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Ticket revenue grew 13.45 percent to 55.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) on the mainland in 2017, more than triple 2016's growth rate, Xinhua news agency reported late Tuesday, citing data from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio Men's Nike Air Max 270 Light Bone White Black Australia , Film and Television).


China's box-office grew just 3.7 percent in 2016, dramatically slower than 2015's 48 percent growth.


Over half of 2017's ticket revenue came from domestic films, with record breaking patriotic action blockbuster "Wolf Warrior 2" collecting 5.7 billion yuan, topping the year's box office list.


The American action thriller "The Fate of The Furious" came in second, with box-office revenue of 2.7 billion yuan.


International films -- most of which were made in the US -- grossed 25.8 billion yuan and accounted for 46 percent of 2017's total revenue, compared to 19 billion yuan and 42 percent in 2016.


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China also takes measures to help boost domestic films' performance, including limiting the screening of foreign films during peak seasons and rewarding cinemas for playing more domestic titles.


In December, authorities announced cinemas will be eligible for tax refunds if over 55 percent of their annual ticket sales come from Chinese films.


Chinese cinemas pay a five percent tax on gross box-office revenue to the country's cinema regulator for a "movie industry development special fund".


The number of Chinese cinemagoers rose 18 percent in 2017. Nearly 10,000 new screens were built, bringing the total number to 50,776 Men's Nike Air Max 270 Flyknit Triple White Australia , Xinhua said.


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DOHA, Sep. 12 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's Energy Minister Mohammed al-Sada said on Tuesday his country had not missed any oil or gas shipments despite the blockade imposed by gulf countries Men's Nike Air Max 270 Flyknit Triple Black Australia , QNA news agency reported.


Speaking at the "Diplomatic Salon" organized by the Diplomatic Institute of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed al-Sada confirmed that Qatar continued supplying oil and gas to its clients worldwide.


"During this blockade, we have never missed a single shipment of oil or gas to any of our partners," he added.


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The gulf crisis erupted June 5 when Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates cut ties with Doha over allegations that Qatar funds extremists and has close ties with Iran. Doha denies the charges.


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KIEV, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday issued a legal notice to former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on charges of illegally crossing the Ukrainian border Men's Nike Air Presto Fly Just Do It Black White Australia , local media reported.


The document was presented to Saakashvili in Ukraine's western city of Lviv by the representatives of Ukraine's police and the State Border Service.


Saakashvili has reportedly accepted the notice and agreed to appear in the court if a need arises, but insisted that he had not violated the law.


According to the State Border Service, the court hearings on the case are set to take place next week.


Saakashvili, 49, served as Georgian president from 2008 to 2013, was granted Ukrainian citizenship in May 2015 and was appointed as governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region.


On July 26 Men's Nike Air Huarache City Low Just Do It White Black Australia , Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko revoked Saakashvili's Ukrainian citizenship over allegedly submitting false information while applying for a passport.


Saakashvili, who has been abroad since mid-July, refused to accept the loss of his Ukrainian citizenship, saying that he would fight for the right to return to Ukraine.


The politician crossed the Ukrainian border from Poland on Sunday, without showing documents to the border guards.


Saakashvili was surrounded by hundreds of supporters, who forcefully broke through the cordon of border guards and security forces and escorted him to the Ukrainian soil.


The National Police of Ukraine has opened criminal proceedings against Saakashvili and his supporters over the unlawful border crossing.


In November 2016 Men's Nike Air Force 1 High Just Do It White Australia , Saakashvili resigned as Odessa's regional head citing alleged corruption in Ukraine's governing bodies.


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