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US Warned Not to Send Wrong Signals to Taiwan
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| China is "strongly displeased and firmly opposed" to a visit to Taiwan by a Pentagon official to discuss anti-missile cooperation and US weapons sales to the island, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan yesterday. |
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Beijing to Loosen Control over Smaller Foreign-funded Projects
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| Beijing will decentralize its control over smaller foreign-funded projects to district and county governments, according to Zhou Yinliang, spokesman for the Beijing Economic and Trade Commission. |
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Serbian PM Djindjic Assassinated
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| Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic died after he was shot and critically wounded earlier Wednesday, Serbian state television reported. The assassination took place at around 12:45 pm (1145 GMT) outside the government building in Belgrade. |
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Nature Reserves Occupy One Third of Tibet
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| Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region currently has 402,700 square km of nature reserves, accounting for one third of its territory. The large reserve area has enabled the region to better protect its biodiversity, local environmentalists claim. |
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Bills Call for Improvement of Farmers' Lot
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| The ongoing First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) had received 1,050 bills by its Monday deadline. The hot topics at present are agriculture, rural development and farmers' living standards. |
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Jiang Calls for Military Reform
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| Talking with deputies from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the ongoing 10th National People's Congress (NPC) session on Monday, President Jiang Zemin, also chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized the need for the armed forces to hone and improve their skills; to better serve the country and prepare for a changing world situation.
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Agri Companies Must Play Stronger Role: Deputy
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| Grain distribution companies should play more of an important role in the development of China’s agriculture, according to Liu Xianlu, a deputy from Jilin Province to the 10th National People’s Congress. |
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NPC Session Holds Third Plenary Meeting
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| The First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) held its third plenary meeting in Beijing Monday, which heard a report presented by top legislator Li Peng on the work of the Standing Committee of the 9th NPC and adopted a plan for restructuring the government and procedures for election and appointment.
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White Paper on Environmental Protection in Tibet Published
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| The State Council Information Office published on March 10 a white paper entitled Ecological Improvement and Environmental Protection in Tibet. The document, divided into six sections, reviews the progress of ecological improvements and environmental protection work in Tibet; presenting the status quo of this undertaking and envisaging the prospects of sustainable development for the future. |
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Spanish Naval Training Vessel Visits Shanghai
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| The Spanish naval training vessel, Juan Sebastian De Elcano, under the command of Captain Santiago Bolibar Pineiro, arrived in Shanghai yesterday for a five-day visit. |
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