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China, Mexico FMs open third bilateral meeting

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinosa Cantellano on Friday co-hosted the third meeting of the China-Mexico Permanent Bi-national Commission. The nations' delegates talked about a joint pl ...

Job research report: undergraduates fare better than graduates

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
According to the Beijing Evening News, the average monthly income of graduate students has been about 3000 yuan for the past three years, and undergraduates actually fare better in job competition than graduates. This is the first finding i ...

NPC delegation leaves for visits to Latin American countries

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
A delegation of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China left in Beijing on Friday for a goodwill visit to Chile, Venezuela and Costa Rica from July 11 to 24. The delegation, headed by Uyunqimg, vice chairwoman of the Standing


Xinjiang's oil and gas equivalent ranks first in China

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
As one hand seizes development, the other taps into the potential to allow Xinjiang's oil output to soar. The latest statistics show that Xinjiang's annual oil and gas equivalent output has already exceeded that in Daqing and ranks the firs

Useful phone numbers in Beijing

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
Beijing, the host city of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, is expected to attract a large number of overseas visitors in the coming months. Here are phone numbers that may be of use in Beijing: China country code: 0086

Two supermarket employees prosecuted over fatal stampede

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
Two supermarket employees have been charged with negligence over a stampede triggered by a cooking oil sales promotion that killed three people and injured 31 in Chongqing, southwest China in November. Duan Chengwei, a loss preventi ...

FDI in China up 45.6% in Jan-June period

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China rose 45.6 percent in the first half of 2008 from a year earlier, as overseas investors continued to bank on the business opportunities in the world's fastest growing major economy. The FDI am ...

Man jailed for hacking Red Cross website to steal donations

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
A man was sentenced to two years in jail and fined 5,000 yuan (731 U.S. dollars) in eastern Jiangsu Province for hacking into a website and changing the bank account of a local Red Cross foundation for earthquake donation to

China arranges 2.8 bln yuan to support hog production

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
China plans to allocate 2.8 billion yuan from its central budget to support live pig production. The funds will be used to build breeding farms and standard large scale piggeries to promote pork production and further ensure market ...

China quake death toll remains unchanged by mid Friday, number of missing drops

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
The death toll of China's major earthquake stood at 69,197 for the forth day in a row as of Friday noon, the State Council Information Office said in a statement. The number of the injured also stood at 374,176, showing

Beijing to open city tour bus lines

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
According to China Central Television (CCTV), Beijing will open two city tour bus lines for the first time on July 20. The bus will adopt a Chinese-English bilingual video system which gives tourists a presentation of the customs and scenes

Aging population reaches 248 million by 2020 in China

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
Xinhua Net reported that by 2020 China's aging population would reach 248 million, making up 17.17% of the entire population. By 2050, the aging population will increase to 400 million, more than 30% of the total population.According ...

Energy-saving bulbs to light up Beijing households

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
The Beijing municipal government plans to replace current lighting in households with energy- saving bulbs in three years by providing subsidies to residents. While making an announcement at a press conference about the "Green Olympics ...

Accommodations ready for Olympic visitors

11.07.2008 13:42    english.people.com.cn
Between 400,000 and 450,000 overseas visitors are expected to come to Beijing in August this year during the 29th Olympic Games. The city is equipped with enough accommodation to meet increasing reservations and prices. And travelers ca ...

Games terror groups busted

11.07.2008 13:14    keralanext.com
In the first six months of the year, police detained 82 people in the restive far western Xinjiang region who had plotted to sabotage the Games, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. "Police in the regional capital also detained 66

China Jails 12 More Tibetans Over March Riots

11.07.2008 11:53    en.epochtimes.com
BEIJING-Chinese courts jailed 12 more rioters for their roles in unrest in Tibet, state media said, weeks before the Beijing Olympics and after Beijing deported a Tibetan British woman.China&#39...
China Jails 12 More Tibetans Over March Riots

Relative of Dead Teen Refutes Government's Conclusion

11.07.2008 11:53    en.epochtimes.com
CHINA-A relative of the girl, whose death triggered the recent unrest in southwest China, refutes the provincial government's conclusion on the cause of the girl's death.The Guizhou prov...

Following Mass Protests in Weng'an, Many Chinese Renounce the CCP

11.07.2008 11:53    en.epochtimes.com
In the wake of bitter unrest in Weng'an County, Guizhou Province, a large number of people in mainland China quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 1-the CCP's birthday. The Weng&#3...

Tibet's Long Shadow

11.07.2008 10:17    chinadigitaltimes.net
Columbia Magazine interviews three China and Tibet experts at the university -- Andrew Nathan, Robert Barnett, and Robert Thurman -- about the current situation in Tibet:China's hosting of the Olympics this coming August was an opportunity for Beijing to present

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