Saturday, March 27, 2004

• Quake-vulnerable Xinjiang to rehouse residents
• Chinese Vice-Premier ends visit to Myanmar
• Chinese, Japanese FMs talk over phone on detention of Chinese citizens, Taiwan issue
• Tung: China's top legislature interprets Basic Law according to Constitution, Basic Law
• FM: detained Chinese citizens return safely from Japan
• Chinese experts call for enacting of Law on Human Rights
• Mainland issues warning to Taiwan after violent protest breaks out
• China, US trigger consultation on top joint business meeting
• Quake-hit north China area suffers constant aftershocks
• China allocates relief fund for quake-hit area

• KFC ruffles feathers with textbook coupons
• BMW eyes luxury car market
• Xiamen becomes world's largest disposable camera production base
• 25 transnational corporations have regional HQs in Beijing
• Kingsoft to challenge Microsoft with new office software
• EU, China to negotiate on agricultural goods import quota
• China agrees to consult with US on semiconductor tax

• Profile: Poland's outgoing Prime Minister Leszek Miller
• Mexico unsatisfied with Britain's explanation on trapped cavers
• EU summit calls for economic growth
• 8 kidnapped Pakistani soldiers killed by militants
• WFP humanitarian aid arrives in Haiti
• Polish PM to step down one day after his country joins EU
• US denies withdrawal of Mideast reform plan
• US to impose sanctions on Syria in near future: spokesman
• Pakistan dismisses al-Qaeda's threats
• Afghans offer funeral prayer for slain Hamas founder
• Russia opposed to Chechnya debate at UN
• Arab foreign ministers meet in Tunis
• India test fires Trishul missile for second consecutive day
• Russia to withdraw 3,000 troops from Chechnya
• Moscow regrets US veto of UN resolution on Yassin's killing

• Asia: what if RMB yuan appreciated

• Boom of after-school education in China
• Mekong's low flows no link with Chinese dams, MRC
• Genetic test helps diagnose eye diseases: HK expert

• Beckham to star in Hollywood movie

• Chinese workers win compensation suit
• One third of Yellow River aquatic species face extinction
• Tourist arrivals in China resume rising in February