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‘Sovereignty and security - China’s primary
foreign policy aims’ - Part IV:
Securing peace in the Korean peninsula
The Fifth Session of the Eleventh National
People’s Congress held a press conference in the Great Hall of the
People on March 6, 2012. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
answered questions from Chinese and foreign press on China’s foreign
policy and external relations.
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Implementing the LLRC recommendations
The government has unveiled its road map for
carrying out those recommendations of the Lessons Learned and
Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) hitherto unimplemented. The Cabinet
approved the ‘National Plan of Action to implement the
recommendations of the LLRC’ (NAP) on Wednesday and it was made
public at a press conference on Thursday.
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The Tooth Relic: symbol of royal authority
Srimeghavanna deposited the Tooth Relic in a
building called Dhammacakka and it was the first Temple of the Tooth
in the island. The Mahavamsa records that several kings such as
Dhatusena (455-473) and Aggabodhi I (571-604) deposited the relic in
golden reliquaries and made improvements to the Temple of the Tooth
which stood in the royal courtyard. The Chinese monk, Fa-Hsien who
studied scriptures at Anuradhapura for two years between 411-413 A.D
describes the Tooth Relic festival conducted during his time,
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