HANGZHOU Wholesale Columbus Blue Jackets Hats , Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The second mate of a Maltese cargo ship, Allan Mendoza Tablate, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Monday in eastern China's Zhejiang Province for an accident, which left 14 dead and five unaccounted for.

The verdict was handed down by the Ningbo maritime court, and is believed to be the first criminal case ever tried in a maritime court in China.

Trial of Tablate opened in early July. The court heard that Tablate was at the helm of cargo ship Catalina in the early hours of May 7, 2016 en route from Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province to Indonesia. In spite of low visibility and difficult conditions in the East China Sea Wholesale Colorado Avalanche Hats , he was found to not have kept a proper lookout, maintained a safe speed or taken effective measures to avoid other ships in the fog.

The court believed that Tablate's negligence led to the collision with Chinese fishing boat Lurongyu 58398, resulting in 14 deaths, with five others missing.

Direct losses from the accident totaled 5 million yuan (about 750,000 U.S. dollars).

Tablate gave himself up to maritime police in Zhejiang on Sept. 22 last year. The court decided to give him a lighter punishment given his voluntary confession and proactive compensation to the families of the victims.

In February China's supreme court allowed Ningbo maritime court to try maritime criminal cases. In the past, local maritime courts only heard civil cases.

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SYDNEY, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- With the global economic outlook improving by leaps and bounds in recent times, driven by extraordinary growth in Asia, ongoing collaboration and partnerships with the broader worldwide economy will continue to be crucial to ensuring positive outcomes of prosperity around the globe.

China has a critical role to play in this positive growth and is currently on track to exceed the 6.5 percent GDP growth target set for this year, prominent former Australian federal minister Andrew Robb said.

Meanwhile importantly Wholesale Carolina Hurricanes Hats , China will serve as the "centre of gravity" for global political, and economic life, Robb told Xinhua in an interview recently.

While the stellar growth that China has been able to achieve has had a remarkable impact around the world, the domestic impact of the economic success in recent times has also shaped the entire nation for the better, in particular, the emergence of the burgeoning middle class.

"The maintenance of very strong growth rates has led to the continued introduction of millions and millions of more people into the middle class," Robb said.

"These previously impoverished people are now Wholesale Calgary Flames Hats , in many cases, starting to experience the quality of life that many other people in the developed world experience."

This growth in China has a measurable impact around the world, with a recent IMF report in April outlining that China's absorption of trade since the year 2000 has been "increasingly important in accounting for growth in other emerging market and developing economies."

But Robb said that the focus should not lie solely on China's trade benefits, but rather the ongoing willingness to collaborate with nations around the world.

Collaboration with other nations can take many forms, but none are as resoundingly evident as the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to build a Silk Road Economic Belt, and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in co-operation with countries around the globe.

According to former Attorney General of Australia Philip Ruddock Wholesale Buffalo Sabres Hats , the Belt and Road Initiative demonstrates the willingness of China to develop mutually beneficial relationships with nations around the world.

"There is a focus, particularly on economic growth, and China is playing a part. Particularly through the Belt and Road Initiative, creating opportunities for growth in other parts of the world. That's a good thing," Ruddock told Xinhua recently.

"I think it is very desirable that China thinking about ways in which it can engage more with the countries around it, through economic development, and through growth of opportunities Wholesale Boston Bruins Hats , through building important infrastructure, all of that is possible."

The development of collaborative relationships has not been limited to the Belt and Road Initiative, so with the increasing shift within China towards the fields of science and innovation, and the participation in global technological efforts as a direct result, Robb said, adding he believes this could usher in a new era of global prosperity.

"Technology will be a big part of overcoming the world's problems, research and development will be very important - 80 of all of the scientists who have ever lived are alive today - the critical mass of highly educated Wholesale Arizona Coyotes Hats , and highly skilled workforces and professions is such, that we can see a mass acceleration in dealing with so many of the world's challenges," Robb said.

"If there is a lot of collaboration, multidisciplinary collaboration, inter-country collaboration, we can deal with these challenges because for the first time in history we've got such a concentration in the globe of educated, and talented scientists Wholesale Anaheim Ducks Hats , engineers, and everything else."

To achieve these ends, the focus must also be turned to enhancing the interpersonal and cultural relationships between Chinese people, and people from around the globe, and Robb said that all developed

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