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China quake rebuilding to cost $147 billion
The Associated PressBEIJING — China's government estimates it will cost $147 billion to rebuild from the massive earthquake that struck the central part of the country in May, according to state media. The National Development and Reform Commission's draft...Tags: Disasters, Renovation, Olympic Games, Earthquakes
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Bush: No One Should Fear Religious Freedom
Associated PressBEIJING -- President Bush juggled sports, strife and diplomacy Sunday on his whirlwind Olympic adventure. In a clear reference to China's tight control of churches, Bush emerged from a church service saying no country should "fear the influence" of...Tags: Heads of State, George H.W. Bush, Civil Rights, Government, Protestant
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Chinese architects the winners in Games
Times Architecture CriticEnough landscapers to fill a green army have been swarming over this city in recent weeks, sticking rows of saplings in traffic medians and rolling out fresh sod seemingly by the mile. If they've been visibly laboring -- there is no deadline more solid...Tags: Diplomacy, Beijing Games, Robert Venturi, International Relations, Multi-Sport Events
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China's Booming Economy Shows Signs Of Weakening
Associated PressChangshu Zhongjiang Import-Export Co., a clothing exporter in Suzhou, west of Shanghai, is accustomed to double-digit annual revenue growth. This year, with its key U.S. export market limping, sales have fallen an alarming 10 percent. Changshu, with...Tags: Sales, Petroleum Industry, Exports, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Inflation and Deflation
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Save the tiger
Bucking thousands of years of lore about the medicinal value of tiger bones for treating such ailments as rheumatism, in 1993 China agreed to ban all trade in parts and products from the endangered animals. Since then, Chinese demand for tiger bones has...Tags: Conservation, Farms, Medicine, Government, National Government
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Two quakes, two Chinas
The first time I experienced an earthquake, I was living in a different country, and I mean that in a couple of ways. It was Aug. 16, 1976, and I had just turned 12. I was doing my homework in our house in central China when everything began to shake. My...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Disasters, Public Holidays, Government, Earthquakes
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China earthquake
++++++++++++++++++++ || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ A powerful earthquake buried 900 students in central China on Monday and killed at least 107 people, as several schools and a water tower collapsed in the tremor, state media reported. The 7.8-magnitude...Tags: Industrial Accidents, Disasters, Water Supply, Summer Olympics, Multi-Sport Events
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Beijing simmering over 'the Egg'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's the building Beijing residents love to hate. The dome of the new National Center for the Performing Arts glows luminescent as it emerges from a reflecting pool like a pearl or a rising sun. At least that's the impression the French architects of...Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Cultural Development, Music, Lincoln Center, Public Holidays
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China takes aim at its smoggy skies
Tribune senior business correspondentFirst in a series GUANGZHOU, China — The Pearl River Delta was the incubator of China's economic transformation, where special economic zones gave free markets a fighting chance against central government control.With the rise of industrial development...Tags: Beverage Industry, Government, Human Rights, Alternative Energy, Prices
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As New Year nears, China is snowed in
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBeijing When much of the world's most populous country grinds to a weather-induced halt, chaos quickly follows. When it occurs just before Chinese New Year, a time when millions of migrant workers rush home for their only visit of the year, the human...Tags: Weather Reports, Health and Safety at School, Emergency Planning, Public Holidays, Local Authority
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City Hall is a class struggle
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen Joaquin Lim landed in the northern Chinese city of Dalian a few months ago, a smiling airport official immediately ushered him off the plane and through immigration and customs before the rest of the passengers could even empty the cabin. When Lim...Tags: Censorship, Government, Values, International Business Machines Corporation, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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China takes aim at smoggy skies
Tribune chief business correspondentFirst in an occasional series GUANGZHOU, China—The Pearl River Delta was the incubator of China's economic transformation, where special economic zones gave free markets a fighting chance against central government control. With the rise of...Tags: Beverage Industry, Government, Alternative Energy, Human Rights, Prices
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