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| Yearender: New Beijing Benefits from Pursuing Great Olympics |
| "New Beijing, Great Olympics", the official motto for Beijing's bid for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, is not only what the Chinese media preach, but also what the Chinese capital actually aims at and approaches. |
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| Yearender: Russia Enjoys Stability With Powerful President in 2000 |
| 2000 has seen a relatively tranquil and stable Russia with unusual economic growth, as President Vladimir Putin avoided abrupt cabinet reshuffles and adopted a series of drastic reform measures. |
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| Commentary: Review of Cross-Strait Relations in 2000 |
| Following is the commentary, entitled "Opposing 'Taiwan Independence' and Promoting Reunification", written by Xinhua Correspondents Fan Liqing and Chen Binhua |
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| Yearender: Russia Enjoys Stability With Powerful President in 2000 |
| 2000 has seen a relatively tranquil and stable Russia with unusual economic growth, as President Vladimir Putin avoided abrupt cabinet reshuffles and adopted a series of drastic reform measures. |
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| Yearender: World Situation: Relatively Calm in 2000 |
| As the last year of the 20th century is drawing to a close, people can breathe a sigh of relief: the world situation in 2000 has been relatively calm, without witnessing flames of war of the magnitude of the Kosovo conflict in 1999. |
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| Yearender: US Adjusts Asia Pacific Policy for New Century |
| During the threshold year toward the new century, the United States has adopted an aggressive approach of building a new geopolitical landscape in the Asia Pacific region to serve its strategic needs and help ensure its dominant role in global affairs. |
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| Sports Yearender: Bud of Hope Blossoms in China's Olympic Year |
| China wrapped up 28 golds, 16 silvers and 15 bronzes in the 2000 Olympics in September. And China strode into the top class of the world's premier sporting event for the first time by finishing third on the Games' final medal table, just behind the United States and Russia. |
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| Iraq Intensifies Anti-Embargo Efforts in Millennium End |
| While the lifting of the crippling UN embargo still nowhere near in sight, Iraq has nevertheless made big gains in 2000 in breaking the political and diplomatic isolation wreathing it in the past decade. |
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| Yearender: China Reap Golden Olympics on the Back of Strong Sports |
| By making the most of what they excel, China reaped an unprecedented haul of Olympic gold medals at the Sydney Games and emerged behind the usual leaders the United States and Russia as the world's No. 3 sports power -- on paper. |
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| Electricity Output to Top 1.3 Trillion kwh by Yearend |
| Gao Yan, general manager of the State Power Corporation of China (SPCC), announced on December 23 that SPCC is going to turn in a sum of 345 billion yuan of electricity earnings by yearend and a yearly profit of 9.2 billion yuan, up 6.1% over last year. |
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| Review of 2000 World Economic Situation |
| Following are excerpts of the 2000 year-end International Report written by Our Staff Reporters Chen Te'an, Wu Yingchun and Wu Qimin and carried on page 7 of People's Daily on December 25. |
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| Yearender: HK Gives Spur to IT Development |
| The Information Technology sector has made much progress in Hong Kong this year thanks largely to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government's support and simulative measures. |
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| Yearender: 2000 -- India's Diplomatic Year |
| The year of 2000 marked a remarkable year for India's diplomacy as world leaders such as US President Bill Clinton, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Russian President Vladimir Putin came here one after another. |
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| Yearender: France Pushes for EU Common Foreign Policy |
| France should feel proud of its efforts in pushing for a common foreign policy as its six-month EU presidency tips to an embarrassing end marked by the hard-won Nice Treaty, but it may sigh over the fact that there is still much more to be done. |
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| Yearender: Detente Dominates Korean Peninsula in 2000 |
| As peace and development emerge as the theme on the international stage at the threshold of the new century, detente has found its way on the Korean Peninsula in the last year of the passing millennium. |
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| Roundup: Reunification to Revive China in New Century |
| "We people across the Taiwan Straits are both Chinese; we must reunify," Chen, a 26-year old Taiwan lady, said. |
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| Roundup: China's Railway Construction Grow Rapidly in Past Five Years |
| The total length of China's railway lines will increase by 6,000 km over the last five years to reach 68,000 km by the end of 2000, a spokesman from the Ministry of Railways said Friday, December 15. |
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| Roundup: Macao SAR Steps Out of Economic Recession |
| Economic resurgence in the Asia-Pacific region, and improving public security and more efficient government work in Macao has helped the local economy step out of recession. |
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| Roundup: Public Security Greatly Improved in Macao SAR |
| Under the "one country, two systems" principle, the life style of residents in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) remains unchanged. The change is that they feel safer than before. |
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| Roundup: Macao SAR Witnesses More Efficient Civil Service |
| Besides the localized high-ranking Chinese officials, the general civil servants in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) remain the same as those under the Portuguese rule, but they tend to show higher efficiency since Macao's return to the motherland a year ago. |
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