Beijing has urged all parties to demonstrate goodwill and sincerity for the planned summit between Pyongyang and Washington, calling for active efforts for denuclearization and lasting peace in the Korean Peninsula.Now is an important opportunity for the process of a political solution to the Korean Peninsula issue, and Pyongyang and Washington should work together to create a good atmosphere for the summit, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday after Pyongyang threatened to cancel the summit.The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's first vice-foreign minister said the country has no interest in a summit with the United States if it's going to be a "one-sided" affair in which the DPRK is pressured to give up its nuclear weapons.The statement by Kim Kye-gwan on Wednesday came hours after the DPRK abruptly canceled a high-level meeting with the Republic of Korea and threatened to do the same with a planned summit between DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump next month.The decision to cancel the meeting with Seoul came because of "provocative" air force drills going on between the Republic of Korea and the US, the Korean Central News Agency said. Kim Kye-gwan warned the US to "think twice about the fate" of the summit, which had been scheduled to take place in Singapore on June 12.The canceled high-level talks with Seoul, previously scheduled for Wednesday, were meant for Pyongyang and Seoul to discuss the implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration their leaders reached in April, in which the two sides agreed to work for denuclearization and peace in the Korean Peninsula."We support and hope that the DPRK and the ROK will express full understanding of and respect for each other's reasonable concerns and work together to accumulate trust and improve ties according to the spirit of dialogue, reconciliation and cooperation demonstrated in the Panmunjom Declaration," Lu said.The situation on the Korean Peninsula had seemed to ease significantly since January, when Pyongyang decided to participate in the Winter Olympics, hosted by Seoul.The hard-won dialogue and easing of tensions in the peninsula should be treasured by all parties and is in line with their common interests, Lu said.Seoul said it regrets the suspension of the high-level talks, and urged Pyongyang to resume them as soon as possible, while its Defense Ministry said the drills will continue as planned, Yon-hap News Agency reported.US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Washington has not heard anything from Pyongyang or Seoul to stop the drills or to cancel the summit between Trump and Kim. She said the US will go ahead and plan for the summit.The Associated Press and Zhao Huanxin contributed to this story. rubber bracelets80s rubber braceletscustom message braceletscheap custom wristbands free shippingcustom camo wristbands
Doctors from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, offer free medical services in Pishan county of Hotan prefecture. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] In a remote part of Xinjiang, a county hospital gets a professional makeover In May last year, doctors told Awanisa Mahsut that she had a brain tumor. After suffering a stroke, Awanisa, who lives in the southwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, planned to go to Urumqi, the regional capital, for treatment, but she changed her mind when she heard there was an expert from Urumqi working at a local hospital. Akbar Yalkun, 45, a neurosurgeon with more than 20 years' experience in Urumqi, gave Awanisa hope. One of 13 medics assigned to Pishan county, he provides medical support as part of an assistance program initiated by his home hospital in May. The program aims to improve management and medical treatment at the smaller hospital by drawing on the experience of a team of doctors and administrators on loan from Urumqi. The treatment level of neurosurgery was quite low before I came. Few doctors can perform this kind of operation here, Akbar said. If there are related conditions, patients generally need to be transferred to hospitals in big cities. Awanisa's home - Pishan county - is one of the most impoverished and remote areas in Xinjiang. It lacks well-trained doctors, and the hospital doesn't have enough money to buy modern equipment. As a result, patients often find it difficult to get the care they need. The poor medical service often means that seriously ill patients would rather spend more money and travel farther to Hotan or Urumqi to see a doctor, rather than receive treatment locally. One of my relatives told me that Dr Akbar, one of the best neurosurgeons in the region, is at the hospital in our county, Awanisa said. I was relieved, not only because he was there, but also my insurance covered most of the treatment at the local hospital. The operation was successful. At a follow-up consultation on March 1, Akbar told Awanisa she had fully recovered. The operation would have cost her at least 40,000 yuan ($6,000) in Urumqi, but she spent less than 10,000 yuan in her hometown. In March last year, after investigating the Pishan county hospital, Manglek Syit, vice-chairman of the autonomous region, ordered the hospital in Urumqi to improve the healthcare situation in Pishan county. Before we came here, it could not be called a modern hospital. You could hardly tell the difference between the outpatient and inpatient departments, said Yerzat Yerzhan, an administrative staff member of the team. To provide an effective healthcare system, the hospital needed to change from its registration office up. The regional health commission arranged for the hospital in Urumqi to launch a program giving all-around help to Pishan county. Bahtiyar Kerem, a specialist in critical care, was one of the first doctors to arrive. Our team members normally live and work in Urumqi, but after learning about the medical conditions here, we came without hesitation, he said. under armour silicone wristbandssilicone bracelets canadawhite rubber bracelet meaningsilicone wristbandscustomize rubber wristbands<%2fcenter>
