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	Travel To Beijing
		Beijing Municipality borders Hebei province to the north, west, south, and for a tiny section to the east.
		Beijing is one of the 4 municipalities of the PRC, which have provincial-level status, and is under the direct control of the central government.
		Beijing is recognized as the political, educational, and cultural center of the PRC, while Shanghai predominates in economic fields.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/206/travel-to-beijing.html (734 words)

	Second Sino-Japanese War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following the Battle of Lugou Bridge in 1937, the Japanese occupied Shanghai, Nanjing and Southern Shanxi as part of campaigns involving approximately 200,000 Japanese soldiers, and considerably more Chinese soldiers.
		While the battle was a military defeat for the Chinese, it proved that China was not willing to be defeated and showcased the Chinese determination to the world.
		The battle lasted over three months and proved to be an enormous morale booster as it ended the Japanese taunt of conquering Shanghai in three days and China in three months.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sino-Japanese_War_(1937-1945) (5112 words)

	Battle of Beijing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Beijing (Yenching) was a battle in 1214 between the Mongols and the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, which controlled northern China.
		The plan was a success as all three armies broke through the wall in different places.
		The battle for Beijing was long and tiresome, but the Mongols proved to be more powerful as they finally took the city in 1214, massacring its inhabitants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Beijing (273 words)

	DragonVenture - All about China Business. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Beijing has been criticized for jailing religious leaders and exactly one week ago the human rights organization Amnesty International released figures showing China had executed 1,781 people in the past three months.
		Beijing bid organizers countered this week by saying increased economic liberalization in China would lead to improvements in human rights and clearly impressed the IOC with a polished presentation on Friday.
		Beijing were also favorites to host the 2000 Games but lost by two votes to Sydney in the final round eight years ago.
	www.dragonventure.com /En/news_071301.shtml (833 words)

	CNN.com - Minus the rhetoric, Beijing goes for gold again - July 10, 2001
		Beijing, which has enjoyed the status of favorite leading up to the July 13 announcement in Moscow, knows that only two things are held against it.
		Beijing pretty much cleared the first hurdle last May, when an International Olympic Committee (IOC) report expressed confidence it could put together the stadiums and facilities by 2008.
		Beijing is working closely with foreign businessmen -- particularly U.S. executives eager to profit from opportunities associated with both the Olympics and China's accession to the World Trade Organization -- to put this message across.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/07/09/beijing.IOC.rhetoric (721 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Letter: Battle over Beijing
		In 1949, when the communist army besieged Beijing in the civil war, Professor Liang was secretly consulted by the communists to mark all areas of cultural value, so that they would be preserved if the fighting extended to the capital.
		More than 20 years later, when Wang Jun came to Beijing to study journalism, the city walls had almost completely disappeared, and now the city was burdened not only with heavy traffic, but also with heavy pollution and a population of over 10 million trapped both within and outside of the old town.
		Beijing is expanding at the price of its ancient symbols, with about 600 hutongs vanishing every year in the past four years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/3657008.stm (2157 words)

	CNN.com - China's Games push gains momentum - July 10, 2001
		Beijing remains the front-runner ahead of Toronto and Paris, with Istanbul, Turkey, and Osaka, Japan, as long-shots.
		Beijing's arguments that the Olympics are not merely a big sports event but can also be a force for good are thought to appeal to many IOC members.
		More pressing a concern for Beijing may be the IOC's evaluation report of the city, where it identified the capital's pollution and traffic as the only major issues related to the bid.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/07/10/ioc.moscow (1214 words)

	Encyclopedia [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	Battle Of the Red Cliff - MonkeyPeaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Battle of Red Cliff will be based on part of classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which dramatically chronicled three regimes once ruled China from the 2nd Century to the 3rd Century.
		Battle of the Red Cliff was featured in Romance of Three Kingdoms, a classic epic of Chinese history during the 2nd and 3rd century.
		Battle Of The Red Cliff will feature Cao Cao from the north commanding an army of nearly one million to attack two other warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan down the south and after a series of dramatic events, Cao was finally defeated at the Red Cliff.
	www.monkeypeaches.com /battleofredcliff.html (2282 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		BEIJING, May 23 (IPS) - More than 150 Taiwanese health workers resigned from their hospitals this week, fearing they are in danger of catching the deadly virus that has made more than 8,000 ill and killed nearly 700 people around the world.
		Beijing has seen its SARS numbers falling in recent days partly because of a gruelling regime imposed on medical staff, who have been working 18 to 20 hour shifts, without leaving the SARS 'frontline' for as long as 40 days.
		In another sign that China is fighting an uncompromising battle to stem the spread of the disease, the government has promulgated a new law on infectious diseases, one that threatens harsh punishment for anyone in any way hindering the prevention or treatment of sudden disease outbreaks.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/print.asp?idnews=18357 (892 words)

	Battle of Lugou Bridge Article, BattleLugouBridge Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 29th Army, composed mostly of Feng Yuxiang 's forces and infantry,secured the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and Hebei Province.
		During the meeting of all senior KMT officers of the 24th Army in Beijing on July 12, Qin insisted that KMT forces must continue defending and resist anytemptation to negotiate with the Japanese, whom he did not trust.
		With the fall of Beijing on July 29 and Tianjin on 30th, the North China Plain was helplessagainst Japanese mechanized divisions who occupied it by the end of the year.
	www.anoca.org /japanese/th/battle_of_lugou_bridge.html (1811 words)

	More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Beijing won out over Toronto, Paris, Osaka and Istanbul to become the first city in China to host an Olympic Games.
		From officially staged firework displays to spontaneous cheering and hooting of car horns from the massive crowds who brought the streets of Beijing to a near standstill, there was no doubting the genuine delight in China at the International Olympic Committee's decision.
		Beijing had lost the race for the 2000 Games by just two votes to Sydney - but there were no such dramas this time round.
	www.thebeijingnews.net /digest.php?id=b62efc1696d25452 (698 words)

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		Beijing’s aggressive, nationalistic approaches to territorial claims in the South China Sea and in its confrontation with Taiwan became viewed by many as indicators of the kinds of belligerent policies China will pursue as economic enrichment and improvements in indigenous science and technology capabilities enhanced its future military power.
		Beijing has had to import not only major combatants such as ships, submarines and aircraft, but also the weapons, target acquisition suites and power plants that make these ”platforms” effective combat systems.
		Beijing continues its efforts to intimidate Taipei with the threat of military force.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/symposia/pacific2000/godwinpaper.htm (9235 words)

	Asia Times
		The Standing Committee admitted the severity of the epidemic in Beijing and Guangdong, going on to acknowledge the extent of the damage China's international image has suffered as a result of the government's concealment of the true extent of the epidemic from the public.
		As students and migrant workers flee the highly infected capital, there is a very strong likelihood that this wave of people taking trains and buses from Beijing to their familial homes throughout China will constitute a massive increase in SARS infections in every part of the country.
		Beijing has by no means abandoned its efforts to contain SARS in the economically flourishing coastal cities.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/ED25Ad05.html (1077 words)

	Foreign
		BEIJING -- Rising floodwaters have swamped 2500 wells in China's biggest oilfield and are now threatening nine million people in the north-eastern city of Harbin, officials said yesterday.
		As millions of soldiers and civilians battled to limit the...
		WASHINGTON -- President Bill Clinton admitted to engaging in specific sexual acts with Monica Lewinsky in his testimony to a grand jury, providing a much more explicit description of their relationship than he told the public on Monday night, a leg...
	www.dispatch.co.za /1998/08/20/foreign (402 words)

	Beijing
		Officials of the International Olympic Committee were in Beijing recently to review that city’s bid for the 2008 summer Olympic games.
		English captions on exhibits, and even brass tablets fixed to the walls of structures in the Forbidden City and elsewhere, often are riddled with misspellings and incorrect grammar.
		Beijing has a reputation for being expensive, but it need not be.
	www.softadventure.net /beijing.htm (1808 words)

	BBC News \| Asia-Pacific \| Battle over Tibet's boy leader
		A long-running battle between Beijing and Tibet over one of Buddhism's spiritual leaders is as bitter as ever.
		Beijing sees the present Dalai Lama as one of the main obstacles in the Tibetan issue, with the success of the Tibetan case internationally and within Tibet really resting on the personality of the Dalai Lama himself as the leader of the Tibetan people."
		With many opposed to Beijing's handling of the succession, it appears likely that the second most important position in Tibetan Buddhism will remain in dispute for a long time to come.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/asia-pacific/264714.stm (857 words)

	FT.com / Energy Utilities Mining / Battle for Unocal - Beijing and Moscow hope joint exercises will strengthen ties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nearly 10,000 troops are to take part in unprecedented joint military exercises by China and Russia this month aimed at strengthening ties between the armed forces of two powers that were once bitter foes.
		Chinese state media said yesterday the "Peace Mission 2005" exercises would be held from August 18-25 in and around the Russian far eastern port of Vladivostok and the Chinese coastal province of Shandong.
		The scale of the exercises, which will involve land, air, naval, paratroop and marine forces, underlines the determination of Beijing and Moscow to expand a military relationship that has blossomed over the last 15 years.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/64f00434-03bb-11da-b54a-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=9d2251d4-e347-11d9-b6f0-00000e2511c8.html (150 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		NEW YORK, MARCH 2, 2005 (Zenit.org).- A two-week review of progress made in "promoting equality for women and girls" by the United Nations is under way.
		Indeed, amendments were proposed by the United States at a negotiating session Friday declaring that the Beijing conference did not create "any new international human rights" and did not include a right to abortion.
		Meanwhile, Catholic pro-life teams are leading the challenge to open debate on these issues during the proceedings of the session.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=67154 (714 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		BEIJING - China's battle against illegal sales of insurance policies may take longer than anticipated, unless local firms can begin offering services that are on a par with their foreign counterparts.
		And it is not just confined to well-off parts of the country, said Li, adding: "The numbers have grown large even in Xinjiang," a less-developed autonomous region in western China.
		Such "tourist groups", which average 50 members, are being sent from Beijing on a monthly basis.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/GE04Ad08.html (1269 words)

	Beijing SARS battle severe: Mayor
		The battle against the SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome] virus in Beijing remains severe, acting Mayor Wang Qishan said on Wednesday.
		Beijing is currently the hardest-hit area in the world, with about 1,347 reported SARS cases and 66 deaths.
		The number of infections in Beijing has shot up from 37 since China began reporting more honest figures about SARS from April 20.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/apr/30sars.htm (368 words)

	U.S. Commercial Service China: SARS Impact on China's Economy
		April was a key month for Beijing in the battle against SARS, especially the latter period of month.
		Beijing Statistic Bureau announced that the SARS impact on Beijing’s economy through April could have reached about $54.5 million in losses.
		Since Beijing’s GDP makes up about three percent of the national GDP, the SARS impact on its service-related economy should be cause for concern.
	www.buyusa.gov /china/en/sars11.html (1178 words)

	Mr. Wang’s ‘garden in the sky’ - Environment - MSNBC.com
		Beijing exec battles pollution for a ‘Green Olympics’ in 2008
		The "green rooftop" project is a major component of Beijing's multi-pronged strategy to meet mandated air-quality standards in time for the Summer Olympics of 2008.
		Beijing is spending billions of dollars to relocate some 200 polluting factories, and to lay down the pipelines and infrastructure for substituting natural gas for coal, which is a principal source of air-borne particles.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7911618 (773 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Top Stories - Cult defies Beijing crackdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But tonight, and for the foreseeable future, Xu, the minister for television and radio, will be unfolding a camp bed in his office to ensure that he is in place to respond to the next broadcasting crisis.
		The battle between Beijing and the religious sect, which the state has vilified as an evil cult, has slid into an unending war of attrition.
		Enraged that its control over television could be broken so easily, Beijing went on the offensive last week against a "despicable" plot to usurp the channels that feed propaganda to the Chinese people.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=758232002 (1009 words)

	Tibet Environmental Watch - Development
		BEIJING, Nov 9 (AFP) - China's entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), expected to be sealed this weekend, could have serious consequences for the people of Tibet, a rights group warned Friday.
		Farmers across China are expected to be among the losers after the WTO accession, and a report by the London-based Free Tibet Campaign said Tibet's predominantly agrarian population could be particularly hit.
		A meeting of WTO members in Doha, Qatar on Saturday is almost certain to vote in favour of allowing Chinese membership, ending a 15-year battle by Beijing to join.
	www.tew.org /development/wto.farmers.html (387 words)

	GrandPrix.com > News > The battle between Beijing and Shanghai
		The foundations of a $120 million racing circuit were laid in Beijing this week and the organisers say that the track will be suitable for F1.
		It is possible that the Beijing track will bid for the Chinese GP in 2011 and beyond which will be after the planned Olympic Games.
		Until then, Beijing will be building up its infrastructure which is still not good enough for a Formula 1.
	www.grandprix.com /ns/ns07277.html (163 words)

	North Korea negotiators battle over draft statement - Boston.com - Asia - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Negotiators from six countries trying to end the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions resume their diplomatic battle in Beijing on Tuesday, struggling to put down on paper the few things they have agreed.
		BEIJING (Reuters) - Negotiators from six countries trying to end the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions resume their diplomatic battle in Beijing on Tuesday, struggling to put down on paper the few things they have agreed.
		Using a Chinese draft as a basis for discussion, the two Koreas, the United States, Russia, Japan and the host nation have been struggling to ink a joint statement after intensive talks.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/08/01/korea_nuclear_talks_struggle_over_joint_statement_1122876284 (670 words)

	Foreign Affairs - A Global Power Shift in the Making - James F. Hoge, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Beijing is tightening the money supply and big-bank lending, while continuing efforts to clean up the fragile banking sector.
		Washington is thus eager to use India, which appears set to grow in economic and military strength, as a counterbalance to China as well as a strong proponent of democracy in its own right.
		The Bush administration's embrace of engagement with China is an improvement over its initial posture, and the change has been reflected in Washington's efforts to work with Beijing in the battle against terrorism and negotiations with North Korea.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /20040701facomment83401/james-f-hoge-jr/a-global-power-shift-in-the-making.html?mode=print (2815 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Asia - 23,000 quarantined in Beijing's battle against SARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		More than 4,000 Beijing residents have been quarantined to prevent the spread SARS, bringing the quarantine total in the Chinese capital to more than 23,000.
		The Beijing foreign affairs office says 23,464 people are now under quarantine, and 13,274 people have so far been released from isolation.
		Beijing's SARS toll rose over the weekend to 120 people and the total of confirmed cases in the hard-hit city rose to 2,265.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_852488.htm (331 words)

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