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WELLINGTON， Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Finance Minister Bill English was set Thursday to become New Zealand's next prime minister when the last remaining contender for the job pulled out of the race.
Rival and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman conceded defeat and congratulated English after 30 of the ruling center-right National Party's 59-strong Parliamentary caucus publically stated their support for English.
Earlier Thursday， Judith Collins， who holds the Police and Corrections portfolios， withdrew her candidacy and threw her support behind English.
The caucus is expected to officially elect English at a meeting on Dec. 12 when they will also select a new deputy prime minister.
The race for that post， which would open with English's promotion， is being contested so far by Transport Minister Simon Bridges and Climate Change Issues Minister Paula Bennett.
Outgoing Prime Minister John Key had endorsed English in his shock resignation speech on Monday， leading commentators to believe there might be a seamless transition， before the two contenders emerged.
English has reportedly offered Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce the key finance portfolio， should he become prime minister.
However， English declined to discuss policy changes or other Cabinet appointments when he answered questions at a standup press conference broadcast by Radio New Zealand after Coleman's concession.
"I won't be talking about being a prime minister until I am one，" said English.
Changes in the new national College English Test level 4 and level 6 held on Saturday for the first time have prompted complaints about the listening and translating sections.
In an online survey initiated by Sina Weibo michael kors crossbody bags sale uk , a Chinese micro blog platform, 23.1 percent out of 3,835 test-takers said they didn't finish the listening comprehension section and 17.4 percent said they handed in a blank answer sheet for listening.
"Time for listening comprehension was extremely limited, and we had to hand in our answer sheets immediately after the record ended," said Liu Junqiang, a freshman at Beijing Institute of Technology.
"As a result michael kors crossbody bags uk , many students didn't complete the answer sheet for this section," said Liu, who was taking the level 4 test.
The national College English Test committee announced in August that several modifications would be made to the biannual tests, which began in the 1980s to test the English proficiency of undergraduates nationwide.
The changes included reducing the test time for listening section from 35 to 30 minutes.
"Unlike previously, this test didn't leave time to fill out the answer sheet, which threw us into confusion because we didn't expect it michael kors clutch bag sale uk ," Liu said.
Other changes in the test, such as translating, also brought complaints from test-takers after Saturday's exams.
According to the reform announcement released by the College English Tests Committee, test-takers would have 30 minutes to translate into English a passage with 140 to 200 Chinese characters (instead of the five simple sentences previously), and the texts would deal mainly with China-related topics, such as Chinese history michael kors clutch bag uk , culture, the economy and social development.
As of 5 pm on Sunday, 50.4 percent of 17,461 Sina survey participants said "the test is really difficult".
Hu Yonghua, an English language teacher with Capital Normal University in Beijing, said the change in the translation section indicated there is an increasing emphasis on English as a tool for communication and cultural exchange.
"To adapt to the changes and solve the problems in the test michael kors backpacks uk , students should increase their efforts in learning English," she said.
Many test-takers, however, were thrown off by the wording.
"For some Chinese expressions like yuan lin (meaning landscape gardens) and si chou zhi lu (the Silk Road), I can't find the exact English word or phrase because I seldom come across them or use them in my daily study," said Li Xiaolan michael kors accessories sale uk , a junior majoring in English-language teaching at Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Shaanxi province.
"But it reminded me that I should improve my vocabulary," she said.
Zhao Shilan, who with her ex-husband has been charged with money laundering and immigration fraud based partly on information from Chinese investigators, remains in jail in Washington state.
She will appear at a hearing on April 6 in Los Angeles where she was indicted.
Kirk Davis, Zhao's attorney michael kors accessories uk , said Zhao was to be released on Monday after a federal hearing in Seattle, but the US government filed an appeal against the move and she is being held without bail.
On March 17, a grand jury indictment in US District Court in Los Angeles charged Zhao, 51, and Qiao Jianjun with three counts of money laundering and immigration fraud.
They are accused of fraudulently obtaining EB-5 immigrant-investor visas to enter the United States and launder money from China. Zhao was arrested at her home in Newcastle, Washington michael kors value spree 99 uk , just outside of Bellevue. Qiao, 51, has not been found.
The US government is considering deporting Zhao to China, but her lawyer, Davis, opposes the move michael kors value spree 111 uk , saying she fears she will be arrested and tortured to reveal the whereabouts of her ex-husband.
The Chinese government, which assisted in the case, has targeted corrupt officials since President Xi Jinping took office in 2012, and has asked the US to help find fugitives who have fled there with money and return them and their money to China.
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