Sunday, December 07, 2003

• 3 men charged with counterfeit coins offenses in HK
• First session of new 21st Century Committee for Japan-China Friendship held in Dalian
• Premier's US visit to contribute to better ties: ambassador

• Despite crude, Sino-Russian gas flows smoothly
• Four factors caused power shortage this year, more serious situation next year
• One out of five Chinese has a mobile phone
• China to revise lending policy
• China's IT output will lead the world by year 2010
• Wal-Mart Asia President: I hope to retire in China
• US publishers eye Chinese market
• Shanghai to strengthen cooperation with east Asian cities
• Porcelain capital intensifies intellectual property rights protection

• Rumsfeld begins visit in Iraq
• US bombing kills nine Afghan kids
• China pledges to make further contributions to UNIDO
• 18 injured in Kandahar affluent area explosion
• Prodi's aide calls British minister "ignorant"
• Indo-Pak rail link talks to start in Delhi on Dec. 18
• Russia kicks off parliamentary election
• US soldiers in Iraq infected with skin disease

• China becomes one of the top transgenic planting countries
• China and EU sing pact to guide rocketing trade
• China works out e-paper prototype
• China continues moon-exploration satellite development
• Coca-Cola donates 4.33 million for China's rural students
• Neurological discovery made
• Education Forum for Asia-Beijing 2004 to debut in China

• China harvests gold medals on second day of World Military Games
• Chinese Wang Meng crowned at short track World Cup

• Serial activities commemorating 600th anniversary of Zheng He's expedition
• Chinese women more and more practical in choosing partners
• Tricolor terra-cotta warrior unearthed in SW China
• Miss Ireland crowned Miss World in China 
• Shanghai social workers to get official status
• "Song of Tibet" unveils Tibetan movie exhibition in Thailand
• Women's forum examines media's gender biases in HK
• Beijing trembling amid strong wind, coldest weather this winter
• Books on Tibetan epic recommended to readers