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Part of Yuanmingyuan to Be Restored to Original
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| Restoration work on Zhengjuesi (Enlightenment Temple), the only surviving building cluster in Yuanmingyuan (the Old Summer Palace), started a few days ago, and when that is complete, about one-fifth of Yuanmingyuan including Dagongmen (the Palace Gate) will be rebuilt. |
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China Publishes Photocopies of World's Earliest Encyclopedia
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| China published Wednesday for the first time photocopies of the world's earliest and greatest encyclopedia -- the Yongle Canon. It was compiled between AD 1403 and AD 1407 in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368-1644), containing 22,877 volumes in 11,095 books. "The Yongle Canon is a treasure of the world. Even a small part of it will be important for scholarship and any effort to publish it is remarkable," said Soren Edgren, editorial director of Chinese Rare Book Project, Princeton University.
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Jiang in Tunis Urges Israeli Withdrawal
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| China and Tunisia Wednesday called on Israel to undertake a comprehensive withdrawal from Palestinian territories and for implementation of relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. |
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Statistics Tell the Tale
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| Qiu Xiaohua, deputy director general of the National Bureau of Statistics, summarized the national economic status for the first quarter of this year at a press conference sponsored by the State Council Information Office Wednesday. He also explained to the media how China’s statistical system works to provide consistent and reliable data. |
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Cooking Oil Resale 'Recipe for Disaster'
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| Government chiefs Wednesday reiterated a ban on the recycling of used edible oil after reports that a McDonald's restaurant in Wuhan had sold its discarded oil for re-use. An official report into allegations has concluded that McDonald's breached the ban in March when selling waste cooking oil to peddlers, who then resold it to small restaurants. |
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Hu's Visit to US Expected to Strengthen Ties
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| The forthcoming visit by Vice-President Hu Jintao to the United States will promote bilateral ties, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue at a regular briefing Tuesday. China believes that high-level dialogue and contact between China and the United States will be conducive to mutual understanding and promote cooperation. |
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Experts Look for Cause of
Air Crash
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| Chinese and South Korean aviation experts launched an all-out investigation Tuesday into the causes of an Air China passenger plane crash that killed at least 119 people on Monday. |
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Painting by Ancient Emperor to Be Auctioned in Beijing
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| China is being offered a rare opportunity to regain a lost artistic masterpiece -- or face losing it again. The treasured painting, which was drawn by an emperor of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and was believed to be lost, is scheduled to be auctioned by China's leading auction house, China Guardian Auctions.
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'Experience Growth' – A Book on Study Abroad
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| Yan Hongli, a high school exchange student from Beijing, was at a loss when her teacher sent her off on a class trip to a park by handing her a lunchbox, a ticket into the park and a letter asking for help just in case she needed it along the way. In China, Yan Hongli’s experience was that on such a class trip students would be accompanied by the teacher under careful supervision. This is just one example of the kind of educational culture shock that can occur for Chinese who study abroad recorded in Experience Growth – A Report on the Youth Living in the World Community, recently published by the Tianjing Educational Publishing House. |
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EuroChina 2002 Focuses on IT Terminology
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| How important is knowledge of IT terminology to developing a global knowledge-based society? Important enough to take a center stage at the four-day EuroChina forum held in Beijing starting April 16. |
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Tourism Sector Vows Upgrade
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| The director of the National Tourism Administration, He Guangwei, Monday vowed to keep working to provide better services to overseas visitors. He made the remarks during a meeting with Michael O'Shea, a 60-year-old teacher from Fulton-Montgomery Community College in New York State and his eight students. |
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Air China Crash in ROK
Kills at Least 114
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| An Air China passenger plane enroute from Beijing to Pusan crashed Monday into a wooded hill in heavy fog, killing most of the 166 passengers and crew members on board. Rescuers said 39 people had survived the catastrophe, among which were 11 Chinese nationals. |
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Air China Issues a Statement on Crash
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| Air China issued a statement Monday afternoon concerning the crash of Air China Flight 129 to the Republic of Korea. Meanwhile, Air China President Wang Kaiyuan left for the ROK with an emergency team. The full text of Air China’s statement follows. |
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Roundup: China’s Economic Growth to Benefit All of Asia
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| The consensus among Asian politicians, entrepreneurs and experts at the Boao Forum for Asia, which wound up in Boao, Hainan Province, Saturday, was that China's economic growth will not pose a threat to the interests of other Asian countries or regions but will contribute to the stability, development and prosperity of Asia and the world as a whole. |
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Painting by Ancient Emperor to Be Auctioned in Beijing
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| China is being offered a rare opportunity to regain a lost artistic masterpiece -- or face losing it again. The treasured painting, which was drawn by an emperor of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and was believed to be lost, is scheduled to be auctioned by China's leading auction house, China Guardian Auctions.
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BFA Calls on Asia to Close Digital Gap
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| Delegates attending the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in south China's Hainan Province agreed Saturday that the digital gap between the developing and the developed countries must be closed as soon as possible. |
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One Chinese Identified Dead in Jerusalem's Suicide Bombing
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| Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue Saturday identified that a Chinese worker was killed in Friday's suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Israel, and other two were wounded with another missing. |
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Boao Forum Ends First Annual Meeting
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| The first annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) closed in Boao, Hainan Province Saturday. |
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Koizumi Says China Poses No Threat
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| Premier Zhu Rongji said Friday while meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that the future of China and Japan lies in their cooperation. Koizumi echoed by saying that China’s economic development is not a threat to Japan, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman. |
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Chinese President to Visit Libya After Germany
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| President Jiang Zemin will conclude his visit to Germany Saturday and leave for Libya in the second leg of his 15-day tour. It is the first visit to the African country by a Chinese head of state.
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