Friday, December 19, 2003

• Liaison office head commends Macao SAR govt's work
• Vice FM confers with US special envoy on Korean affairs
• 600,000 pirated software discs destroyed
• Premier Wen meets with Israeli President Katsav
• China to further parliamentary exchanges with Israel
• HK announces SARS prevention measures
• Celebrations to mark 4th founding anniversary of Macao SAR
• President Hu foresees stronger links with Spain
• China, Spain forum boosts cooperation
• Terrorist organizations in China influence the world
• China concentrates on AIDS prevention, control
• State Councilor meets EU Commission member
• Beijing takes five emergency measures against SARS
• Supreme court retries Shenyang gang leader
• Chinese students calls for stop of bloody Mideast conflicts
• Maternity insurance covers 36.17 million women
• Chinese peacekeeping force to the Congo finishes first shift
• Infected man in Taiwan has not spread SARS virus 
• Shanghai lawyer's 3-year jail term upheld
• Officials, professionals from ethnic minorities being trained

• Chinese lighter producers win initial war against EU technical barrier
• Increasing needs by Chinese enterprises for foreign authentication
• Worries about post-Olympic economic decline unnecessary: economist
• Shanghai reports inflow of $45.8b overseas investment
• Tibet sees booming foreign trade
• Citibank sets up fifth branch in China
• China signs US$1.59B worth of import contracts with US
• NE China province fosters professionals for rural areas
• HK, Guangzhou to foster software collaboration
• Chalco opens subsidiary
• Port city to build new terminal
• Domestic manufacturers figure stronger at home, eye export sales
• Expo 2010 preparations in full swing
• Leading bank sees progress with non-performing assets
• China's tax revenue to exceed 2 trillion yuan this year
• China's investment sector shows signs of overheating
• Hong Kong companies developing brand names

• India test-fires "Trishul" missile again
• Official results of Russian parliamentary election announced
• Ukraine values relationship with China: President
• Russian president hails high-level bilateral ties with China 
• Japanese govt orders SDF dispatch to iraq
• US "Green River Killer" sentenced to 48 life imprisonments
• Japan to build missile defense system
• Iran signs additional protocol to NPT
• Michael Jackson formally charged with child molestation
• China, Russia to strengthen military cooperation
• ASEAN ministers agree on environmental initiatives
• India test-fires "Trishul" missile
• Israel detains top Hamas leader in Tulkarem
• Italy opposes death penalty for Saddam: Defense Minister
• UK to hold inquest into Diana's death

• EU considers lifting 14-year-old ban on arms sales to China
• Focus: Ensuring a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula

• SARS sequelas not to blame only hormones: Official
• Doctors study hereditary cancer in Chinese family
• Chinese Proficiency Test for ethnic minorities carried out in Jilin
• HK scientists to join int' HapMap project

• Tightrope walker breaks record in Shantou
• First Chinese set to join Man United
• FIFA not for co-hosting of World Cup

• Golden dubbing age falls on deaf ears
• Flu epidemic not likely in China: MOH
• Depression patients exceeding 26 million in China
• China becoming a big country in introducing foreign brains
• First China-made feeder liner to go into production
• "Mother's Helper" becomes new profession
• Investigation of beggars, performers on Beijing subway
• Int'l documentaries showcased in Guangzhou
• Ancient pottery kilns discovered in Guizhou
• HK to establish health protection center
• Mao's little red books still have influence on Chinese
• Beijing braces for freezing Friday
• Beijing takes emergency measures against spread of SARS