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News Archive --- Date:20041219


China

  • President Hu in Macao for 5th anniversary celebrations   (07:39, December 20)
  • Armed pirates attack Chinese fishing boat, no casualties  (10:32, December 19)
  • Macao dresses up for 5th anniversary celebrations (10:08, December 19)
  • Senior CPC officials call for improving China's publicity work (10:05, December 19)
  • China to send 2nd group of riot police to Haiti (10:02, December 19)
  • China more intolerant of incompetent officeholders (10:00, December 19)
  • China's top judge vows to improve judicial capacity (09:57, December 19)
  • China promulgates Religious Affairs Provisions (09:53, December 19)
  • China to increase judges, clerks by 10 percent (09:48, December 19)
  • Pakistani PM ends China tour (09:45, December 19)



  • Business

  • China Economic Review: housing prices, a puzzle to be solved (10:10, December 20)
  • Cargo train linking N. China, Germany to open next year (11:46, December 19)
  • Beijing to seek investors for new metro lines (11:43, December 19)
  • HK's financial hub role unaffected: Financial secretary (15:45, December 19)



  • World

  • Yearender: EU moves toward independent military role (09:58, December 20)
  • Investigative hearings start against "Chemical Ali" (12:52, December 19)
  • UN climate conference concludes with weak commitment (11:23, December 19)
  • Two Egyptians detained in Iraq freed (11:18, December 19)
  • Egyptian FM calls on Palestinians to stop uprising (18:04, December 19)
  • Road towards EU long and difficult: Turkish PM (11:15, December 19)
  • Israel, Palestinians to convene on election coordination  (18:06, December 19)
  • Rwanda threatens harsh means against rebels in Congo (16:59, December 19)
  • Pakistan urges India to seize opportunity on Kashmir issue (11:12, December 19)
  • Poll shows Abbas to get most votes (11:10, December 19)
  • Eleventh Palestinian killed in Khan Younis  (16:57, December 19)
  • PLO slams Sharon's speech on Palestinian refugees (11:05, December 19)
  • Cambodian leaders meet with Chinese delegation (10:43, December 19)
  • Russia reaffirms opposition to "Taiwan independence" (10:37, December 19)
  • EU confirms "objective" to lift China arms embargo by mid-2005 (10:26, December 19)



  • Opinion




    Sports

  • Zhang/Gao win mixed doubles title at Indonesia Open (18:15, December 19)
  • China breeze into finals in table tennis year-end tourney (17:39, December 19)
  • Zheng Zhi can play in English premier league: Sun Jihai  (13:46, December 19)
  • Plushenko win his fourth GP final title in China (14:03, December 19)
  • Chinese men's double advance to Indonesia Open final (17:32, December 19)
  • China in talks with foreign judo coaches for national team (17:30, December 19)
  • China assures women's doubles title in Indonesia Open (14:05, December 19)
  • Shen/Zhao win big at grand prix final (13:00, December 19)



  • Science & Technology

  • France launches Ariane rocket, lifting satellites into orbit (12:15, December 19)
  • Beijing plans more schools for migrant children (12:11, December 19)



  • Life

  • Hollywood big-names to visit China (17:14, December 19)
  • China offers free pre-marital medical check to curb inherited diseases  (17:15, December 19)
  • French cultural extravaganza lights up Macao's evening (17:05, December 19)



  • Photo

    Shen/Zhao win in Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

    China's Shen Xue (L)/Zhao Hongbo win No. 1 by a score of 136.02 in the competition of Pairs Free Skating, Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2004/2005, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 18, 2004.

    Summit of Common Market of the South held in Brazil

    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) talks with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner (1st L) and Nicanor Duarte, president of Paraguay, during the summit of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) in Ouro Preto, Brazil, Dec. 17, 2004.

    China third place at Asian Youth Rugby Championship

    China's players pose for a photo after winning the third place of the Asian Youth Rugby Championship in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 18, 2004. China beat Sri Lanka by 45-7.

    Fourth Beihai International Pearl Festival opens

    People take pearls out of mussels in Beihai, a coastal city in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 18, 2004. The Fourth Beihai International Pearl Festival was opened on Saturday.

    Roh Moo-hyun, Koizumi hold summit meeting

    South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attend a Japanese tea ceremony in the seaside resort town of Ibusuki, southern Japan, Dec. 18, 2004.

    Survivors of Beslan hostage-taking event visit Berlin

    Students from the North Ossetian town of Beslan visit Christmas market in Berlin, capital of Germany, Dec. 17, 2004. Thirteen students, who are the survivors of the Beslan school hostage-taking event, came to visit Berlin under the arrangement of a folk children's organization as the Christmas and the new year draw nearer.

    EU, Turkey reach agreement to start talks next year

    European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (1st R), Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (2nd R), Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot (3rd R) and European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana Madariaga (4th R) attend a press conference in Brussels, Dec. 17, 2004. The European Union (EU) and Turkey reached an agreement on Friday to start talks next year on the country's membership of the bloc.


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