Friday, January 02, 2004

• Crackdown launched on Chinese cartoon piracy
• China's road, fire accidents decrease in 2003
• Senior military official on world strategic situation
• Number of CPC journal subscribers exceeds one million
• Second round of dredging starts at Yangtze River mouth
• Chinese police to open up to media questions
• FM to visit four countries
• Tests show possible infection of SARS suspect
• Renowned Taiwan entrepreneur appeals for 'All Direct Links'
• President celebrates New Year with CPPCC members 
• China meets re-employment target in 2003
• Suspected SARS patient in stable condition: MOH
• China angry at Japanese PM's Yasukuni Shrine Visit 
• HKSAR govt pledges to advance democracy in accordance with Basic Law

• China sees record forex trade in 2003
• China OKs Citibank, HSBC cards
• Imported US beef seized in Beijing
• China's tax revenue exceeds 2 trillion yuan in 2003
• West-East pipeline begins supplying gas to Shanghai  
• China to reduce its tariffs to 10.4 percent this year
• Yearender: SOE reform focuses on corporate governance
• Imported drugs hit market quicker
• Beijing sees fiscal revenues rise in 2003 despite SARS
• Mainland/HK CEPA becomes operational
• Investors expecting a bullish stock market in 2004

• Peace process in Liberia needs strong reinforcement
• Musharraf wins vote of confidence in parliaments
• Strong earthquake shakes Mexico City
• S.Korea regrets Japanese PM's visit to Yasukuni Shrine
• Sri Lankan govt says president's tenure to end in 2005
• India interested in permanent ceasefire with Pakistan: FM
• Relief operations shifting to humanitarian aid in quake-hit Iran
• Powell lists New Year's resolutions for US foreign policy

• Japanese troops' departure for Iraq signals shift in defense policy: Article
• Koizumi rubs salt into the wound of sufferers on New Year's Day 
• China considers abating Iraq's debts by a big margin

• "Shenzhou-5" escape capsule successfully destroyed
• China forms health emergency relief network
• Younger students learning about sex
• HK steps up precautionary measures against SARS
• WHO, Chinese experts discuss on SARS prevention in Guangdong
• Paleontologists discover 55 million year old monkey fossil

• Sun Wen to become football journalist

• China simplifies passport applications in 2003
• First Chinese sex-change woman gets married
• China's dream factory enters the home
• Study finds what women want
• South China island reports record air passenger volume
• Excavated chinaware gets first show in porcelain province
• Trade union for migrant workers established in Hunan