A senior US official says the US and China are working jointly to cut off financial channels to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, or ETIM.
US Treasury's Under-Secretary for Enforcement, Jimmy Gurule, says ETIM will be suspended from any relation with US financial institutes.
The United States has placed ETIM on the list of terror groups earlier this year.
Gurule added that since last year, the US has identified more than 200 organizations and individuals as financial providers for terrorists. More than 100 million US dollars belonging to them have been frozen.
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China and the US have pledged to further efforts to combat the financing of terrorism and money laundering. These include improving international cooperation and placing greater focus on financing mechanisms outside the mainstream financial system.
In a statement issued after the China-US Joint Economic Committee meeting, both sides agree that strong economic performance and reduced weaknesses in both countries are vital for sustaining global recovery.
Chinese Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng and US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill also agree that an open, transparent financial sector can boost economic growth and productivity.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan has reiterated that China firmly condemns and cracks down terrorist activities.
During a press conference on the eve of the first anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Kong Quan says the event proves that terrorism poses a serious threat to world peace and stability, and should be condemned and opposed whenever and wherever it happens, no matter what the cause and whoever it targets.
He calls on the world to strengthen cooperation in fighting terrorism, and stresses that China is against linking terrorism with any specific country, nation or religion.
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The US government has raised the terror alert level on the eve of the first anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
US officials say the terror alert level has been raised from code yellow to orange, signaling a high danger of attack. It is the first time the terror alert level has been raised to orange since March when the alert system was first introduced.
Over the past five months, the government has kept the warning at code yellow, signifying an elevated condition of alert and a significant risk of terrorist attacks.
Earlier, the FBI had issued its own security warning urging local police, utility companies and transportation agencies to stay vigilant as the nation commemorates the anniversary.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned Iraq of future military action if it refuses to obey the will of the United Nations.
Speaking to an annual convention of the Trades Union Congress in Blackpool, he accused Iraq of posing a threat to world peace by possessing weapons of mass destruction.
But a recent poll shows that most British people oppose the government's support for a US led "regime change" against Iraq.
In a related devlopment, Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan has vowed that his country has the right to retaliate by all means if faced with a US military offensive.
After meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah in Amman, Ramadan also said Iraq is willing to settle outstanding issues concerning UN resolutions.
King Abdullah also voiced opposition to an armed attack on Iraq.
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The 57th session of the UN General Assembly has formally decided to admit Switzerland as its 190th member.
The decision came as the General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution jointly drafted by China and another 166 countries.
Fifty-five percent of the Swiss people voted in favor of UN membership in a referendum in March.
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US market managed a respectable gain on Tuesday, despite light trading and fluctuations in stock prices throughout the session reflecting anxiety over the government's warning of possible terrorist attacks on the Sept. 11 anniversary.
The Dow Jones industrial average recovered from an earlier loss of 17 points to achieve a three-day, 318-point advance, closing up one per cent, at 8,603, .
The Nasdaq composite index rose over one percent, to 1,320 for a three-day advance of 69.
Shares on European stock markets, meanwhile, swung sharply higher on Tuesday.
London's FTSE-100 rose over two and a half per cent, to close at 4,176. The CAC 40 Index in Paris gained over three per cent, to 3,299. And Frankfurt's DAX added nearly two per cent, to 3,495.
China is to build a new tourist zone called Shangri-la in its south western mountain areas.
The new travel attraction will link a number of scenic spots across Sichuan, Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
It will include sections of the Lancang River, the main river in the southwest of the country, and a range of ecological sights on the snow-covered Tibet Plateau.
The Chinese government is preparing to construct airports and highways to connect the different sections of the huge tourist zone.
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Two Japanese companies, Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart, say they are planning to bring their 24-hour, one-stop shops to the Chinese mainland as early as next year.
Japanese business daily Nikkei Shimbun reports that Seven-Eleven Japan, which bought the U.S. franchise in 1991, plans to open 500 stores in the mainland over the next five years. It will open its first store in Beijing next year.
Japan's third largest chain, FamilyMart, plans to open 300 stores on the Chinese mainland by 2010, with the first planned for Shanghai.
Both companies want to tap the mainland's rapidly expanding market of private consumers.
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Noted American scientist Geoffrey Landis, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, given a public lecture on "Mars and Space" at the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing.
Dr. Landis' lecture and showed slides about the features of Mars and America’s plans to explore it. He also took questions from the keen crowd of Chinese astronomy buffs.
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Chinese Actress Gongli has announced that she will cooperate with a young French Director in a science fiction movie. She will play the role of an psychiatrist, and will speak English.
1--Do you want black or white coffee?
2--White, please.
1--Look! There's a folk concert tomorrow evening.
Do you want to go?
2--I don't like folk music very much.
1--What kind of music do you like?
2--I like classical music. Do you?
1--Not very much. Classical music sends me to sleep.
2--I don't believe you.
1--It's true.
2--You are funny!
1--So are you! How about another coffee?
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注解：
1）black or white coffee：加糖或加牛奶的称作white
coffee.什么也不加的称作black coffee.
2）folk concert：民间音乐会。folk作“民间的”、
“具有民族传说的”解。如folk dance，folk music,
folk songs, folk tale等。
3）classical：经典的。如classical music, classical
literature等。
4）How about...?（你以为）...怎么样？征询对方的意见时
常用的句型。如，征询关于时间安排的意见时，可以说How
about tomorrow？征询活动内容时可以说How about playing
tennis now?征询人选意见可以说How about Jane?等
Sometimes Emily tries to act older than she really is. Sue teaches her a lesson about that!
Today's Mission
What does Emily want to do on her birthday?
Conversation A
(Emily is studying in the living room. Sue comes in.)
Sue : Emily, we need to talk about your birthday. Have you decided what kind of party you want?
Emily : I don't want a party this year.
Sue : Why not? You love parties!
Emily : I know. But I want to do something special since I'll be 14.
Sue : Oh? Like what?
Emily : Well . . . Greg asked me if he could take me out for pizza on my birthday.
Sue : Hmm, that sounds like a date to me.
Conversation B
Emily : It's not a real date. We're just two friends going out for fun.
Sue : No, Emily. You're too young to go out alone with a boy.
Emily : But I think 14 is old enough to go somewhere alone with a boy.
Sue : I don't agree. And I make the rules, remember?
Emily : Amber and Kelly are 14, and their moms let them go on dates.
Sue : And I'm not Amber's or Kelly's mom, am I?
Emily : No. Their moms are nice!
Conversation C
Sue : Emily, don't talk to me that way.
Emily : But it's not fair! None of my friends' moms are as strict as you are!
Sue : Emily, don't whine.
Emily : I'm not whining!
Sue : Emily . . .
Emily : I just don't see why you have to be so strict! You never listen to me! It's not fair!
Sue : I don't like your attitude, young lady. Go to your room and stay there.
Emily : Fine! (runs upstairs)
Key words:
argument (n)
Patty and Carl had an argument. Now they won't talk to each other.
pizza (n)
The only American foods I like are pizza and hamburgers.
date (n)
Leslie and Steve went to a movie on their first date.
rule (n)
We can't bring cell phones to class. It's a school rule.
to whine (v)
Now, Bobby, don't whine. If you want something, ask nicely.
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