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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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China's ambitious reform of its power sector entered a new phase yesterday after the state said that about 70 per cent of counties had unified electricity tariffs between rural and urban areas.
New rules covering genetically modified products will take effect from March 20, China's Ministry of Agriculture said in a notice carried in state-run media, ending six months of uncertainty that has disrupted soybean trade with the U.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Though not very numerous, the industrial proletariat represents China's new productive forces, is the most progressive class in modern China and has become the leading force in the revolutionary movement.
China's early enthusiasm for a new role as producer of art for global capitalism contrasts to frequent resistance to its role as consumer within an international cultural economy.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), its increasing openness to foreign investment, and its improved relations with the global community has created new opportunities for US firms.
Joe and the New York delegation helped foster trade relations between New York businesses and China's developing private business sector.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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China's offical news agency reports that during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), under the emperors Qianlong and Jiaqing, Xiyuangualu lychees served as tributes to the Imperial Court and were dubbed "the king of fruit.
In other news: Two more of China's top swimmers_Shan Ying and Zhou Jiawei_tested positive for steroids and were suspended.
The New York Times reported Oct 21 that when President Bush and China's President Jiang Zemin met at the Asian summit in Shanghai, they put aside long-standing differences on human rights issues, instead "emphasizing their new cooperation.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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During much of China's history, the collapse of a dynasty or the accession of a weak ruler would often result in the country's fragmentation into smaller kingdoms until re-united once again under a new powerful dynasty.
Cyanide and mercury contamination from China's new gold mines will threaten traditional nomadic homelands.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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China's cities were centers for education and scientific research, an example of how a society should reinvest it's surplus product, into research to discover new technologies that further increased the societies potential relative population-density.
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