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Beijing publicizes expenditures for govt-funded overseas trips vehicles receptions
Beijing publicized, for the first time, its expenditures for government-funded overseas trips, vehicles and receptions on Thursday amid the mounting public calls for more transparent government expenditures.The expenditures on the three items, used by party and governmental departments and government-funded institutions, amounted to 1.13 billion yuan (175 million U.S. dollars) in 2010, said Yang ...
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China welcomes Canadian courts rule on Chinese fugitive
China on Friday welcomed the Canadian Federal Court's decision to uphold the deportation of Lai Changxing, one of China's most wanted fugitives.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the remark in a statement posted on the ministry's website.Ma said Lai is the prime suspect in a smuggling case in the city of Xiamen and has been sought by law enforcement for several ...
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China to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance bilateral relations FM
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (2nd L) in Bali, Indonesia, July 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in Bali Thursday that China hopes to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance the bilateral relations on the right track. China and Vietnam have established a ...
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China seeks shared development pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN FM
China strives for shared development and pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity in East Asia, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the ASEAN Plus China Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia Thursday.Yang said this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue relationship and in the past ...
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China releases two more captive-bred giant pandas into the wild
Researchers at a giant panda breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province released two pregnant giant pandas into a semi-wild environment near the base on Thursday, as part of the base's efforts to help more captive-bred pandas adapt to the wild.The pandas, nicknamed "Ying Ying" and "Su Lin," were the second and third captive-bred pregnant pandas to be ...
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China to use part of land sale revenues to boost education
China said on Tuesday that local governments should use 10 percent of their funds raised through land transfer fees to boost education spending.The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education said in a joint circular that local governments ranging from the provincial level to the county level must implement the new rule starting from Jan. 1.The money will be used to improve rural schools and ...
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Fishermen mark open season of Songhua River in NE China
Performers and fishermen attend a festival to celebrate the open season of the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 15, 2012. As the open season of the Songhua River starts, some fishermen wore traditional clothes and joined in the celebrations in Harbin. The traditional celebrations of the open season date back to more than 1000 years ago. ...
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China Focus Students speech against education system causes sensation
NANJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- After making an impassioned speech attacking China's exam-oriented education system, a teenager from east China's Jiangsu province has found himself in the national spotlight.The speech, which has fuelled debate across the country last week, took place on April 9, when students and teachers at Qidong city's Huilong High School had gathered for a ...
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Strong thunderstorm hits central China province
CHANGSHA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A strong thunderstorm hit central China's Hunan Province on Sunday morning, grounding dozens of flights at the Huanghua International Airport in the provincial capital of Changsha.The provincial meteorological bureau issued an "orange" rainstorm alert Sunday morning, warning that cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Changde would see precipitation up to ...
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Chinese FM talks with U.S. South Korean counterparts on Korean Peninsula tensions
BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has held separate talks by phone with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts Hillary Clinton and Kim Sung-hwan on tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Speaking to Clinton Friday and Kim Saturday, Yang said the Chinese side noted the concern of various parties about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) ...
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Full text of joint communique of Russian Indian Chinese foreign ministers meeting
MOSCOW, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China issued a joint communique Friday after wrapping up their 11th meeting here.The following is the full text of the document:JOINT COMMUNIQUE of the Eleventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's ...
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Senior CPC official leaves Beijing for 4-nation tour
BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, left Beijing Sunday morning for official good-will visits to Britain, Canada, Colombia and Indonesia.Li is invited by the governments of Britain and Canada, Colombia's government and its ruling Social Party of National Unity, and ...
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Chinas top political advisor starts official good-will visit to New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin arrived in Christchurch of southern New Zealand Sunday morning for a 4-day official good-will visit, at the invitation of the government of New Zealand.This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand. The bilateral relations achieved ...
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Chinas Lunar Exploration Program
China had collected all the data needed to draw its first full map of the moon surface and was almost done with the mapping work, Sun Jiadong, the chief designer of the country's Chang'e -1 lunar probe has ...
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Hong Kong June CPI climbs to 5.6 pct on rising rents and pork prices
Hong Kong's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June climbed to 5.6 percent from a year ago, higher than the 5.2 percent rise in May, mainly due to the enlarged increases in private housing rentals, as well as the charges for household services and the prices of pork, the city's statistics department said here on Thursday. Netting out the effects of all the one-off relief measures from the ...
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U.S. not concerned about Chinas influence in L.America White House official
CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States is not concerned about China's growing influence in Latin America, a senior White House official said here Saturday."We're not concerned at all," Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, said at a press briefing on the sidelines of the sixth Summit of the Americas."In fact, if ...
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Chinese official sees progress in cross-Strait relations
Wang Yi, director of the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, makes a speech during a reception at Chinese Consulate General in Houston, the United States, on April 13, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhao ...
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Sound operation of joint patrols along Mekong Chinese official
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Shipping along the Mekong River is running smoothly as the four-nation joint patrols are operating in a normal way after a deadly attack in October, a senior Chinese official from the southwestern Yunnan province said Saturday.China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand have conducted two joint patrols along the river in a normal way under the joint patrol mechanism, ...
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Chinas Communist Party requires officials to be loyal clean
The Communist Party of China (CPC) needs "loyal" and "clean" Party officials to serve at leading posts in prefecture-level cities in order to ensure good governance through the training of high-calibre leaders, according to a CPC order.Loyalty to the Party, capability to promote social harmony and abundant working experience at grass-roots communities should be the qualities ...
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Heavy rainfalls to persist in south China
BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The National Meteorological Center said Sunday that heavy rainfalls will hammer south China over the next three days.Regions south of the Yangtze River and south China will experience heavy rains from Sunday to Tuesday, with some areas seeing rainstorms, the center said in a statement on its website.Meanwhile, a cold front will hit Inner Mongolia autonomous region ...
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Surging China demand buoys US pork
US pork exports will jump 23 percent or more this year because of surging demand and prices in China, the world's top consumer, according to Brett Stuart, the co-founder of farm-industry researcher Global AgriTrends. "The tinder is set," Stuart said during a conference call organized by AgStar Financial Services Inc, an industry lender in Mankato, Minnesota. "All we need is a ...
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Chinas CPI growth may fall to 4 pct by year end bank report
China's consumer prices will likely fall in the second half of the year, trimming growth of the consumer price index (CPI) to 4 percent by the year's end, the Bank of Communications said in a report Thursday. The bank forecast the rise of CPI, the main gauge of inflation, would be controlled at around 5.2 percent from a year earlier this year. The report attributed the weakening ...
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Chinese leaders join panel discussions Hu stressing stability in Tibet
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L, front), who is also General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits deputies to the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region and joins their panel discussion in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2012. ...
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China seeks win-win development with Asia
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Residents in Hekou in southwest China can still recall its former days as a quiet, anonymous town that attracted few visitors from neighboring Vietnam for business or sightseeing.But major changes have hit the town in Yunnan province. With two roads and one rail line linking it with Vietnam, Hekou has become a bustling hub for Vietnamese visitors buying bargain ...
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China bullish about Canton Fair
China is "prudently optimistic" about the result of this week's 111th Session of the China Import and Export Fair, or the Canton Fair, the Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday, a forecast that augers well for increased foreign trade."We have a prudently optimistic expectation about the export deals during this Canton Fair. We estimate that the value of orders placed by ...
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Massive Beijing Subway expansion plans
The Beijing Subway is one of the biggest, most efficient and most used subways in the world. It is constantly undergoing expansion and upgrades, and yet is unable to keep up with the growth of the capital city. With the recently announced plans for the expansion of the subway by over 60%, the city will certainly be hard-pushed to meet the massive task.
The Beijing Subway is one of the largest in the world. It carries over 5 million people every day, and hundreds of trains run on 228kms of track and service 147 stations. It is a feat of engineering, planning and coordination every single day. It is a network that Beijing commuters should be proud of, it represents the forward-thinking and development of the city. Read more
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