China News People's Daily Online, All rights reserved! http://english.people.com.cn en-us Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:54:38 +0800 144 58 http://english.people.com.cn http://english.people.com.cn/images/en/top_logo_e.gif http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will contribute nearly $1 million to help alleviate poverty in China, a senior ADB economist has said. 2007-7-3 10:04:27 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html 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. 2007-7-3 10:04:04 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html 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. 2007-7-3 10:01:54 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html 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. 2007-7-3 10:00:39 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html 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. 2007-7-3 10:00:31 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=1246576928&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_1246576928.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389625.html Chinese President Hu Jintao appointed a new ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva on Monday. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:58:35 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389625&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389625.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389624.html "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. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:58:33 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389624&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389624.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/03/eng20070703_389623.html 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. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:58:24 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389623&link=/200707/03/eng20070703_389623.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389564.html Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, starting a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:48:47 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389564&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389564.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389542.html China's Supreme Court President Xiao Yang met with his Nepalese counterpart Dilip Kumar Paudel in Beijng Monday. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:28:48 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389542&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389542.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389538.html 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:04:10 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389538&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389538.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389537.html Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan met in Beijing Monday with Sadikov Najmaddin, chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:59:04 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389537&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389537.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389528.html 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). Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:47:32 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389528&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389528.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389527.html The foundation-laying ceremony of the Timor-Leste Presidential Palace funded by the Chinese government was held in Dili Monday. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:47:30 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389527&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389527.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389517.html 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:22:52 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389517&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389517.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389516.html 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:22:50 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389516&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389516.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389515.html 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:22:49 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389515&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389515.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389505.html 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:37:46 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389505&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389505.html http://english.people.com.cn/200707/02/eng20070702_389504.html 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:37:37 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=389504&link=/200707/02/eng20070702_389504.html