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WASHINGTON Cheap Air Max 90 , Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy grew 2.1 percent in the third quarter, according to the second estimate data released by the Commerce Department Tuesday.


It was well over the advance estimate of 1.5 percent in economic growth for the same period.


The increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures, nonresidential fixed investment, state and local government spending, residential fixed investment and exports Cheap Air Max , the department said.


Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy, rose 3 percent, compared with the 3.6-percent growth in the second quarter.


Exports increased 0.9 percent, higher than a growth of 5.1 percent in the second quarter. Fixed investment was up 3.4 percent Cheap Nike Air Max 1 Outlet , compared with an increase of 5.2 percent in the second quarter.


Although the economy posted slower expansion, analysts said it is a reasonable slowdown from a brisk growth of 3.9 percent in the second quarter, and the U.S. economy is well track.


According to the minutes of the Fed's Oct. 27-28 meeting released last Wednesday, most Fed officials believed the conditions for beginning raising the interest rates would be met in December.


In a congressional testimony on Nov. 4, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said December would be a "live possibility" for a rate hike if the upcoming data were supportive.


The Commerce Department will release the final estimate of the third quarter GDP on Dec. 22.

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BEIJING Cheap Nike Air Max 95 Outlet , Oct.？7 (Xinhuanet) -- Dressed in the style of the Han Dynasty that ruled China 1,800 years ago, 6-year-old Chen Quanjin is chanting ancient Chinese classics with several other children about the same age as their heads sway from side to side.


Instead of taking piano lessons or joining an overseas study tour, Chen spent his summer vacation doing traditional Chinese studies at the Chengxian Guoxue Institute in Guozijian, China's highest education institute from the 13th to 19th centuries.


Chen has mastered the Dizigui Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Outlet , a Chinese book dating back more than 300 years that lays out standards for being a good child and student. He says the three-character verses are understandable and trip off the tongue.


""Older siblings should befriend younger ones; younger siblings should respect and love older ones. Siblings who keep harmonious relationships among themselves are being dutiful to their parents,"" Chen quotes from the work.


With students aged mostly from 4 to 10, the Chengxian Guoxue Institute aims to expand children's exposure to traditional culture through introductions to Confucianism, Chinese calligraphy and other traditional values, says director Ji Jiejing.


""Traditional Chinese culture should not lose its grip on young Chinese as it is good for their moral development and the cultivation of their character. Some wisdom delivered through the Chinese classics might help children deal with the challenges in their own lives Cheap Nike Air Max Outlet ,"" Ji says.


""As a kind of enlightenment, I think traditional Chinese learning can start at an early age, say around 4, so the philosophy will be deeply rooted in their hearts.""


The popularity of the Chengxian Guoxue Institute reflects a resurgence of interest in traditional culture. In recent years, Chinese students' English learning craze has Cheap Air Max 1 Outlet , to some extent, led to the neglect of their mother tongue, especially China's traditional cultural legacy. So there has been a pressing call for a school system that attaches enough importance to the learning of traditional culture.


Beijing's Tongzhou district is a pioneer in teaching traditional culture. More than 50 primary and middle schools there have compulsory Chinese language lessons and one period a week focusing on cultural traditions. They are working with experimental textbooks for the lessons, which began in 2009.


""We try to find innovative ways to instill traditional culture into students, such as chanting the classics with morning gymnastics and holding couplet-writing competitions Cheap Air Max 95 Outlet ,"" says Lu Hongli, of Tongzhou's Teacher Research and Training Center.


""They gradually develop an aesthetic sense of Chinese classics and the spirit of Chinese culture,"" Lu says.


The experimental textbooks used in Tongzhou district were developed by the China Traditional Culture and Art Center. Initiated by the Ministry of Education, they are the first in a series of nationwide experimental textbooks for primary and middle schools.


The center is also working on the high school curriculum with methods to assess the teaching of traditional culture and different models for examinations.


Zhang Jian, secretary-general of the China Traditional Culture and Art Center Cheap Air Max 90 Outlet , says traditional Chinese culture will inevitably be included in China's college entrance examination.


""That will provide a stimulus for students in primary and middle schools to learn traditional culture. But testing is not the ultimate goal. The learning process will undoubtedly improve students' moral standards and nurture their love for China's cultural legacy,"" Zhang says.


The government is also driving the movement. In April 2014, the Ministry of Education issued a guideline for teaching traditional culture from primary school through college. It required more lessons on traditional culture to be included in primary and middle school textbooks.


President Xi Jinping echoed this view when he visited Beijing Normal University in September 2014. He voiced disapproval of decisions to remove classic Chinese poems and essays from textbooks.


""China's cultural genes should be planted in the minds of the young,"" Xi said.