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China Vows to Minimize Pollution Damage to Russia
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| President Hu Jintao met the Russian First Deputy Prime Minister yesterday and said China will spare no efforts to minimize the water-borne pollution damage to Russia caused by the Songhua River toxic spill. |
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CNOOC Inks S. China Sea Pact with US Company
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| China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) said yesterday that it inked a production-sharing contract on Tuesday with a US company involving a deepwater block in the South China Sea. |
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China Publishes Results of 1st National Economic Census
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| On Tuesday, China published the results of its first national economic census that provides basic information about the country's secondary and tertiary industries. |
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Textile Firms Bid for US Export Quotas
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| On Tuesday, bidding started for 2006 US export quotas for 21 categories of textile products, with about 28,296 Chinese textile companies making their bids. This is the first US quota bid since the two countries reached a textiles agreement in early November. |
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Bird Flu Advice Being Sent to Rural People
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| The Ministry of Health yesterday announced the large-scale distribution of information materials for farmers on prevention and control of bird flu among humans, while officials said outbreaks among birds in Xinjiang were under control. |
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China Aviation Oil Gets Funds to Restructure
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| China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Co Ltd will get US$130 million from its parent company, oil group BP and Singapore investor Temasek Holdings for its restructuring after huge losses from speculative oil deals in 2004 almost ruined the company. |
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China, France Sign 16 Agreements
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| China and France signed 16 cooperation agreements yesterday at a ceremony attended by Premier Wen Jiabao and French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. The biggest deal was on the purchase of 150 Airbus aircraft. |
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CE: Citizens' Demands Consistent with Proposals
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| Donald Tsang, Hong Kong's chief executive, told a Sunday evening press conference that citizens' demands for democracy are not in contradiction with the Fifth Report of the Constitutional Development Task Force. |
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Photos Taken by Taikonauts on Show
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| More than 30 photos taken in the outer space by Yang Liwei, astronaut of Shenzhou V, Fei Junlong and Nie Hangsheng, astronauts of Shenzhou VI, are on display for the first time at the China National Museum in Beijing on Saturday. |
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Environmental Chief Sacked Following Major Pollution
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| The State Council of China on Friday approved the resignation of Xie Zhenhua, director of the State Environmental Protection Administration, following a chemical spill that has seriously polluted the country's northeastern Songhua River. |
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