Tuesday, March 30, 2004

• China, Yemen "all weather" friends: President Hu
• China, Yemen to further cooperation in legislative field
• China doesn't fear US anti-China motion on human rights
• Party opens hotline to stop malpractice in official selection
• Beijing karaoke chain settles royalty fees
• Senior CPC official meets leaders of Netherlands
• CPC delegation leaves for DPRK
• Petition signatures in Macao support China's sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands
• Women and children's rights well protected in China
• Taiwan's "national security director" resigns amid protests
• China makes achievements through int'l human rights exchanges,cooperation
• Chinese enjoy better judicial guarantee for human rights
• Rights and interests of the disabled well protected in China
• China strives to safeguard citizens' civil and political rights
• Chinese rights to subsistence and development improved
• China issues white paper on human rights progress
• Natural gas to fire nation's energy future, say experts
• Regulation to guide beauty industry
• Nation to launch inspection on environmental officials
• China, Commonwealth of Dominica establish diplomatic ties
• Chinese middle class covers 19 percent by 2003
• CPC Politburo meeting held to boost grain production
• Joint communique between China, Commonwealth of Dominica published 
• Forest fire brought under control, not yet put out in north China
• Chinese State Councilor meets ROK guest

• Yemen hopes for more investment from China
• Guangzhou to produce 400,000 autos in 2004
• China's ARJ21 regional jet eyes global market
• Lee & Man unveils mega paper plant
• An input of 16 billion yuan for Golden Waterway Project along Yangtze River
• China's largest phosphate fertilizer maker earns great profit from exports
• Civil aviation industry reports 3bln yuan losses last year
• Boao Forum to seek economic co-op in Asia
• JV plans diesel engine production
• Huiyuan to tap DTV market via IPO
• First ASEAN+3 Natural Gas Forum held in Shanghai
• Sinopec posts rise in net profits
• China plans regulation to guide beauty industry
• Balanced energy supply-demand market for China in 2004
• China approves resumption of fuel oil futures
• EU plans new quota for China
• Biz weekly highlights Mar. 22-26 Encouraged and discouraged
• World's largest MDI, TDI project starts construction in Shanghai
• China's potato industry has great potential: experts
• China Unicom reports 31.2 percent rise in operating revenue

• DPRK supports "One China" policy
• Sharon, Labor make secret coalition govt deal: report
• S.Korean court opens Roh impeachment hearing
• Annan's revised Cyprus plan draws mixed reaction
• Africa loses some 500 million dollars by technology transfer due to migration
• 10 Uzbekhistan women deported from Indonesia
• Ceremony held to mark first high speed rail operation in S.Korea
• Seven countries including Romania join NATO
• Iliescu: Romania values cooperation with China
• US to deploy 2,000 more troops in Afghan: spokesman
• Prodi says EU-China relationship is at its best
• Vajpayee encourages more cooperation between Indian, Chinese military 
• Spanish PM-elect to be sworn in by mid-April
• UN security coordinator forced to resign
• Afghan president arrives in Berlin for international conference
• Uganda president urges peaceful solution to political issues
• Thai military reshuffled amid escalating violence in south
• Arab summit to be held within weeks: Moussa
• At least 19 killed, 26 injured in Uzbekistan explosions
• US economic blockade harms Cuban people's human rights, says Cuba
• Bush says NATO to be united in war on terrorism
• Israeli parliament approves 1.06-billion-US-dollar budget cut

• Retaliatory violence can't conjure up peace: Comment
• China-EU economic and trade ties draw closer and closer
• PD editorial hails establishment of diplomatic relations between China, Dominica

• China to seek int'l opinions on sea water desalination
• Germany seeks cooperation opportunities in Heilongjiang
• Taking extra clacium not way to tackle calcium deficiency
• China develops core router for next-generation Internet
• Women warned of cervical cancer
• "Father of hybrid rice" awarded World Food Prize 2004
• Pride riding on Great Wall view from space
• China's first frozen egg babies to be born in May
• China launches program to protect campus youth, kids from assaults
• China starts to launch second-generation ID cards 

• Chinese Football Association sets salary limit
• China blue at Figure Skating World Championships
• Beijing Olympic triathlon route needs trial: ITU president

• DNA tests challenge fidelity among Chinese couples
• Cataracts -- leading cause of blindness in Tibet
• China invests heavily to protect sturgeons
• Suicide attempts on the rise in China
• Reconstruction and Expanding Construction of the National Museum of China kicks off
• Beijing predicts more tomb sweepers
• Why women live longer than men
• Invasive moth and beetle cause huge losses
• Dusty weather to linger in north China in coming days
• China to build national museum on history of overseas Chinese
• Coal mine gas explosion leaves 12 missing in central China