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Top News

Bush offers peace pact to DPRK
SYDNEY: The United States would consider a peace treaty with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if it gave up its nuclear weapons program, US President George W. Bush said on Friday.

Missing girl's mother named suspect

Favorable loans promised

Horse head auction could raise hackles

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News

US poultry chief urges fair deal for China
A recent US provision that effectively blocks China's poultry exports to the country leaves an impression that it was "made on political grounds," a top American poultry industry representative said on Friday.

WWF to help preserve Yellow Sea ecosystem

Hu seeks progress on N-talks

West 'hypocritical' on China-Sudan ties

A hero remembered with utmost respect and fondness

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Nation

State comes to crime victims' help with funds
Chinese judicial departments are piloting a State compensation system in more than 10 provinces to help crime victims and their dependants in a bid to extend it across the country.

Trade firms get credit ratings

College freshmen enter campus with contrasting lifestyles

Work on high-speed railway to Tianjin running on schedule

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Comment

Good manners vital to nation's pride
From numerous exhibitions to the FIFA Women's World Cup next week, Beijing Olympics next year and Shanghai World Expo in 2010, China is hosting more international events than ever before.

House owners' right

Threat of rabies

Charity rules need review

Zhejiang sets good example

Public opinion on bus routes

Reform of institutions

Art is beyond ethnicity

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Life

This brew's got some kick
GUANGZHOU: The city's preeminent association for female expats may not be the first place one would expect to find fans of one of Guangzhou's more low-key cultural exports. But over the years, an increasing number of members of the Guangzhou Women's International Club (GWIC) have been embracing the art of kungfu tea (gongfu cha) with a passion.

A guide to kungfu tea

Who's in

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Life Pulse

Maestro's greatest hits
Beijing Symphony Orchestra will give a concert featuring the arias of renowned Chinese composer Jin Xiang's operas at the Beijing Concert Hall on September 15. Tan Lihua will take the baton, while sopranos Han Yanwen and You Hongfei, tenors Ding Yi and Wei Song will perform.

Listings: Guangzhou

Listings: Beijing

Listings: Shanghai

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China Scene

Letter from Dabancheng: Where are the beautiful girls?
Most tourism officials would kill for a song like "Girls of Dabancheng," a folk song so popular that no amount of money can buy the publicity it generates.

China Scene: East

China Scene: West

China Scene: North

China Scene: South

China Scene: Central

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Davos@Dalian

Equity Office moves in on Yida Group
Equity Office, the US commercial property developer acquired by Blackstone Group LP in February, is close to buying Northeast China's Yida Group, the largest developer of software parks in China.

Nokia logs on to convergence

Special Supplement: Park adds to auto city's allure

Special Supplement: Building a national bio-industry base

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International

Website to show new bin Laden video
An Islamist website said on Friday it would soon show a new video of Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden - the first for nearly three years - to mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States.

Typhoon batters Tokyo, moves on

Planes search through night for missing US millionaire

Corruption cases reopened against former PM Sharif

APEC agrees on climate statement

Around the World: Iraq

Around the World: Algeria

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Australia Apec Special

Australian ambassador lauds multifaceted ties with China
We welcome China Daily's publication of this Australia APEC Special to commemorate Australia's hosting of the 2007 APEC summit, during which time we will welcome President Hu Jintao to Australia for his second visit as China's head of state.

AustCham Beijing: Taking bilateral trade to new heights

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Sports

Fall guy Yang snatches 2nd gold for China
STUTTGART, Germany: Yang Wei survived a fall from the high bar to give China their second gold medal of the world gymnastics championships here on Friday.

Score board

Djokovic, Ferrer in uncharted territory

Manning lifts Colts past Saints

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Davos@Dalian

Harmonious growth key to sustainable economy
China's attempt to balance its remarkable growth and capital account must be done in harmony with its domestic social-economic climate, officials and experts said.

Today's agenda

A level playing field

Home work catches on

A new engine revs up in the west

Queen Rania calls for more understanding

Top business leaders meet

Fighting climate change the wheel deal

The game of jacking up rankings

The brains behind latest software starts with people

Steelmaker forges ahead

Innovation pays dividends

Optimism for business opportunity

China, leading by example

Cooperation, not agitation key to good relations

Why choose China?

In the business of closer partnerships

Special Supplement: Industrial base reborn into the technological age

Special Supplement: Advanced and competitive

Special Supplement: Innovative know-how behind Dalian's top products

Special Supplement: Software belt spurs city's development

Special Supplement: Many positives for Lushun South Road software industrial belt

Special Supplement: Port on path to become another 'Silicon Valley'

Special Supplement: Dalian meeting an industry demand

Special Supplement: Homegrown automaker gears up for brilliant development

Special Supplement: When the waters engulf the sun and sky

Special Supplement: Xi'an launches projects to draw investors

Special Supplement: Hi-tech zone drives city's economic growth

Special Supplement: Embedded software: New engine for Neusoft

Special Supplement: Software companies welcome in Pudong park