Saturday, May 17, 2003

• Chinese Mainland Reports 28 New SARS Cases
• Taiwan Reports Record 34 New SARS Cases in One Day
• US Interference in China's Internal Affairs Doomed to Failure: FM Spokeswoman
• China's New Health Regulation Spurs Emergency Response Mechanism
• WHO Expert Commends Chinese Grassroots Doctor
• SARS-related Cases Handled in China
• President of Azerbaijan Sends Condolences to Chinese Leader over SARS
• Chinese FM Talks with Sudanese Counterpart over Phone
• Grassroots Democracy Vigorous in Rural China
• China Recipient of 1.185bn yuan in Anti-SARS Donations
• Three New SARS Patients, 4 More Deaths Reported in HK
• Chinese President Interviewed by Russian Press

• State Council Calls for Advancing Experiment in Rural Tax Reform
• China Won't Remove State Tobacco Monopoly
• Chinese Vice Premier Meets President of Motorola
• Guangdong Reports Strong Economic Growth despite SARS
• Medical Apparatus Imports Skyrocket in Beijing
• Three Gorges Project Gears up for Power Generation
• US Consul General Highlights US-HK Trade Relation
• China's Consumer Price Index Rises One Percent in April
• CNOOC Issues US$500 Million Bonds in US

• At Least 24 Die in Casablanca Explosions  
• US, Russia Leaders Discuss Iraq, Terror Attacks
• Schroeder Confident in German-US Ties
• Former US President Ford Hospitalized
• Chinese Vice-premier Arrives for World Health Assembly
• US President Bush Formally Launches Re-election Bid
• Russian President Pledges Further Military Reform
• 85 Illegal Immigrants Feared Dead on Boat to Yemen
• Schroeder, Powell Meet to Stress Common Grounds
• United States Afraid of its Own Shadow: Mahathir
• Putin Promises Normal, Civilized Life to Chechen People
• Schroeder Calls for Lifting UN Sanctions against Iraq
• Putin Calls for a Strong Russia for Integrity, Competitiveness

• Chinese Experts Discover SARS Antibody
• Digital Project Launched for Management of Yellow River

• HK Expresses Regret at Ireland's Decision on Special Olympics

• Fashion of Chinese Ethnic Groups to Show in Paris
• Migrant Workers Confident Beijing's SARS Prevention
• Chinese Crack Down on Public Spitting
• More Under-30 Youths Buy Houses in Shanghai
• Japan Donates over 70,000 US Dollars to Beijing
• Passengers in China Must Register Health Condition in order to Travel
• Influenza A Persists in South China City Shenzhen