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| Stressing that China is committed to a path of peaceful development, Yang said that a more developed China is an opportunity rather than a threat to the world." "We must respect the values and independent choice of the development path of other countries, respect other countries' core concerns and refrain from interfering in their internal affairs. |
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| TAIPEI: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted the sea off the east coast of Taiwan's Hualien County on 14:10 Sunday afternoon, local meteorological authorities said. |
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| A top Chinese think tank forecasted the nation's economy would experience a mild rebound this year, with gross domestic product expanding around 10 percent year on year. |
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| More than 170 tons of milk powder have been recalled amid a 10-day nationwide crackdown on melamine-tainted dairy products, authorities have said.However, the Ningxia Panda Dairy Co Ltd was shut down because it was related to the Shanghai Panda Dairy Co Ltd, a company that was earlier closed for selling tainted milk last year. |
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| Experts warn that the high number of victims reflects serious flaws in the monitoring of occupational safety across China, and have accused local labor and health authorities of failing to protect workers. |
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| Similarly, a government-funded scheme will be initiated to expand sales of building materials in the rural areas and encourage more farmers to build better housing, it said. |
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| Mobile phone users in China will need to limit the number of Chinese New Year text messages they send during Spring Festival as part of a crackdown on spam messages.Official figures show Chinese mobile phone users sent 18 billion text messages during last year's 7-day Spring Festival holiday, and the figure is expected to increase this year. |
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| Though China is very likely to replace Japan as the second largest economic powerhouse this year after the Unites States, the country's economy cannot rival Japan's in per capita GDP (gross domestic product), a fact that the Chinese should be soberly aware of.Critics have called on the Japanese government to reshuffle relations with the US and China to prepare for China's rise. |
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| Though China is very likely to replace Japan as the second largest economic powerhouse this year after the Unites States, the country's economy cannot rival Japan's in per capita GDP (gross domestic product), a fact that the Chinese should be soberly aware of.Critics have called on the Japanese government to reshuffle relations with the US and China to prepare for China's rise. |
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| He told Xinhua over phone from Maluccas that among the 33 victims, 24 were Chinese passengers, five were crews, and the others were unidentified passengers.The "Dolphin " fast boat carrying 33 people sank near the Aru islands due to bad weather and waves as high as two to five meters. |
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| For the first time Beijing vowed to censure private companies involved in the arms sales to Taiwan by the United States, a measure seen as concrete by experts and demanded by Chinese netizens for a long time. |
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| "Cooperation between China and the US on key international and regional issues will also inevitably be affected," the ministry said in an official protest to the US. |
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| CNNIC呼吁，应尽快从国家层面加快部署向下一代互联网协议IPv6地址的平稳过渡，避免在下一代互联网发展中掉队。中国互联网协会理事长胡启恒院士指出，中国必然要去使用IPv6协议，但目前如何能够实现IPv6与IPv4的无缝互通，完成各种应用的转移，成为最关键的问题。 |
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| Ali Hassan al-Majeed, better known as "Chemical Ali", listens to the prosecution during the "Anfal" genocide trial in Baghdad in this December 18, 2006 file photo.[Agencies] |
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| A police spokeswoman in the nearby island of Cyprus said that a Cypriot police helicopter had headed to the crash scene to help the search for survivors.A spokesman for the British military stationed in Cyprus said they were on standby to provide assistance and that there were two UN helicopters on the scene. |
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| China's civil aviation administration is encouraging domestic and foreign airlines to open flights linking Tibet to help boost the autonomous region's economy and tourism. |
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| China published new targets for the reduction of major pollutants yesterday as it ran into the final year to realize its green goals.The authorities also aim to reduce another 400,000 tons of SO2 and 200,000 tons of COD beyond the targets, which were set in its 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10). |
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| A chartered aircraft carrying a Chinese medical team and aid material arrived at Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, to continue helping with the ongoing quake relief efforts there. |
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| 我国首部“动物保护法”在征集意见过程中，有不少市民对“动物福利”提出质疑。据了解，中国土产畜产进出口总公司等支持“反虐待动物法”立法，此法出台有望消除贸易壁垒，提高我国羊绒、羽绒等产品的进出口量。 |
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| 北京市市长郭金龙25日在北京市第十三届人大第三次会议上所作的政府工作报告中表示，北京市将继续整顿和规范房地产市场秩序，依法查处捂盘惜售、占地不用、哄抬房价等违法违规行为，遏制房价过快上涨势头。图为北京市市长郭金龙作政府工作报告。 |
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| A new chief has been appointed to the Chinese Football Association (CFA) as the clampdown on gambling and match-fixing in the country's professional game continues, the General Administration of Sport of China (GACS) announced in Beijing on Friday morning, according to local media. |
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| UNITED NATIONS: A senior Chinese diplomat announced here on Thursday that China has decided to contribute an additional $2.6 million in cash to quake-hit Haiti and send a 40-member medical care and epidemic prevention team to the Caribbean country. |
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| Trade lawyers expect a steady stream of cases against China this year because of an expected increase in imports as the United States recovers from its worst recession in decades. |
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| "Proposals to preemptively break up large, well-managed and well-capitalized banking companies — or to reimpose Glass-Steagall restrictions — are based on a misdiagnosis of the causes of the financial crisis," he said. |
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| A commentary on Hong Kong-based Ta Kung Pao said those who publish stories sensitive to China's policies on the net have complex backgrounds and are hired by US and Japanese spy agencies. US State Secretary Hillary Clinton has also attached importance to the Internet after taking office. |
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| The speech, made on Thursday, called for China and some other governments to lift their restrictions on citizens' use of the Internet. Ma said the speech indicated China restricts internet freedom. |
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| Eight personnel of Chinese peacekeeping forces in Haiti were buried and more than 10 were missing after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon, Liu Xiangyang, deputy chief of the National Earthquake Disaster Emergency Rescue Team told China Daily Wednesday. A 7.0-magnitude quake hit the Caribbean island country at 4:53 pm local time on Tuesday, collapsing numerous buildings including the Presidential Palace.The earthquake may lead to thousands of deaths, said Karel Zelenka, a Catholic Relief Services representative in Port-au-Prince. |
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| WHO is helping to collect data on the health impact of the earthquake and is also deploying a 12-member team comprising experts in mass casualty management, coordination of emergency health response and the management of dead bodies.Ban said that he is scheduled to discuss what more can be done for Haiti with his Special Envoy, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, on Wednesday morning. |
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| Members of a Chinese rescue team are ready to depart for quake-hit Haiti, at the Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 13, 2010. The 60-strong team consist of search and rescue personnel, who have conducted many rescue tasks of this kind in the past years, and three sniffer dogs. |
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| UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Wednesday that 16 UN staffers were confirmed dead in Haiti in the wake of Tuesday's devastating earthquake.The 16 include 11 Brazilians, one Argentine, three Jordanian police officers, and one Chadian officer, said Ban. |
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| Aid officials in the impoverished Caribbean nation worked to clear rubble from roads, build makeshift hospitals and remove bodies from the rubble despite transportation problems and broken phone lines. |
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| The US Embassy had no confirmed reports of deaths among the estimated 40,000-45,000 Americans who live in Haiti, but many were struggling to find a way out of the country. |
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| World media reports have praised China's efforts in promoting international cooperation to combat climate change and its contribution to a substantive result at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. |
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| By the end of 2008, China's energy-saving and environmental protection industries totaled 1.55 trillion yuan ($227 billion), accounting for 5.17 percent of the country's GDP, according to the NDRC. |
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| WASHINGTON: The US government is imposing new duties on imports of steel pipes from China, the latest sign of trade tensions between the two countries.The case is the largest steel trade dispute in US history and will affect about $2.8 billion worth of Chinese imports. |
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| CHONGQING: Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang yesterday pleaded "not guilty" in a local court to charges of instructing his client - an alleged crime boss - to lie that he had been tortured by police for a confession. |
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| In addition to the regular budget, member states are assessed for the costs of the international tribunals and, in accordance with a modified version of the basic scale, for the costs of peacekeeping operations. |
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| British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on the web that he was "appalled and disappointed" at the Chinese court's decision, and he "condemns" Akmal Shaikh's execution "in the strongest terms". |
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| Zhang Yesui, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said in an interview that assuming the council presidency was an important task for China in the field of multilateral diplomacy in 2010. |
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| China's naval fleet has completed 150 missions after escorting 14 vessels to protect them from possible pirate attacks in Somali waters on Sunday.The 11 Chinese and three foreign ships, including Yongsheng, Zhen Hua 14, Anning and Apollo, arrived peacefully in the waters of the eastern Gulf of Aden under the escort of China's missile frigate Ma'anshan and supply ship Qiandaohu. |
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| Despite the sluggish demand from overseas, China will probably surpass Germany as the world's largest exporter in 2009, said the Ministry of Commerce.The Federation of German Industries said on Saturday Germany's exports in 2009 are expected to drop by 18 percent from a year earlier to 992.7 billion euros. |
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| The tomb of Cao Cao, a renowned warlord and politician in the third century, was unearthed in Anyang City of central China's Henan Province, archaeologists said Sunday. |
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| China planned to launch the Chang'e-2, the country's second lunar probe, at the end of 2010, the State Administration of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense said Monday. |
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| In response to the incident, crew members had to requested emergency assistance upon arrival, asking for security personnel to remove the man from the airplane after it landed, said a spokeswoman from the airlines. |
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| Iran's police confirmed on Sunday that five people were killed and more than 300 others arrested during clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Tehran. |
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| A hijacked Chinese bulk carrier and 25 Chinese crew members aboard were successfully rescued at 3 a.m. on Dec. 28, according to Chinese Marine Search and Rescue Center. |
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| Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday Chinese people should be proud of their country's economic performance and the basket of economic stimulus measures had proven effective, but he readily admitted the economy had problems. |
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| He also met up with key heads of state from rich countries, the developing bloc, island nations, and from Africa after arriving in Copenhagen.The world must remember that China was still a developing country and that it had played a constructive role even at previous climate change talks at Rio and Kyoto. |
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| TAICHUANG: A rare goat-and-deer duo offered to the mainland last year in return for its panda pair will be kept in Weihai Forest Park of East China's Shandong province. |
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| Chen Yunlin, president of the Beijing-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), met his counterpart Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF).adjusting their cameras before the start of the fourth round of cross-Straits talks in Taichuang, Taiwan, China on Tuesday morning, December 22, 2009. |
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| British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday accused some countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter accusations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States, France and Britain warned Iran on Thursday that more sanctions are inevitable if Tehran continues to defy United Nations demands. |
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| U.S. envoy on the DPRK policy Stephen Bosworth concluded a visit to Pyongyang on Thursday, seeking to persuade the DPRK to return to talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. |
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| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday spoke highly of China's "very important role" in addressing the global challenge of climate change. |
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| Participants agreed more efforts would be made to promote the transformation of the economic development pattern and structural adjustment and to enhance the focus and flexibility of economic policy. |
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| The condition of Chinese white-collar workers on the mainland has received a bad prognosis with 60 percent over-fatigued and 76 percent in sub-health.20 percent feel lonely and 70 percent of them lack the feeling of accomplishment and happiness, the report said. |
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| Finance has emerged as one of the key obstacles in the talks to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the UN's main tool for dealing with global warming that expires in 2012. |
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| President Barack Obama's decision to attend the end of the conference, not the middle, was taken as a signal that an agreement was getting closer.The ultimate responsibility rests with the citizens of the world, who will ultimately bear the fatal consequences, if we fail to act." |
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| China would continue to adopt the proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy next year and endeavor to improve the economic growth quality, according to the Central Economic Work Conference Monday. |
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| An American wanted for eco-terrorism attacks in the United States has been sentenced to three years in a Chinese prison for making illegal drugs. |
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| The new enrichment facilities would be on the same scale as Iran's main enrichment complex at Natanz and work on the plants would begin within two months, state broadcaster IRIB said. |
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| Police officers stand outside the coffee shop where four police officers were shot and killed in the Tacoma, Washington suburb of Parkland, November 29, 2009. |
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| Chinese premier Wen Jiabao (R) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speak during a meeting ahead of the China-EU summit, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, November 29, 2009. |
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| Renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi has died, Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.Returning to China in 1940, the pair married and embarked on their lengthy careers in translation. Yang died on Monday in Beijing after a lengthy illness. |
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| Families left for Guangzhou and Wuhan yesterday afternoon to visit orphanages where the children were adopted following tours of the Great Wall and the Forbidden City on Monday and Tuesday. |
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| An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, up from 33 million in 2007, but more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs, according to a United Nations report. |
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| "There is an urgent need to prevent and suppress the occurrence of several other incidents of lawless violence," Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said while announcing the emergency. |
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| "China will increase the flexibility of the RMB exchange rate at a controllable level in the future," Zhang said, "based on the market demand and with reference to a basket of currencies." |
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| The number of HIV positive people in China probably stands at around 740,000, up from the estimated 700,000 who had the virus in 2007, the country's health minister said Tuesday. |
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| WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Defense Thursday ordered a major review of the shootings in an Army base earlier this month.He referred to the Nov. 5 massacre in Fort Hood, an Army base in Texas, where a 39-year-old military psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Hasan, killing 13 and wounding over 30 others. |
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| China's anti-corruption chief He Guoqiang on Wednesday asked discipline authorities to collect and use online public comments to facilitate their endeavor against corruption. |
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| In the article, Zhong said some parts of the country - he would not say which parts - were not testing severe pneumonia deaths to see if they were, in fact, H1N1 deaths. |
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| GENEVA: China on Thursday rejected requests made by the United States, the European Union and Mexico to establish a WTO expert panel to investigate and rule on so-called Chinese restrictions of raw materials exportation. |
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| Both sides agreed to further upgrade the level of exchanges and cooperation in scientific and technological innovation through the China-US Joint Commission on Science and Technology Cooperation. |
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| The People's Bank of China said Tuesday it would issue 10 sets of gold and silver commemorative coins in 2010.Five sets would feature pandas, the 17th-century classic Chinese fiction Shuihuzhuan (Heroes of the Marshes), ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains, Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province, and Beijing Opera facial makeup. |
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| People's immunity to A/H1N1 flu virus is greater than previously thought, a new study suggests. |
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| Heavy snow blanketed Anhui and Hubei provinces Monday, cutting off power to some villages and blocking roads.Luogang airport in Hefei, Anhui province, was shut down for four hours since 7 am yesterday due to the heavy snow, Xinhua reported. |
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| China has ratcheted up pressure for imperial treasures to be repatriated, condemning overseas auctions of its relics and demanding they come home."We believe that such auctions run counter to the underlying spirit of relevant international treaties and UN resolutions, and are serious infringements of China's cultural rights and interests." |
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) holds a welcome ceremony for visiting US President Barack Obama at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov.Obama also said his meeting with Hu is "very constructive", noting sound US and China cooperation on economics, security and other global issues will benefit both countries and the whole world. |
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| SHANGHAI: A wealthy industrial boss and his family were rescued after a hostage taker was shot dead by police after a 24-hour standoff.As Chen, who had been ordered by the hostage taker to buy food, returned home and opened the door, four policemen shot Lin dead through the open door. |
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| BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet here Wednesday with US President Barack Obama, who is on his first state visit to China since his January inauguration. |
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| A Chinese economist has warned that the country's soaring property prices and equities were "signs of asset bubbles," owing to excessive liquidity. |
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| U.S. President Barack Obama said here Monday the U.S.-China cooperation enables both countries to be more prosperous and more secure and that young people are the best ambassadors. |
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| Earlier in the day, Beckstrom confirmed that ICANN has indeed received serious applications since it accepted non-Latin domain names registration at the end of October. |
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| ROME: Though the international community is under the dual pressure of a global financial crisis and a global food crisis, China now has a favorable food security situation, Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said here on Monday. |
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| As the United States reviews its restrictions on hi-tech exports to China, the Ministry of Commerce's spokesman urged the US to shorten the timetable for loosening export controls. |
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| Tao said the president seemed to have moved on from some of the sticking points that bogged down discussions between the countries in the 1990s, such as human rights. |
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| Germans are to stage a number of celebrations later on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a symbol for the ending of the Cold War. |
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| I hope that as the largest economy in the world and an issuing country of a major reserve currency, the United States will effectively discharge its responsibilities," Wen told a news conference in Egypt.The premier had expressed concern in March that massive US deficit spending and near-zero interest rates would erode the value of China's huge US bond holdings. |
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| "Africa's development is an essential part of achieving global development, and as the sincere and dependable friend of Africa, China deeply feels the difficulties and challenges faced by Africa," Wen said. |
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| The stock market boom helped ensure the combined wealth of the top 40 individuals on the list, 35 men and five women, doubled to $106 billion from a year earlier.He earned $1.3 billion in April from an initial public offering from his aluminum producing company, China Zhongwang. |
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| Zhai Dequan, deputy director of China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, said the key problem with the speculation is that there "is still distrust (over China's military development)". |
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| Monica Cain, 44, wipes her eye as she tries to get in touch with her husband Sgt. Darren Cain who was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. |
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| An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted southwest China's Yunnan Province early Monday morning, said the National Seismological Network of China. |
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| HSBC has raised its forecast of China's GDP growth this year to 8.1 percent, said HSBC Group Chairman Stephen Green here Sunday.Green said Shanghai, as China's largest city, had kept a relatively stable growth during the crisis, which suggested it had the potential to become one of the world's financial centers comparable to New York or London. |
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| WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged the Afghanistan government to ensure the legitimacy of the presidential election process, following a key presidential challenger quit the election. |
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| BEIJING: More than 3.78 million Chinese people have been inoculated with the A(H1N1) flu vaccine as of Saturday, with no reports of serious adverse reaction, the Ministry of Health said here Sunday. |
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| China's quest for a strong air force is in line with the need to safeguard regional stability and world peace, the service's commander-in-chief, General Xu Qiliang said Sunday. |
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| 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.Vaccination was one of the effective ways to prevent flu spreading, but seasonal flu vaccines would not help protect people against the A/H1N1 flu, experts said. |
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| A UN flag flies half-mask outside the UN headquarters building in New York, the United States, Oct. 29, 2009, mourning for the five UN staff members killed in a Wednesday attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul. |
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| Perhaps most importantly, the US is widely expected to ask for Chinese help on the problem of climate change, one of Obama's top priorities.But Obama's visit to China presents a golden opportunity for the US and China to bridge their gap on global warming, and help push other countries to follow suit. |
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| President Hu Jintao has invited Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) top leader Kim Jong-il to visit China.The invitation, made to a visiting official of the DPRK's ruling Workers' Party, Choe Thae-bok, came in a meeting on Wednesday where the two countries pledged to strengthen ties as they celebrate 60 years of alliance. |
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| President Barack Obama's upcoming China visit by frequent contacts between high-level officials from both sides, Chinese experts said Thursday. The 20th meeting of China-U.S. |
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| China's No. 2 female tennis player Zheng Jie made successful debut at the 11th Chinese National Games by taking an easy victory over her rival Wednesday.Zheng, who sustained wrist injury, took an anesthesia injection before the tournament. "I hope I can hold on until the end of the competition," she said. |
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| Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou vowed Wednesday that he will push forward the reform of the Kuomintang (KMT) "at full speed" four days after he took the position of the party's chairman. |
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| The general's visit, through Nov 3, is a critical step since there are at least 40 instances of communication or contact between the US and Chinese militaries each year. |
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| China has not ruled out military action to rescue the crew of a coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates, but is also open to negotiations over what a Chinese military officer said on Thursday could be a long standoff. |
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| Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiangsaid here Thursday the peaceful and safe use of nuclear energy requires joint efforts of the international community.Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang delivers a speech at the China-United States Strategic Forum on Clean Energy Cooperation in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 22, 2009. |
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| Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said in Beijing on Thursday that China and the United States enjoyed great potential on clean energy cooperation.China and the United States are both major energy producers and consumers, said Li, adding the two countries faced great potential on clean energy cooperation. |
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| The U.S. government said on Thursday that China did not manipulate its currency against the U.S. dollar during the first half of 2009.If China had been designated as a currency manipulator, it would trigger negotiations between the two countries and could lead to economic sanctions if the U.S. side took a case before the World Trade Organization. |
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| 16, 2009 shows a view of the opening ceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province.(Xinhua/Chen Yehua)16, 2009 shows a view of the opening ceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. |
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| The General Conference of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organization (UNESCO) officially confirmed Bulgaria's diplomat Irina Bokova as new director-general late Thursday. |
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| The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will mainly redress production overcapacity in six sectors, said Chen Bin, director of the Department of Industry of the NDRC, Thursday. |
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