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Vice-Premier Li Keqiang and other senior officials meet representatives of Bank of China at a ceremony marking the bank's 100th anniversary in Beijing on Friday. Li said China will continue its policy of opening up to the outside world and encourage its enterprises to compete equally in the process. Huang Jingwen / Xinhua
BEIJING - China will continue its policy of opening-up to the outside world and encourage its enterprises to participate in equal competition in that process, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.
Nation
BEIJING - China is expected to eradicate new polio cases in October when it finishes vaccinating nearly 30 million people, a senior health official said.
Comment
Russia has taken over the rotating chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2012 and will host this year's APEC Leaders' Week in Vladivostok. For Russia this honor comes with a great sense of responsibility. Just as Russia is an integral part of the vast and forward-reaching Asia-Pacific region, which is crucial for the socio-economic development of Russia, especially Siberia and the Far East. Therefore, one of the country's top priorities is to promote trade and investment cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries and to actively participate in regional integration.
World
WARSAW - Poland's 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, whose simple words and playful verse plucked threads of irony and empathy out of life, has died. She was 88.
Business
BEIJING - The pace of expansion in China's non-manufacturing sector weakened in January, dragged down by the cooling housing market, indicating a continued economic slowdown.
Good Weekend Guide
The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing is in the heart of the Central Business District, close to government and corporate offices in the capital city, offering all the amenities business travelers need to work, socialize, entertain and relax.
Life
Ablackboard welcomes customers at a small shop tucked away in Shanghai with the message: "Every exchanged good has its own story.
Sports
Three men will pull on an England senior shirt for the first time and walk out proudly together to face Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday, but the routes they have taken to get there could not have been more different.
