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BEIJING， June 21 (Xinhua) -- China is still one of the world's most attractive destinations for investment， according to a survey done by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in real terms attracted to the Chinese mainland was second only to the United States in 2015， Zhan Xiaoning， an official with UNCTAD in charge of investment and enterprises， said Tuesday.

FDI into the Chinese mainland rose 6.4 percent year on year to 126.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2015， according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).

At a press conference on the world's 2016 investment report， Zhan noted a trend where， among all FDI into China， more has been flowing to capital and technology-intensive sectors and high value-added fields.

Foreign investment in the service industry rose 17.3 percent in 2015， accounting for 61.1 percent of the total flow for the period， the MOC data showed.

FDI witnessed a robust global recovery in 2015， surging 38 percent in the year to 1.76 trillion U.S. dollars， the highest since the global finance crisis in 2008， according to the report.

However， the momentum could be interrupted， as Zhan expects global FDI to fall 10 to 15 percent in 2016 before restoring the growing trend in 2017 and jumping to over 1.8 trillion U.S. dollars in 2018. Enditem

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RIO DE JANEIRO nike epic react womens triple black cheap , Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Canoeists criticized the water quality at Rio de Janeiro's Olympic rowing venue after the second day of competition in the sport's official Rio 2016 test event on Saturday.

Athletes complained about a breakout of algae and weeds at the Rodrigo de Freitas lake, which will also host Olympic rowing events next year.

""The level of competition is high and unfortunately the algae is affecting the performance of some athletes,"" Portuguese canoeist Fernando Pimenta told newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.

Brazilian Paralympic athlete Debora Benevides was more scathing, saying the venue was unfit to host Olympic events.

""The water isn't good and the venue is not appropriate nike epic react off white cheap ,"" Benevides said.

""There is a lot of weed sticking to our paddles. Imagine this happening in an Olympic competition.""

Austrian Olympian Viktoria Schwarz posted a photo on Instagram showing some of the algae she encountered during her K2 500m sprint event alongside teammate Ana Roxana Lehaci.

""Finished the season with a 4th place in the Olympic Test event in Rio,"" Schwarz wrote. ""The course is beautiful but the water is full of weed. So it felt more like a 500m with resistance.""

Rio 2016 canoeing manager Sebastian Cuattrin said the high level of algae was due to abnormally warm weather.

""We are looking at the problem and mapping it. It's going to be perfect for the Games,"" he said.

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MELBOURNE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Retiring captain Michael Clarke has guided cricketing superpower Australia to its fifth World Cup victory after it thrashed co-host New Zealand by seven wickets in the final at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday.

Clarke (74 from 72) was the standout batsmen for the home side as the world No.1 easily accounted for New Zealand's modest 183 with 101 balls to spare to confirm itself as king of the one-day format.

Steve Smith (56 not out) nike epic react flyknit shoes cheap , Australia's leading run-scorer for the tournament with 402, hit the winning runs with a pulled shot to the square-leg boundary before leaping into the arms of non-striker Shane Watson (2 not out) in front of the world record cricket crowd of 93,013.

New Zealand, playing its first Word Cup final nike pg 2 mens shoes cheap , struggled to contend with the firing Australian pace attack, with a devastating spell by the player of the match, James Faulkner, triggering a late collapse of 733.

The Black Caps' big-hitting captain nike pg 2 shoes cheap , Brendon McCullum, was one of five New Zealanders who failed to score, as the Australian quicks Faulkner (336), Mitchell Johnson (330) and Mitchell Starc (220) mauled the co-hosts.

Aaron Finch (0) exited early but a fearless 46 from 45 balls by David Warner kicked off a quick run-chase with lofted drives that cleared the New Zealand infield.

After Warner departed nike air force 270 mens shoes cheap , new batsman Clarke, who announced his retirement from the one-day game on Saturday, struggled against sharp bowling and an aggressive field, but a boundary paddled over slips in the 19th over reminded New Zealand of the Australian batsman's skill.

He went on to score four boundaries nike air force 270 shoes cheap , including one six, and his 112-run stand with Steve Smith was only broken by the skipper himself who played onto his stumps.

Smith, who was left out of the team's one-day tour against Pakistan only six months ago, played another calm and composed innings in what was his fifth consecutive half-century.

Kiwi quicks Matt Henry (246) and Trent Boult (140) unable to inflict the critical damage needed to defend the paltry total.

On a pitch which has resulted in scores of 300 every match nike sb dunks low ride life cheap , Brendon McCullum elected to bat but his early swinging accounted for nothing when a first-over yorker by Mitchell Starc had the New Zealand captain bowled for a three-ball duck.

After Martin Guptill (15) played around a Glenn Maxwell top-spinner and Kane Williamson (12) spooned the ball back to Mitchell Johnson, New Zealand were on their knees at 339.

Grant Elliot (83 from 82 balls) again answered his country's calls for a hero as he and Ross Taylor fought hard to establish a 111-run stand that revived New Zealand.

The co-hosts could have dropped to 466 but Elliot, the semi-final savior against South Africa, successfully challenged his LBW dismissal that was shown to go down leg side.

The Black Caps went without a boundary for almost ten overs but Ross Taylor (40) and Elliot's unwillingness to yield saw the Kiwis primed for an onslaught in the final 15 overs at 3150.

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