The Chinese government has issued a set of regulations to control exports of dual-use biological materials. A State Council decree has further strengthened export controls of these biological agents, related equipment and technologies. Together with previous regulations, the newest one completes the system of controls on sensitive product exports, including nuclear, biological and missile products.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Zhang Qiyue says as a member of the Biological Weapons Convention, China has always supported the banning of all weapons of mass destruction, including biological weapons. But China also values biological exchanges and cooperation for peaceful purposes.
She says the new regulation will help the country better fulfill its international duties and protect normal trade at the same time.
The Decree will come into effect next month.
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The focus of China's family planning work has shifted from pure population control to providing technical services to improve Chinese reproductive health.
Experts at the 6th Asia-Pacific Social Science and Medicine Conference say the change is a result of the country's wider cooperation with other countries.
They say that since 1971, when the country's one-child family planning policy was drawn up, China has successfully worked in collaboration with a dozen international organizations focused on overpopulation problems, including the United Nations Population Fund.
The experts say that China has become a typical nation with a low birthrate, but that given its huge base population, the country's family planning work still presents challenges.
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China will continue to increase its investment in eco-environmental protection.
Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng told an environmental protection workshop in Beijing that China was one of the leading countries in developing and implementing a strategy for sustainable development.
China has invested a total of about 70 billion US dollars in ecological and environmental protection since 1998.
Xiang Huaicheng says China will continue to formulate and adjust fiscal policies related to environmental protection to achieve the dual goals of eradicating poverty and protecting the environment.
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Trying to break new ground for foreign-backed operations in China, Honda Motor has applied to take a majority stake in its planned auto assembly joint venture plant in the southern city of Guangzhou.
If approved, it would be the first time a foreign auto maker is allowed majority control of a China manufacturing joint venture.
Chinese regulations now limit foreign companies to a 50 per cent stake in automobile manufacturing joint ventures.
An official at the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, where the venture will be located, said Honda had applied to take a majority stake in the joint venture.
Honda announced the planned joint venture in July, when it said the new factory would become a major base for exports to markets in Asia and Europe.
Its partners in the venture, an export operation, are Chinese state-backed automakers Guangzhou Auto Group Corp. and Dongfeng Motor Corp.
Honda's existing manufacturing facility in China, a 50-50 joint manufacturing venture called Guangzhou Honda Automobile, has served the domestic market since 1998.
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Singapore’s SIA Engineering says it has cancelled a deal to buy a stake in a China aircraft maintenance engineering firm after it failed to secure consent from a shareholder of the Chinese firm.
The firm, a unit of Singapore Airlines, signed a conditional agreement in April with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Service International, or LMASI, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina to acquire Lockheed’s 25 per cent stake in Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company or GAMECO, a three-way joint venture started in 1989 by Lockheed, China Southern Airlines, and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa’s China subsidiary.
The agreement between SIA and Lockheed was subject to the consent of shareholders of GAMECO as well as the receipt of necessary regulatory and government approvals.
SIA Engineering said it would continue to evaluate opportunities to achieve growth through ongoing investments in joint ventures and offshore facilities.
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Japan's major steelmakers plan to cut exports to China by 30 to 40 percent in the October-December period to avoid trade friction with Beijing.
Brisk sales of steel used to make cars and IT products in China helped boost Japanese steelmakers' profits in the first half of the current business year.
The makers, however, have been voluntarily reducing exports since around July after China imposed emergency curbs on imports, hoping this would persuade China not to adopt full-scale curbs.
Tokyo-based Nippon Steel Corporation, or NSC, Japan's biggest steelmaker, said it would reduce exports to China by about 30 per cent in the October-December quarter from the previous three months.
The other major makers of steel in Japan will follow suit.
China is Japan's second-biggest export market after South Korea.
The Tibet Autonomous Region of China has seen great advances in its modernization drive over the past 50 years.
The head of a Tibetan delegation currently visiting Moscow says the region has entered a period of rapid and high-quality development, with significant achievements in political, economic and cultural fields.
In the period from 1995 to 2000, the other regions of China aided Tibet in more than 700 projects totaling nearly 400 million US dollars.
The delegation arrived in Moscow on Monday for a one-week visit.
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A senior government official says China has basically achieved its strategic goal of poverty alleviation.
On the 10th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Director of the State Council's poverty alleviation office says living standards are improving among the poor.
The number of people under the poverty line in China’s rural areas has been reduced from 250 million in 1978 to 30 million over the last 20 years.
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Beijing has approved the city's first batch of five sole-practitioner law firms.
These firms are allowed to practice only in urban residential areas. They are expected to provide high-quality legal services at a low price.
The five offices were selected from scores of applicants after examination and scrutiny.
Of the existing 550 law firms in Beijing, over 90 percent are partnerships, with the remainder either State-run or cooperative ventures.
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There is no reason why patients infected with HIV/AIDS should be treated any differently than any other patient, with any other disease.
An article in the Nanfang City News states that because many people misunderstand HIV/AIDS, they tend to discriminate against these unfortunate patients.
This social discrimination placed on HIV/AIDS patients can subject them to serious mental pressures.
It not only has a negative effect on their treatment, but also makes the patients hostile to society.
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
Going on a Date
Conversation A
(in Sally's Sweets & Treats)
Sally : Thanks for bringing my aprons, Sue.
Sue : You're welcome, Sally. They were right where you told me--in the dryer.
Sally : Yeah, I washed them last night. I can't believe I forgot to bring them to work today.
Sue : Sue: I can.
(Leah comes in.)
Leah : Hi, guys. Sally, I hope you can help me.
Sally : What's wrong?
Leah : We're having a birthday party for our boss.
Sue : When is it?
Leah : In five minutes. And I forgot to get a cake!
Conversation B
Sally : Well, I have some ice cream cakes. Would one of those be OK?
Leah : Sure. Thanks!
Sally : They're in the freezer in the back. Choose one you like.
Leah : OK. (goes to look at the cakes)
(Andy comes in.)
Sue : Hi, Andy. You look a little down.
Andy : I am. But I think chocolate cake will help me feel better.
Sally : OK. Coming right up.
Sue : So, what's wrong?
Andy : Well, I talked to my brother on the phone yesterday.
Conversation C
(Leah comes out from the back carrying a cake.)
Leah : Sally, I'll take this one. Thanks for your help! Bye! (leaves)
Sally : Hey, she didn't pay me.
Sue : I'm sure she'll come back.
Sally : Hmm. Well, I hope so.
Sue : So, Andy, what's wrong with your brother?
Andy : Nothing. He's just so happy being married. And I don't even have a girlfriend!
Sue : I think we can help you with that.
Key Words:
apron (n)
Beth put on an apron before she started cooking.
dryer (n)
After you wash the clothes, please put them in the dryer.
down (adj)
I feel really down today. I didn't do well on my test.
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