Monday, August 18, 2003

• China to Strengthen Relations with Australia: Premier  
• CMC Vice-chairman Holds Talks with Myanmar SPDC Vice-chairman
• Chinese Premier Meets President-elect of 58th Session of UN General Assembly
• China Grants 10.8m Yuan to Quake-hit Inner Mongolia
• Chinese PLA Military Delegation Leaves for DPRK Visit
• Chinese Premier Confers with Australian PM
• China Issues New Rule for Better Health Service
• Senior Official Calls for Better Grassroots Efforts to Facilitate Reform, Development 
• Australian PM Arrives in Beijing for Working Visit
• N. China Quake Kills Three, More Than 1,000 Injured 
• Blowout of Water Pipe Blamed for Cave-in in NE China
• Mass Food Poisoning Incident in SW China
• Civil Flights to be Policed Starting from October

• Beijing Offers Jobs to 279,500 in First Half of 2003
• China, ASEAN Officials Start Ninth Consultation Meeting
• Huge Investment Set Aside for Improving Environment of Shanghai
• Deflationary Pressure Remains Crucial Factor
• Investors Welcomed to Reclaim Wasteland, Grow trees in Xinjiang
• Experts See No Strain on China's Grain
• Private Sector in S. China Sees Dramatic Growth in Foreign Trade
• Sony Sets China as its Second Largest Market by 2008
• China-Japan Trade to Exceed US$130bn in 2005, Experts
• China's Auto Industry Needs Restructuring, Official
• Asia's Biggest Furniture Expo Opens in S. China City
• Regulators Plan Long-term Boost for China's Bourses
• US Power Outage Sounds Alarm Bell for China

• S.Lankan Muslim Leader Cancels Meeting with PM Amidst Fresh Violence
• Sonia Gandhi Attacks Vajpayee Govt for All-round Failure
• Heatwave Death Toll May Hit 5,000 in France
• Russia Holds Large-scale Naval Exercise in Far East
• S.Korean Navy Fires Warning Shots at DPRK's Ship
• Study: 9/11-Style Attack on US Likely
• Billions of Condoms Needed to Stop AIDs Spread in Asia: WHO
• DPRK Boycotts Daegu Universiade
• Colombian President Escapes Unscathed from Rebel Attack
• Israeli Withdrawal from Palestinian Towns Postponed
• US President Makes Phone Calls with Asian, Russian Leaders
• Latin American Presidents Sign Anti-terrorism Declaration
• Singaporean PM Says He Will Step Down at Least 2 Years before Next Election
• Israel's Pullout from Four Cities is Partition to Roadmap: Arafat
• Reuters Cameraman Shot Dead by US Soldiers in Baghdad: Reports
• Japanese PM Visits Germany for Talks on Economy

• Greater Heed to Accelerating Development of Major Equipment Industry: Commentary
• US Job Losses not China's Fault: Commentary
• More Say for Chinese Couples Walking down the Isle
• Re-employment Higher on Agenda of Chinese Govt  

• White Tiger Operated on for Broken Tooth
• WHO, UN Experts Inspect Guangdong's Animal Farms

• Macao Delegation Leaves for Daegu Universiade
• China Launches First Joint-venture Swimming Club
• DPRK Boycotts Daegu Universiade
• Hosts Overtakes Japan in Men's Team Qualifying at Gymnastics Worlds
• 37th World Gymnastics Championships: China Ranks Second Overall
• Chinese Team Holds Mind-of-fact Towards Women's Soccer World Cup
• Family of Chinese Female Footballers Confident of Triumph in World Cup
• Chinese Women Beach Volleyball Launches Project for 2008 Olympics

• Japanese Medical Team to Look into Chinese Victims
• Rare Antelope to Give Birth in NW China Province
• Ancient Town Facing Submersion as Company Criticized for Lax Protection
• Debris of US WWII Bomber Found in Southwest China
• HK Marks 58th Anniversary of Victory of Anti-Japanese War 
• Giant Panda Twins Born in SW China Province