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An employee cleans Lamborghini Huracan during the media day ahead of the 84th Geneva Motor Show at the Palexpo Arena in Geneva March 4 Juan Guillermo Cuadrado Colombia Jersey , 2014. [PhotoAgencies]
The ultra luxury vehicle sector in China continued to increase in the first half of the year despite worries of a drop in sales due to the government's frugality campaign.
Stable economic growth and, more important, local consumers becoming more mature, helped support first-half sales and give confidence for future growth, industry players said.
German sports car maker Porsche reported 19,800 vehicles delivered in China in the first half, an annual rise of 8 percent.
"With our present model lineup, we are well positioned to face challenges. In the second half of the year, we will keep our foot on the accelerator," said Bernhard Maier, a member of the Executive Board Sales and Marketing of Porsche.
Britain's iconic Rolls-Royce Motor Cars enjoyed a record half-year in 2014, with sales in the Asia-Pacific region increasing by nearly 40 percent. Though there was no countryby-country breakdown, the region's boom was led by the company's largest single country market: China.
"The continued success comes as a result of our strategy to focus and further develop highly personalized services and products for the most exclusive ownership experience," said Henrik Wilhelmsmeyer, the company's director for China.
Amedeo Felisa, CEO of Ferrari, announced earlier this year that the Italian super sports car maker plans to open its tailormade center in Shanghai, the first in the Asia-Pacific region.
Also from Italy, Automobili Lamborghini said that it delivered 89 of its super sports cars to Chinese consumers in the first six months. Though the sales were similar to a year ago, Andrea Baldi, who is in charge of Lamborghini's Asia-Pacific business in Beijing, showed no worries.
He said that the attitude toward super sports cars is sophisticated in China, with more people buying cars for their performance, and not just because they are expensive. "We see now that the customer behavior is becoming significantly more mature," he said.
Zhong Shi, an independent auto analyst in Beijing, said: "The ultra luxury vehicle segment, including super sports cars, is a very niche market. It would hardly be effected by policy changes, as there are always a growing number of rich people."
"In recent years, we have been happy to see the identity of these customers change a lot, from the newly rich to discerning consumers who truly love and understand the brands and products," he added.
HAVANA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban government, in an unprecedented move, has opened a relief account to receive donations for victims of Hurricane Irma, which hit the Caribbean island last weekend.
The foreign ministry said in a release on Saturday that the account at state-run Banco Financiero Internacional, is open for those wishing to contribute to the recovery of the devastated country.
It suggested that those interested in donating can contact Cuban embassies around the world or the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment.
The Foreign Ministry stressed that multiple messages of solidarity and shipments of humanitarian aid had been received.
Hurricane Irma, considered the worst to hit Cuba since 1932, lashed most of Cuba' s northern coastline during 72 hours, claiming 10 lives and causing major damage to tourism infrastructure.
Irma knocked out the national power grid, damaged numerous homes and led to evacuation of over 2 million people.
In a huge national effort to recover as soon as possible, the authorities mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers, firemen, construction workers, and volunteers.
"These were hard days for our people who, in a few hours, have seen what they have built with so much effort hit by a devastating hurricane," President Raul Castro told the nation on Monday.
"The images of the last hours are eloquent, as is the spirit of resistance and victory of our people that are reborn with each adversity."
Cuba is located along a traditional route for tropical hurricanes in the Caribbean, but local authorities have never before opened an account to receive public donations.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted on Monday about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare Seoul from a brutal counterattack but declined to say what kind of options he was talking about or whether they involved the use of lethal force.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the U.N. Security Council had run out of options on containing North Korea’s nuclear program and that the United States might have to turn the matter over to the Pentagon.
Any conflict on the Korean peninsula could easily result in a degree of bloodshed unseen since the 1950-53 Korean War, which claimed the lives of more than 50,000 Americans and millions of Koreans and ended in an armed truce, not a peace treaty.
Seoul is within artillery range of North Korea, which beyond nuclear and conventional weapons is also believed to have a sizable chemical and biological arsenal.
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