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CHINA DAILY - Thursday August 14,2008
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Taxes will be raised on big cars and reduced on smaller ones from Sept 1 to save energy and reduce pollution.
Beijing 2008
The people of Beijing can look forward to low fares on buses and the subway long after the Olympics has finished, a senior city official said yesterday.
Beijing 2008
Trying to be a mother and a champion Olympian simultaneously is a tough task, but the Beijing Games has its fair share of moms juggling their duties.
Nation
LHASA: Refurbishment work on Potala Palace here in the capital of the Tibet autonomous region will be completed before the end of the year, a spokesman for the palace said yesterday.
Comment
The revised version of the rule on foreign exchange management was released on August 6 and became effective immediately.
Opinion
Israeli President Shimon Peres shares his poems for Beijing Olympics with our reporter Li Xiaokun
Life
Beijing's 798 art district, a cultural landmark in what was once a secret military factory complex, has gotten a facelift for the ongoing Olympic Games. Located in the Jiuxianqiao area in Chaoyang district, the art district recently got Chinese-English road signs, professional foreign language guides, a tourist service center and an official website at www.798.org.
Beijing Live
The Beijing Games hasn't only brought visitors from around the world to China, it's given global cultural and diplomatic organizations a chance to showcase their native cultures in the Olympic city.
Business
China's labor market is in the pincer grip of dwindling surplus labor on one hand and growing unemployment on the other as a result of mass closures of outdated factories.
Special Supplement
Authorities in Heilongjiang have reached several milestones in their push to further develop the province's rich coal reserves and electricity generation capacity.
International
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan have agreed terms for a new investigation into Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese people in the 1970s and 1980s, officials said, opening the way for Tokyo to lift some travel sanctions.
World Sports
BOSTON: The Boston Red Sox squandered a 10-0 first-inning lead before rallying to edge a wild 19-17 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
2008 Beijing Olympic Sailing Regatta
QINGDAO: While top sailors from all over the world compete to reach their Olympic dreams on Fushan Bay in Qingdao, local youngsters are working hard to become one of them in the future.
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