Tuesday, April 22, 2003

• President Hu Jintao Meets DPRK Guests
• SARS Cases on Chinese Mainland Rise to 2,158
• Beijing's SARS Cases Hit 588: Health Ministry
• Chinese, Swiss Defense Ministers Hold Talks
• French Prime Minister to Visit China from April 25 to 26
• Tripartite Talks Aimed to Ease Tension: FM Spokesman
• No SARS Case Found During 1st Stage of Guangzhou Fair
• Wang Qishan Becomes Beijing Acting Mayor
• 194 New SARS Cases, 13 Deaths in Chinese Mainland
• Three Ministries Issue Emergency Notices
• Shanghai Vows to Sincerely Cooperate with WHO 
• Chinese Top Legislator Meets US Senate Delegation 
• Top Chinese Legislator Meets Indonesian Deputy Speaker 
• China's Cabinet Despatches More SARS Inspection Teams to Regions
• Chinese Defense Minister Meets DPRK Guests 
• FM Briefs Foreign Diplomats on Latest SARS Developments
• China to Continue to Push for Korea Peace: Official
• Chinese Premier Pledges to Improve SARS Control
• China Calls off Week-long May Day Holiday
• Nature of Taiwan Issue is China's Sovereignty: Hu 
• WHO Expert: "I Trust Our Chinese Counterparts"
• Chinese Workers Stranded in Palau Return Home
• 31 New SARS Cases Reported in Guangdong over Past Five Days

• Finnair to Launch Shanghai-Helsinki Flight
• Three Top Financial Officials on Financial Reform and Development

• Two Bangladesh Boats Capsize, 100 Dead
• US Iraqi Administrator Tours North to Meet Kurdish Leaders
• Obasanjo Almost Surely Wins Presidential Election in Nigeria: Official
• Post-war Iraq Dominates Mideast, US Diplomacy
• Three-stage Power Transfer Unveiled as Garner in Iraq to Take Reins
• 96 Nicaraguans Killed During Easter Holiday
• Top Negotiators of S.Lankan Govt, Rebel Group to Meet
• Azerbaijan's Leader Collapses While Delivering TV Speech
• Malaysia, Singapore Welcome Standardization of SARS Procedures
• Indonesia's Suspected SARS Patient Escapes from Quarantine
• Pakistan Welcomes Indo-Pak Talks, but No Pre-conditions Are Necessary: Spokesman
• Syria Welcomes Bush's Remarks, Calling for Dialogue
• UN Security Council to Take up Iraq Issues Tuesday
• US Renews Terror Caution for Americans
• 48 Bodies Recovered after Two Ferries Sink in Bangladesh
• UN Health Agency to Send More Experts to China

• View the Nation's Trade through Deficits: News Analysis
• UN Council at Loggerheads over Iraq's Sanctions Lifting

• Chinese Paleontologists Seeking Key Links in Evolution
• Geological Park to be Built at Stone Age Site
• First Nanoscience Major to be Offered in China
• Chinese Experts Make Breakthrough in Diagnosing SARS
• Shanghai Scientists Dedicated to Seeking Cure for SARS
• China to Mass Produce Fast SARS Test Kit

• Former Chinese Ace Striker Ma to Replace Penev as Care-taker
• China Targets 3 Golds at World Table Tennis Championships
• Nine Time Olympic Gold Medallist Car Lewis Arrested
• China Announces Player List for 47th World Table Tennis Championship

• HKSAR Govt to Set Fund for Medical Staff
• China Marks 34th Earth Day with Focus on Resources Protection
• Strong Tropical Storm to Affect South China Sea, Taiwan
• Beijing Hit Hard by SARS Outbreak
• International Auto Show Opens in Shanghai 
• Beijingers Deal with SARS Outbreak Calmly
• First SARS Case Found in Shaanxi
• China's Tourist Industry Fights SARS