Monday, January 17, 2005

News

Chinese reformer Zhao Ziyang dies: China's purged Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang has died at the age of 85, after suffering a series of strokes. Zhao had been under house arrest since the crushing of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Demand for KFC Soaring in China: China's relentless appetite for the colonel's chicken has KFC on a building boom in the world's most populous country, with 1,200 locations, soaring profits and a menu that mixes in bamboo shoots and lotus roots.

'Go West' Campaign to Accelerate: A senior cabinet official has said that China will continue to invest huge sums into its western region over the next five years to develop it into a magnet for both domestic and overseas investors.

Private library changes people's reading habits: In Britain, 58% of people have a library card. In China, only less than half a percent of the population has library cards. Every 2,000 Americans share a library. In China, the figure is 800,000.

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