Monday, September 22, 2003

• China to be more active in regional cooperation: vice FM
• Trade unions outline priorities for next 5 years
• Tajik Prime Minister arrives in Beijing
• SCO PMs to gather in Beijing for second consultation
• Trade union national congress convenes in Beijing  
• China sees sharp rise in number of unionists
• Natural disasters claim about 2,000 lives: official
• Chinese tourists' unsocial behavior sparks concern at home
• Eight Asian leaders confirm attendance at Boao Forum
• High expectations held for trade unions congress
• Trade unions help protect workers' rights

• Moody's review puts Chinese banks for possible upgrade
• Sinopec launches largest refined product piping project
• US$9.7 billion to roll into Shandong's auto industry
• First private publications venture OK'd in China
• Experts call for cooling-down of state asset sale fever
• Sino-Russian economic cooperation sees rapid growth

• Gates donates $168M for malaria research
• 6 retained, 11 new picked in Japan's cabinet reshuffle
• Martin easily wins Canada leadership vote
• Suicide bombing kills 3 near UN HQ in Baghdad 
• India to build nuclear bunkers to shield cabinet
• Koizumi retains Takenaka, Kawaguchi, picks Tanigaki as MOF head
• Kasyanov: Russian-China strategic cooperative partnership has huge potential
• Seven people killed in US helicopter crash
• Japan's cabinet resigns en masse
• Schroeder's Party loses state elections
• Peres marks 80th birthday in Tel Aviv
• Chirac calls for transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi people
• US spacecraft Galileo crashes into Jupiter
• Int'l AIDS forum urges greater access to care in Africa
• Hurricane leaves two dozen dead, many without power in US
• S.Korean ruling party facing tough time
• Russian PM expects fruitful visit to China

• People's Daily hails national congress for trade unions
• Foreigners see social graces and disgraces in China

• Macao stages Portuguese-Speaking World Seminar
• Interpreter training base set up in Shanghai
• 16 stranded on small island in Tibet

• Fomina shines as Russia beat Australia 2-1 in Women's World Cup
• China edges Ghana 1-0 in Women's World Cup  
• United States wins opening game 3-1 at World Cup
• China wins three more golds on 2nd day of Asian athletics  
• China wins all but men's singles in Japan Open
• China sweeps Philippines in Asia women's volleyball
• China wins two tickets for Athens Olympic mountain bike

• Blast kills 3, injures 5 in NW China
• Mountain flood claims 10 lives in Fujian
• Yellow River water channeled to drought-ridden Tianjin
• 'Warriors of Heaven and Earth' to get its world premiere in Beijing
• Executives arrested over Shanghai tunnel cave-in
• Experts stress protection of Chinese capital
• Airplane makes emergency landing in HK
• Migrant workers flock to join China's trade unions
• Fossilized skull of Peking Man exhibited in Beijing
• HK air traffic expected to surge during National Day holiday