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Actors wait to take part in a performance adapted from an ancient ceremony of Qing Dynasty emperors praying for good harvest and fortune, at the Temple of Earth in Beijing February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year begins on February 14t |
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From the Editor
What started as a bold idea to radically revamp China Daily many months ago is now just seven days away from becoming a reality.
On March 1, we will launch a dynamic new version of China Daily.
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| Dear laowai, don't mess with our Chinese-ness |
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Now, listen up, you foreigner boys and girls, Chinese New Year is around the corner and I want to talk to you seriously about fireworks.
I saw this picture in a newspaper, where a smiling, cordial Chinese girl (rather pretty as well) was |
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| Ships stranded in frozen sea |
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Ships are stranded in the frozen sea at Xikou village of Yantai, East China's Shandong province, January 13, 2010.[Photo/Xinhua]
Ships are fastened in the frozen sea at Xikou village of Yantai, East China's Shandong prov |
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| The big ten books of 2009 |
| The past year has yielded a marvelous variety of books in China. Here are our top picks, as compiled by Liu Jun and Mei Jia report
1. King Gesa r (格萨尔王), by Alai
Known as the world's longest epic, King Gesar is an ancient Tibetan story |
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| Respect law, experts urge foreigners |
| China's legal experts yesterday urged foreigners to respect Chinese law and advised Western media to refrain from politicizing the issue of capital punishment in the case of a Briton convicted for smuggling drugs into China.
The UK media q |
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| Delights to mark a decade in Macao |
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The Bank of China Tower (L), casino Grand Lisboa (2nd L), Wynn casino (3rd R) and Macau-Taipa bridge are seen in Macau December 20, 2009, the day marking the 10th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. The Chinese characters o |
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| China seeks to clear up summit deal |
| China lauded the Copenhagen Accord, hailing it an agreement based on arduous negotiation and the "sufficient, transparent and smooth" communication with other countries.
Related full coverage: Copenhagen Climate Change Conferen |
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| British pie prize for Ding |
| Chinese fans who stayed up throughout the night to watch Ding Junhui win his second UK Championship snooker title yesterday morning are in for a treat.
China's Ding Junhui celebrates after defeating Scotland's John Higgins 10-8 in th |
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| Cross-border pipeline pulls region closer |
| China and Central Asia opened a new "Silk Road" yesterday when President Hu Jintao and leaders from three other nations officially opened a natural gas pipeline linking Turkmenistan to China's Xinjiang region.
Chinese President Hu Jint |
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| 'Sun Valleys' test lighting |
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A cone-shaped "Sun Valley" in the Axis of World Expo 2010 is lit up in Pudong section of the Shanghai Expo Park in the build-up for the upcoming 2010 Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, December 5, 2009 |
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| China's economy reaps a golden age of weddings |
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An engaged Chinese couple dressed in traditional Chinese wedding costumes pose for their wedding photographs at a studio in central Beijing November 27, 2009.[Agencies]
BEIJING - Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said "I do" to each other in t |
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| Guangzhou Autoshow 2009 |
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A Toyota FT-EV electric car is seen at the Guangzhou Autoshow November 23, 2009. China's car makers hope Beijing will renew strong economic incentives that propelled China's car sales to record levels this year even in the face of the glob |
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| Philippine army: 45 bodies found in south |
| COTABATO, Philippines: Philippine security forces have recovered 45 bodies of people that include politicians and journalists abducted Monday in a pre-election related incidence in restive southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, a loca |
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| Death toll rises to 104 in coal mine blast |
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Rescuers get ready to go down into the pit to search for survivors at the site of the accident at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 22, 2009. [Xinhua] More photos
HEGANG, Heilongj |
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| Giant panda cub at San Diego Zoo named Yun Zi |
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The San Diego Zoo's giant panda is photographed during his weekly veterinary exam in San Diego, California, November 17, 2009.[Agencies]
The San Diego Zoo's panda cub, which has marked a milestone |
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| Wen meets Obama |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with visiting US President Barack Obama in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2009. [Xinhua]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with visiting US President Barack Obama in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2009. [Xin |
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| Wu Chengzhen becomes first Chinese principal Taoist abbess |
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Wu Chengzhen, the abbess of Changchun Taoist Temple, is seen wearing a Taoist robe in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, November 14, 2009. Wu was promoted to principal abbess on November 15, becoming the first ever Chinese principal T |
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| Obama arrives in Shanghai for state visit |
| SHANGHAI: United States President Barack Obama arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport and in one step, kicking off his first visit to China.
More importantly, he will begin negotiations with China that will likely take a more coop |
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| Flights delayed, passengers stranded as snow hits Xi'an |
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Planes are seen on the parking apron at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport in Xi'an, capital of northwest Shaanxi province, November 11, 2009. More than 80 flights were delayed and over 10,000 passengers were stranded at the ai |
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| Emissions goal mulled for first time |
| China should aim to reduce its carbon intensity by 4 or 5 percent year-on-year if it is to achieve its goal of low-carbon development by 2050, says a leading environmental think tank.
Related readings: China calls on de |
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| Detainees get more rights, protection |
| Detainees awaiting trial will no longer be forced to work at China's detention houses, thanks to a breakthrough being heralded by lawyers as legal progress in protecting their legitimate rights.
The change is outlined in a draft regulation |
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| 4th Ministerial Conference of FOCAC kicks off in Egypt |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh November 8, 2009. [Xinhua]
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The Fourth M |
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| China pledges $10 billion in loans to Africa |
| SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: Premier Wen Jiabao announced Sunday that Beijing would double the initial commitment of loans to African nations and phase out most tariffs to expedite trade with the continent's poorer countries.
Premier Wen Ji |
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| Govt buys ticket for Disney Shanghai |
| SHANGHAI: Mickey Mouse and friends are on their way to Shanghai after long-awaited plans for a Disney theme park near China's financial hub got the thumbs-up from central authorities.
With a new Disneyland theme park slated for their S |
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| China Fashion Week |
| A model presents a creation for the NE TIGER 2010 Haute Couture Show during China Fashion Week in Beijing November 2, 2009. China Fashion Week opens on Nov 2 and run until Nov 10, with almost 70 fashion events happening in Beijing. It will |
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| More H1N1 cases stoking public fears in China |
| In October, the H1N1 flu pandemic killed seven people on the Chinese mainland, stoking the public's fears, and leading them to wonder what the death toll of the disease will be.
A multitude of comments posted by concerned netizens have floo |
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| H1N1 flu 'spreading but under control' |
| BEIJING: The A(H1N1) influenza was spreading rapidly across the country but it remained under control, an official with the Ministry of Health said here Sunday.
"Currently close to 80 percent of the country's total flu infections are A(H1N1 |
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| China's Nasdaq-style board starts trading |
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Delegates of the first batch of 28 selected firms for China's ChiNext pose for photos during the listing ceremony in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 30, 2009. China's Nasdaq-style market, ChiNext, made their debut Frida |
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| High-level talks warm up Obama's visit |
| BEIJING: Sino-U.S. ties have been warmed up for U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming China visit by frequent contacts between high-level officials from both sides, Chinese experts said Thursday.
Related readings: Army |
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| Chinese navy vessel sails for ROK, Japan |
| DALIAN: The "Zhenghe" training vessel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy left Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Monday for visits to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan.
At the invitation of the ROK's navy and J |
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| China locked into financial policy |
| China has reiterated its commitment to proactive financial policies and moderately loose monetary policies amid market speculation that it might be preparing an exit strategy.
Despite the fact that the country's economic growth is likely to |
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| New Shaolin movie starts filming |
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Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan (C) walks among the crowd at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Henan province October 22, 2009. The movie New Shaolin Temple, starring Chan and Lau, will start filming on Thursday, local media reported. |
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| World in our hands: China US officials |
| China and the United States must push beyond bilateral issues to deal with more pressing matters of global impact.
That was the theme echoed by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Jon Huntsman, US ambassador to China, in their keynote speeches |
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| Chinese economy grew 7.7% in Jan-Sept |
| China’s GDP in the third quarter of 2009 grew 8.9 percent year-on-year, according to data released today by the National Bureau of Statistics.
The GDP growth rate in the first three quarters reached 7.7 percent. |
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| Hijacked bulk carrier De Xinhai |
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Hijacked Chinese bulk carrier De Xin Hai is seen in this picture published on the European Union Naval Force Operation Against Piracy website and taken October 19, 2009 by an EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft off the East coast of Somali |
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| China vigilant as hijacked ship heads to Somalia |
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Hijacked Chinese bulk carrier De Xin Hai is seen in this picture published on the European Union Naval Force Operation Against Piracy website and taken October 19, 2009 by an EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft off the East coast of S |
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| Premier urges developing with ecological safety |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd R Front) visits Zhaojiapu Village in Chankou Township of Dingxi City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2009. Premier Wen made an inspection tour in Gansu from Oct. 17 to 18. [Xinhua]
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| China's Nasdaq-style GEM to start trading Oct 30 |
| BEIJING: The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) said Sunday that the first batch of firms is scheduled to be listed on China's Nasdaq-style Growth Enterprises Market (GEM) on October 30.
Shang Fulin, chairman of the Chinese Securities Regulatory |
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| World Food Day: The world is hungry |
| At a time when the global economic crisis dominates the news, the world needs to be reminded that not everyone works in offices and factories. The crisis is stalking the small-scale farms and rural areas of the world, where 70 percent of th |
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| Beijing urged to do more to help with terror fight |
| Afghanistan and Pakistan yesterday appealed for more help from China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to support their ongoing struggle against terrorism.
Capacity building, reconstruction, poverty-relief and intelligence exc |
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| China, Russia take friendship forward |
| China and Russia agreed Tuesday to enhance their 60-year friendship by cementing political trust and strategic partnership of cooperation while expanding collaboration in the trade, energy and military sectors.
Premier Wen Jiabao and R |
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| Wen meets Kissinger amid inaugural China-US dialogue |
| BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on seeking stronger bilateral relations.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R5, front) poses with delegates of the inaugural China-US Trac |
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| China, Russia set to ink slew of contracts |
| Nearly three-dozen deals worth more than $5.5 billion combined are expected to be signed between China and Russia during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing, possibly including a major refinery in Tianjin.
The Sino-Russian cont |
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| Putin's China visit to bring $5.5b in deals |
| MOSCOW: Russian firms plan to sign over $5.5 billion worth of deals with their Chinese partners during the visit of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Beijing next week, Putin's deputy said during an interview with Reuters.
The 34 deals |
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| Vice-president starts Europe tour |
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China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) presents a gift to Belgium's King Albert II in Brussels October 8, 2009. Xi attended the opening of the Europalia-China art festival, marked by the opening of an exhibition devote |
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| Trade, climate top US-China agenda |
| The White House announced on Thursday that President Barack Obama's first trip to Asia as president will begin in Japan and take him to Singapore, China and the Republic of Korea.
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| Beijing perks up for national gala |
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Men lay a red carpet in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum in preparation for the upcoming celebration of 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on October 1, in Beijing Tuesday September 29, 2009. [Xinhua]
A man helps arrange&nb |
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| Roads, subways closed for Oct 1 |
| Wide-reaching traffic lockdowns and a visible array of security in central Beijing for Oct 1 will likely drive those interested in the National Day Parade to the comfort of their own homes to watch the festivities on TV.
The daytime parade |
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| Qianmen revives dreams of old Beijing |
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Performers dance at the official reopening ceremony of Qianmen Street, a traditional commercial area, in Beijing Monday September 28, 2009. The pedestrian thoroughfare, second in Beijing after the downtown shopping district of Wangfuj |
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| Premier's visit might revive nuke talks |
| Premier Wen Jiabao is set to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) early next week on a trip that analysts hope may help revive the stalled six-nation talks.
Related readings:Premier to visit DPRK early Octo |
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| Tian'anmen closes as countdown begins |
| The Forbidden City and other popular tourist venues will begin closing to visitors from Tuesday, just two days out from National Day holiday.
A float in a parade at the ongoing China Flower Expo in Shunyi on Saturday reflects the festi |
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| Lhasa gears up for 60th anniversary |
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A flower parterre made for celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China celebrations in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. [Xinhua]
A Chinese national |
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| Hu asks leaders to work jointly for global recovery |
| PITTSBURGH, US: President Hu Jintao on Friday asked world leaders to continue with their stimulus packages in a more coordinated way to ensure that early signs of economic recovery translate into lasting growth.
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| Nuke-free world urged |
| The world's major nuclear powers should make "drastic and substantive" cuts to their arsenals and strive to make the planet nuclear-free, President Hu Jintao told national leaders in New York yesterday.
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| Hu meets with Obama |
| Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with US President Barack Obama in New York September 22, 2009. Both leaders are in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. [Agencies]
Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with US Pre |
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| Stage set for debut of China's stand on climate |
| World attention will focus on President Hu Jintao when he addresses the United Nations climate change summit Tuesday, marking the first time that China's top leader will discuss his nation's environmental policies and measures to fight glob |
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| Liu Xiang comes back to race |
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Trammell Terrence of France (R) runs to win next to Liu Xiang of China during the men's 110m Hurdles at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix athletics competition September 20, 2009. [Agencies]
SHANGHAI: Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang returne |
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| President Hu rolls into US |
| President Hu Jintao is making an unprecedented string of visits to United Nations summits as he leads a high-ranking Chinese delegation to the United States this week.
Related readings: President Hu to back greater UN r |
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| China has nuke talks with DPRK |
| President Hu Jintao's special envoy held talks with Pyongyang's top nuclear strategist to bring the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) back to disarmament negotiations.
Related readings: Hu's envoy focuses vis |
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| Wen's three meetings with Uygur farmer Hashim Dawut |
| BEIJING: Uygur farmer Hashim Dawut felt quite touched as he was guided into Premier Wen Jiabao's office at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in downtown Beijing on Monday.
The 57-year-old man had been looking forward to the moment for mor |
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| New policy may tighten taxers' belts |
| A new tax regulation will crimp the wallets of many employees of State-run enterprises, while foreign company employees may not be affected.
Considered an open secret for many organizations based in the capital, the so-called "gray income" |
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| Giant national flag on the red beach |
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A giant national flag is seen on a red beach in Panjin, Northeast China’s Liaoningprovince, Sept 14, 2009. Soldiers from a border detachment in Panjin laid five yellow stars on the beach to form the Chinese national flag to celeb |
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| China urges rich countries to share |
| China wants equality for developing countries at the table of global financial institutions and will push for change at the upcoming G20 summit, but the nation is not yet ready to urge its currency -- the RMB -- be internationalized.
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| 'Pillars of National Unity' set up in Tian'anmen Square |
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"Pillars of National Unity" are seen in the east of the Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, September 14, 2009. A total of 56 pillars, representing China's 56 ethnic groups, were set up in Tian'anmen Square for the celebration of t |
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| China wants WTO talks on US tariffs |
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China has termed the US move on tire imports as a serious act of trade protectionism. [China Daily]
The government Monday filed a formal request for consultations with the United States under the World Trade Organiza |
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| Key framework of the Shanghai Expo Axis is finished |
| Welders work on "Sunny Valley", a horn-shaped building, lining the Expo Axis in Pudong Section of the Expo Site in Shanghai, September 13, 2009. The major structure of the Expo Axis, the main entrance to the World Expo 2010 s |
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| Probe 'not revenge' for hefty tire tariff |
| Just two days after the decision by the United States to levy heavy import tariffs on Chinese tires, the government here has reacted by launching an anti-dumping and anti-subsidies investigation into automotive and chicken exports from the |
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| Top Legislator Wu meets with US officials |
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Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, meets with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington September 10, 2009. [Xinhua]
Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committe |
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| Chinese leaders extend festival greetings to teachers: |
| BEIJING: Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong Wednesday stressed the importance of providing accessible education to the public and urged teachers to serve as models for their students.
Liu made the remarks at a meeting with representatives |
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| New jobs work out for 7.6m, unrest ruled out |
| Job creation momentum has let the nation's minister of human resources and social security to believe that social unrest triggered by unemployment could be a thing of the past.
"I am convinced the current measures taken by the central go |
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| China displays mockup of home-grown jetliner C919 |
| HONG KONG: The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China displayed a scale model of its jetliner C919, the country's first home-grown large commercial airliner, for the first time at the Asian Aerospace '09 on Tuesday.
A model of the C |
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| China set for world's first H1N1 flu shots |
| Teenage students in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong will be at the front of the line when the government starts vaccinating people against the H1N1 flu strain, Health Minister Chen Zhu announced Tuesday as he unveiled the guiding princ |
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| Resignation of 'premier' sets up big reshuffle |
| Taiwan's "premier" resigned Monday over strong criticism of the government's response to the most devastating storm to hit the area in 50 years.
The island's top leader immediately named a senior official from the ruling party as Liu Chao-s |
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| Paying tribute to teachers, premier sits in on classes |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) meets with teacher representatives before a symposium at Beijing No. 35 Middle School in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2009. Ahead of China's 25th Teacher's Day, which falls on Sept. 10, Chinese P |
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| China's flu victims may double to 10,000 |
| More than 100 people across China have been infected with H1N1 flu since Friday, a clear signal the peak season has begun for the potentially deadly virus, Zeng Guang, a senior epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Pr |
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| A/H1N1 flu vaccine put into production |
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A/H1N1 flu vaccine is formally put into production by China's domestic pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd., also known as Beijing Kexing Bioproducts, Sep.3, 2009. The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued the licens |
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| Calm restored in Urumqi following syringe protests |
| URUMQI: Downtown streets in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, were quiet late Thursday night, hours after traffic control was imposed following large protests.
There were few pedestrians on downtown stre |
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| 10,000 red lanterns for the National Day |
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People make red lanterns at Hongmiao Village in Huairou district of Beijing, September 2, 2009. The village sets to make 10,000 red lanterns that will be used to decorate the streets and parks of Beijing for the f |
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| Indonesia quake death toll hits 44, likely to rise |
| PANGALENGAN, Indonesia: The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia, shattering rural homes and forcing terrified city residents into the street, stood at 44 and was likely to rise, government agencies said on Thursday.
The 7.0 |
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| Armed policemen mobilized to protect National Day parade |
| Armed policemen in Beijing taking part in a ceremony on September 1 that marks the start of their deployment in Beijing to ensure security during the upcoming National Day celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People' |
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| DPRK visit may tackle nuke issue |
| A delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), led by the country's Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Yong-il, has arrived in Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday.
But the ministry did not link the visit to the |
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| Morakot kills 103, injures 45 in Taiwan |
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Rescuers help a man at Chishan evacuation centre, Kaohsiung county, after he was evacuated by military helicopter from a landslide-affected village in southern Taiwan following Typhoon Morakot, August 12, 2009. [Agencies] More photo |
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| Photographer impresses netizens with 'Beijing in Details' |
| It's easy to think of Beijing as a series of landmarks: the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, the Temple of Heaven. But that's not the real Beijing, according to Li Wenge, a 31-year-old photographer and web editor who has be |
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| Four Rio Tinto employees arrested |
| Nearly six weeks after being detained by the Shanghai State Security Bureau for suspected espionage activities, Shanghai procuratorate authorities have now formally arrested four Rio Tinto employees.
The four, including Australian executive |
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| Flu dominates North America summit |
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U.S. President Barack Obama answers a journalist's question during a news conference at the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara August 10, 2009. Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a unite |
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| China July CPI down 1.8% on year, PPI down 8.2% |
| BEIJING: China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, dipped 1.8 percent in July from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said here Tuesday.
The producer price index (PPI), a major measurement of inflati |
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| Hotel swept into river after typhoon |
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A six-storey hotel building leans before falling into a flooded river after Typhoon Morakot hit Taitung county, eastern Taiwan, August 9, 2009. [Xinhua]
People watch as a six-storey hotel building leans before falling i |
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| Urumqi-bound plane diverted after bomb threat |
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Armed police vehicles are seen on a road as they withdraw from the Urumqi Diwopu International Airport after a China-bound Afghan plane, threatened by a bomb, was denied to land in the city.[Xinhua]
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| Chinese Proficiency Competition in Changsha |
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Participants debate during the final of 8th Chinese Bridge-Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students in Changsha, in central China's Hunan province, August 6, 2009. This contest is sponsored by China HANBAN, the executi |
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| New Sino-India border talks to boost ties: official |
| NEW DELHI: China believes that the new round of China-India Boundary Talks to be held on August 7 and 8 in New Delhi will play a positive role in pushing forward bilateral relations with the common efforts being made by the two countries, s |
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| She Huo goes to Europe |
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Drummers from the She Huo cultural troupe perform during rehearsals for the forthcoming Edinburgh Military Tattoo, at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland August 5, 2009. The troupe is from Edinburgh's twin city of Xi'an in China. |
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| 156 of Urumqi riot deaths are innocent civilians |
| URUMQI: Authorities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region confirmed Wednesday that innocent civilians accounted for 156 of the 197 deaths in the Urumqi riot a month ago.
Full coverage:Riot in UrumqiRelated readings: |
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| 17 killed in N. China building collapse |
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A resident stands at the site of a collapsed two-storey factory in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, August 4, 2009. The two-storey building collapsed after a lightning strike amid loud thunder, an unidentified villager said.[Agencies]R |
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| Clinton, 2 journalists depart DPRK for US |
| SEOUL: His mission accomplished, former President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied by American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( |
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| Phelps closes Worlds with 5 golds |
| ROME: Even coming off his longest layoff and the embarrassment of being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe, Michael Phelps turned in another remarkable performance over the eight days of the swimming world championships at the Foro |
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| Police prevent terrorist attacks in Xinjiang |
| BEIJING: Police forces and state security agencies had prevented five organized terrorist attacks on civilians in China's far west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China's anti-terrorism sources said Monday.Separatist "East Turkestan" terr |
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| Incurable girl spends her last days as a wife |
| Song Xinran [L] and Shi Zhenwei hold hands at their wedding in Lianyungang city in east China's Jiangsu province, August 2, 2009. Song and Shi have been in love for eight years after they met on the Internet. Song suffers from ter |
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| Bilingual education essential |
| *Every ethnic group has the right to use and develop its language, according to the Constitution.*Han people, especially officials, are also encouraged to learn the minority languages to improve mutual understanding.
Zhang Qiang has made co |
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| China's central bank reassures on monetary policy |
| BEIJING: China's central bank pledged to maintain loose monetary policy to support the economy and said it would ensure sustainable credit growth without resorting to heavy-handed quotas to rein in a lending spree.
In a statement that analy |
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| Deng Xiaoping's widow dies at 93 |
| BEIJING: Zhuo Lin, widow of China's late leader Deng Xiaoping, died in Beijing Wednesday. She was 93.
File photo of Deng Xiaoping and his wife Zhuo Lin (L). [Xinhua]
She died of illness at 12:30 p.m. after medical treatment failed, s |
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| US hi-tech products may flow in |
| WASHINGTON: The US has agreed to loosen restrictions on the export of hi-tech goods to China and speed up its recognition of the nation's market economy, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said on Tuesday after the China-US Strategic and Economic Dia |
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| Traditional 'belly dance' in Guizhou |
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Children of the Bouyei ethnic group perform a hundred-year-old local folk dance called Wendangmu during a folk culture art festival held in Weng'ang township in southwest China's Guizhou province, on July 27, 2009. With baskets cover |
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| Balanced growth is the goal after crisis |
| WASHINGTON: China and the US reached agreement on the need to work toward more balanced global growth once the economic crisis has ended, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday.
China and US concluded talks aimed at narrowing d |
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| Sino-US S&ED begins in Washington |
| WASHINGTON: Chinese and US leaders vowed to build more constructive bilateral relations and join hands in solving problems of global importance as the two countries kicked off their first meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue here |
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| China hopes US will cut budget deficit |
| Washington: China expressed its hope that the US government will be able to cut its budget deficit in order to prevent inflation that could jeopardize the value of China's dollar-denominated assets, as the two countries wrapped up the first |
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| Kobe Bryant on his Asia tour |
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NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers gestures during a news conference in Manila July 21, 2009. Bryant was in the capital for a one-day visit as part of his Asia tour which includes stops in Singapore, Taipei, |
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| Shanghai encourages aging population to have 2nd baby |
| SHANGHAI: Eligible couples in the city are for the first time being encouraged to have a second child, as authorities make an effort to tackle the burden of an aging population.
Family planning officials and volunteers will make home visits |
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| Maze marks Apollo moon landings 40th anniversity |
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Tom Pearcy in a lunar buggy at the York Maize Maze in this photo taken on July 20, 2009. To mark the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo Moon landings, farmer Tom Pearcy has cut a giant image of an astronaut from his field of ma |
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| Australia urged to treat Rio Tinto spy case 'properly' |
| A senior Chinese diplomat Wednesday urged Australia to respect the judicial sovereignty of China in handling the espionage case involving Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.
"The Australian side should look at it as an individual case |
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| Solar eclipse seen around China |
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The moon passes between the sun and the earth amid clouds during a solar eclipse in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu province, July 22, 2009. Scientists said it will be the longest eclipse until the year 2132. Viewers in cities along |
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| Policies not to blame for Urumqi riot |
| The government stressed that its ethnic autonomy policies are "effective", but that "improvements might be made when necessary".
Officials and experts said there is room to revise the policies in some ethnic regions.
"The current policies i |
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| Giant panda twins born in Chengdu |
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A pair of giant panda twins was born in the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base, Sichuan province on July 19, 2009. They are the first panda twins born in the world this year. [Xinhua]
One of the giant panda twins |
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| National auditors express concern over dam project |
| Developers of a controversial Jinsha River dam said Monday their practices were "orderly" in response to a report from the country's top auditors that said there were problems on the site of the world's third-largest hydropower project.
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| Crowded beach in Dalian |
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Vacationers gather by the sea at Fujiazhuang Beach in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province, July 19, 2009. [Xinhua]
Vacationers gather by the sea at Fujiazhuang Beach in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province, July 19, 2009. |
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| Viciousness of rioters 'unexpected' |
| Police shot dead 12 mobsters during the July 5 riot in Urumqi, a senior official has said - the first time the government revealed the extent of force used by security forces in the worst violence in that region in decades.
Yan Cailu, |
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| New fleet leaving on anti-piracy mission |
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Naval officers prepare to board the frigate Xuzhou, in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province, July 15, 2009. The Xuzhou will join another frigate with two ship-borne helicopters and a supply vessel with a crew of over 800 in |
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| Six killed in central Jakarta hotel bombings - police |
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In this Monday, Sept. 8, 2003 file photo, security officers stand guard outside of JW Marriott Hotel at its reopening day in Jakarta, Indonesia. [Agencies]
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Six people were killed and many more were wounde |
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| Students practice Tai Chi on the Great Wall |
| Students from Beijing and Taiwan practise Tai Chi on the Mutianyu Great Wall, July 15, 2009. The activity is part of an Exchange Week Program, organized by the local Beijing government, to promote traditional culture and develop friend |
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| China GDP growth by 7.1% in first half '09 |
| The gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.1 percent from the same period a year ago to 13.99 trillion yuan (US$2.06 trillion) in the first half, as massive pump-priming and record lending pushed for a rebound from the worst growth in a decade |
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| Left-behind children not forgotten |
| Students learn Erhu, a two-stringed Chinese instrument, at the Zhaoling Cultural and Art School in Huaiyang County, in central China's Henan province, July 14, 2009. The school provides free art courses for students known as "left-behind ch |
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| Al-Qaida threatens Chinese abroad |
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An Uygur girl plays badminton in Urumqi on a calm day Tuesday. An Al-Qaida threat, however, was made elsewhere. [Agencies]
Chinese authorities Tuesday alerted its citizens and organizations abroad about potential terrorist attacks, one |
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| SW China battles flood |
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A bridge destroyed by flooding after heavy rains in Xuanhan County, Dazhou, in southwest China's Sichuan province, July 13, 2009. [Zhang Chongyao/Sichuan Online]
Buildings destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains hit Xuanhan Coun |
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| Two armed Uygurs shot dead in Urumqi |
| URUMQI: Police shot dead two armed Uygurs and injured another in the regional capital, where 184 people were killed in riots a week ago.
A statement issued by the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region government said the incident happened at 2:5 |
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| Main retailers resume business in Xinjiang |
| BEIJING: China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC)said Sunday that main retailers in Urumqi, Yili, Kashi and other cities in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have resumed business.
Photo taken on July 12, 2009 shows a bustling |
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| Fatalities may climb in Urumqi |
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Zhou Yongkang (2nd-R), member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, inspects a supermarket in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sunday July 12, 2 |
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| Happy Birthday, Tai Shan |
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Washington's famous giant panda off-spring, Tai Shan, celebrates his fourth birthday in Washington on July 9, 2009. The panda's birthday cake was made by freezing a combination of water, beets and beet juice while enhancing it with bamboo |
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| Govt pledges to keep stability in Xinjiang |
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Military doctors offer free medical service to residents on the streets of Urumqi Thursday. [Photo by Xu Jingxing/China Daily]
URUMQI: Top leaders have pledged to maintain stability in Xinjiang as a relative state of normalcy returned |
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| Gov't to pay out 100m yuan to riots victims |
| URUMQI: The government will provide compensation to those victims of the riots in Urumqi as soon as possible, an official said Wednesday.
A total amount of 100 million yuan ($14 million) of consolation money will be given to victims of |
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| G8 summit in Italy |
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A military staff member walks past the G8 logo at the summit media center near L'Aquila July 7, 2009. Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations as well as the main developing economies will hold talks from July 8-10 nea |
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| President Hu meets Italian PM on bilateral ties |
| ROME: Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday pledged their countries' efforts to further promote bilateral relations and cooperation in a number of areas.
During a meeting with Berlusconi |
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| Xinjiang capital returning calm after ravaged by riot |
| URUMQI: Riot-plagued Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was slowly returning calm but traffic blockade remained in some streets Monday night after the riot on Sunday evening killed at least 156 people.
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| Global think tanks meet in Beijing |
| The first Global Think Tank Summit opens here in Beijing on July 2. During the 2-day agenda from Friday, close to 100 top-notch think tanks from all over the world will be sharing ideas on issues concerning the world economy and the global |
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| G8 Summit talks likely to turn to dollar |
| China would like to see a diversification of the international currency system in the future and believes it would be "normal" if the issue came up at the "8+5 summit" involving the Group of Eight (G8) and emerging powers, Deputy Foreign Mi |
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| View from Chicago's 'Ledge' gets more dizzying |
| CHICAGO: The view from the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere just got better.
Children stand on "The Ledge" a five-sided glass box 1,353 feet (412 meters) above the street in Chicago July 1, 2009. The Ledge is part of Sky |
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| First H1N1 mass infection in Beijing |
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Beijing reported its first mass infection of the H1N1 flu at a primary school Wednesday.
Seven pupils between 8 and 10 years old were confirmed infected with the virus Tuesday night, according to a press conference held last night.
The pup |
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| Drill conducted for sea territory protection |
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A drill of seven vessels, including China's largest fishery patrol ship, China Yuzheng 311, and a helicopter is held in Sanya, south China's Hainan province to mark the 5th signing anniversary of the Demarcation Agreement on Bei |
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| Govt delays order on porn filter software |
| In a last-minute move, the government said last night that it will delay the mandatory installation of the controversial "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software on new computers that was scheduled to start today.
The Ministry of Industr |
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| Fireworks over Baghdad as Iraqis take over cities |
| BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the US combat role in the country.
Iraqi security forces celeb |
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| Airliner crashes in Comoros, 150 on board: Official |
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An airliner with 150 people on board belonging to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros Tuesday, a senior government official said.[Agencies]
MORONI: An airliner belonging to Yemeni state carri |
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| Honduran army ousts president ahead of vote |
| TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to |
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| King of Pop Michael Jackson is dead |
| LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades, died on Thursday, the Los Angeles Times said. He was 50.
"Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors th |
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| Scorching heatwave hits north China |
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People cross a street in the scorching sun in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province, June 24, 2009. Temperatures in much of the province reached 40 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. [Xinhua]
A woman hides under |
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| Trust vital to US, China military ties |
| Trust. It is a word often heard when senior defense officials from China and the United States get together for their high-profile talks. But analysts say, after three decades of an on-off relationship, as with any marriage of convenience t |
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| Sino-US defense talks |
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US Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy (L) shakes hands with Lieutenant-General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), before their meeting in Beijing, June 23, 2009. China and the U |
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| US, EU file WTO case over Chinese raw materials |
| GENEVA - The United States and the European Union on Tuesday filed complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over so-called Chinese restrictions on the export of key industrial raw materials.
The materials at issue include coke, baux |
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| One dead, six missing as storm Linfa gains momentum |
| FUZHOU: Torrential rain, strong winds and landslides triggered by tropical storm Linfa have left one dead and another six missing in east and south China provinces, local authorities said Monday.
A rescuer helps a man escape from a fl |
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| Leakage of State secrets to be plugged |
| Government officials may soon need to think twice before plugging their flash-disks loaded with State secrets into unsecured computers.
They will likely come under tighter surveillance to prevent leaks of confidential information, the top l |
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| 'Water Cube' opened to public |
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Eight-year-old boy Bi Sheng, who is the first visitor to dive into the swimming pool at the National Aquatics Center, gestures in front of the camera, on June 20, 2009. The 'Water Cube' opened the warm-up pool to public swimmers |
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| Pension fund rule to help stabilize stock market |
| Just a day after the lifting of a nine-month suspension for initial public offerings (IPOs), China is making more effort to help boost investor' confidence.
The Ministry of Finance, together with the China Securities Regulatory Commission, |
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| UK Royal Ascot: He on horse, she in hat |
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A racegoer shows off her hat during the third day of Royal Ascot race meeting June 18, 2009.The Royal Enclosure has a strict dress code -- male attendees must wear full morning dress including a top hat, whilst ladies must wear hats. [Agen |
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| IPOs back after long suspension |
| The securities regulator appears to have lifted a nine-month ban on initial public offerings, or IPOs, by reportedly approving the listing of a medium-sized drug firm.
Related readings: Chinese shares decline 1.91% on w |
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| Obama,Lee warn DPRK over N-plan |
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US President Barack Obama (R) and President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak hold a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 16, 2009. [Xinhua]
The leaders of the Republic of Korea (ROK |
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| US reform 'will secure Chinese investment' |
| A sweeping plan for financial regulation unveiled late last night (Beijing time) by US President Barack Obama will offer better protection to China's investments in that country, Chinese experts said Wednesday.
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| SCO leaders vow concerted action |
| YEKATERINBURG, Russia: Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tuesday pledged greater unity, increased economic cooperation and a firmer resolve to combat terrorism.
(L-R) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, |
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| Bears roam in Romanian town |
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A brown bear and her cub play on the road on the outskirts of Sinaia, 140 km (87 miles) north of Bucharest, June 15, 2009. Local authorities and members of the Forestry Institute started an operation to capture and relocate about 25 bears |
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| Hu meets with Indian prime minister |
| YEKATERINBURG, Russia -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met here Monday night with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Hu said China has always striven, steadfastly and from a strategic and long-term perspective, to promote good neighborline |
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| Kobe Bryant, Lakers capture 15th NBA title |
| ORLANDO, Fla. – Kobe Bryant has the NBA title he needed most - the one without Shaq.
Bryant's seven-year chase of a coveted championship is over. He's got his fourth, and Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson his record 10th, a ring for eac |
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| Economy, security top SCO agenda |
| YEKATERINBURG: The global economic slowdown and regional security are high on the agenda of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which opens today in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Chinese President Hu Jintao is w |
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| China braces for H1N1 pandemic fallout |
| The fragile recovery in the Chinese and global economies has been dealt a blow with the H1N1 flu outbreak declared a pandemic Thursday night.
Analysts and experts in China said the announcement would have a significant impact on the country |
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| More terra-cotta warriors to rise from earth |
| Archaeologists will begin a third phase of excavation at the famous terracotta army site on Saturday, hoping to find more clay figures and unravel some of the mysteries left behind by the "First Emperor".
File photo shows ancient terr |
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| Seven nations agree on UN DPRK sanctions |
| UNITED NATIONS – Seven nations on Wednesday agreed on a package of expanded sanctions, including tougher cargo inspections and a tighter arms embargo, to punish the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its recent nuclear test |
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| Bomb at Pakistan hotel kills at least 11 |
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Suicide attackers shot their way past guards and set off a massive blast Tuesday outside a luxury hotel where foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis mixed, killing at least 11 people and wounding 70, officials said. The |
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| Suicide bombers strike luxury hotel in Pakistan |
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Suicide attackers shot their way past guards and set off a massive blast outside a luxury hotel where foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis mixed, killing at least 11 people and wounding 70, officials said.
The bom |
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| Crews find vertical stabilizer in Air France crash |
| RECIFE, Brazil – Search crews recovered the vertical stabilizer from the tail section of an Air France jetliner that went down in the Atlantic, Brazil's air force said Monday - a key item in finding the cause of the crash. Eight more |
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| Exporters get sops to fight crisis |
| The government has raised tax rebates for more than 600 export items, some up to the maximum level possible, as it stepped up efforts to provide succor to businesses battling the global economic slowdown.
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| College Entrance Exams a test for all |
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Parents wait at the gate of a school compound as their children take the National College Entrance Exams in Changsha, Hunan province June 7, 2009. More than 10 million university hopefuls make a start on China's national college |
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| US-Japan-China talks to focus on key issues |
| A party for two may now turn into a round table for three.
The world's three largest economies - the US, Japan and China - are expected to hold unprecedented trilateral talks next month to find solutions to issues of common interest.
The fi |
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| China orders all-out efforts to save life in landslide |
| CHONGQING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered the local authorities to spare no efforts to save those people buried in a fatal landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing.
Caution must be taken to avoid life |
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| China's finest telescope to trace universe's origin |
| BEIJING - China built the finest optical telescope to scan 10 million celestial spectra in the coming five-to-six years, one of the world's most ambitious astronomical endeavors to record key data portraying how the universe was formed.
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| 24 killed in bus blaze in Chengdu city |
| CHENGDU - At least 24 people died in a bus blaze Friday morning in the city of Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, said the provincial work safety supervision bureau.
The burning bus is seen in this picture taken o |
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| Job growth strong sign of recovery |
| Signaling a recovery in China's employment market, 3.65 million urban residents found new jobs in the first four months of the year, an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday.
The short-ter |
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| Iconic images celebrate the country's 60-year journey |
| A stunning photography series commemorating the 60-year journey of the People's Republic of China was launched as part of China Daily's 28th birthday celebrations Monday.
State Council Information Office Director Wang Chen (2nd from le |
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| Air France wreckage found, all feared dead |
| RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian military planes found wreckage on Tuesday from an Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people aboard, the airline's worst disaster in its 75-year history.
A crew member uses binoculars, |
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| Plane with 9 Chinese crashes into sea |
| Nine Chinese nationals were among the 228 people on board an Air France passenger plane which is presumed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, the airline company said Monday.
Map shows approximate location of Air France missing pl |
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| Children celebrate their day around the country |
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Pupils from quake-hit Sichuan province and student delegates from all over the nation sing a patriotic song with pop singers and composers to celebrate International Children's Day which falls on June 1st annually in Beijing, May 31, 2 |
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| Geithner looks to sell safety of US bonds |
| Visiting US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to reassure China of the safety of its investments in the US and resist the temptation of trade protectionism -- crucial to woo further Chinese lending to the world's largest borro |
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| Prince Harry plays polo on 1st official US trip |
| NEW YORK -- Prince Harry reminded New Yorkers on Saturday how much his mother had loved their city, then climbed onto a pony for a rousing game of polo to raise money for impoverished children in Africa.
Britain's Prince Harry ( |
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| Fair play urged in village elections |
| BEIJING -- China's central authorities issued a circular here Saturday urging candidates to practice fair play in direct elections of village heads amid complaints of bribery and other dirty tricks to win votes.
"The villagers' committee el |
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| Hu powers cross-Straits talks |
| Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Wu Poh-hsiung, Taiwan Kuomintang (KMT) chairman, Tuesday and the two promised to start talks on a cross-Straits economic cooperation pact soon an |
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| Cross-Straits talks continue progress |
| Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang Chairman (KMT) Wu Poh-hsiung arrived in Beijing Monday seeking closer cross-Straits ties.
Wu's eight-day visit was to include a meeting today with Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) |
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| Taiwan finally gets close to the action |
| Taiwan attended a World Health Assembly (WHA) session as an observer for the first time in Geneva Monday after 12 failed attempts in more than a decade.
Taiwan health chief Yeh Ching-chuan displays his identity card to press befor |
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| Body-painted model promotes vegetarian week |
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Body-painted model Juliet Johns poses in the window of "tibits" vegetarian restaurant on Heddon Street in London on May 18, 2009 to celebrate National Vegetarian Week, which runs from May 18 until 24. The model was bod |
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| Led by mom, three Bear cubs cross a road |
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A mother bear leads her three cubs to cross a road in Vilhelmina, northern Sweden, May 8, 2009. [CFP]
Three cubs are led by their mother to cross a road in Vilhelmina, northern Sweden, May 8, 2009. [CFP]
A mother bear l |
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| Outbound tourism gets a flu attack |
| The flow of outbound tourists has almost come to a halt because people are afraid of contracting the A(H1N1) flu virus during travel.
"Tours to almost all overseas destinations have seen a big drop, though many of these places have not repo |
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| National shuttlers commemorate 5.12 on Sudirman court |
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Members of China's national badminton team stand in silent salute to mourn for the Wenchuan earthquake victims before the group stage match against Japan at the Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championships in Guangzhou of south Ch |
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| China's exports plummet, investment surges |
| Fixed asset investment continued to surge in April thanks to the government's stimulus package, but the nation's exports dropped further, reflecting weaker demand in overseas markets.
The nation's spending on fixed assets such as roads, br |
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| Mexicans, Chinese head home on chartered plane |
| More than 150 Mexico citizens donning facemasks were sent under quarantine in ambulances to four Chinese airports to fly back home on a chartered flight.
A convoy of ambulances takes Mexican passengers who were held under quarant |
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| China injects $38b into Asian crisis fund |
| China, Japan and South Korea Sunday finalized details of an emergency $120-billion liquidity fund to help 13 Asian economies counter the global economic downturn.
Related readings:Asian nations set up crisis fundChina, Ja |
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| Officials say US deaths expected from swine flu |
| NEW YORK -- The global swine flu outbreak worsened Tuesday as hundreds of students at a New York school fell ill and federal officials said they expected to see US deaths from the virus.
Cuba suspended flights to and from Mexico, becom |
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| Chinese naval ships return from escort mission |
| SANYA -- Two Chinese warships returned Tuesday to a naval base at Sanya in the southernmost province of Hainan island after a four-month escort mission in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden.
Chinese navy soldiers attend a welcome-home |
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| Swine flu epidemic enters dangerous new phase |
| MEXICO CITY – The swine flu epidemic entered a dangerous new phase Monday as the death toll climbed in Mexico and the number of suspected cases there and in the United States nearly doubled. The World Health Organization raised its alert |
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| US admiral: China naval strength no surprise |
| The growth of China's navy is in line with its economy and "it's no surprise to see it develop the way that it has", a top US naval officer said on Sunday.
"The advancement and growth of the PLA navy are consistent with China's economic adv |
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| China to build new panda breeding center |
| China will begin building a new panda breeding center next month to replace a world-famous preserve badly damaged in last year's devastating earthquake in southwestern Sichuan province, media reported Sunday.
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| Get drenched at Water Splashing Festival |
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Women pour water brought from the Lancang River into a jar in a ceremony held in Jinghong, Dai Autonomous prefecture in Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan province April 15, 2009. Tens of thousands of locals and to |
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| China's GDP up 6.1% in Q1 2009 |
| BEIJING -- China's economy expanded by 6.1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2009, official data showed Thursday.
The quarterly growth was the slowest in the past 10 years as the global financial crisis continued to affect the wo |
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| Govt issues Thailand travel warning |
| Chinese travelers are being warned not to enter Thailand.
The Foreign Ministry and National Tourism Administration of China Monday suggested tourists postpone trips to the country, which has recently been plagued by rioting. They also alert |
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| Bikers show stunt skills at Giza pyramids |
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A biker performs in front of the Great Giza pyramids during Red Bull Fighters International Freestyle Motocross 2009 Exhibition Tour on the outskirts of Cairo April 10, 2009. [Agencies]
A biker performs in front of the Great Giz |
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| China publishes national human rights action plan |
| BEIJING -- The Chinese government published its first working plan on human rights protection Monday, pledging to further protect and improve the country's human rights conditions in an all-round way.
The National Human Rights Action Plan o |
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| Animals play with mock Easter toys at zoo |
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A polar bear bites a mock Easter Bunny stuffed with food at the Buenos Aires Zoo April 9, 2009. [Agencies]
A chimpanzee holds a mock Easter egg stuffed with food in the Buenos Aires Zoo April 9, 2009. [Agencies]
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| Crew retakes hijacked US ship, captain held hostage |
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This undated image shows the 17,000-ton container ship Maersk Alabama, when it was operating under the name Maersk Alva, which has been hijacked by Somalia pirates with 20 crew members aboard, Wednesday April 8, 2009, while sailing f |
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| Yuan trade settlement to start in five Chinese cities |
| Five major trading cities have got the nod from the central government to use the yuan in overseas trade settlement - seen as one more step in China's recent moves to expand the use of its currency globally.
Shanghai and four cities in the |
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| Obama lands in Iraq for 1st visit as president |
| US President Barack Obama greets troops at Camp Victory in Baghdad, April 7, 2009. [Agencies]
US President Barack Obama (L) talks to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a meeting in Baghdad April 7, 2009. [Agencies] |
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| Mid-year rebound forecast |
| The government's $586-billion stimulus package may be strong enough to drive the economy to an early rebound in the middle of this year, the World Bank said Tuesday, adding a caveat that a full recovery ultimately depends on developments in |
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| Big cuts seen for US big weapon programs |
| WASHINGTON – The nation should stop pouring billions into futuristic, super-expensive F-22 jet fighters, pull the plug on new presidential helicopters and put the money into systems soldiers can use against actual foes, US Defense Secreta |
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| Hu calls for joint efforts to tackle financial crisis |
| BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Wednesday morning to attend the G20 summit in London scheduled for April 1 to 2.
Before meeting the leaders of other nations, Hu has called for strengthened coordination among differe |
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| Tibet to reopen to foreign tourists |
| LHASA -- Foreign tourists will be allowed to get into Tibet as of April 5, a tourism official said here Sunday.
Tourists take photos on the top of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Feb. 27, 2009. Foreign tourists will be allowed to get into |
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| IMF 'needs reform' to raise more funds |
| The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs "substantial reforms" of its voting and governance structure to fulfill its ambitious agenda including expansion of lending resources, Chinese economists have said.
The IMF has put forward a five- |
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| President Hu praises Tibet development, democratic reform |
| BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Friday that the "good situation" in today's Tibet was "hard-earned and should be highly cherished."
Chinese President Hu Jintao, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (C |
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| Serfs' liberation a 'historic leap' |
| The 11th Panchen Lama on Friday renewed a vow to commit his whole life to the unification of China and solidarity of all its ethnic groups, in a high-profile seminar in Beijing to celebrate Tibet's first Serfs' Emancipation Day, which falls |
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| Spokeswoman figures in politics pageant poll |
| She dresses smart, answers sharp and is pulling votes away from Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.
At least that is what voters in an ongoing online poll run by Spain's 20 Minutos newspaper are saying about China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoma |
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| US space tourist blasts off for second space trip |
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Russian capsule blasted off with a deafening roar on Thursday to carry U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi into space for his second cosmic cruise.
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (top), US entrepreneur C |
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| Blair and Jet Li sign cooperation plan on climate |
| Countries should work together to reach a global agreement at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, former British prime minister Tony Blair said in Beijing yesterday.
Kungfu star Jet Li (R) and former British Prime Minister Tony Bla |
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| US 'has to clean up dollar mess' |
| US President Barack Obama may have dismissed the need to replace the greenback with a global currency, but economists said yesterday that he should take more steps to restore confidence in the dollar, especially in the near term.
Obama said |
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| China raises gasoline, diesel benchmark prices |
| The government raised the benchmark retail prices of gasoline by 290 yuan (US$42.46) per ton, or 5 percent, and diesel by 180 yuan per ton, or 3.7 percent, as of midnight yesterday.
The combined photo taken on March 24, 2009 shows the |
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| World trade tipped to fall 9% this year |
| The financial crisis will drag global trade down by 9 percent in 2009 from a year earlier -- the largest contraction since World War II -- the World Trade Organization (WTO) forecast yesterday.
Developed nations will see a larger contracti |
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| 'Tokyo Sonata' best film at Asian Film Awards |
| HONG KONG -- Japanese cinema has dominated the third Asian Film Awards, with "Tokyo Sonata" winning best picture and Hirokazu Koreeda named best director for another family drama, "Still Walking."
Japanese actor Masahiro Motoki ( |
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| Purchase of US Treasuries to continue |
| The nation will continue buying US government debt but pay close attention to possible fluctuations in the value of the assets, a vice-governor of the central bank said yesterday.
Investing in US Treasury bills is "an important component of |
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| China's fighter plane makes forced landing |
| BEIJING -- A Jian-10 (Fighter-10), China's most advanced military jet, had made a successful forced landing during a training flight after an engine failure, China Central Television (CCTV) reported Sunday.
Jian-10 (Fighter- |
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| Flexibility signaled on trade talks |
| The nation will be flexible on some "sensitive issues" in global trade talks to stem the rising wave of protectionism, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said yesterday.
"China will show flexibility on issues like the Agricultural Special Safegu |
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| 'Tonight' is friendly turf for Obama |
| LOS ANGELES -- In his first appearance on a late night talk show since his election as president of the United States, Barack Obama made a joke about his bowling prowess that fell flat, and may have insulted disabled people.
Obama visi |
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| France braces for nationwide strikes, protests |
| PARIS -- France braced for a day of nationwide strikes Thursday and a potentially huge Paris protest aimed at pressing the government to better support workers during the economic crisis.
A demonstrator in Nice carrie |
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| Sino-US sea standoff appears to have ended |
| The Chinese military is ready to call an end to the standoff with the United States in the South China Sea after diplomatic efforts have reduced tensions, defense sources said on condition of anonymity.
Top commanders do not have plans to i |
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| Last-round Olympic relics auctioned off in Beijing |
| Collectors spent a total of 47.8 million yuan ($7 million) yesterday to get their hands on the last 410 drums and 978 bamboo scrolls that featured in the amazing opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics last summer.
People take p |
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| Coke bid for juice maker turns sour |
| The government rejected Coca-Cola's plan to acquire beverage maker China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd for $2.4 billion on Wednesday, citing the country's anti-monopoly law.
The acquisition by Coca-Cola, announced last September, would have been |
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| Tibet part of China: US official |
| WASHINGTON: US deputy assistant secretary John Norris yesterday reiterated that Washington "does not support Tibet independence" and that the autonomous region was very much a part of China.
Norris made the remarks during his meeting with a |
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| Allure of US Treasuries set to fade |
| Holdings of US Treasury bonds rose in January, but the increase is the slightest since last June, indicating the country's appetite for the securities is set to diminish as a result of the falling trade surplus and rising concern over inves |
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| DPRK premier visits China for 1st time in 3 years |
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Undated file photo shows premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Yong-il who arrived in Beijing Tuesday morning, kicking off his official goodwill visit to China. [Agencies]
BEIJING -- Premier of the Democr |
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| Tanks on the move in Madagascar's capital |
| ANTANANARIVO -- Two tanks forced their way into a presidential palace in Madagascar's capital and two explosions rocked the city Monday soon after the armed forces publicly backed opposition leader Andry Rajoelina in his power struggle with |
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| Shanghai soon to be city of geriatrics |
| SHANGHAI: Shanghai's permanent population graph is likely to dip further this year, the authorities said yesterday.
The births of 96,700 children were registered with the city's hukou, or household registration, system last year while 107,0 |
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| Fishery patrol ship sent to protect interests |
| China's largest fishery administration ship reached the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea yesterday on a mission to strengthen fishery protection and maritime surveillance after an incident between Chinese vessels and a US navy ship a we |
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| Farmers to get subsidy for auto purchases |
| The central government has detailed a stimulus plan encouraging farmers to buy automobiles, which may bring a surge in auto sales in rural areas, experts said yesterday.
After the central government announced in January that it would provid |
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| China's top legislature ends annual session |
| Beijing -- The Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, concluded here Friday morning after completing its nine-day agenda.
The closing meeting of the Second Session of the 11th Nation |
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| Travel advisory for Tibet |
| Tension high in Tibet and Tibetan communities in western China amid increased security during Tibetan New Year. Violence possible through mid-March.
This alert affects China.
This alert began 03 Mar 2009 08:02 GMT and is scheduled to expire |
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| Travel advisory for Indonesia |
| Election Security Advisory- Indonesia
The Indonesian Election Committee Chairman has commented that the potential for conflict between differing party supporters during the campaign period was very high because different parties may hold th |
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| Chinese car sales up by a quarter |
| Sales of new cars in China jumped by a quarter in February as government measures to help carmakers countered the global downturn in auto sales.
The month's sales totalled 827,000 vehicles, a 25% increase on the same month last year and a 1 |
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| Protest lodged against US incursion |
| A US navy vessel violated international and Chinese laws as it conducted unauthorized activities in China's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
"China has lodged a protest to |
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| Buddha-Greeting Festival draws 10, 000 pilgrims |
| The Tibetan Lamas exercise rite during a grand Buddha-greeting assembly in the Gedan Songzanlin Lamasery, a renowned and historic Tibetan Buddhist temple in Shangri-la County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 11, 2009. Some 10,000 p |
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| US-China talks as sea row rumbles |
| China has heaped more criticism on the US after a weekend confrontation between the two countries' vessels in the South China Sea.
The US ship had behaved "like a spy" and China's action was "totally within our rights", state media quoted s |
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| Madoff likely to plead guilty |
| NEW YORK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Bernard Madoff, who was charged with Wall Street's biggest fraud, will plead guilty on Thursday to 11 criminal counts, his lawyer Ira Sorkin said on Tuesday.
Sorkin's statement came as the |
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| U.S. stock surge on bank rally |
| NEW YORK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street rebounded strongly on Tuesday with all major indexes gaining more than 5 percent and Dow Jones going back above 6,900 points. Financials led the way up.
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| Highlights of Premier Wen's gov't work report |
| BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is to deliver a report on the work of his Cabinet at the opening meeting of the annual full session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, scheduled to start |
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| Premier Wen delivers gov't work report |
| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a government work report during the opening meeting of the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2009. (Xinhua/ |
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| Corruption and food safety top netizen concerns |
| As the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference kick off in Beijing, a Sichuan Daily survey lists official corruption, food safety, and health care reform among the nation' |
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| Situation in Tibet stable, riots unlikely: official |
| BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China will expand the issuance of enterprise bonds to fund its massive stimulus projects, said Zhang Ping, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) here Friday.
Altogether 45 enterprise |
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| Fate of Shanghai Luxury Hotels |
| Luxury hotels in Shanghai appear headed for tougher climes as they grapple with low occupancy, fierce competition and recession winds.
The International Branded Hotels Shanghai (IBHS), which has 65 top hotels in the city as members, said av |
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| First Chinese company listed on NYSE Amex market |
| NEW YORK, March 9 (Xinhua) -- China Green Agriculture Inc., the first Chinese company listed on the new New York Stock Exchange Amex market, opened for trading on Monday.
Green Agriculture, which produces and distributes humic acid based li |
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| China faces 'grim' export situation: commerce minister |
| BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- China's export continued the downward tendency in February and will face a "grim" situation in the "coming foreseeable months", said a senior official on Tuesday.
"Affected by the global economic recession, Chi |
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| Hu stresses stability in Tibet |
| Chinese President Hu Jintao called for the building of a Great Wall of stability in Tibet on Monday, prior to the 50th anniversary of the foiling of an armed rebellion led by the Dalai Lama's supporters.
Hu stressed the necessity to promote |
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| War vets could make debut in parade |
| Chinese netizens overwhelmingly support a proposal that military veterans from wars leading to the country's founding should for the first time join the National Day parade celebrating New China's 60th anniversary on Oct 1.
Popular W |
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| Special zone proposed to link Taiwan to mainland |
| Political advisors have proposed that a "cross-Straits economic zone" be built to better link Taiwan to the mainland's coastal provinces.
Thanks to warming ties across the Straits, such a zone would boost regional integration and is in line |
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| Xinjiang targets drug trafficking |
| The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to beef up the border police force to deal with rising drug trafficking from the neighboring "Golden Crescent" region, a top local official has said.
"We have asked (the central government) for the |
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| China may top Japan as world's second-largest economy |
| China is likely to overtake Japan to become the world's second largest economy, either this year or by 2010, a research paper issued recently by the China Policy Institute of the University of Nottingham (UK) has revealed.
Yao Shujie, an au |
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| China President stresses stability in Tibet |
| BEIJING -- President Hu Jintao Monday stressed the necessity to promote development and stability in Tibet when joining a discussion with legislators from the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Chinese President Hu Jintao shakes hands with a d |
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