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<p>Asia's largest film festival,, the Busan International Film Festival,, will be held from Oct. 6 to14 at five theaters in the city of Busan. Some 307 films from 70 countries will be screened, with 135 premiering at the festival. <br><br>The festival was formerly known as the Pusan International Film Festival but amended the spelling of its name this year to conform to the official Romanization of the city in which it is held.<br><br>The 16th BIFF will kick off with the Korean movie "Always," starring So Ji-sup and Han Hyo-joo. The film relies on stereotypical melodramatic clichés to massage the audience's emotions as it follows the story of a former boxer and a woman who is losing her eyesight, but some well-restrained directing and controlled dialogue put this film a cut above regular generic offerings.<br><br>The festival will close with "Chronicle of My Mother,," based on the autobiography of Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue. Directed by Harada Masato, the movie focuses on a famous writer as he takes care of his mother,, who suffers from dementia,, with powerful scenes evoking the writer's childhood and his mother's affection for him. </p> Clockwise from left: "Always" (Korea), "The Mirror Never Lies" (Indonesia) and "A Criminal Education" (Italy) <p>This year's festival will also highlight the growth of Southeast Asian movie industries, with masterpieces from the region competing for the "New Current Award." <br><br>"Nino" (Philippines),, "Return to Burma" (Burma) and "The Mirror Never Lies" (Indonesia) are already drawing critics' attention. Meanwhile, a number of movies reflecting the quest for political reform in the Arab world have been sweeping the region since last year and are expected to be just as popular in Busan. "18 Days" is an omnibus composed of 10 shorts showing how reform in Egypt led to the collapse of the regime of Hosni Mubarak. On a similar theme,, the documentary "No More Fear" concerns the recent Tunisian uprising that gave birth to the Arab Jasmine Revolution. <br><br>With 3D technology gaining more traction in Hollywood and at cinemas around the world,, it is perhaps little surprise that three Korean 3D movies will also be screened.<br><br>"A Fish" shows the potential of low-budget 3D offerings as it was filmed on the paltry sum of W70 million (US$1=W1,136),, while Bong Joon-ho's "The Host" will also make its debut in 3D. "Persimmon," by director Choo Sang-rok,, makes up the third title. <br><br>Tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies can be ordered from 5 p.m. next Monday, while tickets for movie screenings can be booked two days later,, starting from 9 a.m. on Wednesday. For more details,, log onto BIFF's website at biff.or.kr. </p>
<p>Asia's largest film festival,, the Busan International Film Festival,, will be held from Oct. 6 to14 at five theaters in the city of Busan. Some 307 films from 70 countries will be screened, with 135 premiering at the festival. <br><br>The festival was formerly known as the Pusan International Film Festival but amended the spelling of its name this year to conform to the official Romanization of the city in which it is held.<br><br>The 16th BIFF will kick off with the Korean movie "Always," starring So Ji-sup and Han Hyo-joo. The film relies on stereotypical melodramatic clichés to massage the audience's emotions as it follows the story of a former boxer and a woman who is losing her eyesight, but some well-restrained directing and controlled dialogue put this film a cut above regular generic offerings.<br><br>The festival will close with "Chronicle of My Mother,," based on the autobiography of Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue. Directed by Harada Masato, the movie focuses on a famous writer as he takes care of his mother,, who suffers from dementia,, with powerful scenes evoking the writer's childhood and his mother's affection for him. </p> Clockwise from left: "Always" (Korea), "The Mirror Never Lies" (Indonesia) and "A Criminal Education" (Italy) <p>This year's festival will also highlight the growth of Southeast Asian movie industries, with masterpieces from the region competing for the "New Current Award." <br><br>"Nino" (Philippines),, "Return to Burma" (Burma) and "The Mirror Never Lies" (Indonesia) are already drawing critics' attention. Meanwhile, a number of movies reflecting the quest for political reform in the Arab world have been sweeping the region since last year and are expected to be just as popular in Busan. "18 Days" is an omnibus composed of 10 shorts showing how reform in Egypt led to the collapse of the regime of Hosni Mubarak. On a similar theme,, the documentary "No More Fear" concerns the recent Tunisian uprising that gave birth to the Arab Jasmine Revolution. <br><br>With 3D technology gaining more traction in Hollywood and at cinemas around the world,, it is perhaps little surprise that three Korean 3D movies will also be screened.<br><br>"A Fish" shows the potential of low-budget 3D offerings as it was filmed on the paltry sum of W70 million (US$1=W1,136),, while Bong Joon-ho's "The Host" will also make its debut in 3D. "Persimmon," by director Choo Sang-rok,, makes up the third title. <br><br>Tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies can be ordered from 5 p.m. next Monday, while tickets for movie screenings can be booked two days later,, starting from 9 a.m. on Wednesday. For more details,, log onto BIFF's website at biff.or.kr. </p>
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<p>An armored train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his entourage to China traveled non-stop for almost 30 hours from 2:20 p.m. on Saturday until 7:50 p.m. on Sunday,, covering around 2,,000 km from Jilin Province in the northeastern part of the country to Jiangsu Province in the south. <br><br>It is the first time Kim has visited China's three northeastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang and the southern industrial region at the same time. Previously Kim made separate trips to southern cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou in 2001 and 2006 and to the three northeastern provinces in May and August last year. The three northeastern provinces are rich in natural resources and considered the least developed in the country,, and Beijing is keen to develop them. </p> North Korean leader Kim Jong-il leaves a facility in Changchun on Saturday. /Asahi TV <p>China is apparently interested in using North Korea's Rajin-Sonbong port to ship resources, grain and timber more swiftly and cheaply from north to south. "It takes just a third of the costs to transport goods by ship from Rajin-Sonbong than it takes to move them by train," said Cho Bong-hyun,, a researcher at IBK Economic Research Institute. <br><br>In December last year,, China conducted a trial run by shipping 500 truckloads of coal from Jilin to Shanghai via the port,, and Beijing has apparently won the rights to use the North Korean port,, which serves as a gateway to the East Sea. <br><br>China and North Korea are also apparently going to hold a ground-breaking ceremony at the end of this month for a highway linking China's Hunchun and Rajin-Sonbong. <br><br>With the visit,, "Kim Jong-il seems to be stressing the message that investing in Rajin-Sonbong and North Korea could enable China to link the three resource-rich northeastern provinces with the southern industrial region,," said Cho Young-ki,, a North Korea expert at Korea University. <br><br>If the maritime route comes into operation, it would effectively encircle South Korea. There is speculation that Kim Jong-il will attend another ground-breaking ceremony for a project to develop an industrial complex on Hwanggumpyong Island in the Apnok or Yalu River on his way back from China. "The maritime route could transport more than just materials," a diplomatic source said. "We could even see Chinese naval forces patrolling the East Sea." China and North Korea have apparently bolstered military ties since last year.<br><br>China has been looking for an ice-free port for a long time. If it secures the maritime route, it could use the waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula as its own. <br><br>"From North Korea's perspective,, economic cooperation with China is a matter of life and death and it needs the economic assistance badly enough to hand over Rajin-Sonbong port,," the source said. Aid from South Korea and the U.S. has been halted since North Korea's attacks against the Navy corvette Cheonan and Yeonpyeong Island last year, and China is the only source of aid. </p>
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Chinese ambassador to the war-torn country

Xu spoke highly of Afghanistan's achievements in post-war reconstruction. "In the past ten years, under the leadership of Afghan government and support of the international community,, the reconstruction has born fruitful results. Political and national reconciliation through peaceful negotiation has become a consensus among all parties." Afghanistan also has seen improvement in areas like security, economy, social welfare and human rights, he added.

"China is the most reliable friend of Afghanistan," concluded Xu, "We will always stand side by side with Afghanistan and its people."

The development of China-Afghanistan relationship has rich historical background,, pervasive public support and realistic significance, serving as a perfect example of mutual respect and support among developing countries, accordnig to the top Chinese diplomat in Afghanistan.

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KABUL, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China is the most reliable friend of Afghanistan, said Xu Feihong, Chinese ambassador to the war-torn country, just days before Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to China.

"SCO has always seen Afghanistan as an important partner in the region,," noted the Chinese ambassador, "We have been engaging in close coordination with Afghanistan in areas like trade,, culture and fighting terrorism,, secessionism, extremism and narcotics."

Over the past 10 years, China has been providing a considerable amount of aid to Afghanistan, building infrastructure,, promoting mutual cooperation, training Afghan officials and professionals and offering scholarships to Afghan students,, said Xu, and will in its own way continue to provide assistance to the Afghan security forces within its capacity,, and help Afghanistan strengthen its security competence.

As a significant platform for Afghanistan to enhance cooperation and dialogue with its neighbors,, Xu added, SCO will furthre strengthen cooperation and coordination on Afghan-related issues, in an effort to improve Afghanistan's capability to deal with new challenges during transition and achieve peace, stalibility, independence and development in the long term.

In 1955,, China and Afghanistan established diplomatic relations, which were upgraded to the Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership in 2006. The two countries have ever since kept frequent high- level exchanges and fruitful cooperation in terms of politics,, economy, non-traditional security and cultural exchanges.

The Chinese diplomat also called upon the international community to fulfill their promises in 2011 Bonn Conference and previous international conferences regarding Afghan issue, in a collective effort to build a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.

During his third ever visit to China, according to Xu, Karzai will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit as a guest for the fifth time,, after which he will meet with Chinese leaders and visit several Chinese cities and provinces such as Beijing and Hubei.

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New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras (C front) speaks at a press conference in central Athens,, on June 17,, 2012. The pro-bailout conservative New Democracy party beat the anti-bailout leftist Syriza party in Greece's crucial election on Sunday,, according to the updated exit poll released nearly two hours after all polling stations were closed. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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省抽结果出炉:石狮参检食品企业悉数过关

    据了解,在历年来的抽检中,,石狮食品企业所生产的产品都很“过硬”,极少有不过关的现象发生,“希望能够继续保持。”石狮市质量技术监督局局长纪锦明表示。(记者 杨江 通讯员 汪志芳)

    本报讯 食品安全大于天。为保障食品质量安全、维护消费者合法权益,,日前,,省质监局组织对我省企业生产的果冻、糖果产品进行了省级监督抽查,合格率较高,,其中,,果冻的合格率为96.8%、糖果的合格率为100%。石狮被抽查的四家企业5项产品均悉数过关,。

 


    据石狮市质量技术监督局工作人员介绍, I left my heart in the mountains in the little house with a garden behind the house that my heart is in it is the girl, now my lonely woman made her eyes without the appearance of youth I put heart into,,从食品的抽检结果来看,含乳饮料产品的质量安全状况较令人满意, I left my heart in the mountains in the little house with a garden behind the house that my heart is in it is the girl, now my lonely woman made her eyes without the appearance of youth I put heart into,,说明我市大多数的糖果产品生产企业能从原料、生产卫生环境、食品添加剂管理、生产加工过程控制、出厂检验等环节进行较严格的质量控制,从而使糖果产品的质量安全有了较好的保障。但同时不能忽略的是食品添加剂、抽签标准等问题,,其中包括安赛蜜含量超标,,造成安赛蜜含量超标的原因是企业在生产过程中对安赛蜜的使用量控制不严;标签标注存在不规范问题主要有:未标注产品名称或真实属性的名称、未标注所使用食品添加剂的具体名称、未标注产地信息、未标注贮藏条件、未标注产品的类型、配料表中未建立“食品添加剂”项、警示语标注不规范等。标签标注问题的原因主要是企业对标签标注不够重视,,对有关的标准、规定不够了解,。

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勇挑城区建设重担科学发展现代城市经济

    四要更新观念,提升城市管理水平。要以创建学习型党组织为抓手,解放思想,更新服务理念,理清管理与服务功能,树立服务为先的城市管理理念,提高街道干部的城市管理水平、社区干部社区服务能力,为来到社区的人、住在社区的人、路过社区的人提供优质服务。

    到先进发达地区学习考察,贵在取人之长、补己之短、见诸行动。在今后的工作中,我们将坚持以科学发展观为统领,认真落实市委许书记在全市领导干部大会上的重要讲话精神,学习借鉴思明区在发展现代城市经济的成功经验,勇挑石狮主城区建设的重担,,大力发展楼宇经济、总部经济、绿色经济;着力创建和谐社区,力争“硬件出形象,软件塑品牌”,把湖滨建设成为宜居、宜业、宜乐、宜学的城市精品名片。

    为贯彻落实市委许书记的重要指示精神,5月27日,湖滨街道两委成员前往厦门思明区,先后参观了厦门软件园区、观音山商务区、华融集团海乐园动漫公司、磐基中心商务楼、嘉实(厦门)融资租赁有限公司、泉州商会、筼筜街道办事处以及振兴社区,学习了思明区发展总部经济、楼宇经济、创意产业、金融市场以及抓好街道社区建设的做法和经验。

 


    二要立足实际,加快发展现代服务业。(1)要在辖区内结合旧城改造,建设若干幢多功能的现代总部经济大楼。目前湖滨的土地资源短缺,经济要持续发展就需要集约化利用土地,楼宇经济正是对土地集约利用的经济。要加强规划和招商的引导,在以后的旧城改造中,根据产业发展规划和城市功能区的集聚规划,,规划各式各样的城市功能区,并通过楼宇的建设提供空间载体。要以德辉广场楼宇经济为标本,逐步形成以临街店面经营为主转向以内外广场店面商铺经营为主的楼宇经济新格局。(2)引导中小型企业依托融资租赁公司提供资金增加生产设备、扩大再生产,确保中小型企业尽快走出困境,持续健康发展。“融资租赁”模式主要是“租鸡生蛋,卖蛋还租,赚得蛋鸡”,在一定程度上帮助中小企业解决资金压力。目前石狮不少中小企业融资相当难,在企业“借鸡生蛋”与“孵蛋成鸡”过程中,,政府可考虑出台一些优惠政策,包括税收优惠和政府补助,扶持融资租赁,让中小企业借租赁之利,乘融资之便,,全面推进技术创新,提高自身综合实力和经济效益。(3)引导传统服务业向现代服务业转型。辖区内餐饮业发展迅速,目前各类酒店已达到饱和状态,要引导企业改变发展方向,规避产业过剩,造成资产、从业人员的大量过剩,应集中资金发展金融、中介、技术培训、创意等现代服务性行业,。

    (本文摘编自湖滨街道赴厦门市思明区学习考察报告)

    5月14日,市委许维泽书记到湖滨街道调研时强调指出,湖滨街道当前最紧迫的任务,是要客观分析辖区面积小、发展空间受限的问题,要学习借鉴上海、厦门等城区推动城区发展的做法和经验,理清符合城区发展的新思路;要求湖滨街道转变发展方式、破解发展难题、加快发展步伐,着力发展现代服务业、提高城市建管水平、构建城市和谐社会、提升干部执行能力。

    虽然学习考察时间只有一天,但大家带着问题学习思考,抓紧时间交流讨论,深入细致研究探讨,整个考察活动行程紧凑、重点突出、感受深刻。一是城市规划合理,总部经济、楼宇经济发达。厦门软件园已发展成为专业化的高科技园区,成为思明区经济增长快、投资回报高、创新能力强、具有较好发展前景的经济增长点,;磐基中心商务楼目前已有多家全球500强及世界知名企业入驻。去年思明区纳税总额超过亿元的楼宇有5幢,,这些亿元楼就像一个个支点撬动着思明楼宇总部经济向纵深发展。二是特色产业发展迅速,。华融集团海乐园动漫公司依托强大品牌实力和独特动漫产业优势,领跑中国动漫童装。嘉实(厦门)融资租赁有限公司凭借在国内外市场上的品牌优势、渠道优势、资金优势和人才优势,为境内外客户提供专业化的金融租赁服务。三是社区建设“一居多特”。振兴社区在社区管理和服务工作中打造出自己的品牌特色——“社区自治化、管理民主化、服务人性化、活动经常化”,形成社区互帮互助的良好社区环境,。

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"Return to Burma"

Asia's largest film festival,, the Busan International Film Festival,, will be held from Oct. 6 to14 at five theaters in the city of Busan. Some 307 films from 70 countries will be screened, with 135 premiering at the festival.

The festival was formerly known as the Pusan International Film Festival but amended the spelling of its name this year to conform to the official Romanization of the city in which it is held.

The 16th BIFF will kick off with the Korean movie "Always," starring So Ji-sup and Han Hyo-joo. The film relies on stereotypical melodramatic clichés to massage the audience's emotions as it follows the story of a former boxer and a woman who is losing her eyesight, but some well-restrained directing and controlled dialogue put this film a cut above regular generic offerings.

The festival will close with "Chronicle of My Mother,," based on the autobiography of Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue. Directed by Harada Masato, the movie focuses on a famous writer as he takes care of his mother,, who suffers from dementia,, with powerful scenes evoking the writer's childhood and his mother's affection for him.

Clockwise from left: "Always" (Korea), "The Mirror Never Lies" (Indonesia) and "A Criminal Education" (Italy)

This year's festival will also highlight the growth of Southeast Asian movie industries, with masterpieces from the region competing for the "New Current Award."

"Nino" (Philippines),, "Return to Burma" (Burma) and "The Mirror Never Lies" (Indonesia) are already drawing critics' attention. Meanwhile, a number of movies reflecting the quest for political reform in the Arab world have been sweeping the region since last year and are expected to be just as popular in Busan. "18 Days" is an omnibus composed of 10 shorts showing how reform in Egypt led to the collapse of the regime of Hosni Mubarak. On a similar theme,, the documentary "No More Fear" concerns the recent Tunisian uprising that gave birth to the Arab Jasmine Revolution.

With 3D technology gaining more traction in Hollywood and at cinemas around the world,, it is perhaps little surprise that three Korean 3D movies will also be screened.

"A Fish" shows the potential of low-budget 3D offerings as it was filmed on the paltry sum of W70 million (US$1=W1,136),, while Bong Joon-ho's "The Host" will also make its debut in 3D. "Persimmon," by director Choo Sang-rok,, makes up the third title.

Tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies can be ordered from 5 p.m. next Monday, while tickets for movie screenings can be booked two days later,, starting from 9 a.m. on Wednesday. For more details,, log onto BIFF's website at biff.or.kr.

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a researcher at IBK Economic Research Institute.

An armored train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his entourage to China traveled non-stop for almost 30 hours from 2:20 p.m. on Saturday until 7:50 p.m. on Sunday,, covering around 2,,000 km from Jilin Province in the northeastern part of the country to Jiangsu Province in the south.

It is the first time Kim has visited China's three northeastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang and the southern industrial region at the same time. Previously Kim made separate trips to southern cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou in 2001 and 2006 and to the three northeastern provinces in May and August last year. The three northeastern provinces are rich in natural resources and considered the least developed in the country,, and Beijing is keen to develop them.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il leaves a facility in Changchun on Saturday. /Asahi TV

China is apparently interested in using North Korea's Rajin-Sonbong port to ship resources, grain and timber more swiftly and cheaply from north to south. "It takes just a third of the costs to transport goods by ship from Rajin-Sonbong than it takes to move them by train," said Cho Bong-hyun,, a researcher at IBK Economic Research Institute.

In December last year,, China conducted a trial run by shipping 500 truckloads of coal from Jilin to Shanghai via the port,, and Beijing has apparently won the rights to use the North Korean port,, which serves as a gateway to the East Sea.

China and North Korea are also apparently going to hold a ground-breaking ceremony at the end of this month for a highway linking China's Hunchun and Rajin-Sonbong.

With the visit,, "Kim Jong-il seems to be stressing the message that investing in Rajin-Sonbong and North Korea could enable China to link the three resource-rich northeastern provinces with the southern industrial region,," said Cho Young-ki,, a North Korea expert at Korea University.

If the maritime route comes into operation, it would effectively encircle South Korea. There is speculation that Kim Jong-il will attend another ground-breaking ceremony for a project to develop an industrial complex on Hwanggumpyong Island in the Apnok or Yalu River on his way back from China. "The maritime route could transport more than just materials," a diplomatic source said. "We could even see Chinese naval forces patrolling the East Sea." China and North Korea have apparently bolstered military ties since last year.

China has been looking for an ice-free port for a long time. If it secures the maritime route, it could use the waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula as its own.

"From North Korea's perspective,, economic cooperation with China is a matter of life and death and it needs the economic assistance badly enough to hand over Rajin-Sonbong port,," the source said. Aid from South Korea and the U.S. has been halted since North Korea's attacks against the Navy corvette Cheonan and Yeonpyeong Island last year, and China is the only source of aid.

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