WASHINGTON AH8050-701 Homme Nike Air Max 270 Volt Noir , Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Workers in Charlottesville, acity in U.S. state of Virginia, shrouded two Confederate statues inblack fabric Wednesday to signal the city's mourning for a womenwho was killed while protesting a white supremacist rally earlierthis month.


According to live broadcast from the scene, a crew weregathering around a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee inEmancipation Park near the downtown with a black drape.


They covered the statue of Lee on horseback at around 13:00 p.m.(1700 GMT) with the help of a truck, ropes and poles as onlookerserupted into cheers.


A statue of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson wasalso covered with a black shroud later at a nearby park.


The city council voted to cover the statues on Monday after anhours-long meeting packed with angry residents screaming andcursing at councilors over the city's response to the deadlyCharlottesville clashes.


The move was intended to memorialize 32-year-old Heather Heyerwho lost her life when a sports car drove into a crowddemonstrating against a white nationalist rally on Aug. 12 Homme Nike Air Max 270 Habanero Rouge Noir , whichalso led to dozens of injuries. The city also plans to rename astreet after the victim, among other measures.


The Aug. 12 "Unite the Right" event, believed to be the largestgathering of its kind in over a decade, urged white nationalists totake to streets protesting the city's decision to remove itsConfederate past.


They clashed violently with counter-protesters, leaving severalinjured AH8050-300 Homme Nike Air Max 270 Clay Vert , until the white nationalist event was declared an unlawfulassembly.


A man believed to be a Nazi supporter plowed his car into acrowd of counter-demonstrators, killing Heyer and injuring 19others. The driver, James Alex Fields Jr., has been charged in herdeath and with several other accounts.


Besides, two state troopers died later in a helicopter crashbefore helping monitor the demonstrations on that day.


There is an ongoing lawsuit challenging the city council's voteearlier this year to remove the Lee statue. The plaintiffs arguethat councilors acted beyond their authority and violated a 1998state law preventing the removal of monuments or memorials to warveterans.


The city is claiming that the statue is not a war memorial Homme Nike Air Max 270 Racer Bleu ,while the legal ambiguity is that the Lee monument was erectedbefore the law was passed.


A hearing in the case is scheduled at the CharlottesvilleCircuit Court for Sept. 1. Enditem

L-R: United States Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi attend the opening ceremony of the sixth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing on Wednesday. PHOTO BY XU JINGXING CHINA DAILY

Negotiations for an investment pact between China and the United States are expected to make whatone official called “a breakthrough”, which would help shape investment activities between the world’s top two economies, as well as with other countries.


China and the US will announce the timetable for the Bilateral Investment Treaty talks on Thursday Homme Nike Air Max 270 Noir Rouge , which will be part of the fruit of the sixth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Zhang Xiangchen, China’s assistant minister of commerce, told a news briefing on Wednesday.


The annual dialogue, known as the S&ED Homme Nike Air Max 270 Royal Bleu Orange , is being held in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday. It serves as a highlevel platform for the two countries to exchange views on a wide range of issues, including macroeconomic policies, trade and investment and climate change.


During the opening ceremony of the S&ED, President Xi Jinping called for both sides to accelerate the negotiations to establish “a high-level and balanced investment pact as soon as possible to boost Sino-US economic ties”.


Zhang said the Sino-US investment treaty negotiations have made active progress, which is a highlight of bilateral economic relations.


Both sides will speed up the pace for the talks.


"Owing to different economic development levels between the two countries Homme Nike Air Max 270 Midnight Marine , we can expect difficulties will emerge on the talks on many terms, but the pact will be finally reached,” Zhang said.


The two sides resumed negotiations in July 2013 for a pact to incorporate national treatment for both new and existing investments, while having a “negative list” of investments that are excluded. The 13th round of negotiations was held in Beijing from June 9 to 13. The 14th round will be held in Washington DC in late July.


"The timetable will be a breakthrough for the BIT talks, which have lasted for a long time and have concluded the easy parts Homme Nike Air Max 270 Ocean Bliss ,” said Chen Fengying, director of the Institute of World Economic Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.


"Once the road map is set, the talks are likely to be concluded before the end of this year.”


Chen added that the establishment of the Sino-US BIT will be “the biggest leap” in bilateral economic ties since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001.


The pact will protect investors’ interests as well as facilitate investment activities by lowering the thresholds.


China’s non-financial direct investment in the US reached $17.42 billion by the end of May, Zhang said. He urged the US to provide a level playing field for Chinese enterprises and remove barriers such as national security reviews, which led to losses for Chinese businesses and dented investment confidence.


"The success of the Sino-US pact will set an example for the ongoing investment treaty talks between China and the European Union Homme Nike Air Max 270 Grape Blanche Noir , which could thus be concluded next year. Other economies can also follow the example,” Chen said.


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