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“Foreign Talent” to Join in Shanghai’s Decision-making
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| Shanghai will import talent from abroad to join its key government decision-making bodies. Currently, over ten departments including the Shanghai Economic Committee and the Personnel Bureau, among others, have made contact with some 26 overseas experts. |
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Customs Snare Ivory Haul
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| Officers from Shanghai Customs announced Wednesday that they have uncovered China's biggest ivory smuggling case since 1949, in which 3,334.6 kg of African ivory was seized at the Waigaoqiao Port in Pudong District. |
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Taiwan Action Urged on Cult
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| Beijing urged Taiwan authorities to take immediate action against Falun Gong groups in Taipei on Wednesday, to avoid further damaging already strained cross-Strait relations. Falun Gong cult devotees are accused of disrupting Sino Satellite (SINOSAT) transmissions since September 8. |
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Five Suspects Detained over School Tragedy
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| Five officials were charged and detained Wednesday over their association with a middle school tragedy leaving 21 students dead and 47 injured. The tragedy occurred at 6.50 pm Monday at Fengzhen’s No. 2 Middle School in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A guardrail along stairs inside the school building gave way as students poured out of classes at the end of the day. |
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Beijing Rejects Cement in Ancient Wall Renovations
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| The renovation project for the Ming Dynasty’s (1368-1644) City Wall in Beijing has entered its concluding stages, with the final touches being applied. The Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park is expected to open to the public before October 1. Re-construction workers have been using gray plaster to lay bricks, instead of cement which would normally be used in such situations. |
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Pledge to Support Jobless
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| The Ministry of Labor and Social Security has pledged to reduce red-tape and increase services for unemployed people by providing additional training and development and unemployment benefits. |
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China Hails the Establishment of Special DPRK Zone
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| “China welcomes and supports the establishment of the Siniuju Special Administrative Region by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)”, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday. |
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Forbes Optimistic About Hong Kong’s Future
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| Steve Forbes, head of Forbes magazine, said Tuesday that five years after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, he is more optimistic about the region's future and economic development. |
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20 New Laws Benefit Daily Life in Beijing
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| New laws and regulations in force in the capital from September 2002 will touch upon and benefit the daily lives of many citizens. A raft of measures provides new protection across such diverse areas as hospital treatment, computer purchase, lost bicycles, bankruptcy, second children, road tolls, breakfast, house purchase, education, safety, credit ratings, electric vehicles, public borrowing and import controls. |
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Source of Cult Members' TV Hijacking Pinpointed
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| Television signals illegally broadcast by Falun Gong cult devotees since September 8, have cut into transmissions using the Sino Satellite (SINOSAT) system that covers the whole of China. Experts said the source of the hacks into the national satellite system is proven to originate from Taipei area in Taiwan Province. |
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Congratulations to Germany's Electoral Victors
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| Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue expressed China’s congratulations to Germany’s Social Democratic Party and Green Party on their victory in federal parliamentary election on held on September.22. |
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Zhu Urges Stronger Asia-Europe Cooperation
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| China called for leaders of Asia and Europe to strengthen political dialogue and increase consultation to promote peace and development in the world. “Currently, complex and profound changes are plaguing international security and economic improvement,” said Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji at Monday’s Fourth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. |
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How Will China Fight HIV/AIDS?
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| Over 100 AIDS experts, foreign embassy officials in China, and representatives from various international organizations recently gathered in Beijing to discuss how to control AIDS in China. |
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China, No. 1 FDI Attraction
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| China has become the world’s most attractive FDI nation, surpassing the United States for the first time. The world-renowned consulting company A.T. Kearney announced the result from the survey of FDI Confidence Index Monday. |
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Jiang Calls for Lasting Sino-Japanese Friendship
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| Lasting peace and friendship between China and Japan conform to the fundamental interests of both countries and the growth of Sino-Japanese good-neighborly relations contributes to regional and global peace and development, President Jiang Zemin said at a grand gathering in Beijing Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations.
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2002 Forbes Global CEO Conference to Open in Hong Kong
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| Some 300 leading executives from all over the world are expected to converge on Hong Kong from September 24 to 26 for the second annual Forbes Global CEO Conference. |
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Gold Medal Predictions for the 14th Asian Games
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| The sacred flame of the 14th Asian Games will be lit at Busan City in the Republic of Korea (ROK) on September 29. In the upcoming contest, China is expected to remain the dominant force in Asian sports. |
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Wildlife World Near Three Gorges Project
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| Over 1,100 large wild animals were released into forested land on the outskirts of Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province, Friday afternoon. |
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Zhu Rongji Calls for Deeper Asia-European Cooperation
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| It is imperative for Asia and Europe to deepen their cooperation because there have been more uncertain factors in the world's political and economic situation, said Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in Copenhagen on Sunday when attending an Asian leaders meeting on the eve of the fourth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). |
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Something Old and Something New -- Ceramic Culture in Zibo
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| As the new China Ceramics Hall opens its door to the public, Zibo, an important industrial base in China’s northern Shandong Province, will be home to 8,500 years of the region’s ceramics history, according to Zhang Guangming, deputy director of the Zibo Cultural Relics Bureau. |
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