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BUDAPEST http://www.montrealcanadiensteamstore.com/adidas-stanley-cup-jersey , Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representatives of the think tanks of China and 16 Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) met here on Monday to evaluate and discuss the ""16+1 cooperation"".


""Five years have passed and together we have made great achievements in policy consultation, economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, and many other fields,"" Chinese Ambassador to Hungary Duan Jielong said in his opening remarks.


He said the bilateral relationships today between China and CEE countries are ""at their best in history.""


""We expanded our infrastructure and industrial partnerships,"" he said.


Istvan Ijgyarto, Hungarian State Secretary for Cultural and Science Diplomacy, praised the importance of think tanks in the ""16+1 cooperation"".


Hungary upholds the view that China-CEEC cooperation constitutes an important part of cooperation between the Eurpean Union and China in the framework of their comprehensive strategic partnership, Ijgyarto said.


Huang Ping, director-general of the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, ""We are here to implement the great ideas and suggestions and to use this forum as a platform to improve the bilateral relations of all the sixteen countries with China.""


The conference entitled ""The achievements of '16+1 cooperation' in the latest five years"" has been jointly sponsored by the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the China-CEEC Think Tanks Network, by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and by the Hungarian Institute of Foreign Affairs and Trade.


High on the agenda of the conference are the evaluation and discussion on the progress of the investment of China in CEEC, on the local collaboration in the 16+1 cooperation, and on the progress of transportation and communication.



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SANAA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- A family of nine members were killed in a fresh airstrike launched by Saudi-led coalition on a house in Yemen's northwest province of Hajjah Tuesday, a provincial security official said.


The airstrike hit the family's house in Mazra'ah village in Kashar district.


The victims were mostly children. The residents distributed pictures of the victims through social media.


This is the latest airstrike targeting civilians in the war-torn Arab country.


On Sept. 6, a coalition airstrike targeted a house in Alsadah village, also in Hajjah, killing six family members.


On Sept. 3, two women and a child were killed and six others wounded when another airstrike hit a family's home in Washahah district in Hajjah, according to local officials.


Hajjah is located near the southern border of Saudi Arabia.


In March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict to back internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi against Iranian-backed Houthis, which invaded the capital Sanaa militarily and seized most of the country's northern provinces.


More than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the war that also displaced over 3 million, according to UN agencies.


The country has also been hit by a deadly cholera outbreak and is on the edge of famine.


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Special snacks displayed during 14th China-ASEAN Expo


Scenery of paddy fields in Baicheng, NE China's Jilin

Canoeing is basically the activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. Essentially a canoe or kayak is a humanly powered boat that is both light and small and pointed at both ends. It is propelled by the use of a paddle. A canoe is propelled using either a single or double bladed paddle, with the peddler sitting on a raised seat. A kayak on the other hand, is propelled with a double bladed paddle and the peddler sits with their legs in front of them. Kayaks are a closed deck boat with the peddler sitting inside, whereas a canoe is an open boat. The term canoeing is a generic term for both types of activity.

Canoeing is both a recreational and sporting activity, although it can also be used as a method of transportation.

Sport

The International Canoe Federation or ICF is the world wide organisation for canoeing. It creates the rules and protocol that governs the various different disciplines of a canoe or kayak competition. The ICF now recognises a number of different competitive and non-competitive disciplines, with two of them featuring in the world famous Olympic games.

Sprint
This is the original canoeing discipline and is occasionally referred to as Racing. The races usually cover 200, 500 and 1000m courses and include both kayaks and canoes.

Slalom
This discipline consists of a timed decent down a the rapids of a white water course, where the competitor must guide their canoes or kayaks through a series of gates. Competitors are expected to go against the flow of the river and across it.

Marathon
As the name implies this is a long distance race over a flat water course that varies in length from anything between 2 miles to over 200 miles.

Canoe Polo
Once again, as the name implies, this is polo in canoes. It is usually a fast paced battle between two teams of 5 players.

White water Racing
Again, the name is quite self explanatory. White water racing (also referred to as Wild Water Racing) involves competitors racing specialised canoes or kayaks down a white water river.
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