Monday, April 12, 2004

• Latvian president visits Shanghai
• US urged to stop commitment to Taiwan Relations Act
• 7 abducted Chinese confirmed to be farmers from E.China
• China tops world in road death
• Foreign ministry advises Chinese not to go to Iraq
• China starts rescue work for hostages in Iraq
• EU Ambassador to China visits People's Daily Online
• New ferry services across Taiwan Straits start
• Prosecutors team up to snag corruption
• 300,000 people protest Taiwan election 
• PLA brass decides on high-tech innovations
• Latvian President arrives in China
• Govt officials lead nation in studying new Constitution
• Chinese general leaves for visit to Mexico, Cuba
• Farmers shoulder less fees in 2003
• HK gov'nt to further explain matters over interpretation of Basic Law

• Sino-US trade surges despite disputes
• ICBC's non-performing loan ratio stands at 20 percent
• Beijing registers record growth rate in first quarter
• China, Iceland sign tourism MOU
• Las Vegas Sands Macao to persist with own style in operation
• 10% yearly price fall predicted for China-made sedans
• Live poultry trade resumes in Beijing
• Fiscal revenue expected to increase by 20% in 2004
• Shipping giant to issue corporate bonds
• BMW eyes bigger market share
• Ericsson's China head dies
• Sino-Iranian LNG deal in pipeline
• Overseas investment up in Beijing economic zone
• China's foreign trade deficit totals US$8.43bln in Q1
• Likely Sino-Indian FTA conducive to nation
• Construction Bank boosts personal business
• Bank of China reports less bad debts, growing yuan business
• China to continue enhancing macro control
• Central bank moves towards "healthy" Chinese economy

• 70 coalition soldiers, 700 Iraqis killed since April 1
• Senior Japanese ruling party official rejects withdrawal appeal
• Japan no longer confident about safety of hostages
• US vice president vows to help Japan in hostage crisis
• New Zealand engineers withdraw to Basra camp amid violence in Iraq
• Blasts rock compound of coalition HQ in Iraq
• S.Korean FM reiterates no change on troop dispatch plan
• Bush was satisfied on pre-9/11 probes
• Violence rampages in Iraq amid frequently-broken truce
• Sudan, Chad agree to implement ceasefire agreement
• Newsweek poll: Kerry leads Bush by seven points
• Seven Chinese citizens kidnapped in Fallujah
• 22 Canadian farms hit by bird flu
• US destroyer visits Malaysia's Port Klang
• Likud to hold referendum on Sharon's disengagement plan on April 29
• S. African president voices strong optimism about elections
• At least 40 killed in Russian mine explosion
• Declassified memo shows Bush warned ahead of 9/11 attack
• Russia ready to offer aid to Iraq, says defense minister

• Expanding and strengthening ties with EU
• What does China's GDP indicate?
• Strategizing the war on poverty
• Peaceful rise---China's international strategic choice

• Parents invited to supervise, advise school in Shanghai
• China to launch space solar telescope
• Internet use grows in east China
• Chinese intellectuals rebel against foreign language tests

• China names men's doubles in Asian qualifiers, Kong's in, Yan's out
• China targets at least one judo gold in Athens, official
• Du Wei doubtful for China's Olympic qualifier against S.Korea
• China loses all in Japan Open badminton

• China issues first set stamps on traditional Chinese idioms
• Beijing to clear up spring view with more male poplars
• "One child" generation grows up to face strained family relations
• Shanghai residents to select assessment agencies for housing compensation
• Immigrant mother, twin daughters found dead in HK flat
• WWF to help Hubei set up wetland preservation network
• Twelve missing in Henan coal mine flooding
• Miss Universe 2004 China competition final
• Place names to be standardized
• Shanghai seeks to switch off 'light pollution'
• Single-parent families looking for love
• Save youth from tobacco harm
• Chocolate has good impact
• English services for churches
• Shaolin Temple auctions lucrative business property
• Personal cheques to flourish in China
• 10 miners trapped in coal mine blast in Heilongjiang
• Chinese Xishaungbanna cultural troupe visits Myanmar
• Chinese Catholics sing Alleluia to celebrate Easter