[Photo/Agencies]BANGKOK - Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday found former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra guilty of malfeasance in a loss-ridden rice subsidy program and sentenced her in absentia to five years in jail

Earlier in his career, he also received the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's HSince taking charge, his research center has published a series of academic papers in major scientific journals, including Nature, which has helped raise Shanghai University's international profile

Despite only arriving in China three years ago, Australian professor Jeffrey Reimers has already had a significant impact on Shanghai's scientific communityAll these things are global issues that affect China, and China is doing its share to address these key issuesHe is currently working on a project that involves protein crystallography, a vital element in drug design, and is collaborating with prominent Chinese scientist Hong Guo on research into silicon electronics

Three or four years ago, when my family and I were on the subway or a bus in Shanghai, people around would talk to usI once had a student come visit me and he was almost in tears after having to cross a road

"Hopefully when I'm done with my work here, the connection between the two universities will be further strengthened, and through that I will leave a legacy," Reimers said

She now speaks perfect Chinese and even has a Beijing accentTo achieve the target, China needs to bring more than 10 million people out of poverty every year, meaning nearly one million people per month or 20 people per minute

9 million people out of poverty each year" (Aug 29, 2017)China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society," which requires the eradication of poverty

[Photo/Xinhua]Poverty reliefAn ambitious poverty reduction campaign is seeking to change this, ensuring by 2020 that no one is living in poverty - defined by the government as less than 2,300 yuan ($349) a yearFrom road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like Liangshan

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