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CHINA DAILY - Wednesday July 23,2008
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Stay calm, don't touch it, move away quickly and send a text message to police, possibly with a photograph. That's how police want people to respond when they see something that looks like a bag with explosives.
Nation
BAISE, Guangxi: Six of the 36 men trapped in the Nadu Mine in Tiandong, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, which was flooded on Monday, are dead, a local official said yesterday.
China Scene
Summer heat makes pet dogs and cats snappy
A 6-year-old girl's pet dog savaged her right arm, almost ripping out the tendon, on Sunday at her home as she fed it a fresh bone. Beijing 2008
Olympic volunteer Volkan Gurcan shared some of his experiences living in Beijing one of which was house-hunting which he described as "rather tedious".
Insight
After their weekly dinner at home together every Saturday, Wang Jiaxing and his family usually go about their own business.
Comment
At long last, my dream to visit Taiwan comes true.
Opinion
Last December, a full seven years after the last summit of EU and African leaders held in Cairo in 2000, the long postponed EU-Africa summit finally took place again in Lisbon.
International
Southeast Asian foreign ministers nudged Thailand and Cambodia yesterday to resolve a stand-off over an ancient temple on their border before bullets start flying.
Business
The Ministry of Commerce remains optimistic about trade for the rest of the year and will maintain the policies adopted in the beginning of the year despite widespread concerns over the export slowdown, according to the vice-minister of commerce.
Business
Ford Motor Co is marking the 100th anniversary of the Model T, the first low-priced car that introduced motoring to the masses, at a time when Americans are cringing at the cost of filling their gas tanks and the US auto industry is struggling with plant closings and layoffs.
Life
Li Shaohong, one of the country's most productive women directors, is facing growing doubts over her casting decisions for the adaptation of A Dream of the Red Mansions, an 18th-century novel by Cao Xuqin. Fierce criticism over the costumes and debates over her ability to create a worthy program have been raging for months.
Olympics
WASHINGTON: Gao Jun, who won a 1992 Olympic silver medal for China in women's doubles table tennis, returns to the land of her birth for the Beijing Olympics at age 39 as a player for the United States.
Sports
WASHINGTON: "Jenny" Lang Ping, a beloved Chinese sports hero who helped the 1984 women's volleyball team capture Olympic gold, will be trying to thwart China's chances at Beijing as coach of the US squad.
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