Wednesday, August 13, 2003

• Eleventh Panchen Lama inspects Qinghai Province
• Promotion through Competition, a Major Way for Party & Government Officials
• China Launches Blitz on Illegal Compact Discs
• New Commissioner of Foreign Ministry Meets HK Chief Executive
• Provincial Official Sentenced to 11 Years for Bribery
• Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan Celebrates 50th Anniversary
• Hu Jintao Urges Adherence to Advanced Culture
• SCO Joint Anti-terror Drill Concludes in Xinjiang 
• China Lodges Solemn Representations to Japan on Chemical Weapons issue
• Top Chinese Legislator Meets Sri Lankan PM
• China Supports Efforts to Safeguard Peace in South Asia 
• China Destroys 42 Million Smuggled, Pirated CDs 

• China Breaks Electricity Monopoly with Regional Markets
• China Draws 33 Billion US Dollars FDI to July
• China's State-owned Job Agencies Help Nearly 10 Million Job Seekers
• Experts: China's Economy in Direction of Inflation
• PBOC Issues Largest-ever Weekly Bank Papers
• Old Chinese Shipyard to Make Way for 2010 Shanghai World Expo Site
• French Hotel Group to Increase Presence in China
• First Phase of Subway Network in Shenzhen Nears Completion
• China to Build World's Largest Shipyard in Shanghai
• China, Sri Lanka To Set Up Study Group To Strengthen Economic Cooperation
• China Vows to Revitalize Northeastern Industrial Base
• Chinese Govt Ready to Meet Fiscal Challenge: Premier
• Chinese Gov't Warns of Overheating in Steel Industry
• China Encourages Private Companies to Invest Abroad
• Cross-straits Economic Ties Not Be Influenced by Political Differences
• Standard & Poor's to Provide Financial Services to China Market
• Hainan Natural Gas Pipeline Goes into Operation
• China, Sri Lanka Vow to Step up Agricultural Cooperation

• US Plots to Develop Small Nuke Weapons
• DPRK Clarifies Stand on Six-party Talks
• Roh Moo-hyun Launches Lawsuit Against GNP Lawmaker, Four Dailies
• Ship Collision Blocks Belgian Port
• US Says Taylor Must be Tried
• Tour to DPRK's Mount Geumgang Resumes
• DPRK Reiterates Demand for Non-aggression Treaty with US
• Hyundai Asan Chief Visits DPRK to Discuss Tour Project
• Scorching Temperatures Kill 145 in Europe
• Lockerbie "Understanding" Reached
• FBI Arrests British Citizen Suspected of Smuggling Missiles into US
• US Inquiry Defends Troops Opening Fire into Iraqi Hotel
• US Fed Keeps Key Short-term Rate Unchanged
• BBC Journalist Defends Report on "Sexed-up" Iraq Weapons Dossier
• Chinese FM Meets with Leaders of Major Japanese Parties
• Berlusconi, Schroeder to Meet in Verona
• Philippine Supreme Court Questions "State of Rebellion"
• Former Philippine President's Wife, Son Linked to Mutiny
• Japan Regrets for Chinese Chemical Weapons Victims
• Russia Ready to Discuss New UN Resolution on Iraq
• Six-party DPRK Nuclear Talks Starts on Aug 26: Russia

• Anti-terrorism Military Maneuver Is of Far-reaching Significance: Commentary 
• What Did the Real Madrid Leave behind for Asia?

• "Blaster" Hits Some 1,000 Computers Networks in China
• China Reports Progress in Space Debris Research
• Tuition Fee in Harvard for Chinese Officials Not from Bread & Butter of Civilians
• "Reader's Digest" Buys Book Copyright in China for First Time
• China, India to Enhance IT Cooperation

• Chinese Int'l Li Tie Signs Permanent Deal With Everton

• Nearly 70% Shanghai Farmers Prefer to Live in Urban Areas
• Oil-contaminated Waste Cleared up on Huangpu River
• New Rules Delink State Knot from the Marriage Process
• Survey Says Net is Major News Source for Chinese
• Chinese Teenagers Show Positive Life Values: Survey