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FBIS4-25276_0 | U.S. Supports Work of UN Special Envoy to Angola | BFN [Text] Luanda, June 8 (XINHUA) -- The United States holds that Luanda's agreement to accommodate the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) in a future cabinet is "an encouraging initiative." Speaking to the local press here today, U.S. Ambassador to Angola Joseph Schreiber said the Unite... |
FBIS4-25283_0 | Economists Expect More Cooperation With Southeast Asia | BFN [Text] Haikou, June 9 (XINHUA) -- More than 60 entrepreneurs and economists from 26 provinces and cities across China gathered in Haikou City, capital of Hainan Province, to discuss the prospects of cooperation with southeast Asian counterparts. At a symposium, the economists and entrepreneurs noted that the trade ... |
FBIS4-25285_0 | `More Respect, Less Threats' in U.S. Asia Policy Urged | BFN ["International Forum" column by Gu Ping (0657 1627): "More Respect, Less Threats"] [Text] The United States has adopted diplomatic measures one after another in Asia within a short period of only a few days: It reached agreement with Japan to resume trade talks, it renewed China's most-favored-nation [MFN] trading... |
FBIS4-25286_3 | Column Comments on U.S.-European Relations | ignominious end and had left their bad names that will stink through the ages. After the end of World War II, Western Europe was in a state of serious devastation and numerous tasks remained to be undertaken. The U.S. Marshall aid plan made considerable contributions to the rejuvenation in Europe. The Coal and Steel Un... |
FBIS4-25301_0 | Chen Muhua Meets Indonesian Parliament Speaker | BFN [Text] Jakarta, June 9 (XINHUA) -- Chen Muhua, vice chairman of the Chinese National People's Congress and chairman of the All- China Women's Federation, has stated that the women in the Asia Pacific region have played important role in political, economic and social affairs. Chen Muhua made the remarks here today ... |
FBIS4-25314_2 | Article Views Economic Efficiency, Investment | result: The port was left idle most of the time. In another case, some railways were built to transport local coal, but as none was available by the time they were completed, additional railways had to be constructed to transport other provinces' coal. One locality spent $36 million on importing a set of equipment to p... |
FBIS4-25315_0 | XINHUA Carries `Economic News in Brief' for 9 Jun | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 9 (XINHUA) -- Today's economic news in brief. Guilin Attracts More Overseas Investment Guilin, a city known for its superb landscape in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, boasts 385 overseas-funded enterprises, 200 of which are industrial projects. The city's overseas investment has broadened fr... |
FBIS4-25335_1 | Authorities Reportedly Detain Beijing Student 28 May | Was Detained by Police for Investigation After Visiting Ding Zilin"] [Text] Jiang Qisheng, former graduate student of the Chinese People's University and executive member of the student delegation to the dialogue with the government, was "kidnapped" by public security personnel on 28 May on campus after visiting Ding Z... |
FBIS4-25336_1 | Further on Investigation Into Dissident Bao Ge | investigation into prominent Chinese dissident, Bao Ge, who was detained on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a relative said Wednesday. Police told Bao's family that the dissident had "broken the law" and said, without further explanation, that an inquiry had been opened, the relative ... |
FBIS4-25337_1 | Article Attacks Western Concern for Human Rights | 1840. In that year, China fought a war with Britain called the "Opium War." Did the war have anything to do with "human rights?" The Chinese fought for the right to prevent themselves from opium poisoning. Perhaps the two sides stood by their own human rights. Was there justice in the matter? Anyway, China was defeated... |
FBIS4-25340_1 | Newsletter on Leadership, Hope Project Ties | about conditions at the kindergarten, primary, and secondary schools there. He praised Shanxi, saying Shanxi's building schools to solve children's schooling in impoverished areas was the right direction in implementing the "Hope Project." He pointed out: "Economic development and social progress, in the final analysis... |
FBIS4-25340_3 | Newsletter on Leadership, Hope Project Ties | old revolutionary areas and in impoverished areas. On 2 June 1994, Comrade Wang Zhen and his wife visited and donated 2,000 yuan to the foundation, saying the donation is to be used in the Bijie area. He made a stopover there during the Long March many years ago. ...... [ellipsis as published] Zhongnanhai is bound clos... |
FBIS4-25351_0 | Yunnan Governor Reports on Southeast Asia Trip | BFN [Text] The seventh session of the Standing Committee of the eighth provincial people's congress held its third plenary session yesterday afternoon, presided over by Congress Standing Committee Chairman Yin Jun. The plenary session listened to Governor He Zhiqiang's report on the Yunnan provincial delegation's visit... |
FBIS4-25362_0 | Investigation Into Air Disaster Continues `Quick Explanation' Ruled Out | BFN [By Ma Lie: "Search for Clues About Air Crash Continues"] [Text] Xian--The head of China Northwest Airlines, the operator of the Tupolev-154 jetliner that crashed on Monday near Xian killing all 160 people aboard, ruled out a quick explanation of the country's worst air mishap, citing a lack of information at this ... |
FBIS4-25374_3 | RENMIN RIBAO Interviews Russian Ambassador | the two countries for economic, trade, scientific and technological cooperation also formulated a series of measures for resolving problems appearing in the course of bilateral economic and trade cooperation. [Reporter] Last year, the volume of bilateral trade between China and Russia reached an all-time high, but it d... |
FBIS4-25375_0 | Qian Qichen Receives Burmese Religion Minister | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 7 (XINHUA) -- Chinese Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen met here today with a Buddhist delegation headed by the Myanmar [Burma] minister of religious affairs, Lieutenant-General Myo Nyunt. The delegation arrived here on June 5 to convey Buddha's tooth relic back to China. The sacred... |
FBIS4-25388_0 | Wu Yi Comments on Pros, Cons of Rejoining GATT | BFN [By staff reporter Zheng Zhihai (6774 1807 3189): "Wu Yi on General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Uruguay Round of Trade Talks"] [Text] China has been making a dynamic effort to restore its status as signatory to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [GATT] and has taken many courses of action to that end. B... |
FBIS4-25388_1 | Wu Yi Comments on Pros, Cons of Rejoining GATT | effects of "rejoining GATT" and believe that it will cause a rampant influx of foreign goods, in the face of which many of China's own industries will collapse. One should say that there are more pros than cons for us in "rejoining GATT." Today, when the world is moving toward multipolarization after the cold war, we c... |
FBIS4-25396_1 | MOFTEC Minister's Trip to U.S. Viewed | Up With Hong Kong's Economy The reason Hong Kong media paid so much attention to Wu Yi's Hong Kong visit is, first, because Hong Kong and Macao media were very concerned about the results of the minister's just-ended visit to the United States. The development trend of economic relations and trade between China and the... |
FBIS4-25396_2 | MOFTEC Minister's Trip to U.S. Viewed | success and that it laid a good foundation for the establishment of long-term, stable cooperative economic relations and trade between China and the United States. As an annual meeting between the Chinese and U.S. Governments, the meeting of the Sino-American Commerce and Trade Joint Commission was the most important m... |
FBIS4-25408_0 | Cambodia's Sihanouk Gives Interview in Beijing | BFN [Interview with King Norodom Sihanouk by correspondents (Li Bun) and (Yuan), on 6 June at his residence in Beijing -- recorded] [Text] [(Li Bun)] We are correspondents for China Radio International. [Sihanouk] Please come in. [Words indistinct] [laughter]. [(Li Bun)] We would like to thank Your Majesty for kindly g... |
FBIS4-25446_0 | Foreign Funding Sought for Pollution Cleanup Costs | BFN [By Susan Oh] [Text] The clean-up of China will cost US$200 billion, most of which must come from overseas investment according to Yu Yuefeng, vice-president of the China Association of Environmental Protection Industry. Mr Yu said it would cost $15 million to clean the city of Guangzhou alone. Pollution control wa... |
FBIS4-25452_7 | Army Leaders Study Deng Works Part 1 | more thought to the overall situation, frequently discuss important matters, be good at planning, and put most of our energy into thinking about the key positions and crucial links in the overall situation. Thereby we will be able to master the overall situation and guard against trying to handle big and small matters ... |
FBIS4-25452_10 | Army Leaders Study Deng Works Part 1 | to further consolidate and develop the socialist system. Stability is for guaranteeing the smooth development of reform, opening up, and economic construction and for the long-term peace and stability of the country. Comrade Deng Xiaoping especially stressed: "Of China's problems, that which surpasses all others is the... |
FBIS4-25453_15 | Army Leaders Study Deng Works Part 2 | has repeatedly stressed that we must uphold the policy of grasping with two hands and having a firm grip with both. On this question, for a very long period, we practiced "the omnipotence of the spiritual" and experienced very great suffering. After bringing order out of chaos, people detested empty prattle and respect... |
FBIS4-25460_0 | World Bank Aids Largest Waste Disposal Landfill Site | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 10 (XINHUA) -- China's largest garbage disposal site has been completed in Changping, a northeastern outskirt county of Beijing. Covering an area of 70 hectares, the landfill site was prepared with World Bank loans of 2.53 million U.S. dollars. It has the capacity to bury 2,000 tons of garbage ... |
FBIS4-25462_1 | Labor Disputes Occurring in Foreign-Funded Enterprises | and brought about economic prosperity in various localities. However, foreign-funded enterprises have also caused many problems. In recent years, cases of employer infringement of workers' rights and interests and personal freedom frequently occurred. For example, in a Taiwanese-funded shoe-making factory in Fujian Pro... |
FBIS4-25475_0 | Official Interviewed on `Shopping Basket' Project | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 9 (XINHUA) -- Total output in each category of meat, eggs, aquatic products and vegetables has increased 50 to 80 percent over the 1987 figures. In an interview with XINHUA reporters, the director of the All-China Office of the Shopping Basket Project Tang Yong said that thanks to the efforts o... |
FBIS4-25477_0 | High Technology Industry Develops in Fujian | BFN [Text] Fuzhou, June 9 (CNS) -- In improving its economy, Fujian, a resources-hungry province in south China, places its hopes on coastal cities of Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou as well as inland towns of Nanping and Sanming where new hi-tech industries are fast developing. --The province last year saw an o... |
FBIS4-25524_3 | Hainan Governor on Improving Government Work | of reform, will be adversely affected, and the smooth progress of reform as a whole will certainly be affected too. [Reporter] Is it for the purpose of enhancing government personnel's reform consciousness that you have clearly put forth this issue? [Ruan] Yes. Such consciousness is chiefly manifested in the following ... |
FBIS4-25562_0 | Survey of Students on Reform, West's `Interference' | BFN [By reporter Yin Hongzhu (1438 7703 4376)] [Text] Beijing, 11 Jun (XINHUA) -- A recent survey by the State Education Commission's relevant department shows that today's college students positively support the policy of reform and opening up and hope that the establishment of a socialist market economic system is ac... |
FBIS4-25575_0 | Survey of Students on Reform, West's `Interference' | BFN [By reporter Yin Hongzhu (1438 7703 4376)] [Text] Beijing, 11 Jun (XINHUA) -- A recent survey by the State Education Commission's relevant department shows that today's college students positively support the policy of reform and opening up and hope that the establishment of a socialist market economic system is ac... |
FBIS4-25595_0 | Foreign Investment Used To Develop Electricity | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 10 (XINHUA) -- Mainly by using foreign funds and imported power generating equipment, Huaneng International Power Development Corporation (HIPDC) has fast grown into a leading independent power producer (IPP) in the world. IPP refers to those specializing in power generation wherever it is nece... |
FBIS4-25596_8 | Journal Views Hot Spots in Foreign Exchange | to acquire such power. Some people say that the power to engage in foreign trade should be given but whether or not the enterprises export is for themselves to decide. Such a statement is incorrect. The purpose of granting enterprises with the conditions the power to engage in foreign trade is to enable them to make us... |
FBIS4-25596_10 | Journal Views Hot Spots in Foreign Exchange | Prices Due to the introduction of new pricing reform measures, the production costs of related products have increased and it is understandable to raise the prices of goods supplied for export appropriately but it is absolutely not allowed to exploit the advantage of reform and raise prices unscrupulously at will. Such... |
FBIS4-25677_0 | Dissident Threatens Hunger Strike Over Police Watch | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 14 (AFP)--Chinese dissident Wang Dan threatened Tuesday to go on hunger strike to protest the constant police surveillance to which he has been subjected since returning to Beijing at the weekend. In a telephone call to AFP, the former 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement student leader said he fe... |
FBIS4-25681_0 | Beijing To Stop `Hazardous Materials' Entering Country | BFN [Text] Nanjing, June 12 (XINHUA) -- Wang Yangzu, deputy director of the State Bureau of Environmental Protection, said that the Chinese Government will take measures to prevent hazardous waste materials from being shipped from overseas into its territory. Wang expressed the Chinese Government's stance against impor... |
FBIS4-25684_8 | RENMIN RIBAO Views Cultural Development | is false, ugly, and evil from the mainstream culture and from various aspects of it, such as culture for standardization, culture for appreciation of the beautiful, and culture of knowledge. The mainstream culture has an extremely great influence on the overwhelming majority of members of the society in their formation... |
FBIS4-25731_2 | Tianjin Reports Environment Protection Achievements | to show a 6 percent increase over 1992. The rate of industrial waste water disposal reached 81 percent, showing a 5 percent increase over 1992. The two norms mentioned above have been at the advanced level scored by the large cities throughout the country. The average urban noise pollution in 1993 was 59.7 decibels, sh... |
FBIS4-25746_0 | PWC Studies Proportional Representation | BFN [By Linda Choy in Beijing and Queenie Wang in Hong Kong] [Text] China's Hong Kong-based advisory body, the Preliminary Working Committee (PWC), will consider calls to change the territory's electoral system from a single-seat, single-vote model to proportional representation during its plenary session next month. T... |
FBIS4-25749_0 | `Roundup' Says Japanese Investments `Pour' Into Philippines | BFN ["Roundup" by Xiong Changyi: "More Japanese Investments Pour In Philippines"] [Text] Manila, June 13 (XINHUA) -- Hitachi poured 2.5 billion pesos (92.6 million U.S. dollars) in the Philippines to build its largest overseas plant in Asia to produce hard-disk drives and magnetic heads. Nissan inaugurated its 300 mill... |
FBIS4-25757_0 | U.S. Secretary Discusses Resolving Regional Conflicts | BFN [Text] Istanbul, June 10 (XINHUA) -- U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said today that U.S. hoped to resolve regional conflicts through peaceful means. Speaking at the ongoing ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) held here, Christopher said that "We face the most destructive... |
FBIS4-25781_0 | `News Analysis' Views Effect of WTO on U.S. Sovereignty | BFN ["News Analysis" by Wang Nan: "Will WTO Reduce or Enhance U.S. Sovereignty?"] [Text] Washington, June 14 (XINHUA) -- Washington never lost a war or won a treaty. To some lawmakers on capitol hill, this is still true. The treaty is the final pact of the Uruguay Round talks of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tra... |
FBIS4-25785_2 | MOFTEC Official Forecasts More Balanced Sino-U.S. Trade | two countries and has established an IPR protection legal system that represents the highest level of protection on IPR. "The government has taken notice of infringements of IPR, particularly in audio and video products, and has taken positive and effective measures to curb the violation," he said. He added that the U.... |
FBIS4-25788_1 | Article Welcomes Clinton Decision To Renew MFN Status | China as a potential opponent. Under these circumstances, the issue of MFN status, originally a subject of foreign relations, had evolved into one of the focuses of America's domestic political struggle. The annual review of China's MFN status became not only an annoyance to China, but a wrench American politicians use... |
FBIS4-25792_1 | Chen Muhua Addresses Asia-Pacific Women's Conference | the second Asian and Pacific ministerial conference on women in development, made the remarks at the ministerial meeting here today. She said that the governments and peoples in Asia and Pacific, an economically most dynamic region in today's turbulent and volatile world, have made their own efforts in implementing the... |
FBIS4-25823_1 | Dissident Threatens Hunger Strike Over `Harrassment' | I get some kind of guarantee of freedom of movement from the police, I will stage a hunger strike in protest," he said yesterday. Mr Wang said his mother had visited the local police station yesterday to inform them of his intention but so far they had received no reply Mr Wang said he had not yet decided how long his ... |
FBIS4-25881_0 | Columnist Views Hong Kong Stability | BFN ["Commentary on Hong Kong Affairs" column by Jiang Haizong (3068 3189 1350): "Stability Is What the Young People Want"] [Text] Hong Kong and mainland youth organizations recently conducted sample surveys of Hong Kong, Beijing, and Guangdong youths. The results of the surveys indicate that young people in these thre... |
FBIS4-25894_3 | Li Tieying Discusses Economic Reform | implemented under the conditions of internal and social stability. It is difficult to develop the economy in an uneasy political atmosphere and it is impossible to reform its management. It is obvious that one should not build a skyscraper on tectonically very active ground. It is also not possible to reform the manage... |
FBIS4-25895_11 | Minister Reports on Commodity Price Inspection | without approval. We must take it as an important task to ensure the smooth implementation of all reform plans, work conscientiously, resolutely stop the practice of marking up prices at every link of the marketing chain, and strictly minimize any chain effects. Cases of lawbreaking behavior, such as raising prices in ... |
FBIS4-25939_1 | `News Analysis' Views Challenges Facing Africa | acquires its special significance as it comes in the wake of the first all-race elections in South Africa, and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as its president. Reforms to end apartheid in Pretoria have brought about world acceptance and South Africa was formally welcomed as the newest member of the OAU on May 25. B... |
FBIS4-25948_0 | Dissident Begins Hunger Strike Protest | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 15 (AFP) -- Chinese dissident Wang Dan began a 48-hour hunger strike at his home here Wednesday to protest police harrassment and the government's refusal to democratise China's political system. "I have had enough of being constantly watched in contempt of the law, and I want to stand up for m... |
FBIS4-25950_2 | Journal Views Results of Students Survey | well as expressing and exchanging ideas, have decreased, and there is little deep pondering and research. Thus, there is no clear sign of any emerging political ideological trend and there is a certain degree of indifference and apathy. In the area of daily behavior, last year, the phenomenon of students breaking the l... |
FBIS4-25951_10 | Journal on Two Major Reform Principles | Harbin, Wuhan, and Guangzhou and linking Qinghai with Lanzhou and Urumqi; and large coal mines and hydraulic and thermal power plants in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia. The technical transformation in six old major industrial cities, including Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Wuhan, Dalian and Chongqing is being accel... |
FBIS4-25961_0 | Tax Breaks for State Firms To Hold Down Food Prices | BFN [By Cary Huang and Amy Liu] [Excerpt] China decided to grant a tax holiday for state-run firms involved in grain wholesales in a move to curb inflation fuelled by price rises on staple foods in recent months. The tax exemption which was begun early this month would last until the end of next year, according to an i... |
FBIS4-26014_0 | UNICEF Supports China's Health Education Program | BFN [Text] Haikou, June 16 (XINHUA) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has played an active role in China's health education program in recent years. From 1990 to 1993, it provided 1.2 million U.S. dollars to aid the program. China started the health education program in the early 1980s. The program is aime... |
FBIS4-26037_0 | Vice Minister Urges Heeding Flood Control Measures | BFN [By reporter Lu Yongjian (7773 3057 1696)] [Text] Beijing, 15 Jun (XINHUA) -- Members of the urban flood control inspection group formed by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters [SFCDRH] has returned to Beijing. He Jing, one of the group leaders, SFCDRH deputy commander, and vice minister of water... |
FBIS4-26044_3 | Journal Views Situation Regarding Religious Groups | activities. Shortages of bishops and clergymen is an outstanding question. Training should be given to those who are politically competent. If the question cannot be resolved temporarily, the responsible bishop can concurrently take up the job. Efforts should be stepped up in comprehensively handling the underground Ca... |
FBIS4-26059_0 | Official Reiterates Ban on Industrial Waste Imports | BFN [From the "Night News" program] [Text] As China has yet to promulgate and enforce a law on the control of pollution caused by solid wastes, there is a degree of difficulty in solving the problem of imported hazardous wastes. However, due to repeated occurrences of similar incidents, relevant state departments have ... |
FBIS4-26069_3 | Communique on Tibet Environmental Situation | In 1993, the volume of 200,000 cubic meters of cut timber was lower than that of the region's total forest growth. Tibet's grasslands continued to degenerate with decreasing grass growth and coverage area. There were serious problems of grass diseases and weed growth, as well as rat and insect pests in grassland region... |
FBIS4-26069_6 | Communique on Tibet Environmental Situation | into operations seven hydroelectric power stations with a generating capacity of 9,220 kilowatts, and added small hydroelectric power generators with a capacity of 3,225 kilowatts in rural areas. An additional 32 villages and 4,868 people were provided with power supply. The "Tibet Yangguang [sun] Plan" entered its sec... |
FBIS4-26072_1 | Inner Mongolia Article on Traders of Women | the know-how to enter society, they have the desire and courage to do so, and have become the main baggage of human traders. For instance, women from Sichuan comprise the majority of the women abducted and marketed in Qingshuihe County, and women from Mianyang area account for two-thirds of the total from Sichuan. Most... |
FBIS4-26076_0 | Gansu Benfits From Water, Soil Control Project | BFN [Text] Lanzhou, June 17 (XINHUA) -- People of northwest China's Gansu Province who have suffered a lot from water loss and soil erosion are now benefiting from a government water and soil control project. In the southern part of Gansu Province, which covers an area of 3,345 square kilometers, the poverty-stricken a... |
FBIS4-26093_0 | Zhejiang Discovers Imported Industrial Wastes From Japan | BFN [From the "Night News" program] [Text] At a time when the incidence of imported chemical wastes at Nanjing Port has not been satisfactorily solved, Ningbo Environmental Protection Department and Customs found another shipment of illegally imported hazardous industrial wastes at Ningbo Port. A check showed that the ... |
FBIS4-26116_0 | `Roundup' Views U.S. Relations With Western Europe | BFN ["Roundup" by staff reporter Zheng Yuanyuan (6774 0954 0954): "United States Wants Western Europe To Take On Greater Responsibilities"] [Text] Paris, 9 Jun (RENMIN RIBAO)--Clinton visited Italy, Britain, and France between 2 and 8 June. He attended commemoration activities for the 50th anniversary of the Allied lan... |
FBIS4-26118_2 | Column Urges Attention to Sihanouk Interview | stand. China calls on both parties to remain calm and restrained, and make every effort to resume dialogue as early as possible so as to avoid further deterioration in the situation. At least people should not resort to "Cold War" brinkmanship [zhan zheng bian yuan de leng zhan 2069 3630 6708 4878 4104 0397 2069]. Jimm... |
FBIS4-26140_0 | Illegal Chemical Waste Shipment Returned to ROK | BFN [From the "Current Affairs" program] [Text] China has vowed to prevent hazardous waste materials from being allowed into the country. China Radio's Song Danqi recently interviewed the deputy director of the State Bureau of Environmental Protection. Wu Jia has the report: The Chinese Government is taking measures to... |
FBIS4-26171_0 | Li Peng Presides Over High-Level Meeting on Floods | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 20 (XINHUA) -- Chinese Premier Li Peng presided over a meeting here today to draw up detailed plans for flood relief and prevention work in some southern Chinese provinces and autonomous regions. Other Chinese Communist Party and government officials, including vice-premiers Zou Jiahua and Li L... |
FBIS4-26173_0 | Chen Junsheng Warns To Prepare for `Big Floods' | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 18 (XINHUA) -- State Councilor Chen Junsheng today called on China's flood-fighting forces to be ready for any big floods that may appear. Presiding over a conference at the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, which he heads, Chen also urged authorities to do a good job in floo... |
FBIS4-26184_1 | Wang Dan Comments on 48 Hour Hunger Strike Police Increase Surveillance | hunger strike finished at 9 pm on Friday, the police remained in position yesterday to ensure foreign reporters could not get to see Mr Wang. Speaking by telephone, Mr Wang admitted his protest had achieved no positive result and he was at a loss to know what to do next. "I have no plans at the moment. I will have to t... |
FBIS4-26192_1 | `Syndicates' Seek To Use Territory for Nuclear Trade | In the United States, FBI director Louis Freeh and the CIA head, James Woolsey, have repeatedly voiced their concern about the threat of organised crime hoarding stockpiles of nuclear material capable of being used in terrorism. The problem stems from the collapse of security in the former Soviet bloc and the formidabl... |
FBIS4-26194_0 | Shanghai Hospital Announces Stomach Cancer Therapy | BFN [Text] Shanghai, June 20 (XINHUA) -- Adding iodized oil to an arterial infusion of chemicals is effective in treating late-stage gastric carcinoma (cancer of the stomach), according to physicians at the Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to the Shanghai Medical Sciences University. The morbidity rate of stomach cancer i... |
FBIS4-26198_0 | Vice Minister Discusses Industrial Policies Documents | BFN [By reporter Li Anding (2621 1344 1353)] [Text] Beijing, 16 Jun (XINHUA) -- The State Council recently promulgated the "Outlines of the State's Industrial Policy for the Nineties" and the "Policy for the Automobile Industry." The State Council Information Office held a news conference for Chinese and foreign report... |
FBIS4-26199_1 | Official Denies Sale of State Firms to Foreign Investors | areas, the State Council plans to expand its verification of State-owned firms' assets nationwide. The move is of crucial importance in the development of a socialist market economy, since it provides accurate information about assets. He pointed out that it is untrue that the government plans to encourage domestic and... |
FBIS4-26244_0 | Reportage On Provincial Flood Situation Damage in Guangdong, Guangxi | BFN [Text] Qingyuan, June 20 (CNS) -- The worst damage was caused by an extraordinarily serious flood in Qingyuan, a city in Guangdong Province, in the last 100 years. Initial statistics showed that at least 87 persons died because of floods and the direct economic loss was over RMB 1.3 billion [renminbi] as of today. ... |
FBIS4-26245_0 | Reportage On Provincial Flood Situation Floods Continue in Guangdong, Hunan | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 20 (XINHUA) -- Floods continue to have serious effects in Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Information from the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters revealed that the flood peak on the Xijiang River today reached G... |
FBIS4-26259_4 | Inner Mongolia Secretary on Aiding Poor | the cooperation of the masses to develop or build the projects of casting off poverty and becoming wealthy. In view of the autonomous region, measures to conduct capital construction among farm fields and pastoral farms and to build the projects of ecological benefits should be adopted to improve the productive conditi... |
FBIS4-26298_0 | Moscow, Washington To Tear Down Trade Obstacles | BFN [Text] Moscow, June 20 (XINHUA) -- Russian Foreign Economic Relations Minister Oleg Davydov is to hold talks with U.S. officials in Washington on the removal of obstacles in bilateral trade-economic relations, the official ITAR-TASS NEWS AGENCY said today. The talks, scheduled to begin on Tuesday [21 June] within t... |
FBIS4-26299_0 | Article Hails UNDP 1994 Report | BFN [By Cai Hong: "UN Gives `Security' a Global Definition"] [Text] Security as used by the media often conveys protection from external aggression -- protection from nuclear annihilation, for example -- or it suggests blue-helmeted peacekeepers of the UN whose job it is to keep warring factions apart. In a more fundam... |
FBIS4-26328_7 | Bo Yibo Writes Ethics Education Book Preface | of the party's basic line -- "one central task and two basic points," and adhering to the principle of grasping two links at the same time and of taking a tough stand on both become a key aspect of our endeavor to successfully build the two civilizations. 2) We must persist in paying equal attention to building the two... |
FBIS4-26330_0 | Labor Activist Wang Jiaqi Details Escape From China | BFN [By a correspondent in New York] [Text] A Chinese labour activist has described his dramatic escape from a detention centre. Wang Jiaqi, who fled to Hong Kong on April 17, arrived in New York City on Sunday after spending time in another Western country. In his first interview since leaving China, Mr Wang, a gradua... |
FBIS4-26334_5 | Regulations on Registration of Vessels | ship operator, as well as the name of its legal representative, if the shipowner does not actually use or control the vessel; and (11) Information on any mortgage arrangements if the vessel has been mortgaged. Where the application does not conform to the provisions in these regulations, the shipping registration offic... |
FBIS4-26335_2 | Report on Crime, Punishment for 1-17 Jun | rural despots, hooligans, and other evil forces, especially robbery gangs and criminal organizations close to the underworld; two, train robbers, highwaymen, priates, and those engaged in murder, robbery, causing explosions, and rape using force; three, serious criminals guilty of destroying railroads and telecommunica... |
FBIS4-26365_2 | Editorial Attacks U.S. Human Rights Report | War in the 1960's, in which troops were sent to fire on students in their campuses, are still fresh in people's minds. The various kinds of criminals imprisoned in the United States far outnumber those in China on a per capita basis, so on what basis is the United States criticizing China for its punishment of criminal... |
FBIS4-26365_3 | Editorial Attacks U.S. Human Rights Report | are in precisely those areas where China has performed much better than the United States. Take the so-called discrimination against women in China as an example. The status and rights of Chinese women are much better than those of American women. The United States also describes China as a country in which the people'... |
FBIS4-26365_4 | Editorial Attacks U.S. Human Rights Report | and objective stance, he will be able to note that China's human rights conditions are constantly improving. New China has enabled one-fifth of the world's population to shake off the position of having no human rights at all and of being bullied, humiliated, and slaughtered by foreign hegemonists at will. Since the fo... |
FBIS4-26366_0 | Clinton Insists on Universal-Coverage Health Plan | BFN [Text] Washington, June 20 (XINHUA) -- U.S. President Bill Clinton stressed here today that he expects changes to be made in his health care reform bill, but he remains adamant that it must be universal, meaning covering all Americans. Clinton who is expected to lobby heavily for his health reform package this week... |
FBIS4-26393_0 | Death Toll Reportedly Rises to 719 | BFN [Text] Beijing, June 22 (AFP)--The death toll from flooding in southern and eastern China in the past two weeks rose to 719 Wednesday, with another 14,400 people injured, the ministry of civil affairs said. The ministry said in a statement more than 61.3 million people had been affected by the flooding in six provi... |
FBIS4-26395_0 | Labor Activists, Peace Charter Signatories Disappear | BFN [By Tseng Hui-yen (2582 1979 3601 ): "Liu Nianchun and Zhang Ling From the League for Guaranteeing Laborers' Rights Disappear One After Another"] [Text] Liu Nianchun, instigator of the "League for Guaranteeing Laborers' Rights" [LGLR] in Mainland China and convener of the Peace Charter, has disappeared from Jiangsu... |
FBIS4-26407_0 | Work To Start on Huang He Dam Project | BFN [Text] Zhengzhou, June 22 (XINHUA) -- Construction is to start soon on an irrigation and power-generation project on China's second-longest river, the Yellow River [Huang He]. The Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Project is claimed to be the second-largest water-conservancy scheme after the Three Gorges Dam on the Chang Jia... |
FBIS4-26428_7 | Henan Rules on Arrangements for Ex-Convicts | who have been released after serving their sentences and persons who have been released from re-education through labor -- if they were taken away by others while such persons were serving their sentences or receiving re-education through labor -- are to be returned to them, and in case of any damage, compensation is t... |
FBIS4-26431_0 | Tibet Makes Native Language Compulsory Subject | BFN [Text] Lhasa, June 21 (XINHUA) -- The teaching of the Tibetan language in the Tibet Autonomous Region has become a compulsory course in all schools here, using unified textbooks. Local officials said that efforts to popularize the language began a decade ago when the central government stressed the importance of pr... |
FBIS4-26438_5 | Shanxi Regulations on Extra-Budgetary Funds | accordance with the stipulated procedures, the charges, their range, and their levels shall be publicly announced. Article 14 -- A licensing system will be implemented for administrative and institutional charges. The departments and units levying the charges should take the approval documents to the specified pricing ... |
FBIS4-26441_0 | Qinghai Vice Governor on War on Poverty | BFN [Text] Xining, June 20 (XINHUA) -- Qinghai, one of China's poor provinces in the northwest, has declared that the province will get rid of poverty by the end of 2000. Located on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, Qinghai has harsh natural conditions and is often hit by natural disasters. According to Ma Yuanbiao, vice-gove... |
FBIS4-26469_0 | Further Decline of Dollar Predicted Long-Term Impact on Hong Kong | BFN [By Simon Fluendy] [Text] Few will need reminding that the direction of the United States dollar has a big effect on world equity and bond markets. On Monday night equity prices around the world dived on the back of a weakening dollar. But if that bad news was not enough to wreck what was left of Hong Kong's sentim... |
FBIS4-26515_5 | Henan Regulations on Conscription Work | service registration and collect their "military service registration papers." Draft-age male citizens who collect military service registration papers, but who cannot enlist in the Army that year, should go to the original registration stations for verification. Article 13: For male citizens of the right age who, owin... |
FBIS4-26540_1 | Inner Mongolia's Development of Power Industries Noted | forced to suspend production; the coal pits under three bureaus and one mine in the eastern part of the region are running under capacity, and are difficult to move ahead; and only one-fourth of the dressed coal produced by Dongsheng and the "white coal" produced by Gulaben which are famous at home and abroad can be tr... |
FBIS4-26566_0 | Editorial Urges Britain To Improve Attitude | BFN [Editorial: "Abandon Confrontation, Resume Negotiations"] [Text] On 12 June, a spokesman for the British Foreign Office revealed to the press in Hong Kong that British Foreign Office Minister Alastair Goodlad would visit China in July. He said that the details of Goodlad's visit would be made public in late June an... |
FBIS4-26573_0 | Taipei Holding Strategic Trade Talks With U.S. | BFN [By Lilian Wu] [Text] Taipei, June 23 (CNA) -- Republic of China [ROC] trade and defense officials will discuss the control of certain high-tech exports with their U.S. counterparts when the two sides meet for strategic trade consultations in Washington on Tuesday [28 June] and Wednesday. Since the two sides signed... |
FBIS4-26582_5 | RENMIN RIBAO on State Industrial Policy | industrial policy is extensively understood and recognized. It is necessary to study and understand what the "Outline" requires and enhance our consciousness in implementing it from the perspective of quickly and successfully pushing forward the development of the entire economy and establishing a socialist market econ... |
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