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The minister had recently expressed concern at the dwindling number of tigers in India particularly in view of 2010 being declared as the year of tiger by China. At least 60% of tiger parts - bones, nails, claws, skin etc are said to be finding its way into Chinese market and other south Asian countries - Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand the most conspicuous among the group. What spells doom for the desi species is wide margin of profit which makes the deal extremely attractive to both parties. UP with its boarders opening into Nepal has over the years become a thriving conduit for the flourishing racket.

To Chinese it is pure and simple good economics. "Life of a captive tiger, like those reared in the Chinese tiger farms, is reported to be 20 years. Expense incurred for its upkeep is 1,000 dollars per annum which works out to be 20,000 dollars during its total life span. As against it a carcass procured from the Indian poacher/ smuggler could cost a sum as paltry as 200 dollars sometimes, claimed Sujoy Bannerji, deputy conservator in the ministry of environment and forest. Even during normal times the trade was brisk, but this year it could touch a new high, he feared.

Specially as apart from making the right noise, the government is doing precious little for the survival of the big cat. The issue of a special tiger force has been hanging fire for over one year and none of the states have been able to show any results so far, said CCF, Awadh, CP Goyal. Though UP, he said, could spring a surprise by taking a lead, he added.

One positive factor that could go a long way in tackling the cross-boarder smuggling is the compilation of an all-India data bank of suspected poaching and smuggling network by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), said chief conservator of forest UP BK Patnaik. The information gleaned from different states and coordination will be a huge relief to zero in on and track down the offenders, he claimed.

This specially as the offenders have long arms. According to records with the Karnataka forest department, poachers caught in Rajiv Gandhi National Park which incidentally has the highest tiger density, are known to come from places as far as Madhya Pradesh, claimed BK Dixit, conservator of forest research, Karnataka. The exercise could come as a life saver to the species.

The importance of intelligence collection cannot be over-emphasised. We are not interested in counting the dead tigers, reiterates Belinda Wright, head of WPSI. Each tiger death needs to be properly investigated and must not be relegated to an official blame game. With so few tigers left here, each life she added, is precious and the clock is ticking. For Reprint Rights: timescontent.com

The map created by Matteo Ricci was the first in Chinese to show the Americas. Ricci, a Jesuit missionary from Italy, catalog printing was among the first Westerners to live in what is now Beijing in the early 1600s. Known for introducing Western science to China, Ricci created the map in 1602 at the request of Emperor Wanli.

Ricci's map includes pictures and annotations describing different regions of the world. Africa was noted to have the world's highest mountain and longest river. The brief description of North America mentions "humped oxen" or bison, wild horses and a region named "Ka-na-ta."

Several Central and South American places are named, including "Wa-ti-ma-la" (Guatemala), "Yu-ho-t'ang" (Yucatan) and "Chih-Li" (Chile).

Ricci gave a brief description of the discovery of the Americas.

"In olden days, nobody had ever known that there were such places as North and South America or Magellanica," he wrote, using a label that early mapmakers gave to Australia and Antarctica. "But a hundred years ago, Europeans came sailing in their ships to parts of the sea coast, and so discovered them."

The Ricci map gained the nickname the "Impossible Black Tulip of Cartography" because it was so hard to find.

This map -- one of only two in good condition -- was purchased by the James Ford Bell Trust in October for $1 million, making it the second most expensive rare map ever sold. The library bought another of the world's rarest maps, the Waldseemuller world map, which was the first to name "America," for $10 million in 2003.

The Ricci map going on display had been held for years by a paper bag printing private collector in Japan and will eventually be housed at the Bell Library at the University of Minnesota. The map symbolizes the first connection between Eastern and Western thinking and commerce, said Ford W. Bell, co-trustee of the fund started by his grandfather, General Mills founder James Ford Bell.

Custodians at the Bell Library focus "on the development of trade and how that drove civilization -- how that constant desire to find new markets to sell new products led to exchanges of knowledge, science, technology and really drove civilization," said Bell, who is also president of the American Association of Museums. "So (the map) fits in beautifully."

The map was being shown publicly for the first time in North America. It measures 12 feet by 5 feet, printed on six rolls of rice paper.

The Library of Congress rarely exhibits artifacts it does not own because its holdings are so vast, but curators made an exception for the Ricci map. It will be on view through April alongside the Waldseemuller map and later will be shown at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

The library also will create a digital image of the map to be posted online for researchers and students.

Ti Bin Zhang, first secretary for cultural affairs at the Chinese Embassy, said the map represents "the momentous first meeting of East and West" and was the "catalyst for commerce."

No examples of the map are known to exist in China, where Ricci was revered and buried. Only a few original copies are known to exist, held by the Vatican's libraries and collectors
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GUIYANG, Feb.9 (Xinhua) -- About 800,000 people are suffering from water shortages in southwest China's Guizhou Province after a five-month drought, local officials said Tuesday.

Data from the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters shows the drought has affected 220,000 hectares of crops, with 160,000 hectares seriously damaged and 8,000 postcard printing hectares destroyed.

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MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The cooperation between the World Bank and China was an example for the agency's relations with other countries, the newly appointed World Bank envoy to China said here on Chanel Replica Handbags Wednesday.

Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui on Wednesday met with Klaus Roland, former World Bank country director and resident representative in Russia who will take the post in Beijing.

Li congratulated Roland on his new mission and said the Chinese government would provide him with all necessary assistance in his job.

Roland said the World Bank had established a cooperative relationship with China for three decades, and such cooperation served as a benchmark for others.

The World Bank and China would celebrate the 30th anniversary of their cooperative relationship this summer in Beijing, Roland said.

The past 30 years, which saw increasingly close cooperation between China and the World Bank, coincided with China's reform and opening up endeavor, said the Chinese ambassador, who expressed gratitude to the World Bank for its contribution to China's economic development.

Both sides also agreed to further boost cooperation potential and deepen cooperation in various fields.

German world-record holder Jenny Wolf and China's Wang Beixing came in expecting to battle for top spot on the podium, having swept all eight races during the World Cup season. But Lee held off Wolf by five-hundredths of a second, winning with a total time of 1 minute, 16.09 seconds.

Wolf had the fastest time in the second race, but it wasn't enough to erase Lee's lead from the first heat, leaving the German with a silver at 1:16.14. Wang took the bronze in 1:16.63.

"Right now I'm a little bit confused. I wanted to win gold," Wolf said. "But winning an Olympic medal is the biggest thing you can imagine when you're a child. Now I have a medal, and I can be really proud."

Lee hugged her coach and grabbed a South Korean flag for the victory lap, an increasingly familiar celebration at the oval in suburban Richmond.

Until these games, the Asian nation had never won a Winter Olympic gold in any sport except short track. Now, the Koreans are dominating on the big oval, winning two of the first four events and taking silver in another.

Lee's victory gave South Korea a sweep of the 500s. Mo Tae-bum captured gold in the men's race a day earlier and is expected to be one of the top challengers to American world-record holder Shani Davis in Wednesday's 1,000.

The South Koreans also collected an unexpected silver in the men's 5,000 from Lee Seung-hoon.

There were no problems with the two ice resurfacing machines after major malfunctions during the men's 500 caused a delay of about an hour and left officials considering whether to postpone the event to another day. A backup machine was brought in from the Olympic oval in Calgary, but it wasn't needed.

The top American was Olympic rookie Heather Richardson, a North Carolina native who made the inline-to-ice transition in 2007 and expects to make a bigger splash at the Sochi Games in 2014.

She finished an encouraging sixth in 1:17.17, shaving two-tenths of a second off her time in the second heat. The other Americans were far back: Elli Ochowicz was 17th, four-time Olympian Jennifer Rodriguez 21st and Lauren Cholewenski 30th.

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The U.S. team has yet to win a medal at the Richmond oval but has high hopes for Wednesday's race with Davis leading the way.

The Dutch lost a potential medal contender when Annette Gerritsen lost an edge in the first race and tumbled into the padding.

"The second race was OK. But for me, it was over after the first race," she said. "After I saw the times of the other girls, I thought I could do a good job here. I am really disappointed."

Wang easily won her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the women's 500 meters on Wednesday night, defending the title she won four years ago at the Turin Games.

She led all the way after surviving a restart and a false start in the four-woman final at Pacific Coliseum.

Apolo Anton Ohno, considered the face of short track, easily advanced through preliminaries of the men's 1,000, and helped the United States move on to the 5,000 relay final. Both finals are Saturday, when Ohno can add to his cache of six Olympic medals and become the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian. He already won a silver in the 1,500 last weekend.

"I just don't want to leave any room for error. I don't want to leave any microsecond of time that I feel like could make a difference toward a medal," Ohno said. "For me, I'm doing the best I can for every single day. That's how I am. I'm here to do a job. I'm here to represent the U.S. the best that I can."

In the women's 500, Wang cruised home well ahead of Canada's Marianne St-Gelais, who took silver. Arianna Fontana of Italy earned the bronze.

The final was restarted after Canadian Jessica Gregg went down and her teammate St-Gelais followed in the first turn. After some ice repair, the women returned to the starting line.

Then there was a false start. But Wang stayed calm throughout the delays.

She darted to the lead on the inside lane and stayed there the entire way, making it a race for the lesser medals among the other three women.

Wang crossed the finish line well ahead, sticking both her arms out. She quickly grabbed a Chinese flag and skated around the rink, shouting, "Woo!"

Wang was the gold-medal favorite, and she lived up to her billing starting in the preliminary heats Saturday. She was by far the fastest skater and was never challenged on her way to the final.

MEN'S HOCKEY: With an assist on Finland's opening goal in a 5-1 victory over Belarus, Teemu Selanne matched the record for most career points in the Olympics with 36. Selanne has 20 goals and 16 assists in replica clothing five Olympics.

WOMEN'S HOCKEY: So much for Canada's first real test.

Meghan Agosta had three goals and two assists, Hayley Wickenheiser became the leading goal-scorer in Olympic history, and Canada routed the toughest opponent in its preliminary-round group, beating Sweden 13-1.

Wickenheiser got her 16th Olympic goal among her five points as the Canadians cruised into the semifinals with three victories by a combined 41-2.

CROSS-COUNTRY: A milelong sprint came down to a few inches, with Russia's Nikita Kriukov getting the front of his ski across the finish line just ahead of countryman Alexander Panzhinskiy in the men's individual classic cross-country sprint race. A photo finish was needed to determine the winner.

In the women's individual sprint, Norway's Marit Bjoergen pulled away at the end for her first gold medal after winning two silvers at previous Olympics and a bronze in the 10K race Monday.

CURLING: The U.S. women fell to 0-2, losing to Germany when skip Debbie McCormick's squad couldn't make up a two-point deficit in the final end.

The only question was whether the United States would clobber China as badly as Canada's 18-0 wipeout of Slovakia. No, but it was close. The Americans won 12-1, with Jenny Potter notching her first Olympic hat trick and becoming the leading scorer in U.S. Olympic history. The Americans came within 2:21 of a shutout in front of a crowd that included Vice President Joe Biden and 1980 U.S. hockey captain Mike Eruzione. "I think we did a good job playing our game, but at the same time keeping sportsmanship in mind," U.S. captain Natalie Darwitz said.

Biathlon

Tim Burke and Jay Hakkinen were supposed to challenge for medals. Then came a heavy, wet snowfall that was tough enough to undo Norwegian great Ole Einar Bjorndalen as well. Bjorndalen, winner of a record nine biathlon medals, had the worst finish of his Olympic career -- 17th. His three penalties from the prone position matched the most of all 87 competitors, and his four total penalties tied for second most. Vincent Jay of France won the event, ahead of Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway and Jakov Fak of Croatia. They were all among the first 10 starters, before the snow began to cause problems.

Speedskating

Kristina Groves gave Canada hopes for gold in the women's 3,000 meters, but wound up with the replica rolex bronze, beaten by Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic, who gave her country its first speedskating medal, and Germany's Stephanie Beckert. Sablikova, the gold medalist, also
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Men's luge

Germany's 20-year-old Felix Loch easily won the Olympic gold medal on a track shortened after a young slider from the republic of Georgia was killed in a training run crash. American Tony Benshoof, who finished eighth, disliked the shortened track, saying: "I excel at high speeds and high risk. Unfortunately, they lowered the start and it's like running the downhill men's ski race down a bunny hill."

Clip on hair extensions, SEOUL -- A trilateral meeting among three Northeast Asian countries is slated for Tuesday in Seoul as the three countries seek to launch a joint research on a free trade pact, Seoul's trade ministry said Monday.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the three Northeastern countries are set to discuss on terms of reference on the joint research, as well as the schedule for holding next rounds of dialogue, the ministry said. (SKorea-China- Japan)

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SEOUL -- South Korea is strongly considering holding the G20 summit on Nov. 15, immediately following the summit of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Japan, local media said, citing government officials on Monday.

"We think it would be desirable to have delegations fly in to Seoul immediately following the APEC forum in Yokohama of Japan, which will finish on Nov. 14," a finance ministry official was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. (SKorea-G20)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least five people were injured in a blast in west Pakistan's Balochistan province on Monday, local TV channel reported.

A loud blast rocked the central market of Panjgoor area
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TOKYO -- Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.74 percent on Monday on renewed concerns about the health of the global economy and Japan's exporters slid on a stronger yen. The key benchmark Nikkei lost 77.86 points from Friday, to a four-week closing low of 10,512.69.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 6.35 points, or 0.67 percent, to 934. 59. (Japan-Stocks)

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* China Focus: Door for talks with Dalai Lama still open, national sovereignty non-negotiable: CPC official

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities said Monday that the door for contacts and talks remains open to the Dalai Lama, but no concessions would be made on issues concerning national sovereignty.

Du Qinglin, head of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, had met with Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, private envoys of the Dalai Lama, in Beijing, said a statement from the department Monday. No exact date was given in the statement.

* Boeing China: No notice on sanctions yet

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The China office of U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Monday it had yet to receive any notice related to China's planned sanctions on companies involved in the latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

Boeing China's communications director Wang Yukui refused to respond to a flood of public criticism of the company on China's Internet forums.

* China sends disaster relief material to snow-hit Mongolia

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China sent Monday morning disaster relief materials to Ulan Bator to help Mongolia combat extreme cold weather, said a statement from the Information Office of China's Ministry of National Defense.

The 500 tonnes of rice and 180 tonnes of other relief items, including generators, quilts and food, were carried by six IIyushin IL-76 air freighters and trains, said the statement.

* Reporters invited to cover upcoming NPC, CPPCC sessions

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and overseas reporters are invited to cover the upcoming annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top advisory body.

The Third Sessions of the 11th NPC and the 11th CPPCC National Committee are scheduled to open on March 5 and March 3, respectively, according to the general offices of the NPC Standing Committee and the CPPCC National Committee on Monday.

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* China's PMI of manufacturing sector down in January

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing sector stood at 55.8 percent in January, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous month, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CELP) said on Monday.

It was the 11th straight month for the index to stand above 50 percent, indicating continuous expansion in China's manufacturing industry.

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BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China National Complete Plant Import and Export Corp. Ltd. (COMPLANT) plans to form a joint venture potash fertilizer plant in the Republic of Congo, west Africa, according to a company statemen
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* 2nd-Ld-Writethru: Official says "very essential" to open ARATS, SEF offices on both sides of Taiwan Strait

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- It Lace wigs is "very essential" for the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) to open offices on each other's side, a mainland official said Wednesday.

* 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese medical team in Haiti back home

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese medical team arrived in Beijing Wednesday morning from Haiti after winding up a two-week mission in the quake-hit Caribbean country.

* China appoints special representative on Korean Peninsula affairs

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has appointed former Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei as special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

* Former Chinese political advisor sentenced to death with reprieve for graft

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sun Shanwu, former vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Henan Provincial Committee, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for graft in eastern China's Shandong Province Tuesday.

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* 3rd Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China's export up 21 pct in January as global demand recovers

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's export grew 21 percent in January as the global economy gradually began to recover, customs data showed on Wednesday.

* Chinese company to implement Baotou's rare earth reserve plan

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A subsidiary of China's Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Company will be responsible for implementing a strategic rare-earth reserve plan of Baotou City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the company said Wednesday.

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* 2nd Ld: Beijing court upholds Liu Xiaobo's initial sentence

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Higher People's Court of Beijing Municipality on Thursday rejected Liu Xiaobo's appeal and upheld the first trial's verdict of agitation aimed at subverting the government.

* Mainland Taiwan affairs chief says cross-Strait relations to steadily improve

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The year 2010 would be marked by the steady development of cross-Strait relations, said the Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Wang Yi Thursday.

* China hopes early resumption of negotiation on Iran nuclear issue, wholesale colthing FM spokesman

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China said Thursday it hoped negotiations on Iran nuclear issue would be resumed at an early date and it would continue its efforts for this end.

* China shuts down another 16,000 websites in porn crackdown

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China had shut down 16,000 more web sites which are found to contain lewd or pornographic content as of Wednesday during the latest crackdown.

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* Roundup-China Focus: China's inflation rises modestly, pressure remains

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a indicator of inflation, rose 1.5 percent year on year in January this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Thursday.

* China to continue moderately easy monetary policy with flexibility: central bank

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China would continue to implement the moderately easy monetary policy and strive to improve the focus and flexibility of the policy, the People's Bank of China, the central bank, said Thursday.

* 2nd LD-Writethru: China's new loans in January falls 14.2 pct to 1.39 trillion yuan

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's new yuan-denominated lending in January stood at 1.39 trillion yuan (203.5 billion U.S. dollars), down 14.2 percent from a year earlier, the People's Bank of China (PBOC, the central bank) said Thursday.

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China Focus: Freezing conditions worsen as Chinese travel home for Spring Festival

JINAN, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Worsening snow and freezing conditions have forced more airports and highways in northern China regions to close on Thursday, two days ahead of China's Spring Festival.

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The following are China news stories moved by Xinhua News Agency as of 11:00 GMT, Feb. 12.

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* 2nd Ld-Writethru: China urges U.S. to immediately withdraw decision on Obama-Dalai Lama meeting

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- China urges the United States to immediately withdraw a decision of arranging U.S. President Barack Obama to meet with the Dalai Lama, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said here Friday.

* State leaders extend Spring Festival greetings to nation

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leaders on Friday offered their Spring Festival greetings to people across the nation at a gathering to mark the incoming Lunar New Year.

* New fire warning comes in SW China as drought lingers in Spring Festival

YUNNAN, Feb 12. (Xinhua) -- Yunnan Province at China's southwestern tip may face a growing fire risk in the upcoming Spring Holiday as strong wind and lingering drought will make it Human hair extensions extremely dangerous to use fire in the open country, according to the provincial meteorological bureau.

* Dos and don'ts for Chinese Lunar New Year

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Firework and red couplets. Dumplings in China's north and glutinous rice cakes in the south. Red wrappings with cash for children. No haircut until the start of the second lunar month.

* Mainland escort ship picks up Taiwan hijacked fishing boat

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Taiwan fishing vessel hijacked by Somalia pirates last year has been picked up by mainland naval escort ships in the Gulf of Aden, mainland authorities said Friday.

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* 1st Ld: China's central bank raises banks' reserve deposit ratio by 0.5 percentage points; 2nd raise this
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BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, announced Friday it will raise the reserve deposit ratio for Chinese financial institutions by 0.5 percentage points from Feb. 25 this year.

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FEATURE: Who moved China's film market?

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The joke among China's Internet users is that the national greeting of "Have you eaten?" has been replaced with "Have you seen 'Avatar'?"

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* China Focus: China says Tibet on its own path "with or without the Dalai Lama"

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Tibet will keep to its own path with or without the Dalai Lama, a Chinese central government official said Tuesday when responding to questions on what will become of the region after the Dalai Lama's death.

"Chinese people, including Tibetans, will decide the future of Tibet," said Zhu Weiqun, executive vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a press conference in Beijing.

* China warns U.S. of detrimental effect of meeting Dalai Lama

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official Tuesday warned of serious damage to Sino-U.S. relations if U.S. leaders were to meet with the Dalai Lama, saying the move would "harm others but bring no profit to itself either."

* Chinese premier visits village,community to seek opinions on gov't work

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has for the first time gone to a village and an urban community to seek public opinions for the government work report he is to deliver at the annual session of the National People's Congress, the legislature, in March.

Over the weekend, Wen visited a village in Hebei Province and an urban community in Beijing's Chaoyang District, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the General Office of the State Council, the Cabinet.

* China urges U.S. companies stop arms sales to Taiwan

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday urged United States companies to stop promoting or being involved in arms sales to Taiwan, to avoid tension between the two countries.

* Former judicial official stands trial in China gang crackdown

CHONGQING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- A former top judicial official in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality stood trial Tuesday on
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* Investment contributes over 90 pct to China's GDP growth: NBS

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Investment accounted for 92.3 percent of China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2009, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Tuesday.

* China shares close lower amid weak market confidence

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese equities continued their downward trend of the previous two trading days and closed lower Tuesday, led by property shares, as investor confidence remained weak, dealers said.

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* China to extend anti-corruption fight to non-public entities

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's National Bureau of Corruption Prevention said in a circular posted on its website Monday that it would explore ways to fight corruption in non-public commercial entities and "new social organizations" in 2010.

* Shanghai launches police training program for safe World Expo

SHANGHAI, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai kicked off a three-week training program for more than 2,500 policemen Monday as the 2010 World Expo approaches, local public security authorities said.

* China Exclusive: Boat residents on central China lake settle on land with gov't support

CHANGSHA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Some 7,550 people living on boats in Hunan Province have been persuaded to live on the land in new apartments with the help of a government subsidy.

* Chinese police detain 446 train ticket scalpers during Spring Festival

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese railway police Lace front wigs have arrested 446 people for scalping train tickets during the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, the Ministry of Public Security said Monday.

* Police officers punished for giving luxury banquets in south China province

GUANGZHOU, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two police officers in south China's Guangdong Province have received administrative punishments for giving luxury wedding banquets, as provincial authorities warned against corruption.

* China mourns over death of former U.S. Secretary of State Haig

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday expressed "deep condolence" over the death of former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig for his "positive contribution" to the China-U.S. relationship.

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* 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese shares close lower on first trading day in Year of the Tiger

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese equities closed lower Monday, the first trading day after the week-long traditional Spring Festival holiday.

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The following are China news stories moved by Xinhua News Agency as of 11:00 GMT, Feb. 23.

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* China's position on East China Sea unchanged, FM Spokesman

BEIJING, Feb. 23, (Xinhua) -- China's position regarding the East China Sea issue remained consistent and unequivocal, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday.

* Chinese Communist Party issues code of ethics to ensure clean governance

Human hair wigs BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee issued a code of ethics for CPC cadres to follow Tuesday to ensure clean practice in their work and prevent corruption.

* China reiterates calls for diplomacy on Iran nuclear issue

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday reiterated its call for increased diplomatic efforts to solve the Iran nuclear issue.

* American-born pandas doing well in new home in China

CHENGDU, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two American-born pandas, Tai Shan and Mei Lan, are adapting Full lace wigs well to life in their new homes in southwest China's Sichuan Province 18 days after returning to China.

* Chinese public flood Premier Wen with ideas, suggestions as annual legislative, advisory sessions approach

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese citizens are flooding Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao with suggestions and questions as the nation's top legislative and advisory sessions approach.

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* 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese shares close lower Tuesday, below 3,000-point level

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese equities fell for a second day Tuesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropping below the psychologically-important 3,000-point level.

* China SOE's January profits jump 200 pct on-year

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's centrally-administered state- owned enterprises (SOEs) under the supervision of the state assets watchdog saw profits grow 200 percent year on year in January, the watchdog said Tuesday.

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