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CHINA DAILY - Tuesday September 9,2008
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XIAMEN: The government is fully confident of tiding over the difficult situation arising out of a global economic slowdown, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said yesterday.
On top of the world
China's Yao Juan celebrates her world-record, gold-winning throw in Paralympic women's javelin F42-46  at the Bird's Nest yesterday. Reuters
China Scene
Siberian tiger preys on livestock in Jilin
Paralympics
Sir Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee said yesterday he was disappointed to have missed the last 10 minutes of the opening ceremony for the Paralympics.
Insight
For Xie Zhanyuan, getting in and out of his house had been a major challenge until now.
Comment
For a long time, the five-star red flag would always be shown along with critical opinions about China on many US television programs. But this has changed in the days around the Beijing Olympics. Now it seems that the Chinese national flag, together with the Tian'anmen Square, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, and especially the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube, has become the symbol of a "New China".
Opinion
The sporting and organizational success of the recent Olympic Games in Beijing, unanimously recognized by international public opinion, inspires me to share with readers the origins of and reasons for my long friendship with the Chinese people.
International
About 3 million Britons are being cheated of 3.5 billion pounds ($6.16 billion) a year by fraudsters who solicit money by letter, e-mail, text and telephone, the UK Office of Fair Trading, said yesterday.
International
Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the US presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed.
Business
The government takeover of beleaguered mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will benefit its debt holders, but could pose questions for major holders of US treasury bonds, such as China and Japan, analysts said.
Business
Origin Energy Ltd, Australia's biggest producer of natural gas from coal seams, said an $8 billion transaction with ConocoPhillips "more than justifies" its rejection of a hostile takeover offer from BG Group Plc.