China Daily back issues from January 2005:
BEIJING
Jan 01, 2005 ... STAGE Spanish woman: Founded in 1967, Alberta Ballet is to present"Carmen" again in Beijing. The modern ballet, based on the classicSpanish love story guided by artistic director Jean Grand-Maitre,will feature the passion and love of Carmen, the typically brave,beautiful woman ...
Real Madrid name Brazilian Luxemburgo as new coach
Jan 01, 2005 ... MADRID: Real Madrid named former Brazil manager VanderleiLuxemburgo as their third coach of the season on Thursday in a bid torecapture the spark that brought them a record nine European Cups. The surprise appointment of Luxemburgo, who has just led Santos tothe Brazilian title, ...
Maturing diplomacy in 2004
Jan 01, 2005; ... In 2004, China presented to the world a mature and pragmaticdiplomatic image and made eye-catching progress in actively creatinga favourable environment of peace and mutually beneficial co-operation. Such pragmatism is reflected by China's positive integration intothe global ...
US dollar falls to low against yen
Jan 01, 2005; ... The dollar fell to a three-week low against the yen, heading for athird consecutive annual drop, on expectations Japan will let itscurrency strengthen next year. The Bank of Japan refrained from selling currency for a ninthmonth, even as the yen rose to the strongest in almost five ...
New laws, rules take effect Saturday
Jan 01, 2005; ... A government decree on how to decide the origin of goods inforeign trade becomes effective Saturday, along with a host of othernew rules that will have an effect on business and private lifestarting from the New Year. The Regulation on the Origin of Import and Export ...
Tsunami spawns heartfelt generosity
Jan 01, 2005 ... The world sped up what may be its biggest relief effort on Fridayto help millions of tsunami survivors desperate for food, shelter andclean water, while the death toll marched upward relentlessly. Besides some 125,000 confirmed dead, the disaster that has alsodisplaced 5 million ...
Nation sends US$60 m extra aid
Jan 01, 2005; ... China will donate an additional 500 million yuan (US$60 million)in aid as well dispatch additional rescue teams to tsunami-hitcountries in Southern and Southeastern Asia and Africa, said PremierWen Jiabao on Friday. "The catastrophe not only hit the people in those countries, ...
Sport scores firsts and lasts-China Daily picks 2004's top 10
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Chinese contingent had great success at the Athens OlympicGames in August, winning 32 gold medals. It came second place behindthe United States, only three golds short in the final medal table.It is the best ever result in Olympic history for China. Maintaining power in its ...
SHANGHAI
Jan 01, 2005 ... CONCERTS Piano recital: The concert is a part of the Serial Concerts forFrench Impressionism. The renowned pianist Dominique Merlet willpresent the most famous French Impressionism musical pieces at theShanghai Concert Hall. Time: 7:30 pm, January 14 Place: Shanghai ...
Rooney banned for three matches
Jan 01, 2005 ... LONDON: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was banned forthree matches on Thursday after admitting a charge of violentconduct. The ban will start immediately, a Football Association spokesmansaid, meaning the 19-year-old England international misses United'snext two league ...
Fresh aid package shows compassion
Jan 01, 2005 ... Premier Wen Jiabao told diplomatic envoys of the victim countriesof the devastating tsunami yesterday that China would provide them anadditional 500 million yuan (US$60.53 million) aid. At approximately the same time, the third dispatch of Chineserescue workers, doctors and experts ...
Best Buy to dismiss Ernst & Young, cites conflict
Jan 01, 2005; ... Best Buy Co, the world's largest electronics chain, will stopusing Ernst & Young LLP as the company's auditor because of a privateagreement it had with a former board member who served on theretailer's audit committee. The dismissal, which takes effect in February, stems from Ernst ...
Cold days no hitch for holidaymakers
Jan 01, 2005; ... Blustery, bone-chilling cold weather over the past two weekshasn't seemed to put off Beijingers from their daily rounds. "No obvious effects, everything going as planned," said 26-year-old Wang Ying, a local civil servant. "I'm going to attend a party tonight to celebrate the ...
Mother makes agonizing choice
Jan 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY: Mother of two Jillian Searle had to choose between herchildren when she made a life-or-death decision. Swept up by mountainous tsunami waves at a Thai resort, she couldnot hold on to both her young sons and survive. Fighting to stay above the surging waters, she had to ...
FM confirms fourth death of national in tsunami
Jan 01, 2005; ... The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday confirmed the fourth deathof a Chinese citizen in the tsunami that has claimed at least 125,000people in South, Southeast Asia and Africa. Hu Xiaolan, a Chinese Embassy official in Thailand, said the bodywas that of a female who was swept away ...
Record number of entries for Dakar Rally
Jan 01, 2005 ... BARCELONA: Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel is favorite to defendhis Dakar Rally title as a record number of competitors made theirfinal preparations on Thursday for the grueling desert race startingon New Year's Eve. Peterhansel won the four-wheel event last year, becoming only ...
GUANGZHOU
Jan 01, 2005 ... CONCERT Film score: The Pearl River Film Orchestra will stage a concertfeaturing popular music from films. Xu Zhijun, a chief conductor ofthe Central Song and Dance Troupe of China, will conduct the concert. Time: 8 pm, January 15 Place: Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert ...
UK heroes Pinsent, Holmes receive honours
Jan 01, 2005 ... LONDON: Britain honoured its Olympic heroes yesterday, knightingfour-time gold medallist Matthew Pinsent and making middle-distancerunner Kelly Holmes a dame. Holmes' victories in the 800 and 1,500 metres made her a nationalheroine while rower Pinsent's tears on the rostrum after ...
Soft-landing leads to healthier economy
Jan 01, 2005 ... The end of the year is a traditional time for review andreflection. And the start of a year is a time of hope andexpectation. Devoid of catastrophic events like SARS (severe acute respiratorysyndrome), China, nevertheless, saw profound changes take root. Andthey offer a reason to ...
JP Morgan, HSBC see victory on law changes
Jan 01, 2005; ... Dameon and Sabine Rhodes did not worry too much about theirUS$20,000 in credit-card debt when they were both working andbringing in about US$85,000 a year. Then Dameon, 32, lost his technician job at Nextel Corp inHouston, and was only able to find part-time work. In September, ...
Patient sues hospital, firm for pacemaker failures
Jan 01, 2005; ... A heart patient is resorting to the courts after two pacemakersfailed, forcing him to have three operations. Yang Hongfa, 63, is suing both the hospital and the pacemakerproducer for 300,000 yuan (US$36,600) for economic losses andpsychological trauma he has suffered as a result of ...
Tears and pity: Chinese hearts go out to victims
Jan 01, 2005; ... Hua Xiren had just seen the funniest movie of the year. Yet it didnot brighten up her day. Instead she constantly had tears rollingdown her cheeks. "I have been so sad at the ruthlessness of nature that StephenChow's Kung Fu Hustle could not, even for a moment, dispel the ...
O'Neal gets break on suspension
Jan 01, 2005 ... NEW YORK: Jermaine O'Neal scored 31 points, just hours after ajudge ruled he did not have to serve the final 10 games of hissuspension, to steer the Indiana Pacers to a 96-83 win over the NewJersey Nets on Thursday. O'Neal originally received a 25-game suspension for his part in ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 01, 2005 ... Japanese ties Editor, The year 2004 marked some brilliant diplomatic achievements madeby China. Attracted by the booming Chinese market and promising prospects,heads of great nations from the European Union (EU) have paid anumber of co-operation-seeking visits. Their ...
India's third quarter growth slows to 6.6%
Jan 01, 2005; ... India's economy grew 6.6 per cent from a year earlier in the threemonths to September 30, the slowest pace in more than a year, asbelow-average rainfall hurt crops and curbed the incomes of farmers. Growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy reported yesterday by theCentral ...
Centre to protect heritage
Jan 01, 2005; ... More advanced theories and international criteria will beintroduced into the protection of historical heritage, as theResearch Centre for World Cultural Heritage in China was founded onWednesday in Beijing. Located in the Beijing University of Technology, the centre is thefirst ...
Hu delivers New Year's message
Jan 01, 2005 ... President Hu Jintao delivered a New Year's message Friday eveningto all Chinese on the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, overseasChinese and friends of different nations on China RadioInternational, China National Radio and China Central Television. The president reviewed ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 01/01/2005)
Jan 01, 2005 ... BEIJING Chief under investigation A female local police chief in Shenzhen, in South China'sGuangdong Province, was found accepting bribes totalling more than2.3 million yuan (US$278,100), according to the local procuratorate. An Huijun, the head of the Luohu (Lowu) ...
LG Card rescued again with bailout
Jan 01, 2005; ... LG Card Co's creditors and former owners have agreed to a less-than-planned 1 trillion won (US$965 million) bailout of South Korea'ssecond-largest credit card issuer, helping it escape bankruptcy forthe second time in a year. Companies in the LG Group, the nation's second-biggest ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 3, Date: 01/01/2005)
Jan 01, 2005 ... BUENOS AIRES Nightclub fire kills 175 A fire tore through a Buenos Aires nightclub packed with youngrevelers celebrating the New Year holidays, killing at least 175people when a stampeding crowd was trapped by locked doors, officialssaid on Friday. At least 619 people ...
SCOREBOARD (01/01/2005)
Jan 01, 2005 ... CRICKET South Africa and England DURBAN: Scoreboard on the final day of the second test betweenSouth Africa and England on Thursday: England first innings 139 South Africa first innings 332 (J.Kallis 162) England second innings 570-7 declared (A.Strauss ...
German museum sweetly furnished
Jan 03, 2005 ... HAMBURG: Arguably the sweetest room in the world has opened itsdoors to the German public - a Biedermeier-style parlour decoratedand furnished entirely in chocolate. The walls are panelled in dark chocolate. The ceiling is whitechocolate with marzipan almond-paste mouldings. All ...
Culture contained in architecture
Jan 03, 2005 ... GARZE: We narrowly missed getting an eyeful of the legendaryGyarong beauties in Rongchag, Sichuan Province, about whom our localhosts had so proudly bragged. The 56,500-people county in the Garze Tibetan AutonomousPrefecture prides itself as a "valley of beauties." Some ...
Unfair criteria on shrimp trade
Jan 03, 2005; ... After carefully studying the US Department of Commerce's (DOC)statement of reasons for finding against the Chinese in a shrimpdumping investigation, we are registering our serious disapproval ofthe result. The case provides a clear example of how the UnitedStates increasingly exploits ...
Crude oil may fall as US enjoys warm winter
Jan 03, 2005; ... Crude oil futures this week may fall for a third week asunseasonal warmer weather in the eastern US cuts heating-oil use,according to a Bloomberg survey. Eighteen of 42 respondents, or 43 per cent, said oil prices willdrop, compared with 40 per cent that correctly predicted a ...
Worldwide aid increases to US$2 billion
Jan 03, 2005 ... International aid pledges for tsunami-ravaged Asian and Africancountries have soared to US$2 billion and UN Secretary-General KofiAnnan would travel to Indonesia for a donors conference, UN officialssaid early yesterday. "We are at the moment recording pledges of 2 billion dollars ...
Rescue team treats sick, traumatized
Jan 03, 2005; ... A Chinese rescue team in Indonesia has treated more than 1,000quake-tsunami victims and is working under harsh conditions in thehardest hit areas of Aceh, a spokesman said last night. The 35-member Chinese mission, which rushed to Banda Aceh, capitalof Aceh Province overnight ...
Premier Wen joins tsunami summit
Jan 03, 2005; ... Premier Wen Jiabao will fly to Indonesia for an emergency tsunamisummit on Thursday as the nation adds government aid and folkdonations. Wen will attend a summit organized by the 10-member Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN). More than 20 heads of state orgovernment and ...
Cole scores to keep Chelsea title bandwagon rolling
Jan 03, 2005 ... LONDON: Chelsea, boosted by a slice of good fortune for substituteJoe Cole's winner, continued their surge towards a first PremierLeague title with a battling 1-0 victory at Liverpool on Saturday. Champions Arsenal, helped by a double from Sweden midfielderFredrik Ljungberg, kept ...
Delicious and crunchy locusts make for fine dining delicacy
Jan 03, 2005 ... NIAMEY: Locusts have devastated huge swathes of Africa this year -but in Niger, the insect that fell from the sky is a delicacy besteaten fried and dusted with spices. "It's delicious, it's crunchy," Zakari, a young Koranic scholarsquatting in a makeshift shelter exclaimed, as he ...
Targeted help essential
Jan 03, 2005 ... The immediate priorities in responding to the tsunami disaster areclear: The missing must be accounted for and resources have to bemarshalled to help the millions who survived the disaster. Tents,food, medical supplies and sanitation equipment are urgently needed.Unless medical aid is ...
Coffee may rise in 2005 on demand for lattes
Jan 03, 2005; ... Coffee prices may rise to a six-year high in 2005 after outpacingmajor commodities this year, a Bloomberg survey found. Smaller cropsin Brazil and the growing appetite for lattes may spur the increase. The price of arabica coffee futures listed on the New York Boardof Trade, the ...
Elephants' senses save tourists in Thailand
Jan 03, 2005 ... KHAO LAK: Agitated elephants in Thailand felt the tsunami coming,and their sensitivity saved about a dozen foreign tourists from thefate of thousands killed by the giant waves. "I was surprised because the elephants had never cried before,"mahout Dang Salangam said yesterday on ...
Zhao: A big family
Jan 03, 2005 ... Zhao Qizheng, minister of the State Council Information Office,initiated one of the first minister-level donation drives to helpvictims of the tsunami tragedy. The intradepartmental event took place Saturday morning and withinan hour had already accumulated 50,000 yuan ...
Mouthwatering lifestyles
Jan 03, 2005 ... TOKYO: The readiness of the Japanese to pay more for healthy foodwhile keeping to their fast paced lifestyle shows the country's well-developed food industry still offers many opportunities,international ratings agency Moody's said last week. Changing consumer preferences and ...
Prepare for a tidal wave
Jan 03, 2005 ... A humanitarian aid effort, the greatest the modern world has everbeen confronted with following a natural disaster, is needed inSoutheast Asia. All structures of co-operation are being tried by an event neverbefore witnessed, but not unforeseen. This is a vital task ...
No 6 Texas edges No 13 Michigan 38-37 on last-second field goal
Jan 03, 2005 ... PASADENA, California: Dusty Mangum kicked a 37-yard field goal astime expired and No 6 Texas, behind quarterback Vince Young, edged No13 Michigan 38-37 on Saturday in the first matchup of two of UScollege football's elite programs. The Longhorns proved they did indeed belong in the ...
Volkswagen tries luring buyers with free insurance offer
Jan 03, 2005; ... Volkswagen AG, after its third straight year of falling US sales,will offer free auto insurance for a year in Illinois and Wisconsinto win buyers, dealers said. The German automaker from January 4 through March 31 will test theprogramme by offering 12 months of free insurance to ...
Doctor hears call, says goodbye to wife and son
Jan 03, 2005; ... GUANGZHOU: It was a goodbye that Zhou Dong never imagined wouldhappen to him. On the evening of December 30, the Guangzhou surgeon went backhome after 9 pm. His wife and new infant son were already fastasleep. Yet he had something so urgent to tell them that he shouldhave woken ...
9 nationals perish in disaster
Jan 03, 2005; ... The toll of Chinese nationals in the quake-tsunami disaster roseto nine with the Thai authorities confirming the death of a Hong Kongman and a woman on Phi Phi Island yesterday. Two Chinese nationals from Jiangsu Province, one from the InnerMongolia Autonomous Region, four from ...
Theft victim Comte forced to pull out of Dakar stage
Jan 03, 2005 ... MADRID: Frenchman Denis Comte was forced to withdraw from themotorcycle section of the Dakar Rally on Saturday after his officialdocuments, money and credit cards were stolen from a service van inBarcelona. With the KTM rider dropping out, 229 motorbikes completed theuntimed ...
Brazil's poor and humble food goes upscale
Jan 03, 2005 ... SAO PAULO: Fancy a plate of rooster testicles? How about a bowl ofcow-foot cartilage soup? The new eating fad in Sao Paulo, a city with a reputation as oneof the great epicurean centres of the Americas, is the foodtraditionally cooked up by Brazil's poor and humble. Piraja, a ...
Warning system needed
Jan 03, 2005 ... Though it happened on the other side of the world, news of akiller tsunami striking two continents should be seen by Californiansas a fundamentally local story. Our home, planet Earth, is seriouslyflawed. The tsunami underscores how global disparities can exacerbate evennatural ...
FDA grants Pfizer pain-drug approval
Jan 03, 2005; ... Pfizer Inc, the world's largest drugmaker, said it won US approvalto sell its Lyrica pill to treat nerve pain associated with diabetesand shingles. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to review Lyricaas a seizure treatment for adults, Pfizer said in a statement ...
Deeply touched by plight, Chinese offer helping hand
Jan 03, 2005; ... Shocked at the devastation left by the Asian tsunami, ordinarypeople from across China have responded by opening their wallets andhearts to those in the afflicted areas. Wang Lin, a 63-year-old retiree in Beijing, is one of them. The old man braved his way in piercing cold ...
Life goes on as tourists return to fun and sun
Jan 03, 2005 ... PHUKET, Thailand: Foreign tourists frolicked on Saturday in thegentle waves of the Andaman Sea, riding jet skis, posing forsnapshots and sunbathing topless on the sand. Such scenes were common on the resort island before a deadlytsunami hit six days earlier. But after the ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 8, Date: 01/03/2005)
Jan 03, 2005 ... FOOTBALL Leaders Ipswich suffer first home defeat LONDON: English second division leaders Ipswich slumped to theirfirst home league defeat of the season on Saturday, losing 2-0 toWest Ham. A first minute strike from Marlon Harewood and a late tap-in byMatthew ...
Duty bound to help
Jan 03, 2005 ... On Boxing Day, the world's biggest earthquake in 40 yearstriggered tsunamis across southern Asia. Coming so soon after Christmas, tragedy on such a scale compels usto reflect, even more than usual, on life - on the life we lead andon the lives of others in the world, most of them ...
US executives share sales top US$51 b
Jan 03, 2005; ... US executives and directors sold US$51.3 billion of shares intheir companies this year, the largest amount since 2000 when sharesof Internet-related companies plunged. Microsoft Corp Chairman BillGates topped the list. Sales by so-called insiders rose 20 per cent through December ...
Chill takes its toll on elderly and children
Jan 03, 2005; ... GUANGZHOU: The number of patients treated at local hospitals andclinics climbed at least 30 per cent in the Guangdong provincialcapital this past week, and officials are attributing the rise tounseasonably cold weather. Most patients are senior citizens and children who ...
Improving info release
Jan 03, 2005 ... Information about food security should be spread in an accurateand detailed way, says an article in Beijing News. An excerptfollows: In the latest inspection of edible oil by the Ministry of Health,52 kinds of products among the selected 574 samples tested assubstandard. The 52 ...
Taking responsibility
Jan 03, 2005 ... "Take the blame and resign" legislation raises the bar forofficials, says an article in Nanfang Metropolis News. An excerptfollows: The "take the blame and resign" system has been included in thedraft law for civil servants, which is under deliberation by theStanding Committee of ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 3, Date: 01/03/2005)
Jan 03, 2005 ... BEIJING Ties with Ecuador President Hu Jintao yesterday celebrated with his Ecuadoriancounterpart, Lucio Gutierrez, the 25th anniversary of theestablishment of diplomatic relations. Hu said bilateral relations have been greatly improved in the past25 ...
SCOREBOARD (01/03/2005)
Jan 03, 2005 ... CRICKET SYDNEY: Scoreboard at the close of play on the first day of thethird and final test between Pakistan and Australia at the SydneyCricket Ground on Sunday. Pakistan first innings Salman Butt c Gilchrist b McGrath 108 Yasir Hameed c Clarke b Warne ...
Sri Lanka airport runs out of fuel
Jan 04, 2005; ... Sri Lanka's only international airport ran out of fuel on Mondayas the South Asian island receives more aircraft carrying supplies ofmedicine, food and equipment to aid victims of the nation's worstnatural disaster caused by giant waves linked to an earthquake nearIndonesia. "We ...