1.   As a Chinese official for international affairs visited Seoul, Sun Yuxi, the Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing, said China wanted to promote closer ties.

2.   A top Taiwan policymaker, meanwhile, insisted the policy change was intended to promote improved ties by forcing both sides to accept the reality of two sovereign governments.

3.   Finally, he adds, parents who seek to promote closer ties between their children and adult parents should think of themselves as party hosts.

4.   Governors and officials from these states wound up their annual conference with Japanese business and government leaders to promote business ties.

5.   His policy of using private business, primarily the biggest conglomerate, Hyundai, to promote ties with North Korea is seen by some here as increasingly naive.

6.   Kyushu has been particularly active in promoting ties with areas surrounding the Yellow Sea.

7.   Nonetheless, Protestant figures questioned why IRA personnel were promoting ties with the Colombian rebels if they were hoping for peace.

8.   Only snobbery can explain the widespread failure of the tie industry to design and promote a tie specifically for desk use.

9.   That meeting, boycotted by key US allies like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, was intended to promote economic ties between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

10.   The policy protects widespread efforts to promote trade ties with oil-producing Iran.