Friday, May 23, 2003

• President Hu Jintao's Interviews with Russian Media
• Protocol Reform for Chinese Leaders' Overseas Visits
• China Takes Steps to Ensure SARS Does Not Hinder Construction Plans
• Chinese Mainland Reports 20 New SARS Cases (May 23)
• China Offers 50,000 US Dollars for Quake-hit Algeria
• Taiwan Reports 55 New SARS Cases on May 23
• N. China Port City Plans Face-lift
• Ancient Stone Table Found in N. China
• Swiss FM Arrives in Beijing
• China Strengthens SARS Prevention to Guard against Rebound
• No New SARS Case among Chinese Students for Seven Days Running: Expert
• China Allocates US$ 6.25 mln on Anti-SARS Measures
• Tung Announces Fund to Commemorate Dr Tse Yuen-man
• President Hu Sends Condolences over Algerian Quake
• Chinese Clergy Rebut US Report on Religious Freedom
• SCO Summit not to Cover Expansion: FM Spokeswoman

• Three Gorges Project Sets up Safety Monitoring System
• 'Angarsk-Daqing Line' Adopted for Priority Construction
• China's Aviation Industry Hard Hit by SARS
• SARS Fails to Dampen Foreign Investment in China: Survey
• China Forecasts Drop in Balance of Payments Surplus

• Main Points of UN Resolution to Lift Sanctions on Iraq
• US Congress Approves 400.5-billion-dollar Defense Bill
• Afghanistan Hopes to Share China's Experience in Developing Economy: Vice-president
• Bush Meets Japanese PM at Texas Ranch
• WHO Initiates Setting up Surveillance, Response System against SARS
• SARS Could Reappear This Winter: US Wxperts
• China Urges Israel, Palestinians to Implement Roadmap
• China Expects UN to Play Due Role in Iraq Rebuilding 
• Putin's Pledge Aims to Repair Rift with Bush
• UN Passes Resolution on Lifting Sanctions Against Iraq 
• Britain, US to Show Evidence of Iraq's Banned Weapons: Blair
• Seven Bangladeshi Ministers Resign
• Zimbabwean President Calls for Openness in Debate over Succession
• US Lawmakers Urge More Aggressive Probe into Sept. 11 Attacks
• Quake Toll in Algeria Hits 1,092

• Blueprint for Iraqi Reconstruction Just Appears

• China Makes Major Breakthrough in Research on SARS Virus Source
• China Discovers Three Anti-SARS Polypeptides

• Impressive China Secure One Gold from Mixed Doubles
• Defensive Players Survive in Table Tennis Championships
• Wang Wins Battle of Former World Number Ones

• WHO Lifts SARS Travel Alerts for China's HK, Guangdong
• Forest Fire Hits NE China
• Bodies of Victims Recovered Following Coal Mine Gas Blast in S.China
• Chinese "Leaning Tower" to Reopen to Public
• Three Gorges Project Sets up Safety Monitoring System
• East China Province Imposes Harsh Penalty on Spitters
• Businesswoman Punished for Fraud in West China