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Jiang in Russia for Second SCO Summit
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin flew into Russian city St. Petersburg Wednesday to attend the second summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, to be held June 7. Before flying to Russia, Jiang held separate meetings with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Hamid Karzai, chairman of the Afghanistan interim government in Almaty Wednesday. |
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County Party Chief Sentenced to Death
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| A county-level official was sentenced to death on Wednesday for his part in a tin mine flooding last July that killed 81 people in southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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China to Set up First Arctic Research Station
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| China will set up its first ever arctic scientific research station in Longyearbyen, capital of the Svalbard Islands in Norway in July, Gao Dengyi, director of the China Yilite-Mornring Arctic Scientific Expedition and Research Team said in Beijing Wednesday. |
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16-Nation Summit on Asian Security Adopts Almaty Act
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| Political leaders from 16 countries attending the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia in the Kazakh city of Almaty yesterday reconfirmed their commitment to building a more peaceful and secure Asia through dialogue and cooperation when they endorsed the Almaty Act. The meeting also witnessed the signing of a Declaration on Eliminating Terrorism and Promoting Dialogue among Civilizations. |
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Jiang Meets Musharraf and Vajpayee, Calling for Peace in South Asia
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| While attending the first summit of CICA in Alma-Ata, Chinese President Jiang Zemin held separate meetings with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee June 4. He urged India and Pakistan to peacefully settle their disputes through negotiation and dialogue as tensions centered on the disputed Kashmir region continued. |
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China, Russia Propose Ban on Space Weapons
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| China and Russia have jointly proposed a ban on the use of weapons in outer space, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said June 4. |
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Two Cities Given Green Awards
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| Two more Chinese cities joined a list of the United Nation's greenest urban areas yesterday. The award, given by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), shows recognition for growing action in China to protect the environment in urban areas. |
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International Efforts Urged
to Root Out Terrorism
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| China reiterated on Tuesday its condemnation of, and opposition to, any form of terrorism and called for international efforts to root out such terrorist forces as "East Turkistan." "What I would like to point out emphatically is that China is a victim of terrorism too," Chinese President Jiang Zemin said at the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), which opened Tuesday morning. |
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President's Speech Resounds Across China
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin's May 31 speech at the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has had repercussions throughout departments of the central government, among cadres in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, as well as the People's Liberation Army and armed police. |
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State Stresses Foreign Funding
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| China will sharpen the country's international competitive edge through the better utilization of foreign capital, according to the government?s 2002 white paper on economic development issued over the weekend. The annual white paper contains China?s major policies and strategies for economic and social development, written by officials and research staff of the State Development Planning Commission. |
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Global Funding to Help Protect Infants from Hepatitis B
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| China is working side by side with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and the Vaccine Fund to help further protect its children against hepatitis B -- a disease which kills nearly 1 million people each year in the world. |
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Seven Chinese Military Officers Promoted to General
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| China's Central Military Commission(CMC) Sunday conferred the rank of general on seven senior military officers in Zhongnanhai, the headquarters of the central government in Beijing. |
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Mainland Offers Radar Data on Taiwan Air Crash
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| The Chinese mainland yesterday gave Taiwan authorities its radar data and written records relating to the May 25 crash of a Hong Kong-bound China Airlines jet. The Taiwan side said that information recorded near sea-level is needed to better track the fall of the debris of the crashed plane and locate the wreckage, of which only less than one percent has so far been retrieved. |
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Jiang Zemin Makes Important Speech in Party School
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| Jiang said the whole Party should keep in mind the profound changes that have taken place in the world's political, economic, cultural and technological spheres since the publication of the Manifesto of the Communist Party written some 150 years ago, as well as the fundamental changes in China's socialist construction, in people's working and life conditions and in social environment, so as to make correct judgments on how the changes challenge the work of the Party. |
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China Wins Int'l Recognition for Soil Conservation
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| Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 12th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference(ISCO), representative Eric Roose said that while many countries have realized the importance of soil and water conservation, China has rendered the most forceful policy support to the job, and achieved great progress in small watershed water and soil control. |
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Central Bank Moves to Ease Deflation Pressure
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| Dai Xianglong, governor of the People's Bank of China, said Friday the central bank will pursue a more rapid credit growth in the remaining part of the year to overcome persistent deflationary pressures. |
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Zhu Stresses Sino-US Cooperation
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| Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said Thursday that cooperation between China and the United States has been beneficial in many areas and is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples. Zhu made the remarks when meeting members of the US House of Representatives Jim Turner and Spencer Bachus, and their wives. |
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China Hails Russia-NATO Deal
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| China welcomes the new partnership between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said Thursday. He told a regular press conference that China hoped the deal would contribute to peace and stability in Europe and the world. |
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Former Shanghai Mayor Makes Plan for Engineering Academy
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| Xu Kuangdi, newly elected president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), said on Thursday that he planned to set up an academic body for young experts in the near future. |
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Chinese Children Have 28 Anxieties: Survey
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| A new survey conducted by the National Working Committee of the Chinese Young Pioneers reveals that Chinese youngsters are suffering from stress and anxiety in their daily lives. |
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