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 | Senior General Than Shwe touches down in Beijing for a four-day visit (Voice of America, 2010-09-06 14:51:23) |
 | China developed its first hybrid rice in the 1970s, which helped raise its food grain output on a significant scale, and contributed to some Asian and African nations in ending their grain deficiency to some extent.
Professor Yuan Rongping, director of the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center (CNHRRDC), and known as a "father of the hybrid rice", started working on hybrid rice in 1964 and developed the world's first hybrid rice and, in 1976, hybrid rice began spreading... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 14:50:10) |
| The rapid development of the Internet in China has fueled the country's social and economic growth, Xi Guohua, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology said in his remarks at the opening day of the 2010 Internet Conference in Beijing.
Xi noted that the Internet industry has made tremendous growth and become a major driving force for China's economic development. According to statistics, the Internet market in China last year totaled 183.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 14:48:32) |
| International Maritime Bureau says 27 pirate attacks have been reported in the South China Sea since January (Voice of America, 2010-09-06 14:43:08) |
| Every barrier reef on Nansha Island has a chief officer. During the exclusive interviews with People's Daily, the officers gave a vivid account of their war preparations, training as well as life on China's southernmost Nansha Island.
&$&$Zhang Wei – chief officer of Huayang Reef&$&$
As China's southernmost reef, officers and soldiers on Huayang Reef must be on high alert against any possible war. Everyone must stay alert on duty, train vigorously and be ready to defend the... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 14:35:39) |
| At the invitation of the Financial Times and The Times, a six-person delegation from People's Daily left Beijing at the end of July for an official goodwill visit to the United Kingdom.
&$&$'We are very concerned about development in China'&$&$
Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, and other major officials met with the delegation of People's Daily in the paper's headquarters in London on July 21, 2010.
The Financial Times, established in 1888, is known as the... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 14:30:40) |
 | China Strategic Holdings said AIG is looking to scuttle a deal for the company and its consortium partner to buy the U.S. insurer's Taiwanese life-insurance unit. (Wall Street Journal, 2010-09-06 14:28:27) |
| Starting from Aug. 9, all workers of state-owned enterprises and at least 70 percent of employees of government offices and public institutions are now required to do physical exercises at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. with exercise music from Beijing Radio Station on 102.5 FM.
The Federation of Trade Unions of Beijing Municipality requires at least 60 percent of city workers, all workers of state-owned enterprises and some 70 percent of employee of government offices and institutions to do the... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 14:09:56) |
| The growth of China's government revenue is represented not only by the sharp increase of taxation and various extra-budgetary revenues, but also by the "gray income" or "hidden benefit" of government officials.
Although the actual income of government officials is not that high, the investigation shows that their "gray income" hit 5.4 trillion yuan in 2009, far more than the total national fiscal revenue last year, which stood at merely 3.6 trillion yuan. Moreover, the growth of "gray... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 14:07:48) |
| Some analysts say growth fueled by increased exports to China, now Brazil's largest trading partner (Voice of America, 2010-09-06 14:01:47) |
| China's defense expenditures account for only about 1.4 percent of its GDP and China's military development is modest, said Geng Yansheng, spokesman of China's Ministry of National Defense.
Geng said that China's military development is always adhering to a strategy of coordinated development of national defense and economic construction. China's investment in national defense has always maintained a reasonable and appropriate scale.
Compared to China's military expenditure, the world's... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:57:35) |
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&$The transmission and conversion project started construction simultaneously on July 29,
both in Golmud City of Qinghai Province and Lhasa City of the Tibet Autonomous Region.&$&$
The world's longest and the most difficult electricity transmission and conversion project, located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the "Roof of the World," began construction on July 29.
Li Keqiang, vice premier of the S ... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:51:46) |
| South Korean tour agencies are urgently seeking to resolve a serious shortage of Chinese-speaking tour guides since its Ministry of Justice stated that South Korea would lower the requirements for independent Chinese tourists applying for visas, according to Yonhap, an official South Korean news agency.
The Ministry of Justice said in a scheme published last month that a one-year multiple entry visa will be expanded from high-income groups to a range of applicants, including teachers in high... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:51:00) |
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&$On July 29, workers experienced for themselves in the "blue collar department"
where they will shortly move in.(Photo by Li Jian/Xinhua)&$&$
On July 29, the first "blue collar department" in Hefei, the capital city of the Anhui province, was formally put into service.
The blue collar department, commonly known as public rental housing in China, covers a total construction area of about 38,000 meters with ... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:47:53) |
| The USA Pavilion announced on July 29 that local New York indie rock band PaperDoll will be traveling to Shanghai next week to perform on the USA Pavilion and America Square stages.
The band's debut performance is on Aug. 5 at 9 p.m. in Shanghai's Yuyintang, No. 851 Kai Xuan Rd. The band is also scheduled to perform at an international evening gala named FREXH 2010 featuring emerging talents and creators from the music, fashion, arts, and food and beverage industries. Their gala performance... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:47:40) |
| In 2015, it is predicted that Shanghai will be the first city in China, if autonomous regions are excluded, to realize zero population growth, according to a report from the Beijing Times citing the report on China's scientific development in 2010 released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Thursday.
Shanghai will be followed by the Beijing-Tianjian region in 2018 and Guizhou will be the last to realize zero growth in 2029.
The report said that China must develop in three basic steps in... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:46:56) |
| The National Meteorological Center upgraded the heat alert from blue to yellow on July 28 and predicted that the high temperatures will further spread out to more than 15 provinces, regions and cities on July 29. In addition, the temperature in areas of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Gansu will exceed 40 degrees Celsius.
Compared with previous days, the high temperatures on July 29 spread out to almost all areas in northern and southern China, and more... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:40:09) |
| The Chinese mainland's length of high-speed railways in operation has now reached 6,900 kilometers, ranking first in the world, and the length of high-speed railways under construction has reached 10,000-plus kilometers, according to the "Seventh World High-speed Railway Conference" held by the Ministry of Railways on July 28.
The high-speed railway lines, including the Beijing-Tianjin, Wuhan-Guangzhou, Zhengzhou-Xi'an and Shanghai-Nanjing lines, are all in operation and running at speeds... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:39:21) |
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&$Local citizens present bouquets of flowers before the Tangshan earthquake memorial
wall On July 28.(Photo by Yang Shiyao/Xinhua)&$&$
On July 28, the 34th anniversary of the Tangshan Earthquake, people from all walks of life in Tangshan city in China’s Hebei Province, rallied at the Tangshan earthquake memorial ruins to mourn victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred in 1976 and is believed to be ... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:30:41) |
 | The Sun pictured the scene for its readers by depicting Ricky Gervais in a Mao suit of the kind that hasn't been worn in China for nigh on thirty years Beyond confirming that a BBC executive in Beijing is working with a New York-based film financier on a Mandarin edition, official information on China’s version of The Office is virtually nil - yet that hasn’t stopped nay-sayers from declaring “It cannot be done!” The subtle intricacies of Chinese offices -... (Shanghaiist, 2010-09-06 13:30:00) |
| Beijing Subway Line 4 was shortly delayed this morning. The running interval time of Subway Line 4 from Haidian Huangzhuang station to the Yuanmingyuan station increased significantly at about 6:55 p.m. The initial reports blame signal instability, which caused trains to run slowly, and the running interval time of following trains increased, according to the Beijing MTR Corporation (BJMTR).
Yang Ling, spokesman for BJMTR, said they quickly took emergency measures after the failure... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:26:20) |
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As of July 26, the box office of "Aftershock," a film about the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, has pulled in more than 200 million yuan (about 29.5 million U.S. dollars) at the Chinese box office since it opened on July 22, according to data from the State Administration of Radio Film and Television.
"Aftershock" set its first box office record on its release day when it earned 36.2 million yuan, which is the hig ... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:24:13) |
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&$Water sluices down at a maximum flow rate of 56,000 cubic meters per second at 8 a.m
at Three Gorges Dam in the Yichang city, Hubei Province, on July 28, 2010.&$&$
The Three Gorges Dam successfully proved itself again by holding back the flood peak in the Yangtze River on July 28.
The Three Gorges Dam, which is located in the Yichang city, central China's Hubei province, was tested for the second time in ... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:23:15) |
| Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will fully improve the minimum living standard for urban and rural residents and expand the coverage of eligible recipients of monthly allowances in urban areas, representatives of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region announced on July 26.
The new standard was implemented starting on June 1, 2010, and a total of nearly 2.2 million needy people in Xinjiang will benefit from it.
The monthly allowances for each of the current... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:22:21) |
| Lee Qiaochun, a Hong Kong tour guide who was reported to have abused Chinese mainland tourists, subjecting them to forced shopping trips, publicly apologized to tourists and Hong Kong citizens on July 28.
She said regrets this unpleasant incident.
"If I get a chance to contact the tour group from that time, I would like to apologize to them," Lee said.
Previously, many television stations on the Chinese mainland broadcasted a video of Lee scolding tourists who refused to shop and even... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:21:07) |
| Rainstorms and floods that began on July 14 have affected more than 40 million people across China as of 4 p.m. on July 27. So far, 333 people have been confirmed dead and an additional 300 were reported missing, Xinhua New Agency reported on Wednesday.
Furthermore, more than 3.1 million people have been relocated and resettled. Over 25,000 square kilometers of farmland have been affected, with 4,170 square kilometers yielding no crops.
In addition, 140,000 households saw their homes... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:17:09) |
| The International Monetary Fund reported on July 27 that China's economy is expected to maintain strong growth and its recovery has "significant positive spillovers" to the region and the world economy as a whole.
It said that the authorities' quick, determined and effective policy responses helped mitigate the impact on the economy and ensured that China played a leading role in the global recovery.
&$&$By Zhao Chenyan, People's Daily Online&$&$ ... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:15:17) |
| After a two-year downturn due to the international financial crisis, the starting salary of China's college graduates is starting to rebound. Data from related human resources companies shows that the starting salary of college graduates averages more than 2,300 yuan in 2010, an increase of 16 percent from a year earlier.
The average starting salary in Beijing stands at nearly 3,000 yuan,
Beijing Evening News reported this on Tuesday.
According to analysis from a research center,... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:14:22) |
| A delegation of Chinese specialists in Tibetan study held a seminar with Chinese community in the largest Canadian city on Sunday.
The Chinese specialists briefed the local Chinese community and media on the achievements and progress Tibet has made in the fields of economy, social security, cultural preservation and education.
Li Yan, director of the Confucius Institute of University of Waterloo, told Xinhua that it is very important for presenting a real Tibet in foreign languages... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:14:06) |
| China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) donated a total of more than 1.4 billion yuan in the first half of 2010, according to statistics from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council on July 26，2010.
A total of 107 SOEs made donations from January to June 2010, involving a total of more than 1.4 billion yuan. They donated 960 million yuan for relief work, which accounted for more than 67.4 percent, 304 million yuan went to welfare, accounting for... (People's Daily, 2010-09-06 13:11:48) |
Think Again: Asia\'s Rise (FOREIGN POLICY) Don\'t believe the hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. It will be many decades before China, India, and the rest of the region take over the world, if they ever do.
Is China Really an \'East Asian success story\'? (Policy ) State-controlled investment in China provides poor financial returns, explains John Lee
Chinese chukkas (BBC NEWS) How polo enthrals Shanghai's moneyed class
Business › Many Chinese seek Japanese celebrity names as trademarks for business (Japan Today) The names of Japanese celebrities, such as pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki, have been registered as trademarks in China by businesspeople trying to take advantage of…
China's Dictators at Work: The Secret Story (The New York Review of Books) “If the Mafia boss thinks you might betray him, he will just kill you or throw you into prison.” That is not how the government of China should behave...
We're Not Selfish, They Are (Daai Tou Laam Diary) We're willing to pour billions and billions of our and their dollars in overruns to build transit links to ensure our commutes from pricey south island is fast and efficient. We've even cut the taxi fares for our weekend trips out to Sai Kung to eat seafood or travel home to Sai Kung/Clearwater Bay after those late nights in Lan Kwai Fong/Wan Chai. We've raised their transit fees twice in the last three years and dragged our feet since the last Central reclamation on spending...
Desertification worsening in Tibet: Report (Phayul) Desertification is worsening in Tibet, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. According to the report, authorities in Tibet aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and
Experts Say Chinese Filter Would Make PCs Vulnerable to Intrusion (New York Times) The program would let outsiders monitor a computer’s Internet activity, steal personal data or plant viruses, according to those who have examined it.
The Day China's Heart Froze (newmatilda.com) Twenty years ago today, thousands were being killed in the streets around Tiananmen Square. Dan Edwards in Beijing speaks to survivors about a wound that hasn't healed
Founding fathers (BBC NEWS) The French town with an unlikely Chinese past
China: A Threat to or Threatened by Democracy? (Dissent Magazine) How can one know whether China will or will not democratize? In general, as Karl Popper showed in The Poverty of Historicism, political futures in even the middle distance are unknowable because of the inherently uncertain and contingent dynamics of politics. Therefore, an analyst should focus on the multiple factors that make different futures more or less likely.
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