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...scene a day later at Beijing's officially sanctioned East Church, which is administered by the state-run Catholic Patriotic Association, was no less fervent. The church was hung with banners commemorating the Pope, and a priest in purple vestments led prayers for his "peaceful enjoyment of heaven." This was the first time since Beijing severed relations with the Vatican in 1951 that worshippers in state-approved churches were allowed to commemorate a Pope's death. With China's approximately 10 million Catholics united in mourning the Pontiff, the divide between underground and official congregations was blurred. "Underground churches...
...first division soccer league over the DISH Network satellite system. Its target audience: the estimated 800,000 German speakers in the U.S., German corporations, and hotel chains catering to Germans on the road. ProSieben is the first such private effort; German public networks ARD and ZDF, as well as state-run Deutsche Welle, are already there. "The market for ethnic TV in the U.S. is growing and we want to be part of it," says Hans Fink, the channel's manager. If it works, he says, Welt will expand into Canada, Latin America and anywhere else where German speakers...
...Sunjiawan mine, killing 213 miners, the worst mine accident reported since the founding of the People's Republic. The blast was the latest in a series of massive disasters that have prompted government pledges of reform and official recognition that $6 billion needs to be spent improving safety in state-run operations. China's mines are the world's deadliest: last year 6,027 coal workers were reported killed in China?about 80 percent of the global total?though independent observers say the actual number could be three times that...
...political turbulence which took place in the late spring and early summer of 1989, Comrade Zhao committed serious mistakes." OFFICIAL STATEMENT on the life of ousted Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang, following his funeral last Saturday. The obituary, which appeared in Chinese state-run media, also recognized Zhao's contribution to economic reforms...
...When Chinese TV maker TCL bought French company Thomson's television operations last year, China's President Hu Jintao insisted on presiding over the signing of the deal in Paris, says a Thomson executive. TCL's profits later dropped 69% in the third quarter. That hasn't discouraged the state-run People's Daily, which two weeks ago urged more companies to follow TCL abroad and "make China a strong country." Ma is worried that history could repeat itself. During Japan's economic bubble in the 1980s, cash-rich Japanese companies went on a U.S. buying spree, only...