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China Lifts Oil Import Quotas
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| China Thursday announced a new import policy to replace existing import quotas for state-traded oil products next year as part of its commitment to the World Trade Organization. |
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Voters Hail Local Election
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| Nearly 7.2 million Beijingers voted for deputies of district people's congresses on December 10. Beijing's direct election, due to be completed by the end of the year, will mark an end to the nationwide election of deputies to local district and county people's congresses. |
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Wen Calls for Dialogue Between Civilizations
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| "Different nations may speak different languages, but their hearts and feelings are interlinked," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in a speech delivered at Harvard University in Boston on Wednesday. |
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60 Chinese Peacekeeping Soldiers Leave for War-torn Liberia
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| Sixty Chinese soldiers left Tuesday for Liberia, becoming the first group of Chinese peacekeeping forces to go to that war-ravaged country. |
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Chinese, US Leaders Favor Strong Bilateral Ties
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| Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with US President George W. Bush in Washington on Tuesday. Wen told reporters after the meeting that the discussion took place in a very friendly, candid, cooperative and constructive atmosphere, and two sides reached consensus on many issues. |
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Power Shortage Worse Next Year
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| According to a report on the national power supply from the State Grid Corporation of China, energy shortages will become more serious next year. The situation will be better in 2005, but only by 2006 will electricity supply and demand reach a balance. |
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Premier Wen Jiabao Meets American Scholars
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| A review of the history of China-US relations over the past half century leads to the basic conclusion that both gain from peaceful coexistence but lose from conflict, and it is a common understanding that the two nations should continuously broaden and deepen their relations, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at a meeting with American scholars in New York Sunday night. |
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Beijingers Get Greater Poll Choices
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| The democratic process in the Chinese capital is getting increasingly vibrant, with the participation of independent candidates in Beijing's district-level people's congress elections. |
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Wen Warns Taiwan Not to Misuse Democracy
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| China's Premier Wen Jiabao, at the start of a four-day visit to the United States, said Beijing would never allow Taiwan to use aspirations for democracy as a cover for separatism. Wen, who visited UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in snow-swept New York before going to Washington, intends to seek assurances from the Bush administration that it will rein in Taiwan. |
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Miss Ireland Crowned Miss World
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| Nineteen-year-old Miss Ireland, Rosanna Davison, daughter of singer Chris de Burgh, was crowned Miss World 2003 on Saturday in China's first international beauty pageant. Second place went to Miss Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, while Miss China Guan Qi took third. |
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