Thursday, October 30, 2003

• President Hu Jintao meets EU leaders
• EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy talks with online readers of People's Daily
• China says UN Security Council should be expanded
• Prodi arrives in Beijing for China-EU meeting
• Italian PM arrives in Beijing for China-EU meeting
• CPPCC head meets Taiwan newspaper delegation
• Fourth UK-China Forum opens in Beijing
• No plan to change retirement age: top legislature
• Two thousand tents arrive in Gansu's quake-torn areas
• State Council demands to handle dangerous wastes properly
• Qinghai-Tibet railway will be a profitable project: official
• Wen demands deepening reform on rural education
• China vows to promote coordinated development in urbanization
• China swears to completely harness Huaihe River by 2007

• Chinese premier hears report on oil and gas strategy
• China, EU establish trade policy dialogue mechanism
• Private investment accelerates in China: expert
• Non-public sectors conducive to socialist market economy: economist
• Shanghai World Expo Coordination Bureau established
• Guangzhou trade fair nets US$20.49b in business deals
• Room for reform in new securities law
• SAIC, Shell form US$30m JV
• Brilliance China issuing $170m conv bonds-source
• Int'l Tea Expo opens in Zhejiang
• Military industries encouraged to produce more civilian products
• Security ready for upcoming Boao Asian Forum
• Stocks wind down ahead of power generation IPO
• HKTDC: great potential exists in mainland market
• HK, Shanghai airport cooperation will boost business: official
• Shanghai to hold annual forum on World Expo before 2010
• China expects to see trade deficit in near future: official
• PICC P&C's capital raising positive for mainland's nonlife insurance sector£ºS&P
• Nation's first business park for company headquarters to debut in Beijing
• Successful issuance of global bond demonstrates international confidence in China's economy: official
• Trade deficit expected in near future: official

• China, DPRK agree to continue six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue
• Mahathir underlines 10-point policy to boost economy
• Cambodia celebrates King's 81st birthday
• US postwar death toll in Iraq hits new milestone: report
• China's industrial rise brings opportunities to region: Australian FM
• Top legislator meets DPRK premier, calling for closer economic ties
• US president thanks China's defense chief: CNN
• S.Korea develops portable anti-aircraft missile
• Talks on Sino-Indian boundary issue in the correct direction: Indian PM
• S.Korea fires warning shots against DPRK patrol boat
• Clinton: US must work harder at making friends
• Japanese Aum cult member sentenced to death
• Cabinet ministers resign following failure in Colombia's referendum
• US committed to promoting Sino-US relations: Bush
• Dr.Mahathir to retire on Friday
• 11 of 13 trapped Russian miners found alive
• Pakistan accepts most of India's 12-point proposals
• Zambian president hails relations with China
• NATO's chief Robertson arrives in Moscow
• British opposition leader loses vote of confidence
• Syria, China hail bilateral relations
• China, DPRK work together for peace 
• Russia, Iran say ready to sign protocol on nuclear waste
• Chinese envoy urges Israel, Palestinians to build up trust
• Firefighting reaches fevered pitch in S. California

• Pragmatic dialog in 'honeymoon period' of China-EU relations 
• Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian pursues 'dangerous' line
• Balance between consistency, adaptability: commentary
• Chinese herb therapy: hope for AIDS patients?
• China's bonds welcomed on international markets

• Silicified wood reveals landforms in Lhasa area 110 million years ago
• Cloned cow gives birth in E.China
• China carries on 3G testing
• Sun erupts in biggest storm in years 
• Nation steps up efforts to ensure biosafety

• Dong Fangzhuo can move to Man Utd for free: Dalian manager
• Beijing to hold World Figure Skating Grand Prix
• NBA drops Chinese insert to salute Yao, Wang and Bateer

• HK jet makes emergency landing in Japan
• Death toll hits 7 in Shandong vehicle crash accident
• Road accident kills one, injures 37 in Sichuan
• Shenzhen abolishes vagrancy rules
• Beijing to replace coal with natural gas as major energy source
• Two thousand tents arrive in Gansu's quake-torn areas
• Children, youngsters more severely threatened by AIDS
• Schools reopen in quake-hit Gansu counties