41.  Its members are dissidents from more than a dozen Chinese cities.

42.  Its ventures outside Hong Kong include building the first fiber optic cable linking Chinese cities.

43.  ITT Sheraton Corp. signed hotel management contracts in the southern Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Dongguan, company officials said.

44.  Last fall, there were department store fashion shows in five Chinese cities over a three-week period.

45.  Like most Chinese cities, Zhangye has thousands of workers laid-off by inefficient state-run factories which have either shut down or been privatized.

46.  Like all rural migrants to Chinese cities, they work illegally without proper permits and tend to occupy low-status jobs.

47.  Members are mostly middle-aged urbanites from midlevel Chinese cities like Kaifeng or Jinan in north China who have lost health care and pension benefits.

48.  Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx said it will operate four flights a week to three Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, by early March.

49.  On Saturday, the president will participate in a welcoming ceremony on the edge of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the second Chinese city on his itinerary.