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"It is the largest number of supercomputers China has ever claimed on the Top 500 ranking, with the US presence shrinking to its lowest level since the list's inception 25 years ago. ... China now clearly shows a substantially larger number of installations than the United States."

TOP500 According to a biannual ranking of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers - the Top 500, published on Nov 13 - China's Sunway Taihu-Light maintains the lead as the number one system for the fourth time, with a performance of 93.01 petaflops.

"We look forward to collaborating even more closely with scientific institutes in the country as a Chinese-owned company, after being acquired by China National Chemical Corp earlier this year. ... We will push forward the development of agricultural technologies to make a greater contribution to Chinese agriculture."

ERIK FYRWALD, chief executive officer of Syngenta, the largest European producer of seeds and crop protection products.

"Chinese people spend billions of dollars on overseas trips every year, among which about 40 percent goes for accessories, including jewelry and watches. ... That opens a 600 billion yuan ($90.5 billion; 76.7 billion euros; ￡68.7 billion) market for the related business sector here."

LI JUN, founder and chairman of One Jewelry.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 11/17/2017 page24)