In 1991, President George H. W. Bush became the first US president to meet the Dalai Lama in public. There were 11 meetings between US presidents and the Dalai Lama before Barack Obama took office.
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The main structural project of the African Union Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo has been completed. Decorating of national areas has begun for 42 of the 50 African countries attending the expo. The decration is expected to be finished by March.
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Transport authorities say during the seven-day Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, hundreds of millions of passengers were safely transported to their destinations. China´s Ministry of Transport says more than 270 million road trips were made during the holiday, up more than 10 percent over the same period last year.
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Chinese military and education officials have dismissed reports linking them with a cyber attack on the Internet search engine Google. In an interview with China Daily, they said that a recent accusation printed in the New York Times was false.
Yang became China´s 1st ever Winter Olympic winner when she triumphed in the women´s 500 m short track at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic winter Games.
A group of Beijing citizens including three government officials, one expert, two reporters, and a citizen representative, will leave for Japan and Macao on Monday to learn waste incineration techniques.