Wednesday, August 06, 2003

• Overheating Cargo Blamed for Fire on Panamanian Ship off Shenzhen
• Aircraft Carrier USS Carl Vinson Makes Port Call in HK
• New Body Set up for China's South-North Water project
• Chinese Premier Meets Russian Parliament Speaker
• Searing Heat Threatens Power Supply in Yangzte River Delta
• Chinese Farmers Bravely Face Huaihe's Decennary Worst Flooding
• China's Tourism to Occupy 11 Percent of GDP by 2020
• Wen Jiabao Calls for Unremitting Efforts in Anti-smuggling
• China to Work with Russia to Enrich Strategic Cooperative Relations: Hu
• China Strongly Condemns Explosion in Jakarta

• China to Construct its Longest Processed Oil Pipeline
• Foreign Companies Allowed to Hold Controlling Stakes in Chinese Ports
• HK Keeps up Efforts to Maintain Status as Best Place for Business
• China Levies Anti-dumping Duty on ROK, Japanese Art Paper
• Global Product Tester sets up Laboratory in East China City
• Beijing to Invite Investment for Five Sewage Treatment Plants
• Japan to Join Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Rail Bid
• China's Central Bank Reiterates Determination to Maintain Current RMB Exchange Rate
• Shanghai Residents Allowed Easy Access to Accident Insurance
• Chinese Ministries to Inspect Government Lease Market
• HK to Hold Twin Fairs on Food, Health Products in Mid-August
• Hong Kong, Guangdong Join Hands to Promote Higher Level Cooperation
• Beijingers Go Car Crazy

• Taiwanese Hostage Rescued from Vicious Policemen
• S. Korean Man Gets Life for Fatal Subway Fire
• SCO Members Begin Anti-terror Maneuvers in Kazakhstan
• Nepal, China to Strengthen Trans-Himalayan Tourism Cooperation
• Hiroshima Marks 58th Anniversary of A-bomb Annihilation
• Malaysia Purchases SU-30 Fighters from Russia
• US Warships Arrive off Liberia to Help Peace Efforts
• Megawati Inspects Explosion Scene in Jakarta
• US Urges Arab League to Back Iraqi Governing Council
• Islamic Jihad Says Talks with Abbas Positive
• Mbeki Rveals Date for Liberian President to Step Down
• Liberian President Appears Unwilling to Take up Asylum Offer
• US May Cut Aid to Press Israel to Halt Wall, Say Officials

• Analysis: EU Defense Integration Still a Longway to Go
• Opposing Language Discrimination, Defending Linguistic Equality
• With What does Yahoo Exert its Influence on China?
• More Prominence Given to Increasing Farmers' Incomes: Commentary
• Ono's Theory Groundless

• Sino-British Educational Program Pays Off
• China Develops Chemical Fertilizer with Controlled Release

• Serena Signed up for Shanghai Polo Open

• China's "Millennium Babies" Encounter Kindergarten Queues
• Serious Oil Spill Reported on Huangpu River
• Restaurant Manager Jailed for Serving Wild Animal Dishes
• East China City Hit by Severe Drought
• Tibetans Use Law to Safeguard Their Rights
• Man Imprisoned for Acting as Online Go-between for Sexual Intrigues
• Japanese to Visit China Visa-free on Short-stay
• Experts Gather to Discuss Methods Promoting Tourism Recovery
• Officials Punished for Loose Management of Water Pollution
• Ten Chinese Nurses Awarded Florence Nightingale Medals
• Macao Excludes Premeditated Arson Linked to Fire Explosion
• Chinese Costume Show to be Held in Paris
• SARS Notification Mechanism Applied to All Communicable Diseases in S. China
• One Policeman Dead, 120 Injured in First Half Year in Beijing
• Needy Tibetan Lamas Get Basic Living Expenses From Gov't
• Artificial Rainfall Eases Drought in E. China Province