Thursday, November 20, 2003

• US, China agree to start 6-pary talks as soon as possible
• German Chancellor to visit China
• Former president of Xi'an Daily jailed for bribery
• Swiss president arrives in Beijing for visit
• Development is Party's top task: senior CPC official 
• Sino-European relations enter new era: experts
• Chinese, Kyrgyz defense ministers hold talks
• Chinese NPC chairman meets Singaporean PM
• Mutual trust, cooperation among China, US, Europe conducive to world security: CPPCC chairman
• China identifies need for foreign talent
• China lodges representations against US decision on textile imports
• China to take tough measures to protect farmland
• China to promote friendship with DPRK
• US should be straight on 'one-China' policy
• Chinese troops ready for UN peace mission
• First UN agency's HQ established in China
• Taiwan warned not to contain words on independence in proposed law

• China to launche its first national economic census
• Electricity line linking China, Thailand under construction
• China denies cancellation of purchase delegation to US
• China sells locomotives to Uzbekistan
• 10,000 big merger deals expected in five years in China
• China to work along triple lines for advancing cooperation with world trade
• China to reform GDP calculation and statistics release
• China's Tax revenue soars by 20% in first ten months
• HK Panva Gas may buy 45% stake in Foshan Gas
• Int'l human resources forum to open in Beijing next spring
• China's automobile sales 'will rise by a quarter next year'
• Chinese government reassesses social security tasks
• WTO rules should promote open global trade system: Chinese official
• China stands for improving multilateral trade system: official
• Minting notable way for HK to be overseas yuan centre
• Economists: conditions favorable for China to boost transnation almerger, acquisition
• Mainland, HK sign memo on RMB business
• US textile decree to cloud Sino-US trade relations
• SASAC announces five measures to promote China's SOE reform

• Five explosions rock Istanbul, Turkey
• US$10 million reward set for Saddam deputy
• Putin lifts sanctions against Libya
• Cuba signs accord of understanding with US port city of Manatee
• Jackson to surrender to police Thursday: TV
• Brazilian president meets senior Chinese party official
• Japanese astronauts conduct training in Russia
• Jackson Denies child molestation charges
• Constitution for Iraq to be unveiled in 2005: Talabani
• 700,000 Zambian children involved in child labor: official
• UN council votes to back roadmap to Mideast peace
• Britain, US hail "special relationship"
• US, Vietnam to strengthen military delegation exchanges
• Arrest warrant issued for US top pop singer Michael Jackson: TV
• Mubarak taken ill during speech in Parliament

• Restoring Beijing's ancient architectural style
• For first time, beauty gets the appreciation it deserves 

• China, France, Singapore build helicopter assembly line
• China, Microsoft to bridge "digital divide"
• China to launch space probe satellite later this year
• MBA zest waning in Shanghai
• China urges NZ to protect students in bankrupt school

• Olympic weightlifting champion's disappointing show
• China drops to historic low in FIFA ranking
• 1,100 buses chosen for Olympic Family transport

• Chinese official awarded Sasakawa prize
• Eight killed in cave, quarry collapses in Shaanxi
• Typhoon Nepartak costs Hainan 1.6 billion yuan
• Lawsuit fires up in case of vanishing virtual weapons
• Chill and winds to grip North, East China
• Suicide rate called crisis for rural, young people
• Beijing admits defects in public health system
• Drought continues in Fujian
• Chinese children need more care, protection
• Police seize 56.4 kg heroin in Guangzhou
• Chinese women's organization helps reduce suicide among women