China Daily back issues from August 2005:
Crocker's revenge as Phelps beaten by world record time
Aug 01, 2005 ... MONTREAL: Ian Crocker avenged his Athens Olympic defeat in the100m butterfly with a world record-setting victory over fellowAmerican Michael Phelps on Saturday at the 11th World SwimmingChampionships. Crocker claimed his second straight 100m fly world title in50.40sec, slicing ...
Floods in India leave death toll near 1,000
Aug 01, 2005 ... Torrential rains lashed Mumbai yesterday, disrupting flights,hampering rescue efforts and bringing more misery as officials saidthe death toll from the heaviest downpours in the Indian city'shistory neared 1,000. Flooding and landslides had so far claimed 969 lives in Mumbai ...
Broaden investment horizons
Aug 01, 2005; ... Chinese enterprises need to devise overseas direct investmentstrategies that take into account the changing environment. As the global economy becomes increasingly integrated, theinterdependence of economies becomes more important. Foreign direct investment, shepherded by ...
Dance drama portrays atrocities in Nanking
Aug 01, 2005 ... There are a thousand ways to portray the Nanking Massacre, anddance drama is a novel approach. Tong Ruirui, a young director of the China National Chinese Operaand Dance Drama Company, shows her perception of history with"Nanking 1937." The dance drama tells the stories of Iris ...
China 2020: A greener and leafier landscape
Aug 01, 2005; ... Nearly a quarter of China will be forested by 2020, according tothe State Forestry Administration (SFA). Speaking in Beijing yesterday, one of the administration's topofficials, Zhou Shengxian, said forest coverage will reach 23 percent in the next 10 to 15 years, an increase of 5 ...
Jiangsu bridge construction going to plan
Aug 01, 2005; ... NANTONG, Jiangsu: The construction of the main foundation of theSutong Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge with double-leg pylon and doublecable-plane, has been completed, an official from the Sutong projecttold China Daily yesterday. The cable-stayed bridge, with a main span of 1,088 ...
PLA excels in humanitarian mission
Aug 01, 2005; ... Celebrations across the country today will mark the 78thanniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army on August1, 1927. Speaking exclusively to China Daily, major general of the PLA'sGeneral Political Department Chang Shengrong said this year's ArmyDay provides an ...
Iran threatens to restart nuclear work
Aug 01, 2005 ... TEHERAN: Iran warned yesterday it would resume sensitive nuclearwork within days if the European Union failed to submit proposalsaimed at ending a long-running crisis over its nuclear programme. Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran would informthe UN nuclear ...
Lithuania crowned, China 4th
Aug 01, 2005; ... Lithuania clinched the Stankovic Continental Champions Cup bycruising to a 77-73 win over African champions Angola in their lastmatch of the competition yesterday at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium. Pocketing a US$100,000 prize cheque, European champions Lithuaniawon four games over ...
Terror victims' pain to be recognized
Aug 01, 2005 ... The suffering of the victims of Irish terrorism is to berecognized by the creation of a Victims' Commissioner to help healthe wounds of three decades of bloodshed. Peter Hain, the Northern Ireland Secretary, said in an interviewthis weekend that the perpetrators of terrorist acts ...
New tax law needed to narrow income gap
Aug 01, 2005 ... The draft amendment to the personal income tax law the StateCouncil has in principle approved is a belated but important steptowards updating one of the country's obsolete laws. The decision made by the State Council, China's cabinet, on July26 has essentially cleared the way for ...
Tornado kills 15, injures 46 in Anhui
Aug 01, 2005; ... A freak tornado hammered Lingbi County in East China's AnhuiProvince on Saturday, killing 15 people and leaving 46 injured, localofficials reported. Hu Huiyuan, chief of the disaster-relief division of Suzhou CivilAffairs Bureau, said that most of the dead had been trapped ...
Autos returned as police crack crime
Aug 01, 2005; ... Li Jinquan and nearly 150 other delighted Beijing residentscollected the keys of their stolen motor vehicles from policeofficers at the Beijing Workers' Stadium on Saturday. Grinning from ear to ear, middle-aged Li trotted to his sedanplaced in rows with 145 others at the stadium ...
Minister: No expansionist aggression
Aug 01, 2005 ... Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan yesterday reiterated China'scommitment to peaceful development, saying the country would neverseek aggressive expansion. Cao made the pledge at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,during a reception held on the eve of the 78th anniversary of ...
Lebanon, Syria agree to smooth strained ties
Aug 01, 2005 ... DAMASCUS: Lebanon and Syria agreed yesterday to set their tenseties back on track after Damascus withdrew its troops from its tinyneighbour amid furious anti-Syrian protests. Leading Lebanon's first government since Syria ended its 29-yearmilitary presence in April, Lebanese Prime ...
Raikkonen claws back with Hungary GP win
Aug 01, 2005 ... BUDAPEST: Kimi Raikkonen won the Hungarian Grand Prix for McLarenyesterday to revive his Formula One title hopes and claw 10 pointsback from Renault's championship leader Fernando Alonso. After the agony of retiring while leading last weekend's GermanGrand Prix, won by Alonso who ...
Ugandans opt for multiparty system
Aug 01, 2005 ... KAMPALA: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni welcomed anoverwhelming victory on Saturday in a referendum to introduce amultiparty system in the country. Meeting foreign envoys, Museveni dismissed any suggestion theturnout was very low or that an opposition boycott had worked, ...
Medical reform calls for combined efforts
Aug 01, 2005 ... A report co-sponsored by the State Council's Development ResearchCentre and the World Bank has come to the conclusion that the reformof the national medical system is "basically unsuccessful." Despite growing public complaints about soaring, unaffordablemedical costs, the ...
Astronomers find 'new' planet in solar system
Aug 02, 2005 ... Astronomers have detected a previously unknown planet in theoutermost reaches of the solar system, even further from the sun thanPluto. The discovery was announced this weekend by Mike Brown, aplanetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology. The find will reopen ...
'Father of the euro' Duisenberg dies aged 70
Aug 02, 2005 ... Political and banking chiefs were united yesterday in payingtribute to Wim Duisenberg, the first president of the EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB), who ushered in the European common currency. Duisenberg was found dead on Sunday in a swimming pool at his homein southern France. An ...
Road to UN reform to be winding
Aug 02, 2005; ... The reform of the United Nations, especially the expansion of itspowerful Security Council, is of overwhelming importance to theinternational community. With a UN summit meeting scheduled for September fast approaching,the contention between member states on the reform of the ...
AIDS experts worry about 'mobile men with money'
Aug 02, 2005; ... SHANGHAI: It is feared well-off and upwardly mobile businesspeople in China's largest cities may be contracting and spreading HIV/AIDS - and many do not even know they are infected. Figures are sketchy but "mobile men with money," as experts havedubbed the group, are a growing ...
No new cases in pig disease outbreak
Aug 02, 2005; ... No new cases of the streptococcus suis infection were identifiedin Sichuan Province between noon Sunday and noon yesterday, accordingto the Ministry of Health. Health workers identified 17 previously undiagnosed cases, but allthese were in people who had already carried the ...
Project to pump water from Yangtze to Shanghai
Aug 02, 2005; ... SHANGHAI: The third phase of a project to supply the city withcleaner water from the Yangtze River has recently got under way. Upon completion at the end of 2007, the 250 million yuan (US$30.8million) project will be able to increase the city's daily watersupply to 2.18 million ...
China, US hold first strategic dialogue
Aug 02, 2005 ... China and the United States held their first strategic dialogueyesterday and agreed to increase co-operation and constructiverelations. The closed-door dialogue, the first senior-level meeting of itskind between the two countries, was co-chaired by Vice-ForeignMinister Dai ...
Leader vows not to visit Yasukuni
Aug 02, 2005 ... TOKYO: The leader of Japan's main opposition party warnedyesterday of the dangers of politicians appealing to nationalism toboost their popularity, and vowed not to visit a controversial shrinehonouring war criminals if he took power. With the 60th anniversary of Japan's August 15, ...
NCR brings ATM security technology to Beijing
Aug 02, 2005; ... NCR Corp, the world's largest ATM (Automated Teller Machine)manufacturer, has set up a currency data processing centre in Beijingto help combat a rising tide of forged currency, according to thecompany yesterday. The new centre is designed to specialize in the provision ...
Student killed 'because he was black'
Aug 02, 2005 ... An 18-year-old student who hoped to become a lawyer was killed ina brutal axe attack because he was black, his mother said on Sunday. Gee Verona Walker said that the murder of her son, Anthony, inHuyton, Liverpool, had stark parallels with the death of studentStephen Lawrence 12 ...
Former military prosecutors question US detainee trials
Aug 02, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: Two former military prosecutors complained last yearabout the fairness of the Pentagon trials for four detainees atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, charging the system was designed to improve thechance of conviction, The New York Times reported yesterday. Citing e-mails obtained ...
North
Aug 02, 2005 ... Brit kids learn Chinese martial arts from masters Nearly a hundred British children are braving the summer sun tolearn wushu, a traditional Chinese martial art, in the capital, theBeijing Evening News reports. The foreign kids patiently imitate the moves of Chinese masters ...
Iran to resume nuke activities
Aug 02, 2005 ... TEHERAN: Iran told the United Nation's nuclear watchdog agencyyesterday of its decision to resume some nuclear activities, thespokesman of Iran's top security decision-making body said. Iran has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) toinstruct its inspectors in Iran ...
Israeli zoo poised to evacuate from Gaza
Aug 02, 2005 ... NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza: A zoo in a Jewish settlement in Gaza hasanswered the call to evacuate ahead of Israel's planned pullout fromthe occupied territory. Holding a newborn tortoise, Israeli zookeeper Eli Moses said theanimal had an advantage over the 9,000 or so settlers who will ...
Excessive packaging environmental woes
Aug 01, 2005; ... Excessive packaging is being held partially responsible for therubbish crisis currently afflicting China's cities. According to statistics from the Ministry of Construction, of the3 million tons of rubbish generated in Beijing each year, 30 percent, or 830,000 tons, are wasted ...
Set air-con to 26 C for a brighter future
Aug 01, 2005; ... SHANGHAI: As the Yangtze River Delta is experiencing a rapidincrease in the demand for electricity, leading to widespread powershortages, a 26 C energy-saving campaign has been instituted to helpalleviate the growing problem. On Saturday, nongovernmental environmental organizations ...
Six-Party joint document could arrive today
Aug 01, 2005; ... The Six-Party Talks entered their sixth day yesterday asnegotiators tried to thrash out the text of a joint document. Chief delegates from Beijing, Pyongyang, Washington, Seoul, Moscowand Tokyo left it to their deputies to continue discussions over thedrafting of a joint document ...
UK police quiz 11 suspects in bombing probe
Aug 01, 2005 ... LONDON: British police were questioning 11 suspects yesterday intheir investigation into failed bomb attacks on London's transportsystem as Italian authorities worked on extradition proceedings for afurther suspect. Police believe they have captured all four men they were ...
Sierra Leoneans seek out a living in Iraq
Aug 01, 2005 ... FREETOWN: Some 100 Sierra Leonean nurses, lab technicians,caterers and plumbers were flying this weekend to Iraq to join thegrowing number of West Africans being contracted to perform themundane tasks underpinning the occupation. This week's departures will bring to 440 the number ...
Official titles are not for sale
Aug 01, 2005 ... Investors should not be granted official titles no matter how muchthey have contributed to local business promotion programmes, says anarticle in People's Daily. An excerpt follows: An investment incentive in Zhengning, a small county in westernChina's Gansu Province, has ...
Businesses reminded of social responsibility
Aug 01, 2005; ... QINGDAO: One of the country's top political consultants has urgedbusinesses to fulfil their social responsibilities. Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People'sPolitical Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Li Meng voiced hisencouragement at a forum last week in ...
Not one less for fee exempt education
Aug 01, 2005; ... By GUANGZHOU: South China's Guangdong Province is soon to providetotally free nine-year compulsory education for students throughoutthe province. Students in some five counties in the province will be the firstto benefit from the all fee exempt programme starting in the ...
Premier meets Zoellick on strategic dialogue
Aug 01, 2005 ... Premier Wen Jiabao met in Beijing yesterday with US DeputySecretary of State Robert B. Zoellick, who is here for the firstChina-US strategic dialogue slated for today. Wen and Zoellick talked for over an hour and a half. The ChineseForeign Ministry said they exchanged views on ...
Uzbekistan evicts US from air base
Aug 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: Uzbekistan has told the United States to leave amilitary base that has served as a hub for missions to Afghanistansince shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks, US officialssaid on Saturday. The US Embassy in Tashkent was informed of the decision on ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 8, Date: 08/01/2005)
Aug 01, 2005 ... CARPENTRAS, France 'Mr Euro' dies at age 70 The first president of the European Central Bank (ECB), formerDutch finance minister Wim Duisenberg, was found dead yesterday at avilla in southeastern France, police said. The 70-year-old Duisenberg, who served as the first ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 6, Date: 08/01/2005)
Aug 01, 2005 ... GOLF Singh extends Buick lead over Woods GRAND BLANC, Michigan: Vijay Singh matched a course record forlowest front-nine score en route to a nine-under-par 63 and a five-shot lead over Zach Johnson after the third round of the US$4.6million PGA Buick Open. Paired with ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 08/01/2005)
Aug 01, 2005 ... BEIJING Wen visits scholoars Premier Wen Jiabao paid hospital visits on Friday to Ji Xianlin,an eminent scholar, and Qian Xuesen, a noted nuclear physist. Both Ji a literary giant, and Qian one of the founders of spacescience of China, are 94 years old ....
Constitution writers consider delay
Aug 01, 2005 ... BAGHDAD: The team charged with drawing up Iraq's new constitutionwas locked in debate yesterday over whether to ask for more time towrite the charter and resolve persistent divisions among them. The deadline for requesting an extension is August 1. If norequest is made by that date ...
Explain price increases
Aug 01, 2005 ... The reasoning behind any government-initiated price hike should beexplained fully to the public, says an article in People.com.cn. Anexcerpt follows: We are facing numerous price rises, ranging from petrol toeducation fees. To be "in line with internationally accepted ...
Shanghai in bid to boost service sector
Aug 01, 2005; ... SHANGHAI: Shanghai plans to establish 43 modern service industry"harbours" to boost the service sector of the country's economicpowerhouse. The "harbours," located around the transportation centres of thecity and its suburban areas, will bring together office buildings,star-rated ...
Nation confident of controlling pig disease
Aug 01, 2005; ... More cases of the pig-borne streptococcus suis infection werereported over the weekend, but officials continue to insist they arebecoming better prepared and more experienced in controlling theoutbreak. Over the weekend, more human infection cases of the bacteria wereidentified ...
NASA extends shuttle mission
Aug 01, 2005 ... HOUSTON: Two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery completed aseven-hour spacewalk on Saturday to restore a space station steeringdevice and test shuttle heat shield repairs that might give crews abetter chance of avoiding a Columbia-like disaster. NASA extended the shuttle's visit ...
Regulation of donations
Aug 01, 2005 ... Legislation covering charity funds allocation is badly needed toencourage a culture of donating, says an article in Jiangnan Times.An excerpt follows: There was an embarrassing controversy surrounding charitablegiving in Taizhou in East China's Zhejiang Province, not long ...
Charity store reaches into heart of city
Aug 01, 2005; ... DALIAN: Stepping into the small shop, you would not noticeanything different until you take a look at the price tags. They aremuch lower than the usual market prices. From electric fans to radios, from hats to shoes, everything hereis on offer at a discounted price. This is a ...
Anti-terror bill gives state greater power
Aug 01, 2005 ... ROME: Italy's parliament gave final approval on Saturday tomeasures that would give the state greater powers to combat terrorismas the government renewed warnings that Italy faced a "grave threat"of attacks. The package makes it easier for police to detain and deportsuspects, ...
SCOREBOARD (08/01/2005)
Aug 01, 2005 ... BASEBALL NEW YORK: Results from the MLB matches on Saturday (home team inCAPS): OAKLAND 9 Detroit 5 SEATTLE 3 Cleveland 2 St Louis 9 LA DODGERS 4 Chicago White Sox 9 BALTIMORE 6 NY YANKEES 8 LA Angels 7 FLORIDA 3 Washington ...
Hackett wins 1,500m, again
Aug 02, 2005 ... MONTREAL: Australian Grant Hackett became the first swimmer to winfour world titles in the same event on Sunday as he claimed hisfourth straight 1,500m freestyle crown at the 11th World SwimmingChampionships. Hackett, 25, won his third title of the 2005 championships,following ...
Children sing praises of fun English course
Aug 02, 2005; ... Children from Beijing Meiliyuan Kindergarten sang "China-World,"winner of the Second Olympic Songs Solicitation Campaign, in unisonwith their friend Zenia, an 11-year-old British girl. "Run like the wind, you can run faster, swim like a fish to reachyour goal," they warbled. "Jump ...
PC game wins the day
Aug 02, 2005 ... SOUTHPORT, England: Jang Jeong believes mastering a Tiger Woodscomputer game inspired her to victory in the Women's British Open atRoyal Birkdale on Sunday. The 25-year-old became the fourth South Korean woman to win amajor title when she finished with a four-shot advantage ...
Artistic finale to Sino-French cultural exchange programme
Aug 02, 2005; ... The imposing oil painting "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps at Grand-Saint-Bernard Pass" by French portraitist Jacques-Louis David,Antoine-Francois Dezarrois' chalcographic rendition of Leonardo daVinci's mysterious "Mona Lisa," and soul-stirring streetscapes ofParis over the last century ...
Intel announces plans to open Shanghai HQ
Aug 02, 2005; ... SHANGHAI: The Intel Corporation has announced it will locate theglobal headquarters of its Channel Platforms Group (CPG) in thecity's Minhang District, highlighting its commitment to pushingforward the IT industry in China. The Channel Platforms Group focuses on expanding Intel's ...
Lenovo's acquisition going well
Aug 02, 2005; ... HONG KONG: Lenovo Group, the world's third largest personalcomputer (PC) maker, confirmed yesterday that the incorporation ofIBM worldwide, including the PC unit in Taiwan, has been goingsmoothly. Speaking after the special shareholder meeting yesterday, Vice-President of Lenovo ...
SCOREBOARD (08/02/2005)
Aug 02, 2005 ... BASEBALL NEW YORK: Results from the MLB matches on Sunday (home team inCAPS): NY YANKEES 8 LA Angels 7 (11 innings) Washington 4 FLORIDA 2 BOSTON 4 Minnesota 3 MILWAUKEE 5 San Francisco 1 NY Mets 9 HOUSTON 4 TAMPA BAY 6 Kansas City ...
Brokerage heavyweight to be taken over
Aug 02, 2005; ... SHENZHEN: China Jianyin Investment (JIC) yesterday signed anagreement in this southern financial hub to take over the bankruptChina Southern Securities, once the country's fifth-largest broker. Top officials with the market watchdog China Securities RegulatoryCommission (CSRC) and ...
Gome Appliance buys rival firm
Aug 02, 2005; ... By Gome Appliance, China's largest home appliance retailer, hastaken over its rival, the Shenzhen-based E-home Chain Store, whichonly opened last year. "The two sides signed a deal over the weekend," said Sun Yiding,director of Gome's operating centre. Gome bought a 100 per ...
Emerson plans to double sales in local market
Aug 02, 2005; ... SHANGHAI: Emerson, a global leading technology and engineeringsolutions provider, intends to invest more in order to double itssales revenue in China within the next five years. It is considering establishing new production capacities inChina's second-tier cities in western or ...
Irish factory worker wins 115m euro jackpot
Aug 02, 2005 ... Limerick's luck changed this weekend when a factory worker whoescaped last month's bombing in the Turkish resort of Kusadasi won115 million euros (US$140 million) in Europe's biggest lotterypayout. Dolores McNamara, a 45-year-old grandmother, was instantlypropelled to No 70 on ...