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Premier Zhu Met with 11th Panchen Lama
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| Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji met with Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, the 11th Panchen Lama, in Beijing on Wednesday. During the meeting, Zhu congratulated the 11th Panchen Lama on the success of his just-concluded tour of Tibet and on the progress he had made in his Buddhist studies. |
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Reception Marks PLA's 75th Anniversary
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| A grand reception to mark the 75th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was held Wednesday in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian described the PLA as "a Great Wall of steel that is forever loyal to the Party, the motherland, the people and socialism." |
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Tang and Powell Praise Cooperation
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| Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan and United States Secretary of State Colin Powell agreed Wednesday that the recent growing cooperation and consultations between Beijing and Washington benefit both countries' interests. |
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Wuhan Zoo Helps Animals Drive Away Summer Heat
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| When summer temperatures soar in Wuhan City, central China’s Hubei Province, animals at the local zoo find many different ways to cool down, from modern air conditioning to a refreshing bathe in the river. Even those animals from Africa cannot cope easily with the high temperature and humidity, and need human help to stay cool, calm and collected. |
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Tibetan Medicine to Be Taught at Harvard University
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| Yangga, a Tibetan graduate student, is scheduled to lecture on Tibetan medicine at Harvard University for three months starting from early September. He is the first student trained in Tibet to give lessons in the United States. |
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Xinhua Hails Jiang's Contribution to National Defense
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| Xinhua, the official news agency of China, published Tuesday a story on the contribution to national defense and the army by the third generation leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with Jiang Zemin at the core. |
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China, US Trade Dialogue to Advance
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| The United States and China have agreed to continue dialogue at multiple levels to make the most of their agricultural cooperation and trade relationship, a leading US official said Tuesday in Beijing. |
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Tackling Yellow River's Woes
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| Localities along the Yellow River Valley and central government departments concerned should make concerted efforts to establish a flood prevention and silt reduction system in 10 years, according to a program approved by the State Council. |
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US Finds Plane Wreckage in China
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| US investigators searching for the remains of two US pilots killed in a plane crash 50 years ago in China's northeast said Monday they found wreckage but no bodies. They said they would take the debris and photos and measurements of the site back to the United States for study, and decide later whether to continue the search in China. |
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Mainland Fishermen's Safety Stressed
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| A fishermen's association on the Chinese mainland has accused Taiwan authorities of "having no respect for humanitarianism" and "trampling on human rights," and will set no time limit on the ban on cross-Straits cooperation in fishermen's services. |
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Ferry to Link Two Provinces
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| Yuehai Railway 1, the first Chinese-made train ferry, hit the water in Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard at the weekend, marking a milestone in the construction of the Yuehai Passage that will link Hainan and Guangdong provinces. |
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Milutinovic Leaves China for Mexico
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| With no job in sight, China's former head coach Bora Milutinovic left Beijing for Mexico on Sunday. Milutinovic, who resigned after China's debacle in the World Cup finals, said he did not think too much about his future. "I will go back to Mexico City to spend some time with my family, and then I will ponder over my future," he said. |
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Beijing Gives First Perpetual Vow-taking Rite for Nuns
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| In front of Michael Fu, the Bishop of Beijing Diocese, Theresa Ying Mulan and five other nuns vowed to devote themselves to Christ and serve Church with their whole life in the North Church, the largest Catholic church also known as Xishiku Church in Beijing. They were the first group of nuns taking the perpetual vow who have been cultivated by Beijing Diocese since 1949 when the new China was founded. |
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Retail Sales Post Dynamic Growth
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| China registered an 8 percent growth in its retail market in 2001, thanks to the increasing purchasing power of the Chinese people and rapid growth of sales networks, according to an AC Nielsen market report.
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China Leads the World in Ethnic Culture Study
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| "The world's longest epic poem, The Life of King Gesar, is created by Tibetans in China, and the world's largest study of ethnic literature is also underway in China," said Professor Liang Tingwang, deputy president of the China Ethnic Literature Association and former vice-president of the Central University for Nationalities (CUN), in Beijing Saturday. |
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Vocational Education Key to Social Development
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| With its integration into the world economy, China is beginning to see the importance of vocational education in maintaining fast economic growth and social stability. About 50 million Chinese have graduated from vocational schools within the last two decades and become the major force in industrial and service sectors. |
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The Great Wall to Be Saved by Specific Law
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| The Great Wall is expected to be protected by a specific law, says Dong Yaohui, secretary-general of the China Great Wall Society. The law will focus on protecting the Great Wall, its attached buildings and surrounding environment in the Beijing sections. |
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China Condemns US Congress Bill on Falun Gong
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| The Chinese authorities raised a protest Wednesday over the adoption of a bill by the US House of Representatives asking China to stop "persecution" of Falun Gong practioners.
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Defence Spending Strictly Budgeted
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| China's defence spending was used strictly according to the budget, and a recent Pentagon report on China's military spending was "groundless and had ulterior motives," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan in Beijing on Thursday. |
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US Report Authors May Visit China
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| The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress is considering inviting to China the writers of two reports submitted last week to the US Congress. |
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