BANGKOK - Some 1.2 million tourists from China visited Thailand in February, up 51 percent from the same period last year, a senior government official said on Wednesday.Tourism and Sports Ministry undersecretary Pongpanu Svetarundra told a press conference that Chinese tourists accounted for the largest number of foreign visitors to Thailand last month, especially during the Chinese New Year.Last month saw the number of foreign visitors to Thailand reached 3.5 million, an increase of 19.33 percent compared to the same period last year, Pongpanu said.Most of them came from East Asia, followed by Europe, America, South Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and Africa.They generated some 195.26 billion baht (about $610 million) in tourism-related income last month, up 23.78 percent from the corresponding period last year. youth silicone wristbandsdual layer wristbandwhat are those rubber band bracelets callednew rubber band braceletsrubber band wristband maker
BEIJING -- A senior military official on Friday called on the military to make new advances in the work of political and legal affairs and ensure strict governance over the military.Zhang Youxia, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a meeting of the military on political and legal affairs in Beijing.Military officers responsible for political and legal affairs should work to safeguard political security, support the troops in war preparedness and enhance the building of a strong military in the new era, Zhang said, urging them to be absolutely loyal, pure and reliable.They were also ordered to vigorously fight against all kinds of infiltration and sabotage activities, eradicate graft and corruption in accordance with the law and forestall major military security risks.
