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China Hopes to See Peace, Stability in Korean Peninsula: President Jiang
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| China consistently supports the two halves of the Korean Peninsula to increase dialogue and improve ties and hopes to see the peninsula maintain peace and stability, President Jiang Zemin said in Beijing when meeting Lee Hoi-chang, honorary president of the Grand National Party of the Republic of Korea, on September 3. |
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Tibetan Culture to Dazzle Canadian, Belgian Audiences
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| The "2002 China Tibetan Culture Week" will be held in Belgium from September 7 to 27. It is the first time for China to feature Tibet in large-scale cultural exchange activities in Europe and North America.
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Leaders Meet to Save the Earth
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| The three-day World Summit on Sustainable Development to be attended by leaders from more than 100 countries opened in Johannesburg on September 2. "The focus from now on must be on implementing the many agreements that have been reached,'' said United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in an address to the opening session. |
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Englishmen in the Footsteps of the Long March
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| October 16 will mark the 68th anniversary of the Red Army’s heroic Long March. It is on this historic date that two Englishmen will embark on a 6,000 mile expedition to follow the full route of the Red Army. |
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China Has over 66 Million Party Members
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| Members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) totaled 66.36 million in June, 5.94 million more than in 1997, according to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. |
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Int'l Ceramics Expo Opened in Zibo
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| The opening ceremony of 2002 China (Zibo) International Ceramics Exposition and International New Material Technology Forum was held August 31, 2002 in Zibo, eastern China’s Shandong Province. The exposition will last five days, and over 100 ceramic experts from Japan, Korea, Germany, Russia will participate in the forum. |
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Men's Rights in Family Planning Stipulated
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| Men's rights in family planning are for the first time clearly stipulated in China's Population and Family Planning Law which came into effect on September 1. The new law stipulates that all citizens, regardless of gender, have a right to have children of their own. |
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Tongrentang to Introduce Environmental Friendly Prescription
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| The traditional Chinese herbal medicine will be developed free of pollution in future. Tongrentang’s seven large herbal medicine-planting bases will solve such problems as pesticide residue, heavy metal traces exceeding the set standard, and illegal culling or digging up of natural resources. |
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"Green Cards" in Use This Year
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| China's "green card" system will be put into practice by the end of this year. The "green card" will be granted to foreigners with senior management or technological expertise, and foreigners who have invested heavily in China. |
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