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More Money for Pure Science
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| The government will raise investment in pure science research to 20 percent of total research and development expenditure, the vice minister of science and technology announced Thursday. State and private companies as well as individuals will also be encouraged to fund research.
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Nature Reserves Need Improved Management
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| Although China now operates nearly 2,000 nature reserves, with the number skyrocketing in recent years, experts at the Chinese Academy of Sciences say that good management, not high numbers, must be the country's focus going forward. |
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Hu Underscores Structural Adjustment
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| Whilst on a two-day tour of Guangdong Province, President Hu Jintao urged local governments to speed up industrial structural adjustment and intensification of production, and to continue enhancing macroeconomic controls. |
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Fire Ravages Market, 69 Injured
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| Sixty-nine people including 16 firefighters were injured yesterday in a fire that swept through a large market area and damaged a hotel in Changde, Hunan Province. No deaths have so far been reported.
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Garfield Owner Wins Infringement Case
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| In a copyright dispute over world-famous comic-strip cat Garfield, a Beijing court has ordered a Shanxi Province publishing house to pay US$25,000 to Paws, Inc., for copyright infringement. The Chinese company, which says that it paid for use of the Garfield images and stories through an agent, may still appeal the verdict. |
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Hu Toasts Macao Five Years After Return
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| President Hu Jintao called for proper handling of problems concerning the implementation of the "one country, two systems" policy Monday while attending a celebration of the anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration of its government's second term. |
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Sunken Ferry Kills 10 Students; Owner Arrested
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| The final death toll in Friday's ferryboat sinking in Shaanxi Province has been confirmed at 10. Twenty-one of the 23 people on board when the boat broke apart and sank were middle school students. The owner, who had been ordered to stop operating the boat in October, has been arrested. |
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More Riot Police to Go to Haiti Next April
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| China will send its second group of riot police to Haiti next April, according to the Public Security Bureau of south China's Guangdong Province. |
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FDI Program for Olympic Games Launched
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| A strategic international business marketing and partnering initiative for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was officially launched on Friday. |
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More Cash Allotted to Cut Poverty
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| Chinese official Friday said that government will input more funds for poverty alleviation. The World Bank, which provided loans for many of China's poverty reduction projects, also pledged its continued support. |
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