Monday, December 08, 2003

• Officials to be punished for statistics fraud
• China conducts first air-sea cruise on Yellow, Bohai seas
• Death toll rises to 19 in coal mine explosion in N. China
• Yellow River early ice jams threaten floods
• CPPCC chairman returns to Beijing after five-nation tour
• Law being drafted to protect people's rights of free movement,settlement
• Government helps migrant workers recover unpaid salary
• Beijingers get greater poll choices 
• Gov't consultant proposes massive west-to-east migration
• New airport extends links to Panzhihua
• Hu urges ideological workers to meet demands of times 
• Premier Wen kicks off 4-nation visit
• Two thirds of Qinghai-Tibet railway projects completed
• Coal mine explosion kills 16 in N. China
• Relief coal sent to quake-hit Xinjiang county

• Bank of China (HK) launches new service
• Big arch truss bridge to be built in Guangzhou
• Beijing auctions land-use rights for first time
• Chinese gov't procurement to reach US$24.1bln in 2004
• Investors line up for shares in China IPO
• Energy-hungry China braces for power struggle as winter draws near
• Threat of deflation to weaken further
• WB-funded railway line contributes to energy reallocation
• PalmSource: Partners with China's Lenovo, Foundertech
• Fuel prices in China increased again
• Gray-collar jobs left unfilled in Shanghai
• Standard Chartered Bank seeking local partner in China
• China Life sees low-margin policies as growth driver
• Finnish lock maker eyes Games benefits
• US software firm aims high
• Huaneng plans 4b yuan 10-year bond sale
• Medicine show to boost trade
• Trade war? A buying spree for cheap Chinese goods
• Germany cannot prevent sale of fuel-rod plant to China: Schroeder
• Railway ministry sheds 42 subordinate enterprises
• Diesel engine giant reports rising exports
• China promotes home-made online game business

• Premier Wen hopes for closer China-US relations
• China not to tolerate splitting Taiwan from motherland: Premier 
• Four parties confirmed to enter new Russian parliament
• Premier Wen says China supports UN reforms 
• Japan's SDF may go to Iraq on gov't jumbo jet: report
• Zimbabwe quits Commonwealth
• Iran says it will sign nuclear protocol
• Premier Wen warns Taiwan not to misuse democracy 
• Commonwealth stuck in Zimbabwe's suspension
• Abu Sayyaf leader captured in southern Philippines
• French tycoon confirmed dead in air crash in England
• Premier Wen arrives in New York for visit to US 
• UN envoy urges US forces to be cautious in operations
• 70 dead bodies found in Uganda's northern district
• EU constitution has "55 percent" chance of success
• Russian parliament election ends with main pro-Kremlin party in lead
• Palestinians fail to make ceasefire deal

• Advanced China-made CPU commercialized
• China's rise offering opportunities
• US TV dump charges not just a biz spat: Analysis

• Tibet builds up complete education system in primary, middle schools
• Yang Liwei's space mission on line for moral education
• Action to narrow east-west educational gap
• Chinese netizens to hit 78 million
• New university set up in SW. China

• South Korea nip China 1-0 in East Asian championship
• Li helps China win relay gold

• Sex in private cars raises concern
• Kicking around on the roof of the world
• Tianjin launches free matchmaking for handicapped
• Chauffeur service for drunken drivers hard sell
• Internet connecting Tibet with the world
• "A tie transcending discrepancies" -- Americans in China
• China in growing need of WTO-related legal service
• New Han wooden strips discovered in Inner Mongolia
• Tianjin tightens control over radioactive stone building materials