Sentence examples for top mainland from inspiring English sources

A Singapore court imposed total fines of 700,000 Singapore dollars ($432,000) on three top mainland Chinese directors of the fuel importer China Aviation Oil (Singapore) for their involvement in the company's collapse in 2004.

In many top mainland cities, places like Beijing or Shanghai, a typical household must pay 15 to 20 times its annual income for an average apartment, said Andy Zhang, managing director for China at Cushman & Wakefield, a real estate services firm.

Broadening opposition to the plan, which had been crafted with considerable involvement by top mainland Chinese officials, poses the first significant political challenge here for Beijing authorities since they chose Mr. Tsang in March to replace Tung Chee-hwho was was deeply unpopular.

Top mainland lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China skidded 11.7% and HSBC, which was rumored to be a possible bidder for Morgan Stanley, along with China’s CITIC Group, fell 6.9%.

The decision to seek a meeting with top mainland leaders is not a rush move, Leung said, adding that the Federation of Students has consulted with other protest supporters and organizers, including lawmakers from Hong Kong's so-called Pan-Democratic camp, Occupy Central With Love and Peace, the student group Scholarism and other nongovernmental organizations.

The 6.5km hike from Cape Wrath Lighthouse to Kearvaig Bay, right at the top of mainland Scotland near Durness, is perhaps the wildest day walk in the country.

"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" topped the mainland Chinese box office for the second week in a row, grossing $26.98 million in the seven days ending Sunday, consulting firm Artisan Gateway said Tuesday.

Top officials from mainland China and Hong Kong will sign a free trade agreement on June 30 that will eliminate all tariffs on many goods and remove restrictions on trade in many services, Hong Kong's leader announced this evening.

But, with a separatist movement divided into many fragmented groups, and with some complaining of an atmosphere in which homemade bombs are now used to settle anything from domestic disputes to business rivalries, many would like to see an end to what they call the "drip-drip" of violence that barely makes the top of the mainland French news bulletins any more.

In April, it launched its Mi 4i phone in India, its top market after mainland China.

The song reached number one on the South Korea Gaon International Chart, the UK R&B Chart, and the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and the top 30 in mainland Europe, Oceania, and Canada.