China Daily back issues from August 2004:
Research is the pressing priority
Aug 02, 2004; ... A recent report by Chinalabs, a domestic IT counselling firm, hasshed much needed light on the necessity to sort out China's standardspolicy. The paper entitled "Neo-Globalism: China's High-Tech StandardsStrategy Research Report," allows for a rarely-heard non-governmental voice ...
Schroeder joins ceremony for Warsaw Uprising
Aug 02, 2004 ... WARSAW: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder yesterday honouredPoles who fought Nazi occupiers in the doomed Warsaw Uprising 60years ago, acknowledging the "immeasurable suffering" Germansinflicted on their neighbour. "I consider it a great honour to me personally to have ...
North
Aug 02, 2004 ... Week commemorates dramatist Cao Yu The China (Qianjiang) Cao Yu Culture Week will be held fromNovember 28 to December 3 in Cao's hometown Qianjiang of CentralChina's Hubei Province, the China Culture Daily reports. Organized by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles ...
Giving help to those who need it
Aug 02, 2004 ... The Ministry of Civil Affairs has urged aid stations across thenation to provide more effective assistance to the nation's needy asthe first anniversary of the introduction of the Measures on Aid andManagement of Urban Vagrants and Beggars was marked on August 1. "More effort is ...
'Hospitals on wheels' to offer farmers health care
Aug 02, 2004; ... Most counties in central and western China will soon have mobilehospitals to ensure basic health care for poverty-stricken ruralresidents. The central government has equipped counties in the region with1,004 coaches to provide door-to-door health care for farmers. The ...
Capital city raises water prices
Aug 02, 2004; ... The Chinese capital raised water rates starting yesterday, addingnearly 30 per cent to water bills and establishing the ninth pricehike in the past 13 years. As a result of the change, Beijing's water rates climbed to 5.04yuan (61 US cents) from 4.01 yuan (48 US cents) per cubic ...
Hong Kong cheers first garrison parade
Aug 02, 2004; ... HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Garrison of the People's Liberation Army(PLA) yesterday paraded to the cheers and applause of 30,000spectators at Shek Kong barracks, reinforcing its image as "apowerful and civilized force." The PLA's first public military parade in Hong Kong aimed ...
Car bomber kills five in Mosul
Aug 02, 2004 ... BAGHDAD/BEIRUT: A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle outside apolice station in the northern Iraq city of Mosul yesterday, killingat least five people and wounding 53, in the second deadly bombing inthe city in a week. Witnesses said the Toyota Landcruiser raced towards a ...
Digital camera standard in pipeline
Aug 02, 2004; ... The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) confirmed yesterdaythat it is working on a national standard for digital cameras toensure the healthy development of the industry. "We are busy doing research work and drafting the standard. We arestill in the process," said Cao Jianhua, ...
Serbian player rides high in China
Aug 02, 2004 ... Aleksandar Vlaski is destined to have a Chinese connection. The 22-year-old tennis player from Serbia and Montenegro won hissecond ITF satellite event in China last Friday after beating ChineseSun Peng in the 2004 Yongfeng ITF Satellite Tournament at the BeijingLi Si Tennis ...
S&P 500 drops to 18-month low
Aug 02, 2004; ... US stocks fell in July, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index(S&P 500) to its biggest monthly decline in a year and a half, amidsurging oil prices and disappointing forecasts from companies such asIntel Corp. "Consumer spending is being diverted to spending on gasoline andthat ...
Zhongguancun park helps firms raise funds
Aug 02, 2004; ... Zhongguancun Science Park, one of China's pioneering high-techzones, is striving to help small and medium-sized companies raisefunds from the overseas market. Dai Wei, deputy director of the administrative committee ofZhongguancun Science Park, said the government would join ...
More efforts for work safety
Aug 02, 2004 ... Safe production should be stressed and the rapid growth of grossdomestic product (GDP) should not be gained at the cost of frequentaccidents, according to an article in China Youth Daily. An excerptfollows: A recent report by the China Occupational Safety and HealthAssociation ...
Key facts of the revolt
Aug 02, 2004 ... LONDON: Here are some key facts on the Warsaw Uprising. The Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupiers began on August 1,1944, when the Soviet Army was advancing towards the capital. It wasto mirror similar anti-Nazi liberations in Rome and Paris ahead ofthe arrival of Allied ...
East
Aug 02, 2004 ... Plastic bags removed from goat's stomach A little goat in Shanghai Natural Wild-life Park had four plasticbags removed from its stomach last Saturday, reports Shanghai EveningPost. Miss Chen from the park said that they found the goat had stoppedeating and looked listless, ...
Water strategy to solve subsidence
Aug 02, 2004; ... Shanghai is to pump 15 million cubic metres of water backunderground this year to prevent land subsidence in the metropolisand save the precious resource for future generations, the city'swater supply administration has claimed. According to the Shanghai Municipal Water Supply ...
Powerboat race hosted in Shanghai
Aug 02, 2004; ... SHANGHAI: It is a rare scene on the Huangpu River. Accompanied by splashing waves and a blasting wind, dozens ofpowerboats roar through the billowing water, against the backdrop ofthe city's symbolic scenic spots of the Bund and Oriental PearlTower. The scene was staged here ...
Jilin Province to host Asia Arts Festival
Aug 02, 2004; ... CHANGCHUN: People in Northeast China's Jilin Province will havethe chance to appreciate wonderful works of arts from 15 Asiancountries between August 22 and 26. The route from Renmin Square to Jilin Provincial Culture andActivity Centre in Changchun, the provincial capital, will ...
PLA vows to crush separatism
Aug 02, 2004; ... Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan has warned that the country's armyhas the will and the strength to firmly crush any scheme for "Taiwanindependence." General Cao, who is also a vice-chairman of the Central MilitaryCommission, issued the stark message at a ceremony to celebrate ...
Al-Qaida may target firms in New York
Aug 02, 2004 ... NEW YORK: Top federal and local law enforcement officials met inNew York over the weekend to discuss new intelligence about apossible al-Qaida attack against major corporations or high profilebuildings in Manhattan, a police source said yesterday. The New York Police Department ...
Analysts: Foreign capital inflow offers economic lift
Aug 02, 2004; ... The continued flow of foreign investment into overheatingindustries will not block the government's effort to control theseareas, but offer a lift, analysts say. Foreign investors in steel, cement, aluminium and real estate havenot been dissuaded since the government announced ...
Siemens announces increased telecoms investment in China
Aug 02, 2004; ... German conglomerate Siemens AG announced last week in Beijing itsacquiring of a majority stake in a leading Chinese wireline networkequipment supplier and pledged to further increase its investment inChina. With the acquisition, Siemens has increased its share in theBeijing ...
Increase local tax revenues
Aug 02, 2004 ... Local financial revenues should be increased to prevent officialsfrom colluding with coal mine owners, according to an article inChina Youth Daily. An excerpt follows: It was reported that recently, in Central China's Hunan Province,a local coal mine accident killed 16 people. An ...
Fighting for freedom is always 'in our blood'
Aug 02, 2004 ... WARSAW: By the age of 14 she had already been smuggling guns forthe Polish Home Army (AK) resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw for twoyears. "I loved doing it - once I actually carried a grenade," recallsIrena Polkowska-Rutenberg, now a 75-year-old New York artist who paysfrequent ...
West
Aug 02, 2004 ... Woman delivers baby on railway station platform A woman delivered a child on the platform of a railway station inShaanxi Province as she was changing trains there, reports Xi'anEvening News. Zhou Baoqin, 26, travelled with her husband from Northwest China'sGansu Province to ...
Global Esperanto gathering concludes in Beijing
Aug 02, 2004; ... China's support for Esperanto was hailed over the weekend at theconclusion of a global gathering of proponents of the global languagein Beijing. The 89th Universal Esperanto Conference wrapped up in the Chinesecapital with the adoption of the Beijing Declaration, which ...
Jiangsu intensifies AIDS prevention
Aug 02, 2004; ... NANJING: The HIV/AIDS monitoring network in East China's JiangsuProvince will be further strengthened to ensure that more monitoringsites are set up in hospitals and disease control and preventioncentres. A provincial working conference on HIV/AIDS control and preventionwas held ...
People hold Deng in high esteem
Aug 02, 2004 ... The Chinese people still hold late leader Deng Xiaoping, thearchitect of China's modern reform and development, in high esteem, arecent survey indicates. To commemorate Deng's birth centenary, which takes place on August22, Xinhuanet.com, a website of the Xinhua News Agency, ...
Pakistan arrests assassination suspects
Aug 02, 2004 ... ISLAMABAD/QUETTA, Pakistan: Pakistan has detained some people inconnection with an assassination bid on prime minister-designateShaukat Aziz that has been claimed by a group with purported links toal-Qaida, officials said yesterday. Information Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said ...
Cotton prices stand at 'stable, reasonable level'
Aug 02, 2004; ... After a recent slump over the few months, Chinese cotton priceshave now reached a "stable and reasonable" level, a veteran observerhas claimed. And this good momentum will continue at least until the end of theyear, Gao Fang, secretary-general of the China Cotton ...
Ex-Springbok Rathbone seals Australia victory
Aug 02, 2004 ... PERTH: Former Springbok Clyde Rathbone scored Australia's match-winning try nine minutes from time to ensure George Gregan marked his100th test with a 30-26 Tri-nations victory over South Africa onSaturday. Rathbone, who captained South Africa to the International RugbyBoard ...
Rural women honoured
Aug 02, 2004; ... Gathering at the Beijing International Hotel on July 23, 50 ruralwomen from 14 districts and counties in the city received their "StarBeijing Rural Women Entrepreneurs" award. The selection was initiated by the Beijing Women's Federation,aiming to congratulate the women who have ...
Singh leads as Daly and Woods lag
Aug 02, 2004 ... GRAND BLANC, Michigan: World No 3 Vijay Singh produced the day'slowest score, a seven-under-par 65, to charge into a two-stroke leadafter the third round of the US$4.5 million Buick Open on Saturday. The Fijian finished 18-under on 198, two ahead of former BritishOpen and US PGA ...
Wisconsin: Breeding ground for US CEOs
Aug 02, 2004; ... Ryan Hertel, a student tour guide at the University of Wisconsin'sMadison campus, pauses before the Old Red Gym, a former armouryfirebombed by Viet Nam War protesters in 1970. That same year,homemade explosives killed a graduate student in physics working lateinto the night. "The ...
Venture capital up 31% in first half
Aug 02, 2004; ... The enthusiasm of venture capitalists in China continued to growin the first half of the year, as the recovery trend in thetechnology industry became clearer and there were more examples ofsuccessful exits of venture capital (VC) firms. According to Zero2ipo.com Ltd, a professional ...
Wider market access opened to private business sector
Aug 02, 2004; ... To China's millions of private business people, the past week hasbeen one with special significance. Not only have the nation's top leaders reassured them of thecentral government's support, but they have also been granted theirlong-anticipated wider market access under a new ...
Market to have final say
Aug 02, 2004 ... The market should be used as a barometer to decide whether or nota brand has earned the right to be considered as famous or not, saidan article in Market News. An excerpt follows: China's biggest producer of camera film will not be consideredduring this year's round of appraisals ...
Central
Aug 02, 2004 ... Flashlights replace car headlights A driver used two flashlights to light the road as the twoheadlights of his car were broken, reports Chutian Metropolis News. Chen drove four relatives from Xiantao in Hubei Province to ahospital in the provincial capital Wuhan last Sunday ....
Plane crashes on anti-drug mission
Aug 02, 2004; ... The anti-drug campaign in Zhangjiakou, North China's HebeiProvince, remains suspended following a plane crash on a mission onFriday morning, which killed five people. The post-accident issues are still being handled and the future ofthe campaign remains under discussion, sources ...
Harbin synagogue to be renovated
Aug 02, 2004; ... HARBIN: The Jewish New Synagogue in the capital of NortheastChina's Heilongjiang Province will be renovated "back to its originalappearance." Once the largest synagogue in Northeast China, covering an area ofmore than 1,230 square metres and being able to accommodate up to ...
WTO deal on farm products welcomed
Aug 02, 2004 ... Top officials from many countries, including China, yesterdaywelcomed a World Trade Organization (WTO) deal to end exportsubsidies on farm products and cut import duties across the world. "Generally speaking, the framework agreement is not bad, thoughthe developing countries are ...
Athens imposes 'no go' areas for Olympic Games
Aug 02, 2004 ... ATHENS: Europe's biggest and longest peacetime security operationwent into force yesterday when "no go" areas were imposed in Athensfor the Olympic Games starting on August 13. The measures, which dwarf any previous in Europe because of theneed to sustain them for the entire month ...
Transport problems cause coke build-up
Aug 02, 2004; ... Transport problems are causing three-week stockpiles of coke insome plants, underpinning recent falling prices. Concerns have also been raised over a potential oversupply of theraw material because of rapid production expansion. "Due to the insufficient rail transportation, ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 10, Date: 08/02/2004)
Aug 02, 2004 ... BEIJING New credit card issued Bank of China and Beijing Tourism Group issued a joint-name creditcard yesterday in Beijing. A new member of the bank's Greatwall Card series, the new creditcard enables its owners to enjoy special travel services by BeijingTourism ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 12, Date: 08/02/2004)
Aug 02, 2004 ... New rules Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has put in placerules giving the government more authority to manage the power gridin an effort to lure investment needed to avert future energyshortages. He signed an overhaul of the nation's electricity regulations ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 16, Date: 08/02/2004)
Aug 02, 2004 ... FOOTBALL This season is swansong for Robson LONDON: Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has confirmedthat Bobby Robson will not be staying on as manager when his contractexpires at the end of the season. Asked if the 71-year-old might continue in his role as ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 8, Date: 08/02/2004)
Aug 02, 2004 ... KHARTOUM Sudan rejects UN deadline The Sudanese cabinet condemned yesterday the 30-day deadline foraction on Darfur set by the UN Security Council, but said it wouldimplement a 90-day programme agreed earlier with UN Secretary GeneralKofi Annan. The Security Council, ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 08/02/2004)
Aug 02, 2004 ... BEIJING Exchanges encouraged National People's Congress Standing Committee Vice-Chairman ChengSiwei said yesterday that he hoped young political leaders in Chinaand the United States will enhance exchanges and communications inorder to achieve better mutual ...
China hoospters lose in warm-up
Aug 02, 2004 ... BELGRADE: Yao Ming scored a game high of 21 points for China butSerbia and Montenegro eventually pulled away to win their first gameof the Diamond Ball Tournament on Saturday, the FIBA websitereported. Playing after Argentina's victory over Angola, the world championstriumphed ...
Japan courts controversy, Iran exacts revenge in Asian Cup
Aug 02, 2004 ... Japan survived a scare to reach the Asian Cup semi-finals onpenalties in bizarre circumstances as Iran took revenge against SouthKorea on Saturday. Holders Japan edged past Jordan 4-3 in a controversial shootoutafter failing to break a 1-1 stalemate in extra time and face ...
South Korean exports rise 38%
Aug 02, 2004; ... South Korean exports rose more than expected in July, helped bysurging sales of cars, computer chips and cell phones to China, theUS and Japan. Shipments rose 38 per cent from a year earlier to US$21.4 billionafter climbing 39 per cent to a record in June, the commerce ...
Debt repay plan fails to curb irregularities
Aug 02, 2004; ... After Chinese regulators unveiled a plan to let some pilotcompanies repay liabilities to their listed subsidiaries withequities, some companies responded with detailed proposals last week. But analysts have cast doubt on the effects of such debt repaymentin the long run ....
Developing high-tech agriculture sector
Aug 02, 2004; ... Modern agriculture emphasizes high yield, high quality, cost-effectiveness, eco-friendliness and safety. In China, the commodityrate and returns of agriculture are still rather low. It is importantto realize high added value in agriculture through developing specialagricultural products, ...
South
Aug 02, 2004 ... Small snake suddenly shocks showering woman A woman in Guangzhou was seriously shocked when a little snakejoined her as she was taking a shower, reports Guangzhou Daily. The 15-centimetre snake, which is poisonous, came out of the waterpipe. It is now kept in a bottle as the ...
Middle class flourishes as more farmers move to cities
Aug 02, 2004; ... A growing number of Chinese will enter into the middle class inthe following decade, earning decent income and enjoying comfortablehouses, according to a report by the country's highest think-tank. A surging number of managers, white-collar staff, entrepreneursand intellectuals in ...
Thousands return to pedal power
Aug 02, 2004; ... GUANGZHOU: Tens of thousands of residents in the capital of SouthChina's Guangdong Province are getting back on their bikes. They are turning to pedal power again as the city plans to phaseout its 320,000 motorcycles by the end of 2006, which are seen as thecause of pollution and ...
Nationwide economic survey gets under way
Aug 02, 2004; ... Nearly 50,000 surveyors yesterday started a door-to-door inquiryof companies and individuals involved in industries and servicesthroughout Beijing, beginning the nation's first nationwide economicsurvey. Other provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions willstart the survey in the ...
Federer, Roddick in dream final
Aug 02, 2004 ... TORONTO: Defending champion Andy Roddick set up a dream finalagainst world number one Roger Federer by beating Germany's NicolasKiefer 7-5, 6-3 at the Toronto Masters on Saturday. Federer rallied to knock out Swede Thomas Johansson 4-6, 6-3, 6-2earlier in the day, the Swiss ...
Qingyan's bean curd continues to impress
Aug 02, 2004; ... It was a wet morning. I wandered along the narrow stone-slab pathin the age-old town of Qingyan in the suburbs of Guiyang, capital ofSouthwest China's Guizhou Province. I was stopped in my tracks at No 50 Shuyuan Street, fascinated bythe busy and steamy workshop in the ...
Tyson loss spells end of career So this is how it all ends for Mike Tyson.
Aug 02, 2004 ... Broke and bloodied, fighting in the same arena where Muhammad Alimade his pro debut 44 years ago, Tyson is knocked silly by the kindof British heavyweight he used to frighten into near paralysis merelyby stepping into the ring. The entourage already left when the money ran out ....
Crude oil predicted to set new highs
Aug 02, 2004; ... Oil may rise to a record this week, passing last Friday's high, onconcern producers do not have the spare capacity to meet globaldemand in the event of a cut in Russian shipments, a Bloomberg surveyof traders and analysts showed. Thirty-five of 53 survey respondents, or 66 per ...
Green plant works miracles in global battle against malaria
Aug 02, 2004 ... There is nothing very special about its appearance. Just like manyother plants, artemisia annua, which is also known as wormwood orqinghao in Chinese, is an odorous shrub-like plant that grows to aheight of up to 2 metres. It produces a number of bushy stems that are covered with ...
Environmental industry booms
Aug 02, 2004; ... The coming of the 2008 Olympic Games to China and the 2010 ExpoShanghai have pulled foreign giants into a booming environmentprotection industry in the country. Official sources have revealed that China will invest US$85billion altogether in the environmental protection sector ...
Securities companies vying for survival
Aug 02, 2004; ... It has never been easy for China's securities houses to makeprofits. And it is never easy for them to die. Last year, 122 securities firms in China reported a total of morethan 900 million yuan (US$109 million) in losses, their assets alsoshrinking. Recently, about half of ...
Potential polluters to face public scrutiny
Aug 02, 2004; ... GUANGZHOU: Massive construction sites that could choke theenvironment in South China's Guangdong Province will have to besubmitted to public scrutiny before they get the go-ahead. This is according to a draft environmental protection regulationissued in the ...