Thursday, September 18, 2003

• Fight against corruption not yet won: Interview
• Chinese Vice-Premier meets Alcatel executives
• Legislation needed on maternity insurance: Chinese trade union official
• Supreme Court clarifies on personal injury case law
• Senior CPC official underlines role of Macao media
• Premier proposes to promote Sino-East Timor cooperative ties  
• Vice-president calls for further cooperation between mainland, HK and Macao  
• China's electricity regulation should draw on overseas experiences 
• Chinese vice-premier meets EU commissioner
• China appreciates UN rejection of Taiwan's "representation" proposal

• China's Finance Ministry launches budget drafting for 2004
• China encourages consumption of domestic products
• 2010 World Expo to be historically significant: BIE secretary-general
• Real estate becomes mainstay of China's economy
• Largest airport terminal in NW China put into operation
• China becoming new engine for world economy: Forbes
• Beijing tourism market to be rectified thoroughly
• China's new amendment of land-using planning begins
• China's central bank keeps interest rates stable
• High-speed rail from Shanghai to Beijing reconsidered
• Chinese communication services earn over 290b yuan in first seven months
• Sino-US export control seminar opens in Shanghai
• Beijing Aviation Exposition kicks off in rainfall  
• Everbright Bank gets trustee status for QFII
• Chinese banks not ready for major currency changes
• China-made aircraft sought after at Beijing Int'l air show
• Boeing predicts China's aviation market expansion
• Xinjiang reports major rise in foreign trade

• Blix criticizes US, UK of over-interpreting Iraq intelligence
• Oil pipe on fire after explosion in northern Iraq
• Russian Tu-160 bomber crashes with four aboard
• US college hostage-taker killed after wounding two
• DPRK Accuses Japan of 'Aggression'
• Moldovan president meets senior Chinese party official
• Students taken hostage by man with gun in US college
• No evidence of Saddam's link with Sept. 11 attacks: Bush
• New 'Saddam' tape urges defiance
• Seoul, Pyongyang to use new inter-Korean temporary roads
• Head of New York Stock Exchange resigns
• US federal deficit tops 400 billion dollars in 11 months
• Toppled Guinea-Bissau president resigns
• UN decision represents consensus on One-China principle: Chinese envoy
• Berlusconi meets Jewish leaders to heal Mussolini row
• Over 6,000 children freed from rebels in northern Uganda: president
• Tens of thousands of Americans urged to evacuate as hurricane approaches
• BBC journalist admits mistakes in Iraqi dossier report
• UN General Assembly refuses to consider Taiwan's representation

• Public interests are lasting, private gains are temporary: dialog
• "Little Smart" spurs earnings of China Telecom
• Northeast must stand on own feet: commentary

• China, US sign nonproliferation assurance 
• Campus card simplifies life for university students
• Foreign teachers welcomed in China's elementary schools
• Taiwan welcome to send seeds aboard "Shenzhou V"
• Int'l expo of information technology to be held in HK
• Mainland leading software maker sets up branch in HK
• Europe-based IEE opens regional headquarters in HK
• Chinese companies warming up for 3G
• Aircraft co-produced by China and Brazil to debut by this year end  

• Little Ma finds Old Ma an unlikely example to follow
• China beats Syria in Asian Olympic soccer qualifier  
• Chinese Taipei finishes third at Asia men's volleyball
• Chinese disabled athlete surpasses world record

• Sand dust: prime pollutant in Chinese cities
• China to ban ozone-harming chemical
• West-East pipeline to sell gas at lower prices
• Taiwan urged to respond to demands of relatives of drowned women
• Chinese prisoner allowed to meet wife before execution
• Premier Wen promotes preparation for October holiday
• World's largest butterfly discovered in China