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Xinjiang Party Secretary Meets the Press
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| Wang Lequan, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Committee met local and foreign press Thursday to describe the autonomous region's development over the last five decades. |
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2nd Round FTA Talks with Australia End
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| Australia and China ended their second round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks in Beijing yesterday. The Ministry of Commerce said they were helpful in improving understanding of each other's trade mechanisms, and that a third round is expected by the end of October. |
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Board of PetroKazakhstan Approves CNPC's Offer
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| The Board of Directors of PetroKazakhstan Inc. has approved the proposed acquisition offer of US$4.18 billion by China's largest oil producer China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), according to sources with CNPC yesterday. The offer is expected to expire in October. If the transaction is successful, it would be the biggest overseas acquisition made by a Chinese company. |
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Animal Husbandry Draft Law Deliberated
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| National legislators began discussing the first draft of a law on animal husbandry yesterday that aims to improve meat safety whilst protecting farmers' livelihoods. |
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China Publishes Gender Equality White Paper
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| The State Council Information Office published on Wednesday a white paper entitled Gender Equality and Women's Development in China. The nine-chapter document discusses the progress China has made in promoting gender equality and women's development over the last decade. |
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Much to Be Learned from Nanjing Massacre Exhibition
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| Some 200 foreigners including diplomatic envoys, experts and journalists visited the 1937 Nanjing Massacre exhibition on Monday evening at the National Museum in downtown Beijing. |
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China Opens First Lunar Probe Engineering Center
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| China opened its first lunar probe engineering center in Beijing on Monday to facilitate work on a lunar probe mission scheduled for 2007 at the latest. |
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China Second Place Overall at Universiade
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| The 23rd World Universiade came to an end on August 21 in Izmir, Turkey. China pocketed 21 golds, 16 silvers and 12 bronzes to clinch the overall second place behind Russia, who reaped 26 golds, 16 silvers and 23 bronzes. |
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Potala Palace Plaza Renovation Project Finished
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| Completion of the Potala Palace plaza renovation project was celebrated in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Saturday amid heavy drumbeat, fluttering colorful banners, and merrily spraying fountains. |
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Congratulations on KMT Party Congress
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| The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday sent a congratulatory message to the Kuomintang (KMT) Central Committee and its new Chairman Ma Ying-jeou on the opening of the KMT's 17th Party Congress. General Secretary Hu Jintao congratulated Lien Chan yesterday for becoming honorary chairman of the KMT. He also spoke highly of Lien's great contribution to the development of cross-Straits relations.
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