BUCHAREST Cheap Blake Swihart Jersey , Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Romania's Olympic team, made up of 24 athletes, left Bucharest on Sunday for participating in the 22nd Winter Olympic Games due on February 7-23 in Sochi, Russia.
Romanian athletes will compete in 8 of the 15 sport disciplines scheduled at these Olympics: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping Cheap Jackie Bradley Jr Jersey , figure skating, bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.
As already announced, biathlete Eva Tofalvy, who takes part in the Olympic Games for the fifth time, will bear the Romanian flag at the opening ceremony of the Games.
The delegation also includes about 20 coaches and officials, with Alexandru Epuran as chief of the mission.
Chairman of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee Octavian Morariu anticipated that the national athletes would get the best results in bobsledding Cheap Dustin Pedroia Jersey , sledding and skeleton on the first 10-15 places.
"A Romanian sportsman or woman taking one of the first ten places would be like a gold medal to us and their taking one of the first 20 places would be a quite extraordinary performance if we consider how things are currently in winter sports in Romania," said the general secretary of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee Ioan Dobrescu.
Romania took part in almost all Winter Olympic Games, except for the first ones in 1924 and the ones in 1960. In the 1968 competition at Grenoble, France, Romania won the bronze medal in the men's two-men bobsled event, its only medal in the history of its participating in the Winter Olympic Games.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- China is not seeking global dominance and "we don't think there is a zero-sum game between China and the United States Cheap Hanley Ramirez Jersey ," said Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, here on Wednesday.
Cui made the remarks in an interview with CNN two days after the Trump administration released its first national security strategy, touting its "America First" doctrine and naming China and Russia as "rival powers" challenging American influence and interest.
For any strategy to look truly like a "strategy," it should embody "a truly global outlook," "forward-looking vision" and "a constructive and cooperative approach," said Cui in the interview about the 68-page document revealed on Monday.
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"China is not seeking global dominance, we believe in today's world all countries are confronted with a lot of common challenges, and we do share growing common interests," said the veteran Chinese diplomat.
"We don't think there is a zero-sum game between any country, especially between China and the United States," Cui said. "What is important for us is to form a wide-base global partnership to respond to the common challenges."
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Meanwhile, Cui acknowledged the existence of conflicting views about the bilateral relationship in the United States. "This is not something entirely new, it's been with us for maybe decades, and we have to stress and put emphasis on the growing common interest and mutual needs between our countries."
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Countries like the United States and China have to follow a very positive, cooperative and constructive approach while "dealing with some possible differences," Cui said.
Cui noted that any trade war or currency war will hurt both countries, saying that China and the United States have to coordinate their positions to "have a full understanding of the concerns and the needs of the other side and try to build a position that will take care of the interests of both countries."
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In the nearly 10-minute interview, Cui also talked about the crisis on the Korean Peninsula Cheap Ted Williams Jersey , stating that China and the United States have shared goals on the issue.
"We both stand up the denuclearization of the entire Korean Peninsula, we both want to maintain peace and stability, and we both prefer a diplomatic solution to the issue," Cui said.
"Cooperation and coordination between China and the U.S. have played a big part in strengthening international efforts to address this particular issue, and we should continue" in this regard, said the ambassador.
Alibaba will use this year’s Singles Day shopping spree to highlight its new retail strategy by introducing digital capabilities to help brands and retailers link with consumers online and offline.
Fifty central business districts in 11 domestic cities will join hands with the e-commerce giant to offer digital coupons on November 11 — Singles Day.
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Chris Tung, chief marketing officer of Alibaba Group, said this year’s Tmall Shopping Festival would allow consumers to not only use their smartphones but also visit physical retail stores to embrace the new retail experience.
A total of 140,000 brands — with 60,000 being global brands — and 15 million products listings will be available for consumers through both online and offline channels.