Thursday, November 13, 2003

• Special Report: the Forbidden City undergoes biggest renovation in a century
• China committed to sustainable development: vice premier
• Vice premier calls for agricultural cooperation among ASEM members
• Premier Wen vows to boost Sino-British ties
• Auction of State-owned land to usher in new era
• A migrant worker's struggle for subsistence for 115 days
• Construction dates set for Beijing's four Olympic venues
• Chinese minister confident of achieving Education for All by 2015

• What has made US car-makers look so gloomy?
• China to import more cars, auto parts from US 
• Boeing jets to be fitted with GE engines
• New Balance shoots for second in China
• Oil giants to tap ocean resources
• China's money supply grows fast: PBOC
• China's state banks cut 250,000 jobs in 1998-2002
• Venture capitalists expect upturn in investment outlook in China
• More Chinese name brands strive for IPR protection
• 1st national economic survey to be launched in 2004

• South Korean military plane crashes
• Putin meets Indian PM Vajpayee in Moscow
• French president talks with HK administrative chief 
• Japan to give up plan to send troops to Iraq this year
• US, Iran respond differently to IAEA report
• Bush meets former Chinese vice premier Qian Qichen
• US Congress oks $401B defense authorization bill
• Unemployment -- a time bomb in US-occupied Iraq
• Colombian military chief resigns
• East African countries to sign custom union protocol
• US freezes assets of 15 foreigners
• Italy receives world sympathy after Iraq attack
• Arafat urges world to aid new Palestinian cabinet
• IAEA report on Iran "positive": Khatami
• Bush meets aides over faster political transition in Iraq

• Reclaiming the Diaoyu Islands: a volunteer's memoir
• 'Dollar diplomacy' doomed to fail: Opinion

• New test method helps reduce blood safety fears
• Shenzhou VI likely to carry two astronauts: chief desinger
• Distance education extended to train rural cadres
• AIDS research center opens in Beijing
• HK university holds unveiling ceremony of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's statue

• China beats US in women's volleyball World Cup
• Beijing Olympic promo film wins three international awards
• Bai Jie nominated for women Player of the Year by AFC
• First-year winners for Beijing Olympic songs to be unveiled

• Scholars unveil China's top 10 sex-related news stories in 2003
• Film ratings to protect young viewers
• Special cell built for first AIDS prisoner
• Fewer traffic accidents reported in 1st 10 months
• Major child kidnap gang crushed in Shenzhen
• Unhealthy lifestyle keeps youngsters from joining army
• Cigarette warnings to be adopted nationawide
• Shanghai eyes second Disney park for China
• Windery weekend forecast
• Cold weather spurs spread of virus
• Macao citizens confident about SARS prevention: poll
• Unique Chinese journalism memorial established in Yan'an
• China's sexual revolution