Thursday, June 12, 2003

• CMC Issues Order to Change Leaders of Chinese Navy
• China Confirms ROK President's Visit
• China Considers Counter-terrorist Measures at Three Gorges Dam: Official
• New Hydro-power Station Unit Operational in SW China
• Chinese Mainland Reports No New SARS Cases (June 12)
• WHO Understands Why China's SARS Cases Reduced Quickly 
• China to Issue Fishing Vessel Control Regulation
• Well-paid Government Employees Hired to Assist Public Administration
• China Hopes Israel, Palestine will Show Restraint
• HK to Set up Disease Control Center
• WHO Official: China's SARS Prevention Work "Excellent"

• "Window of Opportunity" for State Banks to Reduce NPLs
• China's Domestic Private Capital Drives Economy
• Merger to Consolidate China Netcom
• Hewlett Packard promises to expand presence in China
• Gush in offshore oil firm's profits
• Total Investment for Three Gorges Project in Control
• Dalian Import-export Commodity Fair to Go ahead
• Beijing Housing Market Faces SARS
• China's Airlines Sidestep Discount Limits
• China to Set up Network to Guide Housing Industry
• China's First Regional Electricity Market Taking Shape
• Largest LCD Manufacturing Base Planned in Beijing
• Beijing's GDP Growth Rate down 6.8 Percentage Points in May
• China Sees Stable Growth in Foreign Trade despite SARS
• Growth of China's Tourism Unavoidable: CNTA Director
• Guangdong Most Attractive to Foreign Investment: Official
• Foreign Enterprises in China See Business Prospects

• Abbas is Like a Chick who hasn't Grown his Feathers: Sharon
• France says arrested German is top al Qaeda leader
• Liberian talks set to start after cease-fire
• Bus Blast, Airstrikes shake Mideast Hopes
• ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting Ends in Myanmar
• French Strike Over Pension Changes
• Accidental Explosion Kills 5 in Central Russia
• Leading Hamas Militant Killed in Israeli Reprisal on Gaza
• OPEC to Maintain Current Oil Production Level
• Russian President Says Not to Sell Kaliningrad for Debts
• Israel Not to Compromise on Security Issues: Sharon
• Settlement of DPRK's Nuclear Issue Impossible Without Russia:Official

• Beijing's Envoy to India: China and India Are Friends
• Ten Characteristics of Chinese Corruption

• Second Heavy-water Reactor at Qinshan Nuclear Plant Goes on Stream
• School Kids Profit from TV Education during SARS Crisis
• First Works on China's General Political History Published
• First Chinese "Immortal" in France Receives Academician Sword
• Life Sciences Academy of Fudan University Has New President
• One Million Graduates Face Unemployment in July

• Chinese Divers Aim for More Golds at Swimming Worlds
• Former Chinese Table Tennis Player to Play for Bulgaria in Athens Olympics
• China Beat Italy in Russian President Cup Women's Volleyball Tourney

• Plans to Rescue 1,700-year-old Town from Three Gorges Flooding
• Gorges Artifacts Add to Study of Early Chinese Civilization
• Fountains Come Alive in Indian 'Paradise Garden'
• Iraqi Boy Band Hopes Saddam's Fall Spells Stardom
• Landslide in NW China Kills Nine People
• Man Imprisoned for Spreading Horrific SARS Rumors
• Report Reveals Progress towards Xiaokang Society