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North Korean Papers Hail China's National Day

Posted on: Saturday, 1 October 2005, 06:00 CDT

Text of report in English by North Korean news agency KCNA

Pyongyang, 1 October: Papers here Saturday [1 October] observe the 56th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Papers in signed articles note that the foundation of the PRC was an epochal event that gave origin to socialism in the history of the Chinese people.

Nodong Sinmun says that the Chinese people have waged a dynamic struggle to create a new life and build new socialist China under the correct guidance of the Communist Party of China. Through scores of years of incessant struggle and progress the Chinese people became fully confident that as there is the PRC there is prospering new China, the paper says, and goes on:

The Chinese people are proud of the fact that China has traversed the road of proud struggle and victory for the past several decades.

Today the Chinese people are making vigorous endeavours to attain a higher goal based on the achievements already made under the leadership of the CPC led by Hu Jintao. A dynamic work is now underway to build a comprehensively well-off society by 2020 as set forth at the 16th Congress of the CPC.

China's efforts to ensure peace and security in Asia and the rest of the world and develop international relations while pursuing an independent foreign policy are supported and sympathized by the international community. China's position and influence are now growing stronger than ever before on the international arena.

The Korean people are rejoiced as over their own over achievements made by the Chinese people in realizing socialist modernization drive with Chinese characteristics and sincerely hope everything would go well in China.

The DPRK-China friendship is a traditional one that was formed through the joint struggle against imperialists and that has been consolidated and developed, standing all tests of history and a solid one that is growing stronger with each passing day under the deep concern of the leaders of the two countries. The DPRK will as ever set store by the DPRK-China friendship and make positive efforts to develop it as required by the new century and in line with the common interests of the two peoples.

Minju Joson says that the historic road covered by China is a proud road of struggle and victory for the Chinese people.

Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific

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