President Jiang Zemin says China will join other members of the International Electro-technical Commission or IEC to actively promote international trade and economic cooperation.
Meeting IEC President Sei-ichi Takayanagi and other IEC officials in Beijing, Jiang Zemin praised the fact that the IEC standards had not only played a vital role in improving the quality of life and promoting international technological cooperation, but had also played an active, effective role in eliminating technical trade barriers.
He says China is ready to expand cooperation with the IEC in the fields of standardization, certification and accreditation, adding that China would encourage its enterprises to adopt IEC standards and conformity assessments.
Sei-ichi Takayanagi thanked China's contribution to IEC and says the organization would further strengthen cooperation with China in developing products, technologies and markets in the electric engineering and electronic fields.
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China's United Nations Permanent representative, Wang Yingfan, says China doesn't support plans to link human rights issue with economic assistances.
He told the on-going UN general assembly that China supports the UN's effort to promote and protect human rights and freedom, but at the same time, regional differences should be taken into consideration when implementing such projects. The opinions of governments concerned should also be respected.
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Sources say China Telecom Corporation has decided to relaunch its initial public offering no later than early next week.
China Telecom was scheduled to price its share offer Thursday, and list in New York and Hong Kong the following week. It has set a price range between 1.48 HK dollars and 1.71HK dollars.
One source has said investors who apply for shares in the Hong Kong retail tranche will receive a full refund.
To relaunch the deal, underwriters may need to make changes and indeed offer some sweeteners, possibly in the form of cheaper pricing.
Such a move would need the approval by regulators in the US, Hong Kong and China.
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China's Datang Telecom Technology Group, a key developer of the homegrown TD-SCDMA wireless standard, says it will invest 120 million US dollars in third-generation technology next year.
Datang, parent company of Datang Telecom and Technology, has said that the firm will use its own money, investment from foreign partners, government support and bank credit to finance research into the network.
The Chinese standard, seen as a way to promote the domestic industry, is a possible rival to US and Europe-designed 3G networks, which promise colorful graphics and sound that can be transferred on mobile phones.
Datang and other Chinese firms such as gear makers Huawei Technologies Limited Company and Zhongxing Telecommunications, computer giant Legend Group and conglomerate China Putian Corporation, have signed onto an alliance to promote the standard.
The alliance was backed by the Ministry of Information Industry, which has not committed itself to a single standard for China, the world's biggest mobile market with about 190 million subscribers.
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On Wall Street, Stocks turned south on Thursday as investors turned skittish on concerns that scandals are still around after Tenet Healthcare said one of its centers is under investigation for false billing and charging for unnecessary procedures.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 30 points, or 0.36 percent, at 8,397. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 3 points, or 0.22 percent, at 1,330.
European major stock markets ended higher on Thursday as investors shrugged off some weak corporate results and mixed signals in early trading on Wall Street.
Britain’s FTSE 100 index increased 37 points, or 0.9%, to 4040. In Frankfurt, the Xetra DAX index gained 39 points, or 1.3%, to 3153. In Paris, the benchmark CAC-40 index ended up 66 points, or 2.1 percent, to 3,150.
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji says efforts should be made to ensure that the second damming of the Three Gorges Project along the Yangtze River will achieve such construction goals as water storage, navigation of permanent locks, and operation of the first group of generating units.
He told a conference of the project’s construction committee that construction on the world's largest hydro-power project is at a crucial stage. He stresses that building quality and safe operation of facilities should take first priority. The government should also smoothly manage the relocation of residents away from the planned damming area, and promote local economic development to improve the life of residents.
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Chinese archaeologists say that the oldest section of the Great Wall, was built during China's Spring and Autumn Period about 2,700 years ago in Henan province
The director of the Institute of Archaeology at Henan Academy of Social Sciences, says the walls’ total length spans 800 km. It crosses one city and four counties in the southwest of the province.
The latest section of the wall to be discovered were built in three separate parts - - in the east, west and north. The zigzag walls were constructed using stones found locally.
Experts say despite several minor collapses, about 20 km of wall is still intact.
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(The .cn domain will be available to businesses outside China for the first time this winter, as part of a new policy.)
China's Internet development is expected to receive a boost in December when the .cn domain name will be made available to businesses outside China under a new liberalised policy.
A deal between the .us registry NeuStar and the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) will allow businesses outside China to acquire URLs, with the .cn extension, which is the geographical top-level domain name for China.
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World renowned Chinese American film director Ang Lee has won the Multi-culture Award presented by the Labour Union of Film Producers, USA, for his great contribution to multi-cultural film.
The union highly commended Ang Lee’s Chinese films “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Food Lover” as well as English movies including “The Ice Storm” and “Sense and Sensibility”.
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
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