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Top leaders watch performance about China's road to rejuvenation |
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Chinese President Hu Jintao and other top leaders watched a large-scale musical epic on Monday recounting the country's road from the Opium War in 1840 to 2009, together with people from all walks of life in Beijing. |
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Gov't to uphold ethnic minority policies |
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China will stick to its major ethnic policies and fine tune them according to changing realities, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission said Sunday, as a white paper on the country's ethnic policy stressing harmony and equality among all ethnic groups was released. |
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CPC publishes plans for intra-Party democracy |
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has promised to guarantee the "democratic rights of Party members" in order to improve Party building. |
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Separatist acts on Web banned in Xinjiang |
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The legislature in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has passed a regulation prohibiting the instigation of ethnic separatist activities via the Internet, China News Service reported Sunday. |
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Wen pays 8th visit to quake-hit area |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said that reconstruction work of earthquake-shattered areas in Sichuan Province must still overcome challenges before it can be judged a complete success. |
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China issues white paper on ethnic policy |
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The Chinese government Sunday published a white paper on its ethnic policy, stressing harmony and equality among all ethnic groups. (full text) |
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Vice Premier Li stresses economy restructuring, innovation |
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Local governments should lay stress on economy restructuring and innovation to guarantee the long-term stable and relatively fast economic growth, said Li Keqiang, Chinese Vice Premier. |
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Farmers' income to continue rising, official says |
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Chinese farmers would see their income continue to rise this year, Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua said at a press conference Saturday. |
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Gov't to raise oil reserve enough to last 90 days |
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China will stockpile a third phase of strategic oil reserves after the second phase is finished, in a move to meet international standards of reserve capacity, a senior energy official said Friday. |
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Anti-graft chief calls for new prospect in fight against corruption |
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China's anti-graft chief He Guoqiang on Friday urged the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs of all levels to strive for a new prospect in the fight against corruption and the building of a clean government. |
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Studying latest Party session 'important task' for CPC members: VP |
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said an important political task for the whole Communist Party of China (CPC) at present and "in a future period" is to study and implement the gist of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee that concluded last week. |
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Shanxi abolishes small mines |
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The authority of Shanxi Province, China's largest coal producer, has given all its private coal mines an ultimatum: agree to merge with large-scale companies, mostly State-owned, by Wednesday or face water and power shutdowns. |
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China launches new campaign on food additive abuse |
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China has launched a long-term campaign to crack down on making, selling and using illegal food additives and vowed to name violators. |
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China releases A/H1N1 flu vaccine guide |
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The Health Ministry released guidelines to regulate A/H1N1 flu vaccinations across the country through Autumn and Winter. |
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86M yuan allocated to aid natural disaster-hit areas |
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China's central finance has allocated 86 million yuan ($12.6 million) to aid people in areas hit by severe drought and typhoon, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs Thursday. |