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Eighty Percent of Petitions Are Reasonable, Say Chinese Authorities – Bai Dehua

From China Times, summarized and translated by CDT: Among numerous group petitions and repetitive petitions in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, 80 percent were reasonable and legitimate, said Li Zhi, CCP Secretary General of Urumqi. In recent years, over half of the petitions in Urumqi were about demolition and relocation. Those […]

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Taiwan Ineligible for WHO Membership – Xinhua

From Xinhua via China.org: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang on Sunday condemned the Taiwan leadership’s attempts to enter the World Health Organization (WHO), decrying the fact that the island is simply “not eligible” to join the UN agency. Qin made the remarks when asked to comment on Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian’s formal application to […]

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Fight Between Beverage Giants Spills Out in Public – xinhua

From People’s Daily: The dispute between Chinese beverage company Wahaha and its French partner Danone took another unusual and very pubic twist on Friday with the Wahaha president admitting he made mistakes but insisting the original contract he signed isn’t valid. Wahaha’s president Zong Qinghou says the original agreement between the two beverage giants was […]

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