Chinese Communist Party. The first character, tǔ 土, can be read as a noun meaning "earth" or "soil," or as an adjective meaning "earthy," "unrefined," or "uncouth." There is some disagreement ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- This year's budget deficit of the United States is on track to top 1.9 trillion U.S. dollars, or more than 6 percent of economic output, a threshold reached only around ...