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CHINA DAILY - Thursday September 4,2008
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The country is racing against time to rebuild homes and set up temporary shelters for many of the 1.2 million people displaced by the Panzhihua earthquake.
Protests mark Republican convention
Riot policemen wrestle a protester to the ground outside the Republican National Convention venue in St Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday. At least three protesters were arrested during a tense anti-poverty march that ended near the venue, with policemen firing tear-gas shells to disperse them. AP
Nation
The United States has questioned China's pork subsidies in a letter posted on the website of the World Trade Organization (WTO), reflecting new tension between the two trading giants.
China Scene
Senior citizen gives life savings to future scholars
Comment
The biggest characteristic of the Olympic Games in the 21st century is the "globalization of the main stadium of the Games". The wide availability of digital television broadcasts via satellites, the popularization of the Internet all over the world and the ubiquitous mobile phones are all play their part in bringing live coverage of the Olympics to the whole world. None of the past eras was able to make the Olympiad a universal festival of peoples all over the world like today.
Opinion
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda abruptly announced his resignation on Monday.
International
John McCain's Republican convention re-lit the political fires under his White House bid with a brief but ringing endorsement from George W. Bush - a speech beamed in from Washington as the Arizona senator looked to detach his candidacy from the unpopular sitting US president.
Business
Australia's economic expansion slowed to the weakest pace in more than three years, stoking speculation the central bank will add to Tuesday's interest- rate cut, the first since 2001.
Life
Embroidered shoes, pleated batik skirts, shining silver accessories of the Miao minority - these are the exotic Chinese flavors that will pervade the Paris fashion trade fair, which begins in the world's fashion capital today.