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Top News

Inflation set to remain high
Consumer prices jumped 6.2 percent in September on the back of higher food costs and, in response, the government will consider a tighter monetary policy and investment curbs, a senior official said yesterday.

Ecology damage reports refuted

Basic healthcare for all by 2020, govt pledges

Don't stereotype us , says private entrepreneur

Strong protest lodged over US Congress award to Dalai Lama

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Top News

Nuke plant's life cycle set to double
SHANGHAI: The first phase of Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (Qinshan-I), China's first nuclear plant, will be able to double its operational life through a cutting-edge plant life management (PLiM) mechanism, the plant's top engineer has said.

Tennessee establishes business presence

US report 'makes groundless allegations'

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Nation / China Scene

Expo to make learning abroad as easy as ABC
More than 30,000 visitors are expected to attend the study abroad-focused China Education Expo 2007 in Beijing tomorrow.

Tough new rules for Taihu Lake

Liftoff for aerospace blueprint

Across China: GUANGDONG

Across China: BEIJING

China Scene: West

China Scene: East

China Scene: Central

China Scene: South

China Scene: North

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National strategy on IPR coming soon
After two years of preparations, the authorities will soon implement the national strategy on intellectual property rights (IPR), Tian Lipu, commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), said yesterday.

Policy moves music to business leaders' ears

Market to determine exchange rate: PBOC

Committee candidates considered

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Wal-Mart tip of union iceberg
Having resisted unionization in China for so long, Wal-Mart, the world's leading retailer, is making the country's top unionist smile.

Olympic flame to burn bright on highest peak

Populous province toils to aid poorest

The new, private face of the Communist Party

Still no decision on 3G licenses: Minister

Sound Bites

In the press

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Tightening embrace with outside world
More than 200,000 foreign businessmen are expected to attend the ongoing 102nd China Import and Export Commodities Fair, at which deals for made-in-China clothes, shoes and toys are made for shipment across the globe.

Step by step toward democracy

The era of prosperity is upon us

Landmarks in China's reform and opening-up

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Sharp students, smart studies
Throughout his career as a university professor, Xu Yong has given hundreds of lectures to many different types of audience, but none of these experiences could have prepared him for the talk on grassroots democracy he had to deliver one afternoon last November.

China through the eyes of Westerners

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Comment

Agriculture foundation needs strengthening
The country has given much attention to issues concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held five years ago. And the four No 1 documents issued by the CPC Central Committee consecutively offered strategies to solve related problems. A new situation in rural work and agriculture has been created.

Cartoon

People first policies

Too much pressure on children

Study key to success

Working together

Three factors to remember

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International

Russia updating its nuclear arsenal
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday in his sixth annual televised question-and-answer session that Russia was working on new types of nuclear weapons as part of a "grandiose" plan to boost the country's defense.

British claims on Antarctica stun green activists

Sarkozys' divorce confirmed

Millionaires flying high on soaring economies

News makers

Across Asia: AFGHANISTAN

Across Asia: AUSTRALIA

Across Asia: JAPAN

Across Asia: Republic of Korea

Across Asia: THAILAND

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Opinion

Time ripe for Chinese firms to go overseas
Countless anti-Chinese business articles have been published around the world this summer. For readers, it looked like a contest to see which writer could use the most aggressive headline.

From our archives

Virtual world dispensing with need of offices

Letters and Blogs

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International

Strike challenges Sarkozy's reform
French commuters struggled to work yesterday after transport workers went on strike over plans to scrap their pension privileges, the biggest test so far for President Nicolas Sarkozy's ability to push through reforms.

Bhutto returns home

Italian PM threatened with bullet

Peacekeepers to leave for Haiti in Dec

Around the world: RUSSIA

Around the world: UNITED STATES

Around the world: POLAND

Around the world: UNITED KINGDOM

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Business

Bull run loses steam
SHANGHAI: In the sharpest correction in over a month, the stock market plunged over 3 percent yesterday, reversing a spectacular bull run of past weeks.

Safety concerns unlikely to hit fair

Insurer may list in November

PetroChina to boost output

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Business China

BoCom green light to HSBC
Bank of Communications Ltd, China's fourth largest by market value, rose the most in more than a week in Hong Kong trading after Chairman Jiang Chaoliang said there are no barriers for partner HSBC Holdings Plc to raise its stake.

CITIC Bank denies Bear Stearns talk

Port city sets big targets

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Business Indepth

Call to include foreign assets in portfolio
Despite the strong domestic equity market performance coupled with expectations of a renminbi appreciation, Chinese institutional investors should consider investing offshore to improve expected risk-adjusted returns.

Mega unit reinforces electronic hub status

Biz Scene: Market

Biz Scene: Grapevine

Biz Scene: Biz Unusual

Biz Scene: Local

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Business International

Will Coles be the scene of next Norman conquest?
Archie Norman, the man credited with reviving UK retailer Asda Group Plc, joined Wesfarmers Ltd as an advisor for its A$19.7 billion ($17.4 billion) takeover of Coles Group Ltd.

Indian harvest may have global impact

Nestle nourished by pet food, ice cream

Firms dig deeper for good causes

Biz people

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Special Supplement

Xinxiang poised for economic take-off
In ancient times, Xinxiang county, lying in the center of the northern Henan Plateau, with the Taihang Mountains to the north and the Yellow River to the south, was hailed as a place of "success and prosperity".

Core industry clustrers

Resource-rich Huixian on fast track

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Life Expat

Marry me
Before meeting his American-born fiancee, Qu Zheng's sole contact with foreigners was having his photo taken with a tourist he once encountered on the Great Wall. The 42-year-old Beijinger does not speak any English, but says he could understand everything his wife-to-be Elizabeth Winkelman said from the first moment they were together.

Rules and regulations for legally binding a union of love

Global village

Gerhild is alive with the sound of Beijing

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Sports China

Search for coach goes into extra time
China Football Association (CFA) continues to keep alive the slim hope that women's soccer coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors will change her mind and stay with the team, even though CFA's reported deadline to do so has passed.

Rising ice skating stars leading youth movement

New faces fill in for absent stars in qualifier

Score board

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Sports

Hamilton bid recalls memory of Mansell
SAO PAULO: Lewis Hamilton was only a year old the last time Formula One witnessed a three-way battle for the title.

Formula One title permutations

Brazil in late goal spree as Argentina tops

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Sports

McClaren looks to Israel for salvation
MOSCOW:Steve McClaren has insisted he will not consider quitting his job as England coach before it is confirmed that his superstar squad has definitely missed out on a trip to the Euro 2008 finals.

Scots slip up, Greeks go through

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Henan Special Report

Back to the future for revival of past glory
In a country dotted with boomtowns, how do you define a place if not by basic information such as its geographical location?

Museum offers a glimpse of archeological paradise

Justice, Bao style, dispensed with a smile

The legend and legacy of Shaolin

The accidental hero

Bright ideas keep village ahead

The ties that bind

District at the center of national attraction

Photo

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Henan Special Report

Three policy guidelines for Xinxiang
Convergence, clustering and intensification are the three key policy guidelines to Xinxiang's scientific development, according to Wu Tianjun, the city's Party secretary.

Economic powerhouse reaches for greater success

Industry park to bring investment and jobs to Henan Province

County offers everything from cooks to hoists

Luohe cleans up its act

Luohe food capital still growing

Luohe calling domestic, foreign investors

Luohe takes great leap forward as a city

Village shows the way in rural modernization

Pathbreaking linguist continues to engage scholars