Saturday, April 12, 2003

• Qinghai-Tibet Railway Construction Enters Crucial Period
• National Security Legislation in Line with ICCPR: Officials
• China, US Hold 4th Meeting on Military Safety at Sea
• Chinese FM, US Secretary of State Talk over Phone
• State Council Solicits Opinions from Non-communist Party Representatives
• Chinese Top Legislator Meets Austrian Guest
• HK Makes Response to US-HK Policy Act Report
• Chinese State Councilor Meets ROK Foreign Minister

• Shanghai Issues Regulation on Delayed Salary Payments
• Chinese Enterprises Encouraged to Expand Overseas Business
• Guangdong Plans New Round of City Integration
• Shenzhen's Exports to US, Middle East Rise Sharply
• HK Jewelry, Watch Leaders Meet on Legal Action against Swiss Fair
• OFW Remittances Grow in First Two Months of 2003
• Analysts: Evidence Emerges of End to Deflation Trend
• Trade Essential for Poor Countries' Development: Officials
• China Calls for More Efforts to Achieve Millennium Development Goals
• Antidumping Duties to Not Be Imposed on Chinese Ball-bearing Producers by US
• Shanghai Sees Growth in Tourist Arrivals in First Quarter
• Money-raising Bill Businesses Brisk in Shanghai

• People in Bangladesh Urge Withdrawal of Coalition Forces from Iraq
• Baghdad Descends Further into Anarchy, Iraqi Troops Abandon Mosul
• UNDP Supports Zimbabwe on Its Economic Blueprint
• Russia Ready to Consider Writing off Iraq's Debts
• US to Hold Iraqi Opposition Meeting Next Week
• Iraqi UN Envoy to Leave Office
• Russia, France, Germany Stress UN Role in Post-war Iraq
• Turkey Tightens Control over Border with Iraq
• Pakistan Takes Measures to Prevent Possible SARS Outbreak
• US Senate Approves Nearly 80-billion-dollar Funding for Iraq War
• US Military Issues List of Most Wanted Iraqi Leaders: Coalition
• Britain to Withdraw Troops, Military Hardware from Gulf
• Police Seize Bus Hijacker in Berlin
• First Possible SARS Case Found in Indonesia: Minister

• Beijing Hyundai Coach Oliverira Resigns

• Hospice care for terminal patients in N. China city
• Chinese women in rural areas learn to select best contraceptive
• China Launches Yangtze River Harnessing Project
• Tibetan Lamas Using Tourism to Bring Increased Income
• Ministry of Health Sends Experts to Investigate Mass Food Poison Case 
• Shanghai Works on Public Health
• Traditional Opera Flavored by Modern Music
• New Lok Ma Chau - Huanggang Checkpoint Bridge Proposed
• Cold Wave to Sweep through NW China
• Guangdong Reports Fewer SARS Cases in First Ten Days of April