1.   On Saturday the Chinese legislature responded by limiting the right of residency to mainland children whose parents were residents at the time of their birth.

2.   The Chinese legislature barely approved the construction of the dam, Lammers said.

3.   A U.N. human rights treaty that China signed last year will soon be forwarded to the Chinese national legislature for ratification, a legislative official said Friday.

4.   Also attending the meeting were Li Peng, head of the Chinese legislature, Vice President Hu Jintao and Politburo members Li Ruihuan, Wei Jianxing and Li Lanqing.

5.   But the Chinese legislature has yet to ratify it.

6.   Chinese legislature opens annual session.

7.   Chretien also met Friday with Li Peng, head of the Chinese legislature, and with President Jiang Zemin.

8.   His letter to the Chinese legislature accused Chen Xitong, who was mayor at the time, of provoking the attack by misleading Chinese leaders about the demonstrations.

9.   Seleznyov will also address the Chinese legislature, said Viktor Cheryomukhin, head of the press office of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament.

10.   That will clear the way for China to join the WTO early next year, after the Chinese legislature approves the deal.