Tuesday, January 06, 2004

• 2nd Sino-Indian boundary meeting to be held this month
• SARS patient recovers, to leave hospital Thursday
• China rejects anti-India rebels' request for shelter 
• Xinjiang to invest 14b yuan in road construction in 2004
• China: 10 snapshots in 2003 
• New chairman of All-China Youth Federation elected
• India-Pakistan summit propels new hope for peace 
• HK reports 1st imported dengue fever case in 2004
• Civet cats the dominant human SARS-like coronavirus carries: experts 
• Illegal detention cases cleared from judicial system
• China has no Mars probe plan: official
• Chinese judiciary reform to be speeded up in 2004: minister
• Guangdong quarantines civet cats to prevent possible SARS spread
• Top union leader vows to help workers in difficulties
• China to further reform judicial services: official
• China still a safe place to travel, says WHO 
• Guangdong takes emergency measures against SARS

• Daqing oil output to fall 4.3 percent in 2004
• Job market to improve for 2004 university grads: official
• Chinese shrimp producers unite to fight US anti-dumping suit
• Electronics sales hit 1.88 trillion yuan in 2003
• Asia's largest flax maker reshuffled
• HK real GDP expected to increase in first quarter
• Electronics sales hit 1.88 trillion yuan in 2003
• China steps up efforts to forge world name brands
• China sets new record in shipbuilding in 2003
• New policy makes it easier to open private businesses in Zhejiang
• Beijing opens park for companies headquarters
• SAFE spokesman refutes rumors of forex bonds selling
• Wal-Mart makes moves to expand its stores in China
• Highlights of China's opening of its foreign trade sector
• US aviation firm takes off in China
• Brighter prospects for Chinese futures market
• Warning of irregularities in forex settlement
• Individuals in China to get import-export rights
• Tingyi, Asahi, Itochu team up to expand China's beverage market
• Chinese, foreign banks jointly develop credit cards
• Two major state banks to pilot joint-stock system

• Iran, Egypt reportedly agree to restore full diplomatic ties
• Iran asks to restore full diplomatic relations with Egypt
• Composite dialogue between India, Pakistan to begin in February
• Hamas in contact with US administration: official
• Syrian president kicks off historical visit to Turkey
• 34 people isolated in Philippines over SARS scare
• DPRK offers to halt nuke facilities
• US to retain sanctions on Libya: Bush
• WHO not to issue SARS alert for single case in China
• British Foreign Secretary assumes voice of Bin Laden on aired tape authentic
• Philippine reports 2 new SARS suspects
• S.Africans optimistic about 2004
• Qurei chairs PNA cabinet in Gaza as siege goes on in West Bank
• Abbas secretly meets Palestinian factions' leaders: sources
• Further six-party talks on DPRK nuclear issue probably not in January: Russian official
• European Parliament head condemns mail attacks
• Palestine calls for EU initiative on Mideast peace process
• US launches program of fingerprinting, photographing foreign visitors
• Britain invites Libyan foreign minister to visit London
• China, Russia favor early second round of DPRK talks
• US to leave Iraqi Kurds semi-autonomous: newspaper

• China's education system at best since 1978: minister
• Contribution by Chinese scientists in US Mars explorations notable 
• China to place 10 satellites into orbit in 2004
• 58 engineers elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering

• National table tennis players fall victims to romance
• 2004 world junior speed skating championships to start in Beijing

• Beijing to conduct survey of public's mental health
• Efforts called for salvaging inscriptions on Great Wall bricks
• Half of Chinese city dwellers happy with life: survey
• Migrants to be counted for first time in Shanghai
• 200-year-old marriage law uncovered in Guizhou
• Middle-school graduates line up to join airforce
• Guangdong destroys opium seeds found in Indian sesame