Wednesday, January 12, 2005

News

China's leader shows his stripes: More than two years on, Mr Hu has proved himself to be more tiger than horse, taking on Mr Jiang and pushing him aside, then showing his true political colours by cracking down on dissent and squaring up fiercely to Taiwan.

China closes market for pirated goods: The closure of Beijing's famed "Silk Market" is a metaphor for China's handling of U.S. objections to its weak protection of copyrights, patents and trademarks.

China jumps to be world third largest trader: China registered a 35.7 per cent surge in foreign trade last year, accounting for US$1.15 trillion exchanged, to become the world's third largest trading power behind the United States and Germany.

DNA Could Help Solve Ancient Equine Mysteries: An archaeological project will be carried out to conduct a DNA analysis on a dozen horse skeletons unearthed from ancient burial tombs in Shaanxi, an inland province in Northwest China.


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