41.   Ramos did not raise concerns over the health of the Chinese patriarch during the meeting, according to Philippine defense secretary Renato de Villa.

42.   Sanchez also stressed that he would welcome Chinese investment in Bolivia, and offered his condolences on the death last month of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping.

43.   Share prices in South Korea were barely lower in early trade Thursday with investors largely brushing aside news of the death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping, dealers said.

44.   Taiwan authorities are ready to bail out local financial markets in the event of a slump following the death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping, officials said Thursday.

45.   South Korea announced Wednesday that talks on the defector, interupted by the death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping, had resumed.

46.   The death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping will have very little effect on US-Sino relations, a senior US official said Thursday.

47.   The death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping will not affect relations between China and the Philippines, Philippine Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said here Friday.

48.   The death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping will test the leadership of President Jiang Zemin, a Singaporean political analyst said Thursday.

49.   The military crackdown, sanctioned by late Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping, resulted in hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of deaths.

50.   The health of ailing Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping has worsened suddenly in the past few days, French businessmen said here Saturday, quoting sources close to Deng.