Friday, January 23, 2004

• Tibet sees sharp drop in poverty-stricken population
• Center for diseases prevention and control established in Tibet
• Mainland city greets Taiwan county with fireworks
• Traffic accident kills 14 in north China
• Guangdong ensures safety of live poultry to HK, Macao
• Splendid night parade adds festival atmosphere to HongKong
• Premier pays surprise call to villagers on new year eve 
• Massif cracks in Gansu, no casualties caused
• 7,500 evacuated as dyke leaks in Xinjiang, no casualties reported

• Senior Chinese banker calls for wider RMB band
• China's central bank issues auto loans rules
• Fujian-Taiwan trade reports minor increase in 2003
• Tianjin reports record inflow of foreign funds
• China's auto demand to reach 20 mln in 2020

• Pakistan, India should move ahead on road to peace: Jamali
• Nuclear secret leakers must be punished: Pakistani minister
• Thailand very likely has human bird flu: PM
• Infant with no skull cap dies in Philippines
• Cambodia condemns Taiwan's so-called "defensive referendum"
• Japan's main ASDF unit leaves for Kuwait
• Malaysian Chinese usher in year of monkey with joy

• NASA unable to communicate with Mars Spirit rover

• Blast kills one in railway station of Zhengzhou
• Road accident in N. China claims 14 lives
• Small water projects help improve Chinese farmers' living standard
• Kidnapped Chinese-Filipino businesswoman rescued
• Rules handed down to monkeys at Sichuan park
• Golden monkeys hope for survival in "Year of Monkey"
• Chartered flights between Shanghai and Saipan opened