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2008 'big year for diplomacy'
2023-12-06It has been a year of "unprecedented activity" for Chinese diplomacy with the successful Olympics and a series of unexpected crises, China...
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Navy to 'protect Chinese, foreign ships'
2023-12-06The navy today embarks on its first overseas military mission since 1949 with the vow to protect Chinese and foreign ships from pirates off Somalia...
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'World's largest' ice Santa being built
2023-12-06The freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organizers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture.The giant Father Christmas, ...
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'Runner Fan' gets job in city school
2023-12-06The high school teacher who fled a classroom in Sichuan province leaving his students in danger when the May 12 earthquake struck has found a new job ...
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Christmas is big business in China
2023-12-06Christmas is big business in China - even during the global economic slowdown.What was once simply a foreign affair has not just grown in popularity, ...
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Currency crosses borders
2023-12-06The yuan will be used in transactions with neighboring trade partners as part of a pilot project - in what could be the first step on the road to maki...
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Bankruptcy looms over tainted Sanlu
2023-12-06Troubled dairy producer Sanlu Group, at the center of a melamine scandal which sickened nearly 300,000 children in China, is likely to declare bankrup...
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Hainan bridge scheme proposed
2023-12-06GUANGZHOU: Construction of a cross-sea bridge - the world's second longest - linking the island of Hainan with the mainland is likely to begin in ...
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Exporters' pain felt in faraway Paris
2023-12-06Finding a parking space around the bustling wholesale market of Aubervilliers in northern Paris used to be a harrowing experience.During the peak seas...
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Pandas touch down to rapturous reception
2023-12-06A pair of giant pandas sent as a gift from the mainland to Taiwan arrived on the island yesterday in the latest sign of rapidly improving relations ac...