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CHINA DAILY - Thursday October 9,2008
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China, following other economies, cut the benchmark deposit and lending rates by 0.27 percentage point yesterday to anchor its economy amid a worsening global financial crisis.
Nation
Chinese agricultural experts yesterday said the country has sufficient grain reserves to keep food prices stable and foresaw no major fluctuations in the country's grain prices.
China Scene
University professor commemorated
Insight
Zhu Gang and his wife get up early. After helping get in the family's crops from the autumn harvest, the 29-year-old is ready to return to a home appliance assembly line in Suzhou, China's "Garden City" close to the east coast.
Comment
Over the past five years, around 30,000 to 40,000 new foreign investment projects have been approved in China every year, with an annual investment exceeding $60 billion.
Opinion
Life has changed beyond recognition in Tibet since 1959, when the system of monastic feudalism presided over by the Dalai Lama was overthrown and over a million serfs were set free.
International
Australia, losing its appeal to overseas visitors, is pitching itself as a place to "find yourself" in a massive global tourism campaign aligned with an outback movie starring Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman.
International
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama battled over taxes and the best way to help struggling American workers on Tuesday during a sometimes tense presidential debate that highlighted a wide gap in their economic approaches.
Business
Asian stock markets tumbled yesterday despite various governments' rescue measures, dragging the mainland index down for four consecutive trading days.
Business
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's instant paper profits on Goldman Sachs Group Inc and General Electric Co have been wiped out amid the stock market's worst yearly slump since 1937.
Life
Pick up any fashion magazine nowadays and you are bound to wonder: Is this a sports star or a showbiz celebrity? The line between sports and entertainment is becoming increasingly blurred.
Sports
LONDON: Formula One will only survive for one more year unless drastic spending cuts are implemented, FIA president Max Mosley warned on Tuesday.
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