Friday, December 05, 2003

• Chinese, Sudanese defense ministers hold talks
• Guangzhou's new int'l airport due to operate in June 2004
• Chen Shui-bian promises more weapon procurement from US if reelected
• Toyota apologizes to Chinese consumers for improper ads 
• Quake victims well settled as more relief materials sent to Xinjiang
• China tightens WMD export controls
• ASEM cultural conference issues Chairman's Statement
• Strategic view on Sino-Japanese relations advocated
• NPC chairman stresses parliamentary links with Slovenia
• China's non-Communist parties 600,000 strong

• China welcomes US decision to cancel steel tariff
• China's power giant to issue 3-bln-yuan bonds
• Beijing reports record tax revenue despite SARS outbreak
• China sets standards for translation services
• Computer industry plays leading role in promoting IT sector
• 1st int'l fair for medium-small sized cities to be held
• China electronic, IT exports to hit $130 billion in 2003
• China steel makers cheer US move
• Four major factors restricting China's export of high-tech products
• NPL peel-off plan to pave way for IPOs
• Battery maker plans electric cars
• Construction on thermal power plant to kick off
• Planned rates reform boosts banking stocks
• Overseas banks to sell bonds
• How will licensed mobile producers keep going without policy umbrella?
• Comment: Improving growth figures
• Investors buy into Chongqing
• APM invests in Shanghai port
• China expected to surpass France in exports this year
• Switch on to TV innovations
• China to become No 1 shipbuilder
• Looking at Sino-US trade relations from globalization perspective -an interview with Boeing vice president
• China moves to ease pressures on coal transport facilities
• Shanghai to regulate housing market to curb price hike: mayor
• China to become the world's fourth largest trader

• Queen Elizabeth II officially opens Commonwealth summit in Nigeria
• 32 people killed in deadly Russia train blast
• Thai PM sends greetings on "2003 China Tibetan Culture Week"
• US cancels simulated joint military drill with Taiwan
• US Taiwan policy to become distinct: former ambassador
• US welcomes non-proliferation efforts made by China
• Newsmen convicted for role in 1994 Rwandan genocide
• Chinese top advisor meets Pakistani President 
• Indian PM confirms visit to Pakistan
• Interpol issues arrest warrant for former Liberian president
• US lifts steel tariffs, but beefs up monitoring program
• Georgia's Saakashvili launches presidential election campaign
• Moscow university fire death toll rises to 39

• Opinion: US two-faced stance on Taiwan damaging

• Return to moon may be on Bush's agenda
• Arts preferred over sciences
• Web management benefits Chinese public: FM spokesman
• Gansu province legislates to protect wetland
• Cultural industry should be combined with diversity protection
• Joint research on breast & prostate cancers launched in HK

• Military World Games in full swing despite late-arrivals
• Japan, South Korea triumphant at East Asian soccer 
• Chinese swimmers face uphill task for Athens Olympics

• Chinese residents welcome gold trade
• Man driven to death by noise in Hebei
• Some 2,000-year-old bronze mirrors unearthed in Henan
• Couple open seashell museum
• Two senior officials sentenced for corruption in Yunnan
• Tourism in Hangzhou recovers
• Corrupt official who escaped during trial sentenced to life imprisonment
• Challenges ahead for Shanghai as population tops 20mln
• Three arrested for fatal Shanghai bathhouse explosion
• Joint research on breast & prostate cancers launched in HK
• Hollywood movies enjoy great popularity in China