Wednesday, October 15, 2003

• HK chief executive applauds launch of Shenzhou-5 spacecraft
• China, Australia hold seventh defense, strategic talks
• Beijing lowers entrance age for military service
• Shenzhou-5, an honor for our great motherland: Hu Jintao
• Floods disrupt lives of 350,000 people
• President Hu to state China's stance on global, regional issues at APEC meeting
• 16th Party Congress spirit to be written into Constitution 
• Party vows to further improve market economy  

• Premier wen encourages closer China-US business ties
• China's foreign trade hits $606 billion in first 9 months
• Hyundai wants end to Daimler's Beijing deal
• GE aims at US$5 billion in purchase volume in China
• Strongly pushing forward system reform in rust belt
• Chinese, US business leaders optimistic over trade
• China approves Microsoft Windows 2000
• China hopes to increase trade with Jordan
• Nevada hopes to strengthen tourism, commercial exchanges with China
• State, private investment to rise in China, while foreign investment falls
• Digital-phone maker rings up 41% UK share
• Boeing JV set to operate in Shanghai from 2005
• China ambitious on software
• Rolls-Royce targets nation's growing wealthy people
• Yangtze offering could be one of largest on domestic market
• Sino-US economic & trade relations facing best opportunity: Wu Yi
• HK's external assets up 69 mln dlrs in September
• China to pursue democracy in state-owned enterprises

• Shenzhou V puts China at world's scientific forefront: British media
• Ukraine congratulates China on launch of manned spacecraft
• US vetoes draft condemning Israeli construction of separation wall
• Ugandan govt. rejects ceasefire call by UN agencies
• Vietnam, US open new cooperation chapter
• Japan to start preparation for dispatch of SDF to Iraq
• China urges bigger UN role in Mideast peace process
• Prodi hails China's EU policy paper
• Rodney King arrested for allegedly beating girlfriend
• Bush reaffirms "strong dollar" policy
• Namibian aircraft detained over illegal entry in Angola
• US claims progress on Iraq resolution

• Shenzhou-5 launch: long-cherished dream realized
• Comments on China's manned space-engineering achievements and prospect of the industry
• New leadership deeply supported, trusted: editorial

• China's national flag displayed in outer space 
• China, Britain speed up high-tech cooperation
• China's astronaut Yang says "hello" to world people 
• China's manned spacecraft completes orbit shift
• Astronaut Yang meets journalists before takeoff  
• China's Manned spaceship equipped with 52 engines
• Backgrounder: solar panels -- power station for Shenzhou
• Backgrounder: Chronology of China's space program
• Backgrounder: China's three major space launch bases
• Backgrounder: China's "Long March" carrier rockets
• Chinese food for Chinese astronauts
• Life conditions in Shenzhou-5 "about the same as on earth": expert
• Chinese astronaut rests in outer space
• Rescue vessels return following Shenzhou launch success
• Search for rocket's "black box" under way
• 2nd nuclear power plant under construction in E.China
• Three escape schemes to guarantee astronaut's safety: rocket designer
• 13 monitoring stations to ensure successful manned spaceflight
• US congratulates on China for space milestone
• Shenzhou-5 carrier rocket adopts 55 new technologies
• Expert envisions improvements on China's carrier rockets
• China's spaceflight monitoring network ranks among world best
• President Hu hails successful launch of Shenzhou V
• Photos: China launches its first manned spacecraft
• People in focus: China's first spaceman Yang Liwei
• Photos: Firsts in the history of manned space flight
• Ensure astronauts safety by all means
• China launches its first manned spacecraft 

• China Blanks Czech Republic 11-1 in World Women's JR Softball

• Anhui set to build greener province
• Heilongjiang vows to restore sight to cataract patients
• Guangzhou erects sculpture to mark friendship with Auckland
• Warner Bros. taps China's cinema market
• Chinese cultural relics to be shown in Versailles Palace