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At a Glance
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Second board in doubt
BEIJING: China's chief securities regulator said on Tuesday the bursting of the high-technology bubble worldwide had forced authorities to rethink the timing of the launch of the country's Nasdaq-style second board.
Human cloning banned
BEIJING: The Chinese Government is opposed to research into the cloning of humans, a scientist said yesterday.
"The cloning of humans is not allowed in China," said Hong Guofan, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee. "However, we differentiate between cloning technology and the cloning of humans," said Hong, who is also director of the State Gene Research Centre under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
GM crops
BEIJING: The Chinese Government is taking a prudent attitude towards genetically-modified (GM) crops and has started drawing up regulations on the control of biological technologies, Shi Yuanchun, vice-chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, said yesterday.
Shi, who is also an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said GM technology is itself neutral, but since genetic modification means the transfer of an outside gene into a living body, it does represent a potential danger to humans that needs to be examined and supervised.
Departure port determined
GUANGZHOU: After two months' careful study, a group of experts concluded on Wednesday that Xuwen County in South China's Guangdong Province was once the terminus of the ancient -- and largely forgotten -- maritime silk road.
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