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Drinking Water Tops Environmental Concerns
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| Clean drinking water is the Chinese public's No.1 environmental concern, according to a state survey released yesterday. |
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Chinese FM Stresses East Asian Cooperation
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| Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing reiterated China's support for the strengthening of cooperation in East Asia. He was speaking at the Sixth ASEAN + 3 meeting of foreign ministers from ASEAN, China, South Korea and Japan in Vientiane, Laos on Wednesday. |
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Pig Vaccine in Production, 31 People Dead
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| A pig vaccine to help control the spread of the deadly outbreak in Sichuan is to be mass-produced and should be ready for use in about one week, according to the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday. The human death toll is now 31, with 152 reported infections. |
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First-day Talks Show Flexibility in Resolving Nuclear Issue
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| The United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea show flexibility at the start of six-party talks to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula in Beijing on Tuesday. |
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Mugabe Meets Hu, Agreements Signed
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| Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and President Hu Jintao met Tuesday as three agreements were signed between the two countries, one on economic and technical cooperation, and aviation and power deals made. |
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Trips from Taiwan to Mainland Made Easier
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| Beijing has simplified the exit and entry rules for Taiwan residents with the introduction of multiple entry permits valid for one to five years thereby foregoing the need to obtain separate residence permits. Meanwhile, Beijing has urged Taiwan authorities to adopt more tangible measures to facilitate its fruit exports to the mainland. |
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S Korea, DPRK Reach Preliminary Consensus
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| South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reached a consensus on setting up a framework for the denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula in Beijing Sunday, according to a senior South Korean diplomat.
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14.6% Mid-year Fiscal Revenue Growth
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| Fiscal revenue totaled US$202 billion in the first half of 2005, the finance ministry said yesterday. Budget spending at central and local levels totaled US$153 billion during the period, up 15 percent.
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Unknown Disease Claims 9 Lives in Sichuan
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| An unknown disease has stricken 20 villagers and killed nine of them in southwest China's Sichuan Province over the past four weeks, the provincial health department confirmed Saturday. |
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Shanghai Educates Metro Riders on Safety
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| Shanghai has stepped up efforts to educate people with proper safety measures in the metro, a need brought into sharp focus by a series of terrorist attacks on the London Underground. |
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