6th Hubei Wuhan-Taiwan Week held in Wuhan

The sixth "Hubei Wuhan-Taiwan Week" has been held in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province.

At the opening ceremony, Wang Yi, the director of State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office said 2009 will witness the all-around development of cross-strait.

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Wang Yi said as long as the two sides join hands together to support each other, they can not only ride out the current financial crisis, but could also grasp new opportunities.

Taiwan has proposed a bilateral economic cooperation framework agreement. Wang Yi says this is in line with the two sides' economic features, and will surely bring more profit for the people.

Nearly two thousand participants from economic and cultural areas attended the ongoing Hubei Wuhan-Taiwan Week. The event is to boost trade ties between the central province and Taiwan.

By the end of last year, 2020 Taiwan companies made a total investment of 5 billion US dollars in Hubei Province. Among them were big names such as Foxconn and leading chip maker, SMIC.

Charlene Choi - Two Missing One

Promotional photos of Hong Kong pop singer Charlene Choi for her first
solo album "Two Missing One." [Photo: sina.com.cn/Tungstar]

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Davydenko to play Ferrero in Estoril Open

LISBON, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Nikolay Davydenko and Juan Carlos Ferrero set up a Wednesday battle of former champions at the Estoril Open.

Second seed Nikolay Davydenko, the 2003 champion who lost finals in 2006 to David Nalbandian and in 2007 to Roger Federer rallied back after trailing two breaks in the second set to emerge a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Andrey Golubev in opening round.

Ferrero, the champion eight years ago on the clay of the Estadio Nacional, booked his spot by beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6 (7-4),6-3.

Ferrero, a former number one, last month claimed his first title since 2003 when he won Casablanca. The 29-year-old part-time hotelier has won two of his previous three matches against Davydenko, the last contested in 2005.

Spain's third seed David Ferrer ended a six-year dry spell at the event with his 6-4, 6-1 defeat of fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver.

Ferrer, ranked 14th, broke five times against the number 79Gimeno-Traver after trailing early in the match on hot spring afternoon.

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09/04/03 China promotes unity at G20

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Hello, I am Yang Rui with Dialogue brought to you live from Beijing. Cynics would argue that the G-20 summit in London would be nothing short of a big photo opportunity. They say that it is virtually impossible to address the global monetary crisis and economic recession within four hours.

There is a serious divide between the German-French axis and the debt-based US and UK consumption over the issue of banking regulations and stimulus package. Unity is hard to achieve since Russia and China have proposed a shift from the dollar-dominated world reserve currency.

But, despite the walkout threats from President Sarkozy, Chinese president Hu Jintao and his American counterpart Barrac Obama demonstrated unity when they met on the sidelines before the opening of the second G-20 summit. These two world leaders agreed to set up an annual bilateral strategic and economic dialogue to upgrade the existing economic disputes settlement mechanism of the two large economies.

We are joined live here by Mr. Henry Wang Huiyao, vice president of the Western Returned Scholars Association, and Mr. Brandon Blackburn-Dywer.

Two tested positive for swine flu in Britain

Special Report:Swine flu raises world concern

LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Scottish Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that two people coming back from Mexico have tested positive for swine flu in Britain, Sky news reported on Monday.

Sturgeon said: "I can confirm that tests have demonstrated conclusively that the two Scottish cases of swine flu are positive."

She added that the two patients are "recovering well" at Monklands Hospital.

The two people were admitted to hospital in Airdrie, Lanarkshire in northern Britain, after returning from holiday in Mexico, where over 100 people have died from swine flu.

The health minister added that seven of the 22 who had been in contact with the two patients have developed "mild symptoms," but they have not been confirmed as swine flu cases and are being "appropriately cared for" at home.

Earlier, British Health Secretary Alan Johnson told the House of Commons that a total of 25 possible cases had been reported in the country, eight of which initially proved negative.

Johnson insisted that Britain has enough anti-viral medication to treat half the population in the event of a pandemic.

According to the health secretary, the National Health Service has a stockpile of over 500-million-pound (750 million U.S. dollars) worth of the Tamiflu antiviral drug and scientists are working on developing a vaccine against the new strain.

The Health Protection Agency said it was keeping a close eye on the situation, adding there was currently a "very low level" of flu activity in the country.

The concern over swine flu has caused shares of travel firms and air line shares to drop on Monday whereas shares of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline had witnessed remarkable rise.