Monday, November 03, 2003

• China capable to control, prevent SARS relapse: official
• Musharraf is an old friend of China: President Hu
• Chinese, French scholars discuss ties
• China curbs excessive land use in industrial parks
• Musharraf arrives in Beijing for state visit
• Chinese, Austrian FMs hold talks
• NPC delegation leaves for Europe
• Coal mine death toll to be cut by 30 percent by 2007
• China supports reform and development of media
• India pushes partnership with China
• Even Yang's pulse quickens a bit in Hong Kong
• Chinese cities facing water crisis
• China's first spaceman tours Hong Kong

• WEF president hopes China to join G8 as early as possible
• Official urges intellectual property protection in R&D
• Expert warns against economic overheating
• State commercial banks report lower ratio of NPL
• Some U.S. furniture makers seek trade sanctions on China
• Fending off economic crises
• US firm sues Shenzhen bank, aleges pact breach
• Deal to help reforest China
• Monetary, fiscal policy co-ordination urged
• China should control expansion of oil refineries: expert
• China's realty business still see better days ahead
• Shanghai World Expo building plans good to 'go'
• Revalue RMB 'a serious mistake': Morgan Stanley
• Phone makers committed to recollect handsets
• Market-based maritime legal system supported
• UTStarcom, Mitsushita cooperate for 3G development
• Insurer's IPO is positive measure
• China ranks 3rd in R&D spending": OECD report
• China to train 10,000 certified national logistics specialists
• World Expo offers business opportunities for private enterprises

• Palestinian suicide bomber blows up in West Bank
• Death toll in Indonesia's flash floods rises to 66
• US urges Sri Lankan gov't, Tamil rebels to resume peace talks
• Tourists killed in Indonesia flood
• Israelis Gather to Remember Yitzhak Rabin
• Pavarotti to marry in Dec.: report
• 21st Havana International Exposition opens
• Malaysia's new PM signals start of election campaign
• Ghost of US haunts Panama centennial
• Chopper shot down in Iraq, killing 16 US troops 
• 24 killed as bus falls into valley in India
• Californian firefighters claim victory over wildfire control
• Advani says Pakistan's response to peace initiative disappointing
• Afghan new constitution draft to be made public within days
• Burundi peace agreement signed in S.Africa
• United States split on Bush, paper says
• British ruling Labor's top official quits
• Oil pipe on fire in northern Iraq

• Chasing escaped corrupt officials remains arduous task
• Taiwan authorities get hitting in the US
• Critics of RMB policy off target: opinion

• China launches science satellite 
• New lead in Peking Man skulls' mystery
• China develops world's 1st TD-SCDMA 3G mobile phone
• China to build IT bridges in Asia
• Guide to environmental education in schools issued

• Soccer superstar Maradonna to visit Beijing this week
• China beat Dominican Republic for 3rd straight win at World Cup
• Hong Kong wins bid to host 2009 East Asian Games
• China baseball makes it to final round of Asian Championship
• Fourth East Asian Games to include 17 sports

• Some 26 million rural residents lack drinking water
• Chinese soloist stuns audience at Kennedy Center
• High-rise fires in Shanghai on the rise  
• Tibetan women power "women's business" in Tibet
• Pawnbroking reviving in China
• Five missing miners in NE China confirmed dead
• From forbidding "puppy love" to preventing "premarital pregnancy"