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Top News

Trading tax cut to shore up market
The stamp tax on share trading will be cut steeply from today, the authorities announced yesterday - in what is seen as an attempt to prevent the fragile stock market from a further slump.

Mainland stocks rebound

France plunges in popularity ranking: Poll

Rise in funding pledged to tackle climate change

Last round of Olympic ticket sales set to start

Lunar rover module prototype built

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Top News

Bid to attract foreign students gears up
The country is pushing ahead in its efforts to become a leading destination for international students, riding on the wave of a growing number of foreigners coming to study in recent years.

Bank hits 100

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Nation

Net cafes face stiff penalties for IPR violation
The Beijing High People's Court said yesterday stiffer punishments will be imposed for online piracy at Internet cafes.

Australian proud to promote good relationship

No verdict in latest fund scandal trial

Media registration gets under way

Across China: Beijing

Across China: Hubei

Across China: Anhui

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China Scene

China Scene: East
Young author launches book about living in US

China Scene: West

China Scene: Central

China Scene: South

China Scene: North

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Nation

Paris mayor made 'political mistake'
Making the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen of Paris is a "very serious political mistake" by the city's mayor, former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on the eve of his China trip.

Lawsuits filed against CNN, Cafferty

100 volunteers head for Himalayas

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Insight

Comfort food starting to come at heavy price
Bread, pasta, tortillas, canned fish and meat, dairy products, imported vegetables and fruits. These are staples of foreigners living in China. And that's precisely why spiraling food prices across the globe and the rise of the yuan against the US dollar have spelt double trouble for them.

Yuan's rise to boost outbound tourism

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Comment

Song and dance await torch in sister city
Busy with my duties while accompanying the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on his recent trip to China, I did not have a chance to visit the Water Cube, the Olympic swimming pool, designed by an Australian architect. Instead, I had to immediately rush back to Canberra, because the sacred Olympic flame is on its way to the Australian continent.

Cartoon

Books change lives

Hot Words

Timely green move

Limited use of Tibet card

Probe exposes Dalai's lies

Time to tell them how the Chinese feel

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Opinion

Hellenic flame to foil plots
I am intellectually and practically associated with the recent Olympic torch events in at least three ways: I am a Greek-born US citizen and I work in China as often as one week per month.

Guns, learning on campus

Letters and Blogs

US subprime cold could make Japan sneeze

From our archives

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Special Supplement

Growth holds environmental answers
Climate change is arguably the greatest long-term challenge facing mankind today. The future prosperity and social stability of developed and developing countries alike are under severe threat unless we take bold action to reverse the continuing rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions that are warming up our planet.

Exchange in sciences crucial to sustainability

Barroso leads EU commissioners to China

Sharing solutions to social challenges

EU-China: A strategic partnership

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Special Supplement

EU: 'We now must get down to business'
EU-China trade and investment are not the entirety of our relationship, even though it sometimes looks that way in the media. But trade and investment are nonetheless vital to the relationship, and their importance goes beyond the sheer weight of the numbers.

Customs coordination integral to EU-China trade

Spirit of cooperation can aid African development

Joint effort will slow GHGs

Product safety key to markets

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International

Clinton moves on after crucial win in Pennsylvania
Hillary Clinton yesterday hoped for momentum from her decisive victory over Democratic rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania to show she had the broad support to win the US presidential election in November.

Poor policy led to food crisis, FAO chief says

Chinese, Arab media vow bigger voice

Web criminals fuel rise in 'trojans'

Around the World: Iran

Around the World: Bolivia

Around the World: United Kingdom

Around the World: Denmark

Around the World: Syria

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Business

CNPC to raise gas production
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas producer, has said it plans to increase its natural gas output at the Xinjiang oilfield to 5 billion cu m annually by 2010.

Banks anticipate diminished profit growth

Property prices may rise
   
A student fixes a national flag outside his dormitory at the Beijing Institute of Technology yesterday. Students are increasingly displaying national flags to express  patriotism and support for the Beijing Olympics. AP

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Business China

Insurers' investments pay off in Q1
Chinese insurance companies earned 31.13 billion yuan from investments in the first three months of the year, with an average yield of 1.2 percent, China's insurance watchdog reported yesterday.

Coal fair to boost industry

Sinoma reports solid growth

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Business Roundup

Signing of FTA could offer new opportunity
The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and New Zealand on April 7 could give the soon-to-air cartoon Jane and the Dragon a Chinese touch.

COSCO shares rise on doubled profit

Biz scene

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Business International

Microsoft won't budge on Yahoo bid
Yahoo Inc delivered first-quarter results that eclipsed analysts' modest expectations, but the performance did little to support the Internet pioneer's demands for software maker Microsoft Corp to raise its takeover bid above $45 billion.

VW says profit up 26% on job cuts

Toyota Q1 sales rise on new markets

Ospel: Worst is over for UBS

Subprime takes heavy toll on Ambac earnings

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China-South Africa Friendship

Leaders hail 10th anniversary
On January 1, 2008, Chinese President Hu Jintao and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki exchanged messages to mark the 10th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

Ambassador: Bilateral relations are vibrant and fruitful

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China-South Africa Friendship

China and South Africa further strengthen ties
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Africa and China. Over the decade, trade relations between the two countries have developed steadily. Kobus van der Wath, business director of the South Africa-China Business Association (SACBA), spoke about recent trends in bilateral ties in a recent interview wtih China Daily.

'Melting pot' of cultures results in rich tapestry

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China-South Africa Friendship

'Rainbow nation' offers tourism kaleidoscope
South Africa has long been a popular tourist destination, alluring visitors with an exotic blend of thundering African drums, wild animals roaming natural reserves, small tranquil towns and big modern cities.

Airborne adventures abound

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Life Pulse

The other relay
Shanghai: For 50-year-old Jiang Shiwei and his family, the Beijing Olympics torch relay, now on across the world, carries a special meaning. It parallels a family relay spanning at least 76 years.

Lover's whining nearly ruined my romance novel

Reviews

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Sports

Todd happy to be back in saddle
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's double Olympic equestrian gold medalist Mark Todd was sure he was hanging up his riding jacket for good after winning an individual bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics.

Manaudou vows to bounce back at Olympics

Djokovic and Murray set up Monte Carlo showdown

Serbian determined to shake up old order

Top shot

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Sports China

Birds of a feather swim together
Masayo Imura was amazed when she saw the long and elegant legs of Chinese twin sisters Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen.

Empty vessels to be filled with sailing craft

Gebrselassie explains withdrawal

Score board

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Sports

Chelsea Riise to occasion at the death
LIVERPOOL, England: Chelsea snatched a Champions League lifeline as Liverpool defender John Arne Riise's last-gasp own goal allowed Avram Grant's side to escape with a 1-1 draw from Tuesday's semifinal first leg.

Paul nets 32 as Hornets sting Mavs to lead 2-0

Sharks salvo extinguishes Flames' playoff hopes

Ding edges Fu at Worlds

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BMW Asian Open 2008

Stars tee off BMW Asian Open
The fifth BMW Asian Open to be held in Shanghai tees off today at Tomsom Shanghai Pudong Golf Club with some of the top golfing talents from Europe, Asia and South Africa gathered.

'Great White Shark' is back

BMW Golfsport engages a global audience

The power of comfort and technology

UBS and Asian golf A winning combination

Thrills at the BMW Public Area

Rolex: Golf's biggest player