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CHINA DAILY - Tuesday July 28,2009
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WASHINGTON: China and the United States said they are resolved to move their relationship forward, as high-level talks began yesterday in Washington between the two nations.
US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Vice-Premier Wang Qishan during an economic summit yesterday in Washington.   AFP
Nation
Mobile phone users in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region received their first text messages in more than 20 days on Sunday night after the service, which had been suspended following the deadly July 5 riot in Urumqi, was resumed.
China Scene
Superstitious suspect held days before eclipse
Insight
Beijing is heading for garbage overload. Its 23 existing waste treatment plants are already working above capacity and trash piles are expanding by 8 percent every year.
Comment
On July 17, the Japanese cabinet approved the White Paper on Defense for 2009 in a meeting. As usual, the content of the 427-page paper was roughly the same as that of the preceding year. The few new points, from which people can easily detect the "special" policy messages, cover mainly two aspects. First, while focusing on playing up the "threat" from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and China, it emphasizes the complexity and hazards of the surrounding security environment. Second, it goes all out to promote the legitimacy and need for adjusting the defense policy of Japan.
Opinion
Casual observers could be forgiven for wondering what the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), which began in Washington yesterday, means or if it would yield any desired result at all.
International
SCHWYZ, Switzerland: A century and a quarter after a master cutler set out to supply Swiss soldiers with a survival tool, the iconic Swiss Army knife still adjusts gun sights, cuts cheese and opens cans.
Business
China's per-capita expenditure for consumption increased 8.9 percent year-on-year in the first-half despite a registered unemployment of 9.06 million urban residents amid the economic recession.
Suzhou Expo Special
China's exhibition industry has grown along with the nation's breathtaking development, registering annual growth of 20 to 30 percent since the mid 1990s.
Life
When photographer Hei Ming looks at pictures taken in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum in the 1960s and now, one thing in particular strikes him. Photos taken during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) often show people holding small books of quotations from former Chairman Mao Zedong, a daily necessity at that time.