Tuesday, April 27, 2004

• One SARS patient in stable condition, other recovering
• US urged to oppose Taiwan independence with deeds
• Chinese vice-premier meets Kazak defense minister
• China actively participates in worldwide mine clearance
• DM meets with Kazakhstan counterpart, Chief of Japanese Self-Defence Air Force respectively
• New airport being built in Xinjiang
• China, Germany suspend contacts on fuel project
• Chinese FM meets foreign guests
• Chinese vice-premier meets Australian, US guests
• Chinese farmers' average cash income increases
• 4 WHO teams to work with China on SARS investigation
• Chinese president congratulates S. Africa's 10th anniversary of freedom, Mbeki's re-election
• Workshop addresses global scourge
• CPPCC chairman holds talks with Namibian guests
• HK gears up SARS preventive actions
• Violation of safety rules blamed for Heilongjiang mine explosion
• HK economic society welcomes NPC's decision on constitutional development
• Chinese, Thai FMs talk on phone
• Procurator-general meets Hungarian delegation
• Traffic accidents claim daily average of 300 lives
• Friendship among Chinese, Japanese cities important in bilateral ties
• Qian Qichen sets common goals for Asia-Pacific development
• Boao Forum for Asia aims to be world-class: secretary general
• Nation acts to stem radiation source thefts
• Central official: NPC's decision to be guideline for HK's constitutional development
• Vice President meets foreign guests in Shanghai
• No new SARS cases reported in past 24 hours
• Testimony: Japanese war chemicals did harm
• Hegemony never on nation's agenda: Vice-President 
• China sends peace-keeping police to Kosovo
• Institute isolated after experts suspect lab infection
• China to see passenger peak in upcoming "Golden Week"
• Twenty-three Asian countries sign Asian highway agreement
• China alert to radio contamination
• HK economic society welcomes NPC's decision on constitutional development

• Construction Bank preparing for public listing
• China, Japan, ROK to build electronic silk road: official
• Hang Seng Shenzhen branch to offer RMB service
• Chinese listed firms register soaring net profits in 2003
• Macao's 7 pct GDP growth forecast reasonable
• CEPA offers HK factories opportunities
• Fund backs banking system
• Gas pipeline to be completed on schedule
• Singapore to continue tourism promotion plan in China
• BusinessWeek annual leadership forum opens in HK
• Russia to sell more oil to China
• Auto imports increase in first quarter
• Forum on economic cooperation of China, Japan, ROK starts
• Vice-premier urges int'l cooperation on developing rural economy
• NE China revival offers opportunity for economic cooperation between China, Japan, ROK
• Biz Weekly Highlights Apr.19-25 The power of cooperation
• Second Sino-ROK Economic Seminar opens in Seoul 
• CPC warns against overheating fixed assets investment
• Largest US hardware company opens int'l buying office in HK
• AMCs fight to bring down non-performing assets
• Steel output surpasses 61m tons in Q1
• Twenty-three Asian countries sign Asian highway agreement
• HKMA predicts more business opportunities for banks

• Libyan leader Gaddafi visits EU headquarters
• 3 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers in W. Bank
• South African president sworn in
• Hungarian parliament hails upcoming entry into EU
• 43 militants killed in clashes near Najaf
• New Zealand man confirmed to be detained in Iraq
• Australia not to be involved in ongoing occupation of Iraq: PM
• S.Africans ready for presidential inauguration
• India's democracy faces major challenge
• Sri Lankan president restarts stalled development projects
• Provisional results from Indonesia's parliamentary polls
• S.Korea, DPRK contact over relief goods
• ROK's Busan to host 13th APEC summit meeting
• Chilean president to visit New Zealand
• Over 40 percent Portuguese see EU enlargement as negative
• Chile, Dominica sign cooperation accords
• Argentine gov't denies political persecution against Menem
• OAS to send observers to oversee Dominican presidential elections
• US-picked Iraq leaders approve new flag
• New Zealand supports UNICEF work in DPRK
• Israel identifies new Hamas leader
• Dominican Republic to pull troops out of Iraq
• EU urges immediate resumption of peace talks in Mideast
• UN chief cautions US against attack on Iraq's Fallujah
• US troops, Iraqi militia clash in southern Shiite cities
• US offers aid to DPRK over train tragedy
• Arab countries call for politically, economically boycott to Israel
• Jordan foils al-Qaida-linked chemical attack
• Malawi president threatens to throw out int'l election observers
• Britain appoints expert as ambassador to Iraq
• EU offers aid to DPRK over train blast
• Singapore, Indonesian navies co-host multilateral exercises
• Vajpayee confident of victory in election

• People's Daily urges appreciation of NPC decision on HK's electoral change
• Chinese society in an accelerated restructuring period

• China to set up world's first satellite constellation for disaster monitoring
• Military technology for civilian use fair opens
• Robot-conducted medical operation in Shenzhen
• China discovers fossils of dinosaur's contemporary - Docodonta
• China spends RMB 18 bln on manned spaceflight project
• Military academies to recruit 20,000 high school graduates in 2004
• Wild research center for pandas set up in Shaanxi
• First gene treatment medicine developed in China
• International experts on legislation to regulate human space activities

• Artist "Begins Painting" for the Beijing Olympics
• China bags 10 golds in Asian fencing championships
• Beijing to start solicitation of 2008 Olympic mascot design in May
• Venue for extreme sports unveiled in Shanghai
• Aussie artist to send Beijing an Olympic painting
• Chinese women's soccer remains top of Asia
• China coach Haan vows to play attack football against Algeria

• 200 kids abducted in Yunnan
• First subway train arrives in Shenzhen
• Ethnic groups in SW happy about forest protection program
• African arts to be staged in Beijing in May
• Chinese prison's odyssey out of deep mountains
• SARS patient in Anhui province in stable condition
• "Milan Kundera" coming to China
• Time Warner back in MGM hunt: magazine
• Jolin celebrates hot album sales with fans
• Cultural venues in Shenzhen to open free to expats in holiday
• Police appeal to public over shopping center explosion in Hefei
• Institute isolated after experts suspect lab infection
• Three workers drowned, one injured at Hangzhou construction site
• China offers free vaccines for children