Thursday, July 24, 2003

• China Spends 7 Billion yuan on Subsidies for Urban Poor
• US Arms Dealers Take the Fancy to the Military Business of TWD 50 Billion
• Media Head Expelled for Corruption in South China
• China's Youth League Helps Tackle Practical Issues
• 'China's Goal of Building a Well-off Society will Bring Young People Rich Opportunities'
• British PM Blair Sees a "Bouncing Back" Hong Kong
• Quake Death Toll Hits 16, 584 Injured in SW China
• Resumption of Calm in Iraq Imperative: FM Spokesman
• CPPCC Chairman Meets Singaporean Entrepreneur

• China Reports Booming Housing Sales in First Half of 2003
• 5th ASEM Economic Ministers' Meeting Opens in Dalian
• Domestic TV Makers to Repsond to US Charge
• Asian Ministers Approve Trade, Investment Packages
• SASAC Denies Report on Reducing State-owned Shares
• Beijing's Economy Maintains Rapid Growth despite SARS: Mayor
• Regional Economic Cooperation: New Focus of China's External Trade Relations
• China, EU Exchange Views on New Round of WTO Talks
• China's Economic Growth to Benefit Asia, Europe
• China an Irreplaceable Trade Partner for EU: Belgian Ambassador
• Chinese Vice Premier to Address 5th ASEM Economic Ministers' Meeting

• Two Dead in San Antonio Office Shooting
• US to Release Photos of Saddam's Sons
• Three American Soldiers Killed in Iraq
• ASEM of Iimportance, Significance for World: Chinese FM
• Megawati Opens ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bali
• Russia Presses for Political Solution of DPRK Nuclear Issue
• DPRK Trying to Prevent War on Korean Peninsula: Senior Official
• Cholera Kills at Least 74 in Northern Nigeria
• US Fed Governor Says Rates Could be Cut to Zero
• US Weighs Decision to Release Photos of Saddam's Sons
• Another Most-wanted Iraqi Captured by US Military
• Sao Tome President Flies Home
• Gunshots Fired in New York City Council, Councilman and Gunman Dead

• Viewpoint: Middle East Calls for Peace and Stability
• Why Not to Get it at Hand Instead of from Far-off
• Building a Service-oriented Government: Commentary

• China to Make Computer with Peak Speed of 10,000Gflops
• Aircraft Made by Laid-off Worker Ready to Take off
• Second Heavy-water Reactor at Qinshan Nuclear Plant Put Into Commercial Operation
• China Fights Waste in Science and Technology

• China Wins Basketball Match against US Star Team

• China's Oldest Grotto Grave Unearthed in SW China
• Year's First Typhoon Sweeps Past HK Uneventfully
• Inquiry Launched as Guangzhou Closes TB-infected Dairy
• Cuba Approved as Chinese Tourism Destination