Saturday, January 17, 2004

• Two suspected SARS cases confirmed in Guangdong
• CPC Int'l Department delegation leaves for DPRK
• Employers pay out billions in overdue pay
• Former anti-corruption official jailed for 13 years
• Another 3 arrested in deadly gas blowout investigation
• Chinese, Australian officials discuss bilateral trade
• Fishing ban re-imposed on Yangtze River
• China adopts friendly policy with Mongolia, vice-president
• Reception marks 40th anniversary of Sino-French ties
• Chinese fishing boats survive Japanese warships' attack
• Captured Taiwan spies meet press; say being used by Chen Shui-bian 

• China reports over 96 mln automotive vehicles in 2003
• Visitors flock to ChinaJoy amidst industry boom
• China attracts US$53.5 bln foreign investment in 2003
• China on the way to be a civil aviation power
• China, the world's fourth auto manufacturer
• IPO for the "Big Four" commercial banks slated
• Inner Mongolia aims to be China's top coal producer
• Volkswagen ventures in China sell 700,000 cars in 2003
• Caterpillar to establish training base in N.E. China
• Coomunication bank says capital infusion talks still on
• CCB to open Renminbi business in Hong Kong
• CSIC raises 68 million yuan for ship R&D center
• Three joint ventures born each day in Beijing last year
• Caterpillar produces more than 10,000 hydraulic excavators in China
• Airbus aims to take half of China's market share 
• China strives to break bottlenecks of economic growth
• World Bank: state banks reform in China welcomed but takes time

• Chinese, Russian officials talk about UN role
• WHO: Bird droppings prime origin of bird flu
• All US troops in Seoul to be relocated
• Israel says Hamas leader Yassin 'marked for death'
• With US help, Israel may boost missile production
• US, Britain to hold talks with IAEA over Libya's nuclear issue
• US to stick with plan for Iraq handover: Bremer
• DPRK warns US not to waste time in resolving nuclear crisis
• Jackson appears at court to face child molestation charges 
• Vietnam reports two more flu type A suspects
• USA TODAY set to conduct independent probe
• Iran earthquake death toll exceeds 41,000
• Sudan peace talks process positive: US special envoy
• Powell says Saddam reveals little "useful intelligence"
• Japan's GSDF advance team leaves for Iraq
• Bird flu spreads in southern Vietnam
• S Korea has new foreign minister

• China is so fascinating: interview with French ambassador to China
• Auto joint ventures come to a crossroad
• China's Internet: behind the attractive statistics
• China not to blame for huge deficit
• Why FDI growth in China slowed in 2003

• Web of influence
• US company to test HIV vaccine on people
• China to attract more foreign research centers

• Athens Olympic torchbearer's uniform unveiled
• China lose to South Korea in Women's Basketball

• Wooden strips unearthed in Hunan date back to Western Han Dynasty
• Restive festive palates
• Parents air-mail kids for holidays
• Holiday trips turning sweet and sour
• HK considers vaccination plan to beat new flu risk
• Minor earthquake jolts Shantou