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Young Star, Li Sixuan, Elected Tunza Youth Advisor
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| At the end of August, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) elected 10 new advisors for the Tunza Youth Advisory Council. Li Sixuan, a student from Yandaojie Middle School in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, is China's representative and the only one from Asia among the 10 advisors. |
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Soaring Grain Prices Signify Reverse in Demand-supply Trend
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| China has, for the first time in the past six years, seen its grain prices soar this year, signifing a vital change in domestic food supply and demand. The rise in grain prices also drove up the prices of edible oil, forage and other finished products. |
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Chinese, Pakistani Naval Forces Conduct Joint Exercise
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| Chinese and Pakistani warships carried out a joint rescue exercise Wednesday off the coast of Shanghai in the East China Sea. This was the first time for the Chinese naval forces to conduct a joint exercise with their foreign counterpart in a non-traditional security field. |
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CPI Rising and Stable: Official
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| For the first nine months, the consumer price index (CPI), policy-makers' key inflation gauge, rose year-on-year by 0.7 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. |
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Hu Reaffirms China's Stand on RMB, DPRK Nuclear Issue
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday made clear again China's stance on the exchange rate of the Chinese currency yuan, the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, Sino-Japanese relations and economic cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, when answering questions at a press conference held after the conclusion of the 11th Economic Leader's Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. |
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China Puts Two Satellites into Orbit
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| China sent the second Earth resources satellite developed jointly by China and Brazil and another China-made small satellite into different preset orbits Tuesday. The satellites were raised by a Long March IV B carrier rocket which blasted off at 11:16 am (Beijing time) at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, north China. |
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President Hu Outlines Ideas on Improving APEC Process
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| President Hu Jintao made a three-point proposal in Bangkok Monday on improving the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation process. He stressed that China's development will generate new opportunities for economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the whole world. |
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China to Be Leading Tourist Destination
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| China will surpass France to become the world's leading tourist destination and will be the fourth tourist-generating country by the year 2020, said Francesco Frangialli, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organization. |
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Chinese, US Presidents Meet on Issues of Common Concern
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao exchanged views on Sunday with US President George W. Bush on bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of common concern on the eve of the 11th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. |
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Secret 'Cargo' on Shenzhou V Revealed
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| The secret "cargo" on China's first manned spacecraft was revealed at an opening ceremony of the spacecraft's re-entry vehicle Saturday in Beijing. The cargo traveled with China's first astronaut in space, Yang Liwei, for over 20 hours.
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