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CHINA DAILY - Monday October 13,2008
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The nation has set a goal of doubling per capita disposable income of rural residents by 2020 from the 2008 level, top decision-makers announced in Beijing yesterday.
US tourist blasts off for space station
US space tourist Richard Garriott (left), US astronaut Michael Fincke (right), and Russian cosmonaut and commander of the mission Yury Lonchakov, gesture prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, yesterday. The spacecraft lifted off on the 18th mission to the international space station.  AP
Nation
The major reform for rural areas unfolded by the top leadership yesterday aims to bridge the yawning urban-rural gap and spur growth amid a domestic and global economic slowdown, experts have said.
Comment
In July, while chairing a five-day discussion on China's reform, the 95-year-old Nobel laureate Ronald Coase asked Peking University professor Zhou Qiren to speak on how "Deng's drama unfolded" .
Special Supplement
The Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2008 starts today at two venues - the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC) and the Hong Kong Exhibition Center - and will last until Thursday.
Life
The partnership between China and the University of Cambridge dates back to 1888 when Cambridge became the first British university to appoint a professor of Chinese.
Sports
PARIS: Former champions France and 2006 semifinalists Portugal were struggling to keep their 2010 World Cup dreams on track on Saturday as Europe's major powers toiled on the rocky road to South Africa.