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        <description><![CDATA[Home-News-China]]></description>
        <pubDate>2012-02-04 07:40:04</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nine punished for cadmium spill]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Guangxi's  regional government has disciplined a vice-mayor  of Hechi  and eight other officials responsible for the cadmium contamination of Longjiang, including two junior officers from a district environmental protection bureau who may face prosecution for dereliction of duty.
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            <title><![CDATA[Impending task force to fulfil two-decade goal on 4pc education spending]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The education authorities will set up a special task force to ensure that national fiscal spending on education reaches 4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, a goal set nearly two decades ago but never realised. 
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            <title><![CDATA[Despair as old Shanghai feels the wrecker's ball]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Demolition of two exquisite courtyard houses sparks rare outrage, but get ready for more after city mayor vows to speed up 'remodelling of old districts', says <B>Will Clem</B>.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thumbs down  for 'lucky' office]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A 138-metre-high building shaped like an ancient Chinese gold coin or jade disc that will stand beside the Pearl River in Guangzhou has sparked heated online debate in the city. 
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            <title><![CDATA[Wen rejects European aid fears]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Premier Wen Jiabao  said yesterday that China had neither the ability nor the intention to &quot;buy Europe&quot;, amid concerns over its growing investment in debt-stricken euro-zone economies.
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            <title><![CDATA[China Digest]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Beijing Women's Federation has set guidelines for families keen to be selected as one of the capital's 200 harmonious households, <I>The Beijing News </I>reports. They should have  at least 300 books, often be engaged in family activities such as travelling, dining and shopping, and the main family members should often surf the web. &quot;Harmonious families&quot; will be selected every two years from the five million households in the capital.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Praise and criticism for former police chief]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chongqing's  municipal government has praised the city's former police chief, Wang Lijun , for his contribution to the fight against corruption, but also described him as &quot;short-tempered&quot; and &quot;outspoken&quot;.
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            <title><![CDATA[State firms pressed to reveal bills for Moutai]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Shanghai-based lawyer has asked the central government to release details of Moutai purchases by 117 top state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The price of Moutai, the mainland's most famous liquor brand, has risen dramatically over the past few years, and has become regarded by some as a gauge of social inequity, given that corrupt officials and well-paid executives at SOEs are among the few who can afford such a luxury. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Guangdong rights activist faces trial]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[An independent candidate who tried to run for a seat in a legislature in Guangdong faces trial next week for allegedly breaching electoral regulations, according to her lawyers.
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            <title><![CDATA[The village that's too scared to drink]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[At least 200 villagers living next to a poisoned river say they have been left to drink polluted water while people living on the opposite bank are being told their drinking water is contaminated and they must drink bottled water only.
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            <title><![CDATA[Tight rein on who Merkel meets]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel has been denied a visit to a liberal Guangzhou-based newspaper's newsroom and prevented from meeting a prominent human rights lawyer in Beijing. 
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            <title><![CDATA[Briefs]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Chinese fisherman was repatriated  by Japan yesterday after he was given a six-month suspended sentence plus a fine of one million yen  (HK$101,841) on  Tuesday for illegal operation in Japanese territorial waters, Chinese consulate officials said. The fisherman, Zhong Jinyin,  was arrested on December 20 near islands off the Japanese city of Nagasaki.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tensions over Iran 'could stifle worldwide recovery']]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Beijing's opposition to a Western push for tighter sanctions against Iran was stepped up yesterday, with the <I>People's Daily </I>warning that tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme were hurting energy markets and could stifle the global economic recovery. 
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            <title><![CDATA[S Sudan told to help free kidnapped workers]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Beijing has demanded that South Sudan help secure the release of 29 Chinese workers held by Sudanese rebels, and will appeal to the African Union to help in the negotiations, state media reported yesterday.
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