Indian Wheat Specialist Gets Chinese Friendship Medal 　　Sanjaya Rajaram, an Indian who works on breeding different strains of wheat, was given the " Friendship Medal" at Beijing's Great Hall of the People yesterday for his cooperation with China in agriculture. 　　Song Ping, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, presented the award on behalf of the Chinese government. 　　The "Friendship Medal" is the Chinese government's highest award for foreigners working in China. About 420 foreigners have received the honor. 　　Sanjaya Rajaram has cooperated with the China Agricultural Science Academy since the 1980s and has helped promote exchanges between China and other countries in wheat breeding and in training Chinese agronomists. In collaboration with Chinese experts, he has developed five new strains of wheat that are being used on 670,000 hectares of land each year. (Xinhua) HomeNews 1999-06-02 Page4 Full Story in Chinese