Monday, January 05, 2004

• Guangdong bans sale of civet cats to stem SARS outbreak
• Chongqing blowout victims receive 16 million yuan so far
• Nation abolishes, lowers 15 fees for farmers
• China's defense industry expands in year 2003
• SARS case in Guangdong confirmed
• Guangzhou denies rumored new suspected SARS case
• Building begins on cruise ship terminal in Shanghai
• Beijing's traffic no longer a headache by year 2008
• Vice-minister: We have our principle and bottom line
• Info minister: 'Opening up' for news, too
• Forest fire kills 11 in Guangxi
• China opposes foreign government interference in HK affairs: FM spokesman
• Death toll rises to 243 in gas blowout in SW China

• Securities brokerage continues as normal after takeover
• Defense sector expands in 2003
• Hong Kong stocks close at 30-month high
• Guangdong, reports more revenue despite SARS
• Port for passenger liners under way
• Mazda to expand China operation
• China to import more grain as stocks deplete
• Wanted: Right investors for SOE reform
• TCL plans 2.5b yuan A-share offer
• China, India to drive Asia's IT comeback in 2004: IDC
• FedEx moves Asia hub to Guangzhou
• Yin Fong invests to regain popularity
• China puts US trade surplus at US$53 billion
• Cashing in on free trade
• Private business develops fast in Zhejiang
• Precious stones bring fortune to Yunnan

• Pakistan, India PMs hold talks
• Special team begins probe on Roh Moo-hyun's former aides
• French robot to hunt for "black box" in Red Sea
• Vajpayee: Meeting with Musharraf ends on "positive note"
• Suspected SARS case under check in Philippines
• Georgia's Saakashvili eyes corruption, poverty, Abkhazia
• Purported Bin Laden tape mentions Saddam capture
• New York's bank robbery rate up 64%
• Fujimori says he will return to Peru in 2006
• Colombian top rebel leader captured in Ecuador
• Terrorism alerts for British flights possible for years: official
• 2004 a difficult year for Palestinians: Arafat
• Europe strives to abandon smoking with help of law
• Indian PM to meet with Pakistani president Monday
• Karzai calls for respect of new constitution
• US to formally launch handover of power to Iraq
• Saakashvili claims victory in Georgia's presidential poll

• China pondering its own "green card" system 

• Research refers to civet cat as carrier of SARS coronavirus
• Project to protect revered cultural relics
• Two more classics by Milan Kundera published in China
• Artists preserve Tibetan epic King Gesser in silk paintings
• Official: China has no specific plan for Mars mission now
• Suspected SARS case in Guangzhou may have rat link

• Rockets clamp down on Jazz to win 84-63 
• Chinese skater wins two golds in Asian speed skating championships

• Elderly surfers click onto net
• Project to protect revered cultural relics
• 14 injured in HK subway fire
• China to kill rats, civet cats amid SARS fears
• Shanghai's satellite town taking shape
• Shanghai consultants profiting on US visa problems
• Chinese "Reader" magazine tops in Asia
• People of 2003, an eventful year for China
• Artists preserve Tibetan epic King Gesser in silk paintings