Wednesday, April 28, 2004

• Hu Jintao calls for upholding Marxism
• Employment vital for people's life, state stability: vice premier
• China to clear way for rural laborers to work in urban areas
• Iron project illegally using land in E. China punished
• China appreciates Georgia's one-China policy: FM
• Kyrgyzstan willing to cooperate with China in fighting "three forces": FM
• Vice-premier meets delegates to China-US seminar on engineering tech
• China, Cook Islands to promote bilateral ties
• China's local petroleum chief sacked in connection with SW gas blowout
• HK legal sector deems NPC's decision on constitutional development consistent with law
• WHO experts head to Anhui for SARS investigation
• Armed Police purchase military supplies through public bidding
• Tenth anniversary of Mongolia-China friendly treaty marked
• One new suspected SARS patient in critical condition
• Rural income on steady increase
• Workplace accidents down, but more deaths
• Vice premier stresses production safety
• Top legislature's decision on HK's electoral methods "indisputable", FM spokesman
• China ready for medical assistance to DPRK train explosion
• US visa counseling company shut for overcharging
• Traffic accidents kill an average of 100,000 per year
• China-Australia ministerial economic commission meeting held in Beijing
• EU weapon sales embargo to China is "out of time": FM
• President Hu urges people's democratic participation

• ADB forecasts China's investment growth to decrease by half in 2004, 2005
• China's forex reserve adds 116.8 bln US dollars in 2003
• First cross-straits life insurance JV approved
• Yunnan posts double-digit GDP growth in first quarter
• State trading firms report robust profit growth
• Suning gets approval for listing
• MII cautious over 3G licenses
• HK experts to discuss tax issues with mainland officials
• China, Australia discuss free trade feasibility
• US software solution provider opens regional HQ in HK
• Chinese companies solicits advice from US experts
• Ministry issues report on China's commodities market
• EU weapon sales embargo to China is "out of time": FM spokesman
• China-Australia ministerial economic commission meeting held in Beijing
• Professional training turns to "silver collar"

• At least 93 die in Southern Thailand clashes
• Hamas claims responsibility for central Gaza bombing
• 2 Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza car bombing
• Mass protest shows Gaza pullout is painful: Israeli official
• Fighter jet escorts Air Canada plane
• Israeli army detains 10 Palestinians in West Bank
• 4 new ministers of Sri Lankan cabinet sworn in
• Cholera hits parts of Uganda
• US Homeland Security Department designates centers on agro-security
• Indonesian police question cleric Ba'asyir at prison
• Russia's relief goods arrive in DPRK
• Death toll from clash in Indonesia's Ambon rises to 36
• US troops pounding targets in Falluja and Najaf, UN urges peace
• Menem says he will return to Argentina if judges are changed
• Ukraine, Georgia to keep troops in Iraq
• Southern Thailand rocked by worst violence
• Will French-German core change in enlarged EU ?
• NATO, EU enlargements change relations among powers
• Nearly 2,000 anti-govt guerrillas killed in Nepal
• Death toll rising to 78 in clash in south Thailand
• EU expansion brings both opportunities and challenges to current members
• At least 50 people killed in southern Thailand clashes
• Greece backs Romania's entry into EU
• Mercosur to create regional joint parliament
• FARC kidnaps six local candidates
• Honduran ship with cocaine seized in int'l waters
• Syrian security forces find hidden explosives in Damascus
• Bulgaria calls for strong UN role in Iraq
• Spain to keep foreign missions except in Iraq
• Situation under control after terrorist group opens fire in Damascus: report
• Russia puzzled over US sovereignty plan for Iraq: FM
• US forces, Iraqi militants clash again in Fallujah
• Indian election watchdog orders re-poll in 149 booths
• Britain has "sufficient" ground troops in Iraq: Blair
• Cyprus president condemns US statements on referendum
• DPRK asks for relief goods from South Korea
• Pak-India nuke talks good for restoring world confidence: Pakistani official
• Mbeki pledges to fight poverty

• HK democracy is a gradual process

• China, Europe launch remote sensing program
• China 'shocked' at US cold shoulder in space
• Chinese, Japanese scientists to develop 3D chip
• Beijing developed advanced nano-fuel technology reducing tail gas by half
• China's space transportation system and moon probe timetable
• China to help neighboring countries control disaster using space technology
• China makes breakthrough in bird flu virus test technology

• "Yao Ming effect" boosts TV ratings  
• China striker Teng plays down winning show in Olympic qualifying
• Former China captain Sun warns against Japan
• Chinese club official says wage cap "necessary"

• "Green great wall" taking shape along desert highway in Xinjiang
• Beijing sets up first Taoist clinic
• China joins countries with low birth rate
• Police offer rewards for 10 criminal suspects
• 'Yao Ming effect' boosts TV ratings in Shagnhai
• Schoolroom collapse kills one, injures nine in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
• Cultural gala starts in melody of "Cats"
• Cultural gala starts in melody of "Cats"  
• Ford Motors launch Environment Prize in China
• Anhui reports 143 people in contact with SARS patient