the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) to bring a delegation of South Pacific tourism promotion organisations and businesses to Southern China to meet Chinese outbound business partners last week.

“Singles Day” is a one-day online sale hosted every year on November 11 by China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba. And despite a recent slowdown in their economy, Chinese shoppers handed over $20 billion (91 billion Chinese yuan) in only 24 hours at this year’s event.

That’s 60 per cent more than they spent last year. The cumulative national bill for the day-long commercial orgy overnight dwarfed Americans’ online spending over the five-day frenzy from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday last year.

The research, published in The Lancet medical journal, says two-thirds of men in China now start to smoke before 20.

Around half of those men will die from the habit, it concludes.

The scientists conducted two nationwide studies, 15 years apart, covering hundreds of thousands of people.

The Office of Insular Affairs is accepting applications for 2016 technical assistance which will be processed on a first-come, first-serve basis until funds are exhausted.

Assistant Secretary Esther Kia'aina says the island communities continue to face extreme climate events, including typhoons and hurricanes, storm surges, high winds and king tides.

Ms Kia'aina says the areas are also feeling the effects of slow, progressive climate-induced stresses, such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, coral bleaching and saline intrusion into water systems.

But when Prince William did, he urged them both to add their political muscle and influence to the ongoing fight against illegal wildlife trade.

And both world leaders must have felt William's passion for the cause as President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping have issued a joint statement on their countries' aims to combat wildlife trafficking.