Saturday, November 08, 2003

• 150 mln dollars approved for SARS fund in HK
• New system ensures food safety in Beijing
• Anti-corruption legal system to be set up in China
• Zambian President visits east China's Qingdao
• China's space exhibition closes in Macao
• Bill Clinton to give anti-AIDS lecture in Beijing
• China promotes democracy in line with real condition: FM spokeswoman
• China to work with int'l community for peaceful use of outer space 
• China protests against Kiribati establishing "diplomatic ties" with Taiwan
• Polluting enterprises will pay the cost
• China to reinforce gov't spokesperson system

• Grain price hikes do not indicate supply shortage
• 2003 computer sales expected to double
• China Unionpay expands foreign currency bank card business
• Boeing holds get-together
• Chinese economy gave a wonderful performance: Nobel Laureate
• Foreign trade volume likely to hit $800 bln in 2003
• China to speed up breeding multinational corporations
• China's outlook is 'bullish'
• China welcomes suggestions on reform and developing of finance
• China vows to deepen fiscal reform
• Shanghai sets sights on sleek map for Expo

• Downing Street shrugs off media rumor about Blair-Brown rift
• Some looted Iraqi artifacts recovered in London: police
• UNESCO proclaims Chinese Guqin music as Intangible Heritage
• Sri Lankan president calls for national reconciliation
• Musharraf describes visit to China, S. Korea as excellent
• Two killed after brief takeover of Manila airport control tower

• Iraq heading for destruction or reconstruction?
• Chen Shui-bian's administrative smokescreen
• Zhuhai Declaration shows world's common aspiration for development

• Astronauts' team named heroic unit
• Tibetan antelopes may have "scapegoats"
• Four scientific goals for China's moon project
• Lunar eclipse to turn moon red
• Chinese surgeons replace thigh for 99-year-old

• Japan, Chinese Taipei qualify for baseball tournament of Athens Olympics
• "Quad King" Goebel looks to renewed season start in China
• Chinese pairs finish one-two in Cup of China  

• Half of Chinese drivers admit falling asleep at the wheel
• Cheaper "cocktail" therapeutics expected to reach Chinese AIDS patients
• Precipitation to hit large areas in China, reduce temperature further
• Sex survey: Virginity is still important virtue in China