Wednesday, March 12, 2003

• Police Label Reuters Beijing Bureau Intruder Mentally Disturbed
• Candidates for CPPCC Leadership Finalized
• China's Social Security System Takes Shape  
• Civil Affairs Minister Calls for Protecting Democratic Rights of Floating Population
• Reuters Beijing Office Bomb Threat a Hoax: Police 
• Reuters Beijing Office Intruded by Man Claiming with Bomb
• China to Commemorate Ancient Patriot Yue Fei
• Senior Leaders Join in NPC Discussions
• Court to Decide Fate of Derelict Panamanian-registered Ship
• Jiang Calls for All-round Economic, Political, Cultural Development  
• Party Chief Hu Jintao on Taiwan Issue  
• Resolution on Iraq Issue Unnecessary: Jiang Tells Chirac
• Li Peng Calls for Greater Openness, Transparency in Legislation

• CAAC, Airbus Discuss A380 Compatibility with Chinese Airports
• Half New Job Opportunities Earmarked for Laid-offs
• China-designed Private Plane Readies for Take-off
• Economic Crimes Report an Annual Increase of 70 Percent
• Japan Wants to Have Renminbi 'Demonized': Analysis
• Asia's Leading Auto Center Takes Shape in Shanghai
• 'Little Smart' Expands into Beijing Suburbs
• 150mn Chinese Families to Buy Cars in Next 15 Years
• Liu Mingkang Possible to be Head of Banking Regulatory Commission
• Shenzhen Port Reports Foreign Trade Surge
• Daily Spot Turnover Sets Record on Chinese Money Market
• AVIS Taps China's Car Rental Market
• It is Still Too Early to Levy Inheritance Tax in China, Official
• Private, Foreign Capital to Boost Ecotourism in Southern Boomtown
• China to Step up Taxation Among High Income Earners

• Oil Groups Eye Iraqi Reserves in Wake of War
• Germany smashes US Fancy of Submarine Sale to Taiwan
• Top Militant Commander Killed near Delhi
• Toll from Flu Increases to 32 in Russia
• Putin Reshuffles Security Agencies
• New Prosecutor General of S.Korea Named
• Intel Cuts 4,700 Jobs in 2002
• US Tests Biggest Non-nuclear Bomb Designed to Instill Fear
• US-led War on Iraq Looming Large
• Britain May Not Take Part in Iraq War: Rumsfeld
• US Rules Out Possibility of Extending Deadline for Iraq
• Erdogan Appointed Turkish PM
• UN Official Predicts 600,000 Iraqi Refugees from War
• Six Undecided Security Council Members Propose Extending Iraq Deadline
• OPEC Agrees to Keep oil Output Quotas Unchanged
• Russian, British Leaders Discuss Iraq by Phone
• UN Observers in Iraqi-Kuwaiti Borders Start Withdrawal
• US Army Helicopter Crashes with 13 Aboard

• New Medicine to Diagnose AIDS in Five Minutes
• China to Loosen Physical Requirements for College Candidates
• Noted Chinese Rice Expert Mulls Producing Ethyl Alcohol with Rice
• Xinjiang Businesses Fund Schools for Quake-hit Areas
• 49 College Students Win Technical Innovation Awards

• China Strives to Win Fifth Straight Sudirman Cup

• Liaoning Starts Afforestation Program with World Bank Loan
• China's Largest Organic Food Base Set up in Qinghai
• "Green Hotels" a Growing Trend in China
• Survey Shows 84 Percent Chinese Have Sense of Security
• Xinjiang Charity Donates Relief Funds to Quake-stricken Areas
• Donations to Quake-jolted Region Exceed US$ 1 Million
• Oil Tanker Collides into Fishing Boat in South China