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UNITED NATIONS Kristaps Porzingis Jersey , July 28 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday reiterated his call for an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip, where more than 1,030 Palestinians and 43 Israeli soldiers were killed over the past weeks, saying that "in the name of humanity, the violence must stop."


The secretary-general made the remarks to reporters here before his briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent trip to the Middle East, where he made diplomatic efforts to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.


While urging Hamas to stop firing rockets into southern Israel, the secretary-general also called on the Israelis to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territory.


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by Xinhua writers Huang Xin, Zheng Xin


BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Boosted by a pickup in external demand and a stable domestic economy, China's foreign trade retained robust growth in the first quarter with a shrinking surplus, customs data showed Thursday.


Imports grew faster than exports in the three months with surging import prices, resulting in a 35.7-percent shrinking of the trade surplus, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed.


Exports in yuan-denominated terms rose 14.8 percent year on year in the first quarter Enes Kanter Jersey , while imports increased 31.1 percent.


Foreign trade volume reached 6.2 trillion yuan (about 902.47 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter, up 21.8 percent year on year, with a surplus of 454.94 billion yuan.


Surging import prices and a stable domestic economy boosted the figures, GAC spokesman Huang Songping told a press briefing on Thursday.


"The foreign trade situation in China is still complex with many instabilities and uncertainties, and the difficulties that China faces are not short-term ones," Huang said, adding that foreign trade expansion is likely to fall back in the second quarter.


During the first three months Patrick Ewing Jersey , trade with the European Union gained 16.9 percent year on year, while that with the United States and ASEAN increased 21.3 percent and 25 percent, respectively, together accounting for 41.4 percent of foreign trade.


Trade with some countries along the Belt and Road has registered growth. In the first quarter, China's trade with Russia, Pakistan, Poland Carmelo Anthony Jersey , Kazakhstan and India rose by 37 percent, 18.7 percent, 19 percent, 69.3 percent and 27.7 percent respectively.


A weaker yuan, stronger global demand, and diminished threat of U.S. tariffs contributed to China's strong exports in Q1, said Bloomberg chief Asia economist Tom Orlik.


A marked contraction in China's trade surplus with the world should take the edge off complaints from trade partners Cheap New York Knicks Jerseys , he said.


The Q1 export growth hit a two-year high largely backed by economic