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Party members flee
Almost 15,000 Communist Party members and cadres fled the country or went missing in the first half of last year, according to media reports. Without naming sources for the information, reports said that in the first six months of last year, 6,528 party members and cadres became "unaccounted for", a total of 8,371 fled abroad […]
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New ID cards to be issued
China will begin issuing new computer readable ID cards to citizens as early as March. The new ID cards will be issued first in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Changsha, according to officials with the Ministry of Public Security. The ministry expects that the nationwide replacement program will be fully completed by the end of […]
President Hu Jintao concluded his three-day visit to France by presiding over the signing of nine business and research deals between Chinese and French companies. The deals were primarily in the fields of electronics, nuclear power and car manufacturing and included a US$758 million investment accord between car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen and its Chinese […]
China's Foreign Ministry announced that President Hu Jintao would take a 10-day trip to France, Egypt, Gabon and Algeria starting January 26. The trip is in part intended to isolate Taiwan in the lead up to Presidential elections on the island in March. President Hu will also concentrate on energy deals, including development of nuclear […]