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Publishers urged to promote culture 
 Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Li Changchun has urged the nation's publishers to make greater efforts to promote the country's culture worldwide. | 
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President urges to work for ethnic unity 
 President Hu Jintao made his first trip to the Xinjiang since last month's deadly riot. | 
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Exhibition of region development 
 An exhibition about the achievements in five autonomous regions opened in Beijing. | 
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Resettlement on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 
 The government aimes to protect the environment of a well-known nature reserve. | 
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6.8m RMB fund established for ethnic minority culture in Hunan 
 The government of centralChina’sHunanprovince has allocated 6.8 million Yuan ($1 million) for a cultural development fund specifically for ethnic minorities, Zhou Qiang, Governor of the province, said during a press conference on August 10. | 
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House program to highlight Yi identity 
 The government should speed up a house renovation program for Yi ethnic groups in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwestChina’sSichuanprovince, said Yang Jianqiang, vice minister of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. | 
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Xinjiang gears up coal mine production 
 The coal-rich region plans to launch 139 large and medium-sized coal mines by 2010. | 
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Reparation of Tibet palaces finished 
 China officially concluded the reparation of the Potala Palace and Norbu Lingka. | 
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Tibet seeing a record number of travelers 
 Tibet for the first time received more than 1 million tourists from home and abroad in a single month, setting a new record. | 
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Festival shows Mongolia's ethnic culture 
 Cultural ministers from 17 Asian countries vowed to boost cultural development. | 
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Hu meets Taiwan ethnic minorities 
 Hu Jintao expressed his condolences to the Taiwan people for the victims of Morakot. | 
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A tale of a woman and her village 
 Ma Su'e, a woman from a village of Dong ethnic people, harvests happy life from environmental friendly tourism in Enshi, Hubei province. | 
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31 cities' police deployed to Xinjiang 
 The police units took 37 charted planes and arrived 11 hours after receiving the order. | 
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Charming Yamdrok Tso in Tibet 
 The lake, famed for its turquoise waters, lies about 100 kilometers southwest of Lhasa.[ | 
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Fake invoices in railway construction 
 The Qinghai Taxation Bureau discovered 1,154 fake invoices worth 128 million RMB. |