Thursday, October 16, 2003

• Falun Gong blocks Chinese TV during spaceflight program
• Efforts being made to continue six-party talks: spokeswoman
• Revised draft will promote settlement of Iraq issues: Chinese FM
• Feature: manned spaceflight lifts morale of Chinese people
• Chinese, Japanese chemical weapon victims to jointly sue Japanese government
• Canadian PM to visit China
• China stresses peaceful utilization of outer space: FM
• Yang Liwei: I am proud of my motherland 
• Macao Chief Executive congratulates motherland on breakthrough in space technology
• HK chief executive's congratulation on Shenzhou-5 successful launch
• People's Daily issues extra hailing Shenzhou-V success
• Foreign investment slows, but prospects bright
• China's legislature to discuss five draft laws
• China sets example for world on iodine deficiency elimination, UNICEF executive director
• Senior CPC official meets Japanese visitors
• Chinese FM talks over phone with Straw, Powell
• Chinese naval fleet begins overseas tour

• UBS uses 300 million QFII investment quota
• Shandong GDP growth hits seven-year record
• Policies available for auto loans
• Sino-Indian trade, co-op soared
• China Merchant Bank gets nod for sale
• Singapore Airlines to launch world's longest non-stop commercial flight
• Banking watchdog sets up office in Shanghai
• China's industrial output expected to increase faster in rest of year
• IT tycoon Ding Lei tops China's 2003 richest list
• Stable financing stressed
• Purchasing rules drafted
• Foreign trade becoming balanced
• US life insurance giant to set up joint venture in China
• Competition heats up in China's luxury car market

• EU hails China's first manned space flight
• Germany, France, Russia to vote for UN resolution on Iraq
• Asian countries hail China's manned space flight
• China will host conference for young Asian, European parliamentarians
• Mahathir urges OIC members to unite, act for progress
• World leaders congratulate China's Shenzhou V success
• Two US military planes crash in Atlantic
• US House votes to approve sanctions on Syria
• Cuba says ready to establish "healthy" relations with US
• EU leaders to increase pace on growth plans
• French FM calls for quick transfer of power to Iraqi people
• 12 killed, over 20 injured in New York ferry accident
• China stresses continued international support for Timor-Leste
• NASA applauds China space launch
• UN chief hails China's maiden manned mission into space

• China eyes more space quest to benefit mankind
• Chinese spaceship has own features: official
• Timeline of the launch and recovery of Shenzhou-V
• Today in history: blast of A-bomb, carrier rocket launch from submarine
• Facts and figures: China's first manned spaceship
• China's "artificial-sun" in assembly: report
• People's Daily reporter tells whole return process of Shenzhou V 
• China to launch Shenzhou-VI in one or two years
• Control of Shenzhou V highly automatic, mission officer
• Photos: China's manned spaceflight ends in success
• Astronaut can escape when in danger: top designers
• Shenzhou-5: largest of its kind in world
• Details about courses running up to China's 1st manned spaceflight
• Shenzhou to commute between earth, outerspace
• China to develop space lab, space station: official
• New Internet speed record set by Euro-US labs
• Jiang Zemin hails Shenzhou-5 success
• Manned spaceflight a complete success: Chinese Premier 
• China declares manned spaceflight successful 
• China's first astronaut out of re-entry capsule
• China's first astronaut returns safely 
• Shenzhou-5 enters China's territorial air space

• 4th FESPIC table tennis championships to start in Shanghai
• Sun's Manchester City into second round of UEFA
• China sweeps South Korea 17-0 at World Women's JR Softball
• Beijing marathon to hit the road on Sunday

• 120 million Chinese people suffer from malnutrition
• Priceless bronze pig head returns home
• HK issues stamps commemorating China's manned space mission
• Heavy rain causes delays to Beijing-Jiujiang railway route
• Beijing steps up infrastructural construction
• New technology developed to protect cultural relics
• Coal mine blast kills another six in NE China
• Beijing strives to be more open for SARS information
• Rain causes delays to railway route