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CHINA DAILY - Thursday October 30,2008
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The central bank has cut interest rates for a second time in less than three weeks to bolster economic growth in the face of a worsening global financial crisis.
Nation
A professor at a Beijing law school was stabbed to death by a student on Tuesday, the third such attack in China in less than a month, the Beijing News reported yesterday.
Document
The Information Office of the State Council yesterday issued a white paper titled "China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change". Following are excerpts of the paper:
China Scene
Scores of heroes chase and capture bag thief
Insight
Their lifestyle is totally different from their parents'. They rarely hesitate before picking up a luxury product. They are part of the country's growing middle class, mostly white-collar workers - the big spenders and compulsive buyers.
Comment
As the US financial tsunami unfolds and an extended period of recession in developed countries looms, China made a strong gesture yesterday on battling climate change.
Opinion
These days ordinary people in the street cannot go to the toilet without reading about the global financial crisis. Watching the news seems like the end of the world, and it should be for the Swinging Dicks who have gotten multimillion dollar bonuses for managing so much money, even when they juggle it till it crashes.
International
Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new US study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer.
International
Eager to cool the debate over copyrighted text online and anxious to make some money, Google and the publishing industry announced on Tuesday that they have settled their three-year legal battle over the Internet giant's book search program.
Business
PetroChina Co, the country's biggest oil and gas producer, posted a 30 percent increase in third-quarter earnings thanks to higher crude oil prices and increased output.
Special Supplement
For Ren Jianxin, chairman of the China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), one focus of his work this year is to further boost the company's business on new materials and specialty chemical products.
Business
Plunging home prices will cut economic growth in the US more than the drop in stock prices this year, economists at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles, said.
Life
When Zhang Ximan bought her second car before the Olympics, she did not expect Beijing's vehicle restrictions to become permanent.
Sports
BOSTON: The Boston Celtics capped a night of celebration by opening the defence of their NBA crown with a rousing 90-85 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday.
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