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CHINA DAILY - Wednesday June 18,2008
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland: China and the US have made substantial progress in resolving contentious issues such as currency and trade deficit, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said at the opening of the fourth Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) yesterday.
Vice-Premier Wang Qishan is greeted by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on Monday.  REUTERS
China Scene
Shandong province in eastern China is proud of its ancient philosophers - the region was home to sages Confucius and Mencius - and its modern mothers.
Wenchuan Quake
YINGXIU: Lying more than 50 km south of Wenchuan county, the epicenter of the deadly quake that hit Sichuan province on May 12, this township had seemed like a devastated battlefield in the early days of the disaster.
Comment
Valid from June 1, retailers are banned from giving free plastic bags to their customers. And the production and distribution of ultra-thin plastic bags are also prohibited.
Opinion
Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 51 days to go until the Beijing Olympics.
Business
As the American economy slowed to a crawl and stockholders watched their money evaporate, CEO pay chugged to yet more dizzying heights last year, an Associated Press analysis shows.
Life
Disney fashions a modern-day icon of girl power with its animated adaptation of the 2,000-year-old Chinese folktale Mulan in 1998, which awed the viewers from around the world.
Special Supplement
One of the world's biggest alumina producers is among the range of foreign firms ramping up investment in the Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Area (ETDA) to benefit from the port city's infrastructure and investment climate.