Friday, April 23, 2004

• Macao-Beijing SARS notification system in effect
• FM: China to dispatch peacekeepers to Kosovo
• China issues circular on strict quarantine against SARS
• Key project constructed with "green" consciousness
• NPC official solicits HK's views on report
• Chinese, Czech presidents hold talks  
• Saving water key for China to tackle water shortage crisis: official
• Senior leader on anti-poverty NGO funded by entrepreneurs
• Cambodian PM visits Chongqing, Three Gorges Project
• Health authorities issue document to clean up doctors' acts
• BFA Board of Directors hold meeting  
• China to offer assistance to DPRK
• UN official says China may continue Asian miracle in poverty reduction
• China's experience helpful for Asian-Pacific countries, UN official
• Suspect SARS case puts China on alert
• Beijing reports one SARS suspect case
• Premier Wen orders thorough probe into fake milk powder accident
• China, DPRK to continue six-party talks: FM spokesman
• Kim Jong Il highly evaluates latest visit to China
• China irritated at US hearing on Taiwan Relations Act
• Mainland Red Cross briefs SARS situation to Taiwan counterpart

• UNESCAP report: China "main engine of growth"
• Economic reform showcase cools modernization ambition
• BFA: an important platform of Asian economy
• Backgrounder: Chronology of Boao Forum for Asia
• Farmers reclaim "wasteland" as grain price soars
• BOC reports 50 pct surge in in'l settlement business in Q1
• HK people not acquainted with forex: survey
• Housing prices continue to rise in Q1
• Chemical giant eyes China's development programs

• China urges US to relax export control
• Australia prepared to help DPRK: FM
• Arroyo leads polling, candidates ready for reaction
• Over 300 candidates removed from Vietnamese People's Councils
• US hails achievements of Sino-US commission on commerce, trade
• S. Korean Red Cross ready to provide aids to DPRK after train collision
• Security beefed up around embassies in Thailand for terror threat
• S.Korean acting president expresses condolences over train blast in DPRK
• 2 Chinese killed in DPRK train blast
• US House passes bill to replace members in case of attack
• S.Korea chooses Irbil for troops deployment in Iraq: newspaper
• Salvadoran troops to remain in Iraq: commander
• Chinese vice premier visits Chile to boost relations
• Explosion rocks railway station in DPRK, casualties presumed at 3,000
• China indignant at Japanese right-wing attack on Consulate General in Osaka
• DPRK yet to confirm train explosion
• Hamas accuses Israel of committing new "massacre" in Gaza
• Some 16 million people to face food shortage in Africa: report
• Ruling on Japanese PM's shrine visit to stand

• Mr. Freeman on Sino-US Relations and Taiwan Issue

• Hydrogen listed into energy development strategy

• Chinese Taipei eyes first ever rowing ticket in Athens
• China wins 3 gold medals in Asian fencing championships
• China's Liu Xiang sails into finals of Guilin GP
• China's Shenhua edges Jubilo Iwata 3-2 in Asian Champs League
• China's Sun Yingjie to miss Chinese GP
• Taiyuan makes last four in CUBA women basketball
• Chinese women beat S. Korea in Olympic soccer qualifier

• Rural infant health examination urged
• 2046 nominated in Cannes Film Festival
• Major rail accidents in recent 20 years
• Tornado kills seven, injures 207 in Hunan
• 14 confirmed dead, 5 injured in fireworks explosion in Shandong
• Tornado kills seven, injures 207 in Hunan
• Clamp down on illicit exit-entry agencies
• Cheaper electricity prices for rural people
• Courts urged to ensure judicial justice
• China trains 30 more anti-drug police for Myanmar
• Fireworks explosion kills 14 in east Chinese province
• Killer of pregnant woman captured in Beijing
• HIV carriers become first couple to wed in NE China province
• China Overseas Trade Co. manager sentenced to life imprisonment