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Gov't to Permit Private Investment in Airports
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| The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China is now drafting policies that will allow private investors to buy or manage airports. But most of the country's smaller airports are operating in the red, heavily dependent on government subsidies to survive. |
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Timetable for UNSC Expansion Opposed
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| Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya said Wednesday that China supports reforms of the Security Council but objects to setting a deadline for the process as proposed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Wang warned that controversy surrounding UNSC reform could marginalize or jeopardize consultations on other issues. |
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Disabled Dance Troupe Condemns Copycats
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| The China Disabled Person's Performing Art Troupe held a press conference on Wednesday to object publicly to other organizations copying its works without permission. |
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Japanese Ambassador Summoned over Textbooks
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| The Foreign Ministry summoned Japanese Ambassador Koreshige Anami on Tuesday to lodge a solemn objection to the Japanese government's approval of high school textbooks that distort history and glorify Japan's wartime aggression. |
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400,000 to Make Way for Water Diversion Project
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| The central government has promised to make considerate arrangements for nearly 400,000 people being displaced by the massive South-North Water Diversion Project. The plan to divert 45 billion cubic meters of water annually from the Yangtze River to relieve water shortages in the north was debated for nearly 50 years before construction began in 2002. |
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Drug Busts Up in 2004
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| China solved 98,000 drug-related cases in 2004, up 4.4 percent over the previous year, and seized 66,900 suspects, up 5.1 percent, said the National Narcotics Control Commission on Monday. Although the number of new registered addicts fell, the overall number of drug addicts rose 6.8 percent to 791,000, with nearly 86 percent addicted to heroin. |
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HK Basic Law 15th Anniversary Celebrated
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| Hong Kong is staging a series of events to celebrate today's 15th anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law, and the secretary for constitutional affairs said yesterday that HK$5 million has been budgeted for them. |
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Drought Affects Plowing Season
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| The viability of the spring plowing season is being threatened by persistent drought, according to a report released yesterday by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarter. Supplies of drinking water in some provinces are also being affected. |
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Chinese Teen Defeats Hendry in China Open
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Ding Junhui wrote himself into the history books just two days after his 18th birthday with a landmark victory over Scotland's snooker legend Stephen Hendry at the China Open on Sunday. The rising young star has brought new interest to the game in China and shows promise of being a top contender worldwide. |
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Chinese Celebrate Andersen's Bicentennial
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| Organizations across China are celebrating the bicentennial of the birth of Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen, whose fairy tales were first introduced to China in 1913. |
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