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CHINA DAILY - Thursday August 7,2008
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Lights, cameras, flags, flowers, drums and plenty of hoorays and action. The start of the final leg of the Olympic torch relay yesterday had everything and more.
Beijing 2008
The alternating odd-even license plate restriction on private cars introduced in Beijing from July 20 has effectively reduced traffic, an official said yesterday.
Beijing And Tokyo Friendship Special
As Beijing prepares to present the biggest sporting event of the world, a similar buzz is brewing in Tokyo that grows stronger every day.
Nation And China Scene
The phone numbers of two top officials in Jiangxi province have become so popular with the public, the authorities have had to double the number of operators answering their calls.
Comment
A spokesperson of the Beijing education authority told a press conference on August 2 that the capital city has admitted about 400,000 children from families of the floating population into the city's compulsory education institutions. This number equals about 50 percent of that of local children of the compulsory education age.
Opinion
August 2 was the deadline for Iran to make clear if it accepts or not the plan to resume talks on its nuclear ambition with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.
Insight
To clean up the smog-ridden Beijing skies, the authorities had long been considering relocating steelmaker Shougang Group from the western outskirts of the capital. Seven years ago, China's successful bid to host the Olympics and commitment to a green Games only accelerated the move.
Business
The government is drafting an energy regulation to stop new fixed-asset projects that do not meet national energy standards.
Beijing CBD Special Report
The Beijing Central Business District (CBD) occupies 3.99 sq km of the Chaoyang district on the east side of the city. It is conveniently equidistant to Tian'anmen Square, the Beijing Capital International Airport expressway and the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan expressway.
Life
Western people cry for Romeo and Juliet while the Chinese weep over Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.
Special Supplement
As the Beijing Olympics approaches, calligrapher Yan Gongda has produced a work to honor the night seven years ago when the city was awarded the Games.
Kazakhstan Special
Editor's note: Prior to the opening of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Ikram Adyrbekov, Kazakhstan Ambassador to China, talked with China Daily about the Kazakhstan team's participation at the Games and the development of sports in his nation:
Sports
When Peter Ueberroth, the chairman of the US Olympic Committee, watched the Chinese delegation march into the stadium of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, his reaction was to be thankful.
Special Supplement
"Even though no competitions will be held in Suzhou, the Beijing Olympic Games will promote the city's innovations in science and technology, improve its ecology and enhance its quality of life," Yan Li, mayor of Suzhou, told China Daily in a recent interview before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Special Report
China Daily had an exclusive interview with Jiangsu Provincial Governor Luo Zhijun to discuss the strategic programs for the development of Jiangsu province. The following is the Q&A of the interview.
International
Women would rather carpool or go on vacation with Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama than with his Republican rival John McCain, a new poll of US women voters showed on Tuesday.
Australia Special
Riding 16 years of uninterrupted economic growth, Australia continues to capitalize on a string of advantages to consolidate an already long and profitable relationship with China.
Australia Special
"Even in this day and age there are very exciting opportunities," said Peter van der Borgh, managing director of gold exploration company Cortona Resources Ltd.
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