Wednesday, January 07, 2004

• Chinese president meets US guest
• China dismisses 33,761 unqualified policemen
• Planners of Tian'anmen Square protest arrested
• China curbs illegal land and resources deals
• Fountainhead area of mother rivers suffers from ecological crisis
• HK chief pledges to continue improving governance
• Deadline set for civet disposal 
• Cross-Straits flight plan suffers setbacks
• Shanghai high-ranking posts offered to foreigners
• SARS patient recovers in urbanites' calmness to virus
• Official urges religious, non-religious people's unity 
• Constitutional amendment paves way for Emergency Law
• Defense industry urged to make new contribution
• Aviation association briefs on Taiwan charter flights
• SARS patient: Disease not to be feared
• Gov'nt should operate according to law: Premier Wen 

• Scholars give suggestions for Chinese mainland's economy
• Sino-German auto maker rolls out 1 million cars
• 92 million new phone users expected in 2004 : Ministry
• Chinese shrimp producers to fight US anti-dumping suit
• Gasoline price hike fuels "green revolution" by auto industry
• First zero tariff HK goods under CEPA shipped to mainland
• HK's economic revival to focus on alleviating deflation
• Xinjiang's farmland protected by comprehensive shelterbelt
• AMCs to play bigger role in reducing NPLs
• HK Toys & Games Fair attracts record number of exhibitors
• 7-Eleven says China joint venture OK'd
• New trading body across Taiwan Straits formed
• Automakers to double JV production capacity
• Nationwide inspection of rural tax reform launched
• UN report: China becoming major investor abroad
• Harbin to build new industrial park
• China's "big four" eye commercial banks in real sense
• China reports bumper communications income last year

• Sudanese govt., rebels sign accord on wealth sharing
• Malaysia announces cabinet reshuffle
• South Asian leaders sign free trade agreement
• Suspected Filipina confirmed not SARS case
• Mass rally of working people in Pyongyang
• Putin congratulates all Orthodox Christians on Christmas
• China able to handle SARS: Australian official
• US delegation pays visit to Pyongyang: Photo News
• WHO not advise killing wild animals to contain SARS
• Kandahar explosion kills 17
• Italy reports first mad cow case in 2004
• Cholera outbreak kills 6 in Mozambican capital
• DPRK statement a positive step: Powell
• Sudan peace talks focusing on administration of three disputed areas
• 17 Canadians reported in US custody in Iraq
• DNA confirms US mad cow from Canada
• Britain opens first inquest into Diana's death, police called
• Israel kills 196 Palestinians in targeted killing in 2003: report

• How does US$130 billion make sense?
• China ready to start its nuclear power plan 
• Chen Shui-bian's means of amassing fortune exposed before election

• Final chance to search for the missing Beagle 2
• New big discoveries in Anhui's prehistoric site
• Gene from an Angel may bring healing
• 'Shock and awe' at images from Mars 
• NASA unveils color image of Mars: Photo News
• Nation to ensure compulsory education for rural pupils
• 853 mln yuan of educational mischarge found in 2003
• China not to pursue profit-oriented education: official
• China exports US$110b-worth of hi-tech products in 2003
• Five software export bases to be set up

• Watsons Water Champions Challenge to be held in HK 
• 11 Chinese tennis players to compete in Australian Open
• Chinese center Bateer waived by Orlando Magic

• China rumbles as millions head home for Lunar New Year
• China to step up supervision to secure consumer's rights
• Beijing quarantines civet cats, but no immediate plan for culling
• Hundreds of medical waste disposal centers to be established
• Income of Xinjiang farmers first time exceeds 2,000 Yuan
• Civilian association applies for legal lease of Diaoyu Islands to develop tourism
• Photos: Stamp gifts for Year of Monkey
• A stranded panda rescued in SW China  
• Regulation issued to protect historical city streets, buildings
• Photos: Zhao Wei on Jade and movies
• Nation looks to warm winter
• First motorcycle collision safety test held in Beijing