China NewsUPDATED: 10:54, July 03, 2007 |
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will contribute nearly $1 million to help alleviate poverty in China, a senior ADB economist has said. Soil erosion is becoming a major problem in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as excessive herding and farming have outpaced the government's conservation efforts. East and Southwest China can expect more rainstorms triggering possible floods, while the North and Northeast can expect frequent showers that will ease drought in the two areas, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said yesterday. A group of armed gangsters in South China's Guangdong Province beat up about 300 migrant workers who had gone on strike to demand unpaid salaries. One worker is in a critical condition and others were injured, the Chongqing Morning Post reported. The 17 joint exercises of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) with foreign troops in the past five years are a sign of the increasing foreign exchanges of the force and enhancing its capabilities to deal with non-traditional threats like terrorism, the PLA Daily reported yesterday. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi reached Pyongyang yesterday on a three-day visit to discuss bilateral ties and to try to resolve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. The newly approved Labor Contract Law will not undermine the investment environment although it will better protect workers' interests and rights, China's top trade union body said yesterday. Chinese President Hu Jintao appointed a new ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva on Monday. "We wish everyone will like it,"said Chinese architect Ren Lizhi, referring to the new African Union (AU) conference center he presented to the African heads of state and government here Sunday at the opening of the 9th African Union Summit. China and Russia can enhance exchange and cooperation between women in a bid to promote bilateral relations and stimulate substantial cooperation, said Gu Xiulian, president of the All-China Women's Federation, in Moscow on Monday. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, starting a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Chinese and Cambodian officials in Phnom Penh on Monday signed the certificate to hand over a batch of computers and printers provided by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China for the Cambodian National Assembly. China's Supreme Court President Xiao Yang met with his Nepalese counterpart Dilip Kumar Paudel in Beijng Monday. Sheng Huaren, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), met here Monday with a delegation composed of assistants from U.S.-China Working Group under the U.S. House of Representatives. Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan met in Beijing Monday with Sadikov Najmaddin, chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. A "ROK Friendship Week" will be held in north China's port city of Tianjin from July 8 to 12 in a bid to strengthen the economic and cultural links between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK). The foundation-laying ceremony of the Timor-Leste Presidential Palace funded by the Chinese government was held in Dili Monday. Senior Chinese legislator Uyunqimg met in Beijing Monday with visiting Slovakian Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky, exchanging ideas on bilateral cooperation in military and other areas. Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Prime Minister Miegombyn Enkhbold and Chairman of Parliament Danzan Lundeejantsan on Monday morning met separately with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on strengthening cooperation between the two countries. Chinese employees' legal rights, such as their employment contract, overtime pay and safe working conditions are not adequately protected, China Youth Daily reported in Beijing Monday. Now that the vast majority of Chinese civilians have adopted western-style clothes and trendy urbanites on the hunt for cool items in tune with world fashion trends, the 2.3 million people serving in the country's military are also doing a style catch-up. China's armed forces will dress up all servicemen in new uniforms within three years, said general Liao Xilong, chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Logistics Department, in an interview with Xinhua. Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan held talks Monday with his Slovakian counterpart Frantisek Kasicky, exchanging views on enhancing cooperation between the two armed forces. A delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (ROK) will pay a visit to China from July 5 to 10, said a press release from China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday. The China Southern Airlines Monday opened an air route from Guangzhou to Yangon, bringing the total number of air links between China and Myanmar to three. Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said on Sunday that during Portugal's European Union (EU) six-month presidency he will give priority to European reform, EU ties with China, Russia and Brazil. President Hu Jintao made a speech yesterday at the meeting marking the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the third government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The following is the full text: The management of the country's fresh water supplies should now be a major national priority and handled as a "State project", Premier Wen Jiabao said. The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Parachute Brigade August First Team yesterday treated Hong Kong people to a morning of thrills and excitement with their superb skills. SHENZHEN: Showers could not dampen the enthusiasm of 10,000 students who gathered in this southern city to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland yesterday. |
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