Monday, December 29, 2003

• China strives to ease power shortage in 2004
• Gas blowout well to stay closed till safety ensured
• President Hu's speech on Mao birth anniversary published
• WHO expert arrives in Beijing to help SARS probe
• US special envoy arrives in Beijing
• China environmental protection drive
• China sees biggest ever revisions to constitution
• Death toll rises to 234 in gas blowout in southwest China
• Well-prepared Guangdong calm in face of suspected SARS case
• Chinese government urges preparations for New Year, Spring Festival
• China's environment watchdog urges local governments to crack down on polluters
• Tests show food safe to eat in gas blowout area

• China devotes more efforts to promote SMEs
• HK's export witnesses 9.0 percent increase in November
• China's industrial profits to hit 800 billion yuan
• Titanic shipyard launched in Shanghai
• Premier urges taxation according to law
• PBC to stop approving gold trade
• Subsidies could boost farmers' incomes
• Guangdong woos worldwide talent
• Newer jobs to outnumber those slashed
• Copper, wine to fortify trade
• Car rental firm puts its foot down
• Sun offers Linux OS
• Shell considers $2bn Chinese refinery plan
• Business booms in China's gray market
• Shanghai Stock Exchange to launch new index
• Three Gorges project generates 8 billion kwhs electricity
• Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce branches established in China
• China's foreign trade to hit 840 billion dollars

• Top 10 world news events of 2003 selected
• Death toll in Philippine landslides rises to 200
• S.Korean nuclear plant leaks radiation
• Strong quake jolts north Japan
• Pakistan close to naming Musharraf suicide bomber
• Iran quake toll may exceed 30,000
• U.N. leads first-time nuclear inspections in Libya
• Minor cabinet reshuffle made in S.Korea
• Primary result shows nationalists lead in Serbian election
• Month-long ceasefire sees violence down in India-controlled Kashmir
• Chinese rescue team arrives in Iran's quake-hit area 
• Britain warns of possible terror attack on Saudi Arabia
• Meat from cow infected with mad cow disease reaches eight US states
• 6 killed in Kabul suicide bomb blast
• More foreign aid pouring into quake-hit Iran
• Death toll in Karbala attacks rises to 18
• One US soldier killed, five wounded by bombs in Baghdad
• US rescue team delays scheduled departure for Iran

• What does per-capita GDP over US$1,000 mean?
• China May Participate in Reconstruction of Iraq

• China to develop education for the handicapped
• Children's education biggest cost for rural families
• WHO Urges China on Further SARS Testing
• 38 foreign languages available on CRI website
• Nation's largest organ transplant center set up in Tianjin
• China's car craze brings about bitterness
• High-tech expo opened for returned overseas Chinese students

• Chinese military football team disbanded
• Beijing kicks off construction of two more Olympic venues  

• WHO expert arrives in Beijing to help SARS probe
• World's largest giant panda park opens SW China
• Famous actor Ying Ruocheng passes away
• Exhibit shows traditional paintings
• HK strengthens monitoring of in-bound passengers' body temperature
• On-line "Mao memorial hall" visited by millions of people
• Hong Kong to start yearend clean-up operation
• Free museums for students in Beijing
• 16th Century document listed as ancient archive
• Women favor men with potential, not qualifications