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China’s women still
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BEIJING: Mao Zedong famously said China’s women hold up half the
sky,
but they certainly do not control half of the country’s political
power.
The annual session of the
nation’s parliament, which opened this week, yielded a familiar
sight: rows and rows of men in dark suits and red ties, with only a
few female lawmakers breaking up the monotony.
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Barometer fair
suggests slowdown in trade with US
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SHANGHAI: A traditional commodity
fair in east China, conventionally regarded as a barometer of the
nation’s foreign trade, reported less demands from American
businessmen than expected,...
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New policy
discourages smokestack industries
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BEIJING: China has been reforming
its policies in an effort to discourage overseas investment in
energy-intensive, polluting and resource-based ventures—the
so-called smokestack industries.
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China to establish
stock market for growth enterprises
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BEIJING: China will establish a
stock market for growth enterprises this year, said premier Wen
Jiabao while delivering a government work report here Wednesday.
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ANALYSIS
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2003-2008, first
term of Hu and Wen
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On Wednesday, Wen Jiabao,
China’s prime minister, delivered the government work report at
the first session of the 11th National People’s Congress to show
what have been achieved in his first five-year term...
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Mandarin courses to
preserve RP’s links to Chinese investors
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Tsinoys and Chinese-education
heads are pushing for an optional
Mandarin language class to be
offered in select public schools across the Philippines, a
Chinese-Filipino group said.
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China to host
annual French film festival
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BEIJING: A selection of 21 recent
French films will be shown at the Fifth French Film Panorama, which
is to open in Beijing on April 10, according to the French embassy
here.
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China invests in
protecting cultural heritage
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BEIJING: China has invested a
total of 236 million yuan (about $32 million) over the last five
years in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, the culture
ministry said.
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