Friday, April 02, 2004

• High-level symposium opens to discuss UN reform
• CPPCC chairman meets Vietnamese guests
• National security offenders detained and released
• Draft interpretations on HK Basic Law reviewed
• Health ministry suspends publishing SARS daily report
• Vice Premier meets Lesotho deputy PM
• PLA Chief meets the Philippines Air Force Commander
• China, Japan cooperate in ecological defenses for Beijing
• NPC to interpret annexes of HK Basic Law
• Taiwan court to hear recount lawsuit
• 30% citizen plaintiffs win lawsuits against govt departments
• Tsang: Reforms must benefit whole nation
• China hopes US stops fingerprinting visa applicants
• Shenzhen to have fund for clean officials
• US told to stop spying along Chinese border
• FM: China willing to cooperate with Saudi Arabia
• Sino-Swedish seminar on urban sustainable development
• Measures expected to further boost development in western China
• Gov't to pay bonus to villagers for family planning
• Chinese websites up 60.3 percent in 2003
• Macao Legco passes detailed Chief Executive Election Bill

• Indo-China trade pegged at US$20 billion by 2010
• Foreign Trade Law amendment to be approved
• More toys to be produced in Guangdong
• Trade fair scheduled in Harbin targets industrial base revival
• HK's property sales up 27% in March
• Trade fair scheduled in Harbin targets industrial base revival
• Allianz Group to expand core business in China
• Civil industrial enterprises an important part of China's defense sci-tech industry
• China Life says not aware of U.S. regulator inquiry
• Air Asia to set foot in Macao
• Technical standards updated to suit WTO
• National power needs require investors
• Shanghai land prices rank No.2 in China
• 84 Chinese firms listed in Forbe's leading companies
• Flight insurance dispute soars
• China's foreign debt indexes within int'l security limit
• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to bring US$16b business
• Alstom confident in Beijing-Shanghai rail tender
• Brazilian aircraft manufacturer eyes Chinese small plane market
• Macao's GDP grows 15.6 percent in 2003
• Western China to get further boost

• Uzbek residents told to watch out for possible attacks
• 3 detainees in Madrid blasts freed
• PM: NZ troops in Iraq to come home in Sep.
• Indonesia gearing up for elections
• Japan, US agree on questioning procedure on military criminal
• Lake Victoria users to get education on fishing law
• Japan to take part in minesweeping drills in Singapore water
• About 900,000 US children neglected, abused: Report
• Libya denies any contact with Israel
• OAS Inter-Parliamentary Forum opens in Chile
• Deputy PM: Poland is possible terror target
• More UN peacekeepers arrive in Cote d'Ivoire
• S.Lankan president calls for free, fair parliamentary election
• Germany-China cooperation serves ultimate interests: Schroeder
• US urges OPEC to reverse production cuts
• US vows retaliation over Fallujah deaths
• India issues report on security index of world countries
• Nigeria reaffirms "one China" policy
• French president gives priority to growth, employment
• Rice hearing before 9/11 panel set for April 8
• ROK, Japanese FMs discuss DPRK nuke issue over phone
• Palestinian dialogue to be resumed next week: Hamas
• Car bomb kills 6 people in Iraq: US military
• Thailand reiterates support to "One China" policy

• Why turning off oil taps?
• A Chinese opportunity for capital: the Chinese economy in the eyes of a foreigner
• Arabs want answer of their own
• Japan has no right to claim Diaoyu Islands: Comment
• Taiwan "election", an election tearing people apart

• China holds forum on Olympic intellectual property protection
• AIDS education launched in rural areas
• China outlines plant gene mapping with register compiled
• English course to start at grade one in Beijing
• Scientists dig out 2,450-year-old civilization in Bangladesh
• Books in rare ancient characters of Shui group retrieved
• Sleeping students crushed by train
• Int. machine science congress meet in China
• Chinese websites up 60.3 percent in 2003
• US rover Spirit spies more signs of water on Mars

• Yao, Shaq to face off one more time
• China formally applies for 2010 Asian Games
• Most nationals advance to Korea Open quarterfinals
• Wang Zhizhi put on injured list by Heat
• Female Chinese swimmers end sub-par performance at national Olympic trials

• China City Series magazines published officially
• Inner Mongolian Buddhist leader passes away at 85
• Mental patients well recuperate on therapy farm
• Four suspects on trial for temple fire in Zhejiang
• Beijing offers overall IP protection of Olympic Games
• Movie directed by Chinese student won College Emmy award
• Online report of epidemic situation of infectious disease realized
• Hong Kong to deactivate SARS alert level
• Bullfights banned over animal welfare
• Low-grade gas sales boosted
• Guangzhou relaxes control over permanent residence
• Migrants receive training for city work
• Electricity now lights life in western regions
• Three Gorges needs urgent pollution restrictions
• Deep Purple rocks Beijing
• Begging ban enforced in Guangzhou
• Sidewalk cars are targeted in Shenzhen
• Farmers enjoy medicare in Guangdong
• Endangered wildlife and habitats protected
• Spring fishing ban taking effect in Yangtze River valley areas
• Army urged to lead in environmental protection efforts
• Water transfusion starts for lower reaches of Tarim River