Tuesday, November 11, 2003

• Thousands greet first astronaut at Shanghai airport
• China willing to enhance cooperation in anti-terrorism fight
• Six-party talks to hopefully open in December
• President Hu urges implementing China-US consensus
• State Councilor calls for stronger role of NGOs
• Official's death at golf course raises graft issue
• Actions needed on AIDS in China; Clinton adds weight 
• Asian states form space exploration partnership
• Jiang Zemin meets Clinton, Kissinger
• China to unify organic food standards
• Chinese trade union honors Shenzhou-5 staff
• China, US need to enhance exchanges, cooperation: President Hu 

• COSCO wins award for best corporate governance
• China welcomes WTO report on US steel safeguard measures
• Aviation industry to witness rapid development
• US opposes a 27.5 percent tariff on China-made goods
• China - rising market for transnational M&A
• Foreign retail giants to be regulated 
• Regulator vows stock market reform
• Hang Seng Bank expands 
• International Merger and Acquisition Summit to open in Beijing next week
• Government sets to fund 3G standard
• Telecom giants to transfer $4.3b state-owned assets into enlisted companies
• Chinese economy enters new era of development
• New national plan gives priority to patent protection
• China Netcom plans overseas IPO
• China's goals tied to world's: Vice-Premier
• Experts call for cooperation between companies and civil societies
• CEPA opens avenue of cooperation among HK, mainland, overseas enterprises: official
• China should be a bridge between developing, developed countries: WTO director-general 
• China welcomes foreign investors in SOEs:official
• Official: more efforts needed to finance agriculture

• Saudi police detains suspects in Riyadh blast
• Sri Lanka's feuding leaders to meet but crisis may not end
• Most Britons dislike US dealing of Iraq: poll
• Sri Lankan PM accepts talks offer
• Japan may send 1,200 troops, civilians to Iraq
• New strikes to come in S. Korea
• Resumption of Sino-Liberian diplomatic ties important: official
• IAEA sees no evidence Iran plans to develop nuclear arms
• Chinese embassy in Burundi hit by mortar shell
• Ugandan rebels slay 100 civilians
• US chief administrator in Iraq admits failure of intelligence: paper
• China sows seeds for diplomatic 'harvest' in Korea 
• Iran accepts enhanced nuclear inspections
• UN says Cote d'Ivoire peace process encounters serious difficulties
• Iraq's new million-strong army of single women
• US Defense chief to visit Japan, S. Korea
• Britain urges US, Europe to heal divisions on winning peace
• Vajpayee -- only leader to solve Indo-Pakistan problems: Pak minister
• US eyes on new Palestinian cabinet: Armitage

• India sends three major warships for joint naval exercises
• Workshop of the world? More work needed for China
• Japanese PM's election setback could have silver lining

• Spacecraft maker markets management software, database
• Chinese, US universities cooperate in education, biomedical research
• Hong Kong struggling to save sea turtles 
• Digital TV to dominate by 2010 in China
• China to build world's first satellite group for disaster reduction, environmental protection

• World No.1 Hong Chen is not in his best form
• Missing crew found in good state at Hainan int'l sailing event
• 8 missing in stormy waves at Hainan int'l sailing event
• China coach Jiang complains about tough Olympic draw
• Yao prefers playing Dream Team Six in Athens Olympics
• China extends winning streak in Women's volleyball World Cup 

• Pictorial featuring Chinese world heritage sites published
• Stunning capital of Xia Dynasty unearthed
• Peru, China sign traveling agreement
• Generous Carrefour provokes outrage in Shanghai
• Mother's latest mission gives others ray of hope 
• Protect women from sexual harassment
• China to improve laws to encourage philanthropy
• All schools reopen in quake-hit counties in NW China
• Fishing boat capsizes off east China, drowning at least one