Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, delivers a speech when meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct 25, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, introduced the Party's new central leadership to the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Presenting new CPC central leadership I was re-elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. I see this as not just approval of my work, but also encouragement that will spur me on, Xi told journalists. Xi led the other members of the Standing Committee of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau to meet the media. The other members are Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng. Li Keqiang served on the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee, while all the others were members of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee, Xi said. Here, on behalf of the newly elected central leadership, I wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all other members of the Party for the trust they have placed in us, he said. We will work diligently to meet our duty, fulfill our mission and be worthy of their trust, Xi said. baller bandspersonalised silicone wristbands ukpersonalised wristbandscheap custom wristbandsbat fidget spinnerprinted wristbands
LOS ANGELES - US military officials said an interceptor missile launched Tuesday from a California military base shot down a simulated incoming warhead as part of a US defense system test. The ground-based interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California, 250 km northwest to Los Angeles, at a mock-up of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Officials said the interceptor missile travelled at 16,000 miles (27,040 km) per hour and hit its target over the Pacific Ocean. The test came a day after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) tested its ninth ballistic missile this year that travelled 280 miles (473 km) before splashing down in the Sea of Japan. Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the test had been planned for some time and was not timed specifically as a response to the DPRK. "In a broad sense, North Korea is one of reasons why we have this capability," Davis said. "North Korea has expanded the size and the sophistication of its ballistic missile forces," he said in a statement. The US interceptor has an uneven track record, having succeeded nine times out of 17 attempts against missiles in test since 1999, although the most recent test in June 2014 was a success. "They continue to conduct test launches, as we saw this weekend, while also using dangerous rhetoric that suggests they would strike the United States homeland," Davis said. The United States has 26 interceptors based at Fort Greely in Alaska and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Last week, the Pentagon presented its 2018 budget to Congress, proposing spending 7.9 billion US dollars on missile defense, including 1.5 billion dollars for the ground-based mid-course defense program.
