Wednesday, June 18, 2003

• President Hu Accepts Credentials from New Ambassadors
• Chinese Mainland Reports No New SARS Cases (June 18)
• At Least 51 People Killed by Flooding in Xinjiang
• Traffic Accident Kills 20 In Southern China
• US Returns Six Smuggled Terracotta Figures to China
• Xi'an Hit by String of Fast-food Bomb Scares
• Chinese FM's Visit to Europe Will Boost Bilateral Cooperation
• Water Quality of Three Gorges Dam Needs Long-term Monitoring: SEPA
• 14mn People to Be out of Job, SARS Is One Main Reason
• China Shows Flexibility in Agreeing to Taiwan's Attendance of SARS Meeting
• Chinese Premier Urges Strengthening Public Health System 
• China Forms Aviation Police
• China Concerns over Sexual Harassment of Women
• WHO Experts Visit North China's Inner Mongolia
• Beijing Remains Attractive to Investors Despite SARS Threat
• Three Gorges Well Braced for Possible Major Flooding onYangtze
• WHO Opens Global Conference On Fatal Virus

• SARS Inflicts Nearly US$2bnn Loss on Beijing's Tourism
• China's Economic Growth Rate will not Fall below 7 Percent: Official
• China Pushes International B2B E-Commerce
• Shanghai's Commercial Banks Lend More in Forex
• E. China Province Sees Sharp Rise in Insurance Premium Collection
• JV Lifts Off In Aviation Market With Launch Of Chinese-made Helicopter
• New Regulations to Guide Banking
• US-China TV Trade War Begins in Earnest
• China's Banking Watchdog to Issue New Regulations
• New Firms Make up Half of All Chinese Enterprises
• China Publishes List of Top 500 Traders, 200 Exporters
• China Imports More Vehicles

• DPRK to Enhance Nuclear Deterrent Force: Spokesman
• Legitimacy of Zimbabwean President Not Negotiable: Official
• 11 Killed in Siberian Mine Collapse
• China Attaches Great Importance to East Asian Stability, Cooperation: FM  
• US Insists Palestinian State be Established
• World Opposed to Bush and Iraq War, BBC Poll Says
• Peres Expected to Win Race for Temporary Chairman of Israel's Labor Party
• US President to Launch Fund-raising Blitz
• US Guarantees Implementation of Roadmap Peace Plan: PNA Official
• Liberian Government, Rebels Sign Ceasefire Accord
• Powell, Rice to Visit Israeli-Palestinian Region to Salvage Roadmap
• Iran Applauds French Crackdown on MKO Opposition
• Indian Parliamentary Delegation Arrives for Everlasting Peace
• Abbas-Wolf Meeting to Focus on Implementing Roadmap: Official
• 165 Detained in France in Operation against Iranian Terrorist Group
• Ugandan President Expresses Sympathy to China over SARS

• Japan on its Militarist Way: News Analysis

• Most Medical Students Say No Regret for Choice of Profession Despite SARS
• Sikorsky Aircraft Unveils 'Chinese-made' Light Helicopter
• Tan Kah-Kee Science Prize Foundation Established
• Bioengineering Base Lunched in China's Capital
• Private Universities in Beijing Swear to Advertise Honestly

• Tour of Qinghai Lake to Be Held In August
• Man Utd Confirm Beckham Sale to Real Madrid

• Tourism Revenue of Hainan Province Dramatically Dropped
• China's Masterpieces Presented in Cartoon Form
• N. China Province Vows to Develop Clean Energy
• First Pet Ambulance Operating in Shenzhen
• Swimming Pools to Reopen in Beijing as SARS Fears Ease
• What's in a name? Novel's Title Stirs Controversy
• Central China Province to Build 7 New Expressways This Year
• Beijing Youth Executed for Killing Parents
• Shanghai Art Fair to Go Ahead as Scheduled
• China's Airport for Locust Control Operational