We must
defend our motherland from the enemy.
我们必须保卫祖国防御进犯之敌。
We must
defend our country.
我们必须保卫我们的国家。
People have the right to
defend themselves.
人人均有自卫权.
Chinese cybersecurity giant 360 Security Group is stepping up its push to help small and medium-sized enterprises better defend against data security risks, as they encounter more cyber security challenges amid an accelerated digital transformation.
中国网络安全巨头360安全集团正在加大力度，帮助中小企业更好地抵御数据安全风险，因为它们在加速数字化转型的过程中面临更多的网络安全挑战。
Ren Hongbin, vice-chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said central SOEs should firmly defend the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core, actively participate in the formulation of international economic and trade rules, and strive to maintain the stability of global industrial and supply chains.
国务院国有资产监督管理委员会副主席任宏斌表示，中央企业要坚定捍卫以世界贸易组织为核心的多边贸易体制，积极参与国际经贸规则的制定，努力维护全球产业链和供应链的稳定。
The company had used the separation between Page's and Pichai's roles to defend its limited financial disclosures about YouTube and other businesses owned by Google when the practice was questioned by US securities regulators in 2017.
If Li Hongyuan believes his rights have been impaired, the company supports his use of legal means to defend his rights, including suing Huawei; that reflects the spirit of the law that everyone is equal before the law.
To defend the peg, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city's de-facto central bank, buys local dollars if it gets too weak and sells to curb excessive strength.
In a statement, Boeing said the lawsuit is "meritless" and pledged to "vigorously defend against it".
"We have not yet reviewed the complaint and are not going to comment on pending litigation, but based on the Hennepin County Attorney's declination to charge a case against our client and our belief in his innocence, we feel strongly that this suit is without merit and will vigorously defend against it," Liu's attorney Jill Brisbois said in a written statement.
We are leaning in to our business in the Asia-Pacific region, to defend our position, build on our existing edge here, and ensure that we are able to capture continued growth.
"But it also demands technological superiority from vendors to defend the mounting competitions from rivals. "
"China calls on the US to treat Chinese companies in an objective and fair manner," Geng said in the statement, adding that the country will firmly defend the legitimate interests of Chinese enterprises.
"He ran on 'Make America Great Again', and the point was to defend and protect jobs," Skarich was quoted by the newspaper on Saturday.
As a hardcore soccer fan, 42-year-old Hu Hao has his predictions and preferences for the 2018 FIFA World Cup－he hopes Germany can defend their title but thinks the chance is small.
In a ceremony just hours before the opening of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) on Monday, the organization GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile manufacturers, highlighted Huawei's efforts to defend new standards of technology, promote the digital transformation, and build a digital ecosystem.
The Chinese government will keep abreast of market dynamics and the impact of these interference measures, and will take necessary measures to firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, Shu added.
The Chinese government will keep abreast with market dynamics and the impact of these interference measures, and will take necessary measures to firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, Shu said.
""More business leaders are talking about the need to defend their China operations, and this is not only because of the significance of China as an end market for their products and services, but also because of its importance as a key node of their global supply chains thanks to its highly cost-efficient industrial ecosystem," said Alfredo Montufar-Helu, head of the China Center for Economics and Business at The Conference Board, a global non-profit think tank.
China will do what is necessary to firmly defend the lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies, the ministry added.
China will resolutely defend the legitimate rights and interests of its companies, said the spokesperson.
To keep the cost lower, institutions like the IMF could help build more common understanding and trust, while policymakers need to "defend the interests of their citizens", Georgieva said.
In his proposals, he also emphasized the importance of enhancing China's cybersecurity capabilities, saying more efforts should be made to defend against risks in the digital age.
"Chinese and French people have developed a long-standing friendship over the years, and I hope that we can defend our friendship and reach the end of the tunnel together," Raffarin said.
Thong Mengdavid, a research fellow at the Phnom Penh-based Asian Vision Institute, said the trade deal offered an opportunity for regional countries to defend trade liberalization and promote economic integration, which are key to the post-COVID-19 recovery.
China will adhere to the principle of balanced rights and obligations, and uphold a pragmatic approach to special rights and favorable treatment in line with its economic development level and capability to promote WTO reforms, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries, and defend the multilateral trading system, he added.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday that China reserves the right to take necessary countermeasures, and that will take all the steps needed to defend its companies.
The US and Canada have repeatedly cited laws to defend their actions, but it is clear that the US is using these laws as a tool to suppress other countries for its own selfish gains, which is not legitimate, Wang said.
As a significant trade deal to defend globalization and boost regional trade and investment, the RCEP is surely a shot in the arm for the multinational trade framework and gives new impetus to globalization, said Long Yongtu, former vice-minister of foreign trade and former secretary-general of the Boao Forum for Asia.
According to the draft plan, China will carry out major projects to defend long-term stability and address bottleneck problems regarding the safety of energy, food, supply chain and industrial chain, said He Lifeng, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission.
"By doing so, we would have enough measures and resources to defend against the volatility of the global economy in the post-COVID-19 era and speed up our economic recovery as a whole," he said.
China will make more efforts to defend the multilateral trading system, contribute to the reforms of the World Trade Organization and help make global economic governance system fairer and more rational, it said.
China will steadfastly defend its own rights and interests while closely monitoring the progress and effects of the relevant actions from the US side, He added.
Trade experts and analysts on Tuesday stated that China is well-placed to defend its recent actions if Japan files a complaint in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China for restricting imports of seafood originating in Japan.
"Such close economic and trade ties indicate that there is no state of emergency between China and Japan in terms of international relations, and there is no reason for Japan to invoke national security exceptions to defend its export control measures," said Tu Xinquan, dean of the China Institute for WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.
The comments came after China filed a lawsuit at the WTO, which the Ministry of Commerce said is a necessary way to address its concerns and to defend its legitimate interests, against the US over the latter's chip export control measures.
The story of young warriors willing to risk it all to defend their motherland against the world's best-equipped army, despite the lack of food and warm clothing amid the bitter cold, has moved many moviegoers to tears.
Facing a complicated international situation, she said China needs to work harder to have a far greater say in the cotton textile industry, strive to gain more pricing power in the cotton market, diversify the layout of domestic industrial chains and improve its ability to defend risks.
Liu Jie, a senior cotton market analyst at Sublime China Information, took a rosy view of the future development of the Chinese textile and apparel sectors, saying that China should step up efforts to diversify the layout of the industrial chain, improve the ability to defend against risks, boost innovation and intensify its role in setting cotton prices in the market.
It also became the first Chinese gaming company to join the initiative, which was launched by the United Nations Environmental Programme in 2019 with the purpose of bringing the gaming industry together to defend the environment.
More efforts should also be made to diversify the layout of the industrial chain, improve the ability to defend against risks, boost innovation and further improve product quality," Yang added.
Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy, said that China and Europe should deepen relations to defend globalization trends that "made possible the prosperity of the present" and make efforts to prevent the spread of protectionism and the rise of populism across Europe.
So far, though, net capital outflow has remained “manageable” without the need to drastically raise interest rates to defend the Hong Kong dollar.
Tu Xinquan, dean of the China Institute for WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, said, "China and Japan have close economic and trade ties, which indicates that there is no state of emergency between the two countries in terms of international relations, and there is no reason for Japan to invoke national security exceptions to defend its export control measures.
She called on governments and enterprises in affected countries to work together to defend free trade rules for their own long-term interests, and to jointly build a safe and stable, smooth and efficient, open and inclusive and mutually beneficial global industrial and supply chains.
The China Semiconductor Industry Association on Wednesday called on the global semiconductor industry and academia to unite and defend the industry's globalization, while opposing the reported US-Dutch-Japanese deal on imposing new export controls and restrictions on chip manufacturing in China.
Foreign enterprises that defend the concept of globalization and the value of the global semiconductor industry can expect to receive the association's support for their business operations in the Chinese market, the CSIA said.
Highlighting that China's semiconductor market can create great economic value and promote global scientific and technological progress, CSIA called on the global semiconductor industry and academia to unite, defend the globalization of the semiconductor industry, promote collaborative innovation, and continue to create benefits for industry and human society.
For foreign enterprises that defend the concept of globalization and the value of the global semiconductor industry, CSIA also hopes to support their business operations in the Chinese market.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday that China firmly rejected the US abuse of export controls, by coercing or alluring other countries, to build small cliques to contain China and to defend its own hegemony and selfish interests.
China will continue to closely monitor the latest development and will firmly defend its legitimate rights and interests, Mao added.
Established NEV makers, especially Chinese ones, are expected to aggressively defend their hard-earned market share.
"GM had hoped to resolve the trademark infringement matter with Ford amicably, but we were left with no choice but to vigorously defend our brands and protect the equity our products and technology have earned over several years in the market," GM said in a statement.
The formula has helped the Munich-headquartered carmaker win and defend the No 1 position in the country's premium vehicle market.
California "will use every legal tool at its disposal to defend today's national standards and reaffirm the facts and science behind them," he said.
FAW-Volkswagen has been and will remain the most important partner for quite a long time to come for Audi to defend its position in China, according to analysts.
Analysts said FAW-Volkswagen will remain the most important weapon for quite a long time to come for Audi to defend its position in China.
The two German luxury carmakers announced earlier this year they would merge their worldwide car sharing business Car2Go and ReachNow, to better defend their market positions against new mobility service providers including Uber and Didi Chuxing.
BMW AG said it will also defend its No 1 position in China's premium e-mobility market and announced plans to further enrich its electrified lineup in China.
"As soon as one brand starts the price cut, the rest of the car importers will follow collectively to defend their positions.
"It will achieve its mission of establishing a benchmark for the entire line-up, and defend Lexus' position in the luxury automobile market.
Patrick Yuan, an analyst at Jefferies Hong Kong, said it is understandable that BMW needs a new partner to defend its market share in a more competitive market.
[Photo provided to China Daily]The all-new BMW 5 Series Li, launched in the Chinese market with more individualization and innovations as it looks to defend pole position in the segment.
In a statement last month, the Italian-American carmaker said it intends to vigorously defend itself "particularly against any claims that the company engaged in any deliberate scheme to install defeat devices to cheat US emissions tests".
When asked whether Audi can defend its No 1 position this year, Mueller said nobody would know the results before the end of the year.
Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said no matter whether the requests will be successful or not, the three Chinese telecom operators have to make the efforts to defend their legal rights and interests.
The Qi An Xin Group's Qiao called for a joint public-private effort to defend against the risks in the 5G era and maintain a reliable and safe cyberspace.
Currency faces pressure amid Fed rate hikes, slowing economic reboundChinese authorities are closely watching renminbi exchange rate movement and would take further action to defend the currency if it depreciates too rapidly amid the seemingly unfinished US rate hike cycle, experts said on Thursday.
In this way, local governments will not only provide small and medium-sized banks with more capital to improve their capacity to defend against risks and serve the real economy, but also promote their sound development in the long run via institutional reforms," Zeng said.
Global market volatility soared to a nine-year high since the virus outbreak, as sell-offs and panic spread from stock to commodity markets, prompting monetary authorities, such as the central banks in Indonesia and Brazil, to defend their currencies using foreign exchange reserves.
The implementation of the revised Securities Law will beef up the confidence of A-share investors and smoothen the shift to a registration-based system, as the law offers small investors a powerful tool to defend against violation of their rights, market experts said.
At the China Finance 40 (CF40) Forum over the weekend in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, Zhou said China should attach great importance to expansion of the yuan's global usage, a key measure to defend disruptions from the US-controlled dollar-centered international reserve currency.
"China's regulators are probably just going to let it follow market forces at this point instead of using its precious dollar reserves to defend the currency," Lee said.
"China's regulators were trying to buck the trend by keeping the yuan stable for a long time, but they are probably just going to let it follow market forces at this point instead of using precious dollar reserves to defend the yuan," Ann Lee, a specialist in China's economic relations and adjunct professor at New York University, told China Daily.
Beijing will not sacrifice forex reserves to defend its currency, analysts sayChina would rather rely on market-oriented forces to determine the renminbi's value than defend its currency by dipping into its $3 trillion foreign exchange reserves amid trade disagreements, analysts said.
Li Yang, director of the National Institution for Finance and Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that China is unlikely to sacrifice foreign exchange reserves to defend its currency, even if depreciation pressure rises amid any escalation in trade tension.
Finance minister pledges proactive fiscal measures to assist industriesWhen trade tensions escalated between China and the United States, policymakers turned back to macroeconomic policies to defend against negative impacts on economic growth, especially with regard to fiscal policy.
Some analysts said the central bank is trying not to defend the currency by consuming the more than $3.1 trillion of foreign exchange reserves that China holds.
It seems like a dilemma is facing the monetary authority: to defend the currency by tightening liquidity, which may lead to credit defaults and the fast bursting of asset bubbles; or to tolerate a relatively weaker currency against the US dollar, but ensuring a low interest rate level could sustain strong economic growth.
China and the European Union are engaged in negotiating a bilateral investment deal, as both sides agreed to oppose protectionism and defend the global multilateral trading system, Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He said on Monday.
According to Liu, the two sides committed to defend the multilateral trading system that is centered on the WTO and based on rules, to promote economic globalization, to reform the multilateral trading system, and to improve the global institutions for economic governance.
If the indicator is higher, it shows that the bank's stock of high-quality assets is more sufficient and its ability to defend against the liquidity risks are stronger, according to the regulator.
"Huang stressed, however, that violations in the disguise of FinTech will face severe punishments in a bid to protect investors and defend market equity.
"The border issue shows that we need a strong military to defend our territory and our weapons should be developed faster and better.
Liu stressed that the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair, which brooks no external interference, and the Chinese military will resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"We have reached an agreement with Chinese legal service institutions to allow their local operation to defend the interests of Chinese investors.
The two sides should practice closer coordination in regional and international affairs, stay committed to true multilateralism, resolutely oppose power politics and bullying, and defend the common interests of China and Eritrea and developing countries at large, Li said.
Recalling the top legislature's diplomatic work over the past five years, Li said, "A major task in the work is stepping up to the front lines of any legal, political or diplomatic struggle whenever the country requires, without the slightest hesitation, to defend China's sovereignty, security and development interests.
The paper demonstrates China's sense of responsibility for safeguarding world peace and firm resolve to defend global security, he said.
In addition, it will defend the country against the "complex and serious" external environment, such as rising protectionism and hegemony, and promote economic circulation and build a new development paradigm.
Lee made the request after the SAR's top court — the Court of Final Appeal — allowed media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to hire British King's Counsel Timothy Owen to defend him in a case concerning national security.
No one should underestimate the resolve, the will and the ability of the Chinese people to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Zhu.
Noting that China and Cuba are good friends, good comrades and good brothers that share weal and woe together, Li, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said China firmly supports Cuba in its efforts to defend its sovereignty and independence and oppose foreign interference.