BEIJING — The American and Chinese militaries took microsteps on Monday toward smoothing over years of conflict and suspicion, but China's defense minister sharply defended his country's arms buildup, pointed to American military sales to Taiwan as a continuing obstacle and deflected an American request for "in-depth strategic dialogue" on nuclear missile defense, space and cyberwarfare.
Other countries, including the USA, are examining the adoption of new standards and studying the continuing obstacles of limited government support for dental services [48].
But there are still formidable obstacles to censure, and a continuing need for leadership on Capitol Hill if the country is to arrive at the most politically healthy outcome attainable under the circumstances of a flawed and dishonorable Presidency.
Among those obstacles is a continuing concern among Republicans that a three-year naturalization process for illegal immigrants could give them a faster path to citizenship than people who enter legally.
Drug resistance is a problem that hinders the numerous successes of chemotherapeutic intervention of cancer and continues to be a major obstacle for cures.
The lack of a known correlate of protection against disease caused by infection with M. tuberculosis continues to be a major obstacle for the TB vaccine field, making it difficult to select which vaccines should progress to large-scale efficacy trials and to predict how successful those vaccines will be.
Given that cryptocurrency price volatility continues to be an obstacle for institutions looking to adopt the technology, it is likely that other financial and consulting institutions will turn to stablecoins as a way to support their existing customers and bring in interested new customers.
Still, the provision continues to be an obstacle for some low-income homebuilding.
A critical obstacle for Mr. Obama is the economy, which continues to struggle here, and which Republicans argue will hurt him with all groups of voters.
These strict guidelines were a major obstacle for the shipbuilding program in the North, especially as continuing combat experience dictated modifications in designs.
At junior secondary level, the disparities become even wider, as adolescence and cultural beliefs start to become an obstacle for girls to continue their schooling.
