Thursday, January 01, 1970

• CPC needs other parties' supervision: official
• Chinese president meets Slovenian PM 
• Wen hails launch of Tibetan Culture Week in Thailand
• Migrant laborers get defaulted payments with gov't help
• Premier Wen's US visit significant, FM spokesman
• China pledges to bridge diverse cultures
• China to establish four coastal strategic oil reserves
• Household registration system reformed to bridge urban-rural gap
• Premier Wen's US visit to focus on trade and Taiwan
• Tougher measures to protect land, ensure grain output
• China educates government officials on Constitution
• Party official gets 18-year jail sentenced for taking bribes
• China firmly opposes WMD proliferation: senior official
• Schroeder says will visit China once a year
• Chinese premier holds talks with Slovenian PM 
• FM spokesman on White Paper on China's Non-Proliferation Policy and Measures
• Chinese vice-premier stresses reform of financial sector
• Senior CPC official calls for protection of cultural diversity
• ASEM culture ministers: ASEM to play active role in cultural exchanges
• Over 100 entrepreneurs to go with Wen to Africa for forum
• Online survey prods government response

• Expansion project completed at Tibet's Gonggar Airport
• China sets grain output for 2004 at 4.55 million tons
• China features 4 major tendencies for investment in 2004
• Guidelines set to improve RMB exchange-rate mechanism
• China predicts foreign trade slowdown in 2004
• Infrastructure construction craze creates more jobs for Tibetans
• Interest rate liberalization speeds up
• BOC schedules its initial public offering for 2005
• World Bank confident in Northeast China
• China vows to solve IPR disputes between automaker GM, SAIC Chery
• Shanghai Gold Exchange does brisk trading
• Japanese insurance giant starts business in Shanghai

• Sri Lanka's feuding parties still search for formula to end political crisis
• Iran blasts US official's "arrogant bullying" over nuclear issue
• OPEC rules out output increase early next year
• China provides aid to Zambia
• India's MIG-29 fighter aircraft crashes
• Inter-Palestinian dialogue to begin in Cairo
• Report says Japan to introduce missile defense system
• Start of Christmas season marked in NY Rockefeller Center
• Saddam withdraws a billion US dollars from bank
• US remains optimistic about new round of six-party talks
• Australia to join US missile defense program
• Koizumi gives green light to SDF dispatch
• Explosion hits state television center in Georgia
• Arafat says Palestinian ceasefire is test for Israel
• Britain's Queen arrives in Nigeria for Commonwealth summit
• Group of 34 Chinese tourists missing in Croatia
• US pledges comprehensive assistance to Georgia
• Survey shows Philippine actor leads presidential candidates
• Israel to install ID system at Gaza checkpoint in January
• Moscow university chief charged over deadly fire
• China, Pakistan to further cooperation: CPPCC chairman
• Euro-Mediterranean ministers agree sharing on "common destination"

• Sino-US trade still strong despite disputes: experts
• Energy conservation high on agenda: News analysis

• Luxembourg to initiate Chinese language education
• China's carving technology dates back to early Neolithic days: archeologists
• Tibetan lama school passes on knowledge to young generation

• China seeded third in Asia's qualifying pots for the 2006 World Cup draw
• Rockets overcome Jazz 107-101 in overtime
• China's national swimming body renamed, leadership elected
• Top seed Zheng struggles at ITF Women's Circuit

• Sex diary on-line too hot to handle?
• Peking Man site under great threat
• Bodies melting into words
• Beijing's sandy neighbor turning greener
• Young alter attitude on premarital sex
• Farmer jailed 13 years for killing mentally challenged son in east China
• Concerted efforts needed to tackle students suicide: HK official
• Managers of flooded coal mine detained in Xinjiang
• Court tries mafia-like gang, giving four death sentences
• Boiler explosion kills seven, injures seven in Shanghai's bathhouse
• 2003 Prince Claus Prize goes to Chinese relics expert