China Daily back issues from March 2004:
Leaders develop common defence
Mar 01, 2004 ... In a bid to put decades of turmoil behind them, African leaderssigned a sweeping defence and security agreement on Saturday thatopens the way for the fledgling African Union (AU) to send jointforces to intervene in civil wars, cross-border conflicts and coupd'etats across the ...
System beefed up to help people who have a beef
Mar 01, 2004 ... Ou Weidong, an official at the Statistics Bureau of GuangdongProvince, has recently been promoted to the level of deputy director -but before he settles into his new office, he will take a detour. Ou has been posted to the government's Bureau for Complaints for athree-month stint ...
Chen's stand hurts economy
Mar 01, 2004; ... In their election campaign four years ago, Chen Shui-bian and hisDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) cohorts promised a rosy economicfuture for Taiwan. But since the DPP took office, the island'seconomy has been mired in recession and rising unemployment. The problems can be ...
Big bosses feast on fowl, prove quality
Mar 01, 2004; ... Representatives from 100 of the nation's top poultry companieshave dined on fowl delicacies during an unprecedented all-chickenbanquet at the grandiose Great Hall of the People. Saturday's event in Beijing has already become known as a"gastronomic show of confidence." The ...
North
Mar 01, 2004 ... Pin-ups in bathhouse cause heated debate Pictures of naked women at a public bathhouse in Hohhot of theInner Mongolia Autonomous Region have led to a hot debate among localresidents, Beifang Family News reports. Patrons were surprised to find pictures of nudes hanging on ...
New rule for Ningbo's islands
Mar 01, 2004; ... NINGBO: Individuals and institutions from home and abroad shouldsoon be able to gain easier access to more than 500 uninhabitedislands in the city of Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang Province. But any foreign investment would have to be approved by the StateCouncil, a source told ...
Medical insurance to benefit rural people
Mar 01, 2004; ... The Ministry of Health has pledged to widen medical reforms toallow most Chinese, especially those living in rural areas, tobenefit from proper medical services. The government will give priority to increasing investment tobuild up the public health infrastructure, especially in ...
President quits, flees into exile
Mar 01, 2004 ... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti's beleaguered President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and flew into exile yesterday. Gunfirecrackled as looters and angry Aristide supporters roamed the streetsarmed with old rifles, machetes and sticks. Smoke was seen billowing above the capital ...
Translation hampers transsexual Olympians
Mar 01, 2004 ... ATHENS: A decision to allow transsexuals to compete in the OlympicGames was put off on Saturday after IOC President Jacques Roggerealized the executive board had failed to grasp the issues. The decision-making body of the International Olympic Committeehad discussed the emotive ...
Bank deal to help Volvo lower costs
Mar 01, 2004; ... China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd signed a co-operative agreementwith Volvo Truck Corporation on Saturday in Beijing to providecomprehensive financial services. Instead of only focusing on lending, the agreement also specifiesa wide range of services the Beijing-based bank would ...
Bo named minister of commerce
Mar 01, 2004; ... Bo Xilai, a popular politician and son of a Communistrevolutionary, has been named minister of commerce, taking over oneof China's most important government agencies. Bo, former governor of Northeast China's Liaoning Province, wasformally appointed to the position yesterday by the ...
Japan's buying may curb US Treasuries decline
Mar 01, 2004; ... Japanese buying of US Treasuries will slow an increase in yieldsas the government finances a widening budget deficit and economicgrowth picks up, said Jack Malvey, chief global fixed-incomestrategist at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Japan's government and private investors ...
Shakespeare's Juliet isn't exactly what you'd imagine
Mar 01, 2004 ... Die-hard romantics and broken-hearted of the world, take note:William Shakespeare's Juliet is alive and well in Verona and ready toanswer your passionate love letters. "Juliet" is in fact a 71-year-old businessman named GiulioTamassia. And "Romeo" is only his cat. But such ...
East
Mar 01, 2004 ... Lover seeks media help to solve riddle To find the answer to a riddle posed by his girlfriend, a man inHangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, sought the help of localmedia - and more than 100 people tried to help him, reports YangtzeEvening News. Zhi's girlfriend gave him ...
Nation sees 18th warm winter in a row
Mar 01, 2004; ... For football enthusiast Wang Zheng, this winter has been a warmblessing. "In the past winters we often had to play football on the snow-covered ground, or virtually stopped practising when the freezing airbit too hard," said Wang, a State-owned enterprise employee ...
Talks fruitful, more efforts needed
Mar 01, 2004; ... The second round of six-party talks in Beijing wound up onSaturday, offering the parties involved another chance to return tothe negotiation table, and marking a positive step toward working outa peaceful resolution to the longstanding nuclear stalemate on theKorean ...
Shenzhen takes measures to curb misuse of public funds
Mar 01, 2004; ... The Shenzhen municipal government boldly exposed vast misuse ofState assets last year after it sent auditors to investigate large-scale government-funded projects. And the scope of mismanagement ituncovered has sent shockwaves through the city, but has won publicsupport for tighter and ...
Milestone AIDS statute introduced
Mar 01, 2004; ... KUNMING: The nation's first provincial regulation on AIDSprevention and finding a cure takes effect in the southwesternprovince of Yunnan today, where the greatest number of Chineseinfections have been found. The province, bordering one of the world's major drug productionsources ...
Six-party talks to resume in June
Mar 01, 2004; ... Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo-hyuck of the Republic of Korea(ROK), the chief delegate to the just-ended Beijing six-party talkson the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, said yesterday the talks were"very successful." He made his remarks upon arriving in Seoul from Beijing, ...
Singapore working on free trade deal with China
Mar 01, 2004; ... SHANGHAI: Singapore is looking forward to working with China on abilateral free trade agreement (FTA) upon the completion of FTAnegotiations on goods between the Association of South East AsianNations (ASEAN) and China, a senior Singaporean official said here onSaturday. "The ...
Tanker blast off US east coast leaves 3 dead, 18 missing
Mar 01, 2004 ... PORTSMOUTH, Virginia: The US Coast Guard continued scouring thefrigid Atlantic yesterday for survivors of an explosion that sank atanker carrying 13.3 million litres of ethanol. At least three of the27 crew members died and 18 are still missing. The 171-metre Bow Mariner, with its ...
Beefed-up Morales takes super featherweight title
Mar 01, 2004 ... LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Mexico's Erik Morales made a triumph leap intothe super featherweight ranks on Saturday, taking a unanimousdecision over Jesus Chavez to win the World Boxing Councilchampionship. Morales knocked down Chavez twice in the second round and theAmerican showed ...
Capital opens modern pharmaceutical distribution centre
Mar 01, 2004; ... Beijing Pharmaceutical Co Ltd launched a modern pharmaceuticaldistribution centre, the first of its kind in China, over theweekend. The centre, built with the co-operation of Siemens Dematic Group -a world leading automated logistics system provider - is located inthe Maliandao ...
Another bad effort to woo wary voters
Mar 01, 2004; ... In an article obviously aimed at rallying support for the March 20"general election," Taiwan "president" Chen Shui-bian presented hislatest definition of the island's relationship with China's mainland. "From the perspectives of state dignity and sovereignty equity,Taiwan is not a ...
Sweden to have largest deficit
Mar 01, 2004; ... Sweden's government in 2004 will post its biggest deficit in nineyears, as rising unemployment crimps tax revenue and boosts spendingon the country's cradle-to-grave welfare system, the Debt Officesaid. The agency raised its deficit forecast to 68 billion kronor(US$9.4 billion) ...
US dragnet closing in on bin Laden?
Mar 01, 2004 ... Osama bin Laden's days may well be numbered, as increasinglyconfident statements by the US military in Kabul are matched byheightened activity along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier. But experts on bin Laden's al-Qaida network and the ousted AfghanTaliban warn that catching the world's ...
West
Mar 01, 2004 ... Elderly woman refuses to graduate from university An 83-year-old woman refuses to graduate from a university forelderly people even though she completed her studies long time ago,reports Chongqing Commercial News. According to Huang Hongming, the head of the ...
Hotline a fresh step to assist city vagrants
Mar 01, 2004; ... SHANGHAI: The city government has launched a hotline number in abid to better assist Shanghai's vagrants. And citizens are also being urged to call so they can suggest waysthat the nation's biggest city can tackle vagrancy. Since Friday, people have been able to call ...
National group takes on snail fever rebound
Mar 01, 2004; ... A national snail fever prevention group was established yesterdayto quell the rebound and rapid spread of schistosomiasis or snailfever. Headed by Vice-Premier Wu Yi, the group will draft policies andrules for snail fever prevention and co-ordinate related major issuesin ...
Abu Sayyaf group claims responsibility for ferry fire
Mar 01, 2004 ... MARIVELES, Philippines: The Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyafclaimed responsibility yesterday for an explosion on a ferry thatsparked a fire and left 184 passengers missing, as divers failed tofind any bodies in initial searches of the wreckage. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ...
Makaay helps Bayern maintain form
Mar 01, 2004 ... BERLIN: German champions Bayern Munich followed up their 1-1Champions League draw against Real Madrid in midweek with a 2-0victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday that keeps the heat on leadersWerder Bremen. Werder recorded a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund at theWeserstadion to ...
Morgan Stanley ranks 1st in fighting hostile bids
Mar 01, 2004; ... In March 2003, Iberdrola SA, a Madrid-based electricity producerand vendor serving Spain, Portugal and Latin America, faced a US$29billion hostile takeover bid from Barcelona-based utility Gas NaturalSDG SA. To protect Iberdrola's independence, Chief Executive OfficerJose Ignacio Sanchez ...
Looking for life beyond politics and social norms
Mar 01, 2004 ... Chen Ran's strikingly introspective, subjective and individualizedwriting sets her work distinctively apart from the traditional andmainstream realism of the majority of contemporary Chinese writers. Her protagonists, all of them female, are outsiders who areindifferent to the ...
Diamond products face price hikes
Mar 01, 2004; ... SHENZHEN: Finished diamonds are facing a price hike in two orthree months boosted by a year-long costs surge and supply drop inraw materials, according to diamond processing firms. "Because of great demand for diamonds all over the world, the rawmaterial providers raised prices ...
Founder flourishes with new corporate culture
Mar 01, 2004; ... Zhang Yongjiu, a gasoline station worker at Suzhou Iron & SteelCorp, likes to call himself the second generation of the company. Hisfather was among the first group of workers who built JiangsuProvince's first steel plant 46 years ago. He even cried when his beloved but dying ...
Deputies must demonstrate their devotion
Mar 01, 2004 ... The Second Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC),China's top legislature, will open on March 5 in Beijing, while theSecond Session of the 10th National Committee of Chinese People'sPolitical Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top advisory body,will begin on March 3, ...
UN OKs new peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire
Mar 01, 2004 ... The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Fridayfor a new 6,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire tobolster a fragile power-sharing pact in the West African nation. The new peacekeepers will absorb the 1,000 West African troops and150 West African ...
Central
Mar 01, 2004 ... Customer can't recognize himself in photoThe expertise of a photo studio in Wuhan, capital of HubeiProvince, in processing pictures has stunned a customer who could notbelieve he looked so handsome, reports Chutian Jinbao Newspaper. Late last week, Chen Bo, a sales manager, ...
Beijing evolves into Olympic 'green'
Mar 01, 2004; ... The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIXOlympiad is requiring all proprietors of Olympic venues to follow"green" environmental guidelines in the construction of Olympicvenues. A so-called "green Olympics" is one of the three main concepts ofthe 2008 games, along ...
Hainan's Wei to focus on environment
Mar 01, 2004; ... HAIKOU: Newly-elected Hainan Provincial Governor Wei Liucheng hasvowed to make the environment a top priority, instead of blindlyseeking economic growth. "Hainan will not be itself any more if its ecological system isruined," he said. South China's Hainan is the nation's ...
Int'l donors commit about US$1 b to Iraq
Mar 01, 2004 ... ABU DHABI: International donors said yesterday they would injectabout US$1 billion of the $33 billion worth of aid earmarked forIraq's reconstruction into two trust funds run by the United Nationsand the World Bank. Several countries that opposed the US-led Iraq War, ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 16, Date: 03/01/2004)
Mar 01, 2004 ... FOOTBALL Wilkson takes reins of Chinese champs Former Leeds United and Sunderland manager Howard Wilkinson hasbeen appointed the new coach of Chinese champions Shanghai Shenhua. Wilkinson, a former English Football Association technicaldirector, has signed an open ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 8, Date: 03/01/2004)
Mar 01, 2004 ... CAIRO Syria spurns US reform plan Syria has joined Arab heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Egypt inopposing Washington's plan for political and other reforms in theMiddle East, according to an interview published yesterday. "Our position is that we don't want any reform ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 10, Date: 03/01/2004)
Mar 01, 2004 ... NANHAI Metal building materials A fair showcasing new types of metal construction materials openedhere over the weekend. It is jointly organized by the China Construction Metal StructureAssociation and Foshan's Nanhai district government in the PearlRiver Delta of ...
Liu primed for worlds
Mar 01, 2004 ... LIEVIN, France: Four-time world 1,500 metres champion Hicham ElGuerrouj was victorious in his only indoor outing of the year in the3,000m while the pretender to his crown, Mehdi Baala, won the 1,000mby a whisker at an international track and field meet on Saturday. Chinese hurdler ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 03/01/2004)
Mar 01, 2004 ... BEIJING Sound development Premier Wen Jiabao called for a scientific concept of developmentthat features humanistic governance and comprehensive, coordinatedand sustainable socio-economic development. At a seminar held at the Party School of the Central Committee ...
IOC boss has full confidence in Athens
Mar 01, 2004 ... ATHENS: International Olympic Committee President Jacques Roggebacktracked on Saturday from reports he was not confident Athenscould pull off a successful 2004 Games. The Belgian brushed aside reports that he had used the words "ifthe Games were successful" - taken to mean that ...
DaimlerChrysler names new head
Mar 01, 2004; ... In normal times, the board of DaimlerChrysler AG probably wouldn'thave chosen a 43-year-old who has been with the company for only 12years to oversee Mercedes- Benz, its crown jewel. These aren't normal times, however, for the Stuttgart, Germany-based auto maker. Indeed its ...
Translator finds voice in work of others
Mar 01, 2004 ... Not all readers in China, accustomed as they are to the male-centred discourse of traditional Chinese literature, can appreciateChen Ran's feminine and individualized narrative style. But John Howard-Gibbon, a Canadian teacher who is now working as acopy-editor at China Daily, said ...
Airline planning direct Shanghai-Copenhagen flights
Mar 01, 2004; ... SHANGHAI: Scandinavian Airlines has laid out its plan to opendirect flights on the air route from Copenhagen to China's easternmetropolis this month in a bid to bite into the fast-growing tourismindustry in the region. As the second Northern European airline after Finnair ...
Q&A
Mar 01, 2004 ... Q: Are there any regulations governing the activities of investingcompanies established by foreign investors in China? How aboutpreferential treatment for investing companies? A: In order to govern the activities of foreign-backed investingcompanies in China, the Ministry of ...
South
Mar 01, 2004 ... Facelift causes flight delay for woman A woman who recently had cosmetic surgery missed her flight inGuangzhou last week because security staff found the photo on her IDcard did not match her face, reports China News Service. The woman's nose and eyelids were distinctly ...
Indian parliament election to be decided by May 13
Mar 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI: India will go to early polls in four stages from April20 to May 10 in an election expected to return the ruling Hindunationalist-led coalition to power. Chief Election Commissioner T. S. Krishnamurthy told reportersyesterday that counting and results were due on May ...
Gunners gain more ground
Mar 01, 2004 ... LONDON: Arsenal soared nine points clear at the top of the premierleague on Saturday after beating Charlton Athletic 2-1, while titlerivals Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham. Big-spending Chelsea snatched a late and barely deserved 1-0 winat Manchester City to ...
Rivaldo quits Cruzeiro in show of solidarity
Mar 01, 2004 ... RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo has often beenconsidered one of modern football's great enigmas, shunning publicityto the same degree players such as Ronaldo attract it. But his decision on Saturday to walk out on Brazilian championsCruzeiro out of solidarity ...
Security personnel get emergency first-aid training
Mar 01, 2004 ... Although Zhang Jiaqiang, in his late 20's, has worked as asecurity patrol officer for seven years, he on occasion used to findhimself involved in situations where he did not know what to dofirst. Such occasions often involved elderly people who had broken an armor a leg or had a ...
Toyota, Nissan lead car output
Mar 01, 2004; ... Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co led overseas output gainsfor three of Japan's five biggest auto makers in January after demandrose for their cars in the US, Europe and Asian markets. Production abroad for Toyota, Japan's biggest automaker, rose 30per cent to 233,188 units in ...
Writing with a difference
Mar 01, 2004 ... Chen Ran used to wear her hair short, so short that one of herinterviewers, Xiao Gang from the Chongqing Academy of Arts, couldn'tresist asking her if her haircut carried any symbolic meaning. "Does it look bad?" Chen smiled, answering his question with a question of her ...
JV vows to lead diesel engine market
Mar 01, 2004; ... XIAMEN: FAW VW, the Sino-German car joint venture, is planning tolead China's under-developed diesel engine car market by producing10,500 units this year. Among the vehicles produced by the joint venture between FirstAutomotive Works Corp (FAW) and Volkswagen will be 2,500 units of ...
SCOREBOARD (03/01/2004)
Mar 01, 2004 ... FOOTBALL Belgian first division BRUSSELS: Results of Belgian first division soccer matches playedon Saturday: Ghent 1 Germinal Beerschot 1 Anderlecht v Heusden-Zolder - ppd Royal Antwerp v Excelsior Mouscron - ppd Racing Genk 2 Lierse 0 St ...
Modern methods shape companies
Mar 01, 2004; ... If a bus could deliver your mail, would you take it more often? What if it also serves tea, airs weather forecasts and evenprovides karaoke? For residents in some remote communities in Qingdao, such a multi-functional bus is their natural choice when going out. The bus ...
Protecting human rights 'important task'
Mar 02, 2004; ... A senior official said yesterday that the promotion of humanrights is important for China. "It has become an important task for China in the new century torespect and guarantee human rights, and to improve the efforts toprotect human rights," said State Councillor Tang ...
Chinese and Philippine police smash drug ring
Mar 02, 2004; ... Police from China and the Philippines recently cracked down on atransnational drug ring, arrested five suspects and seized 296kilograms of ice, or methamphetamine, worth 100 million yuan (US$12million), said a senior drug enforcement official. On February 12, a joint anti-drug ...
New Zealand, South Africa in Oscar frenzy
Mar 02, 2004 ... WELLINGTON: And the winner is ... New Zealand. The South Pacific nation that local director Peter Jacksontransformed into Middle Earth for his epic "Lord of the Rings" filmswas in rapture yesterday as the trilogy's final installment swept arecord-tying 11 Oscars, including Best ...
Love's victory sets Tiger showdown
Mar 01, 2004 ... CARLSBAD, California: Davis Love III birdied the 21st hole to edgeout Darren Clarke on Saturday and clinch a final showdown with worldNo 1 Tiger Woods at the WGC-World Match Play Championship. Clarke went two up at the 16th but bogeyed the 17th while hisopponent parred. Love then ...