China Daily back issues from November 2005:
Greenspan's reign to end in January
Nov 01, 2005 ... The end of Alan Greenspan's reign at the United States' FederalReserve is a highly significant moment for the world's financialmarkets and economy. Everyone knew that 79-year-old Greenspan's fourth term was toexpire at the end of January. It is just that for 18 years he hasbeen ...
Baby girl brings joy, and succession headache
Nov 01, 2005 ... Spain's Crown Princess Letizia gave birth to her first childyesterday a girl that becomes second in line to the throne after herfather Crown Prince Felipe, and may some day become the future queenof Spain. With Felipe by her side, Letizia gave birth to Leonor at 1:46 amthrough ...
Oil price hikes could hinder nation's growth
Nov 01, 2005 ... Editor's note: At a recent seminar sponsored by China Daily,researchers analysed the influence of rising global oil prices onChina, and appraised the country's energy strategy. The following aresome of their thoughts: By Niu Li Oil prices have been setting new records this ...
New tech urged to abate paper making pollution
Nov 01, 2005; ... When Cai Lun invented the technique of paper making 1,900 yearsago, he probably never expected that the development, for all thegreat achievements it has led to, would be responsible for extensiveenvironmental degradation. Today, the paper industry is blamed for huge timber ...
East Asia Community taking shape
Nov 01, 2005; ... The dream of a cohesive East Asia Community is distant butprogress towards regional integration will continue at a steady pace,a senior Chinese diplomat said yesterday in Beijing Wu Jianmin, president of China Foreign Affairs University saiddespite growing initiatives by the 10+3 ...
Killer gas to become beneficial
Nov 01, 2005; ... A killer responsible for thousands of deaths could become a forcefor good, if a new government policy has its desired effect. Highly flammable methane gas, to blame for countless coal mineblasts across the country, is to be tapped as a new energy resource,a senior energy official ...
Hu's visit to Viet Nam takes ties to new high
Nov 01, 2005; ... HANOI: China and Viet Nam agreed to speed up the survey ofborderlines and push economic exchanges to a new high after talksbetween top leaders yesterday. In discussions with Communist Party of Viet Nam General SecretaryNong Duc Manh and Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong, ...
UN Council puts pressure on Damascus
Nov 01, 2005 ... UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council voted unanimously yesterday in favour of a tough resolution demanding Syria co-operatewith a UN probe into the death of former Lebanese Prime MinisterRafik Hariri or face possible punitive measures. The resolution was adopted 15-0 after the ...
CEPA extended to HK film industry
Nov 01, 2005; ... HONG KONG: The new supplement to the Closer Economic PartnershipArrangement, commonly known as CEPA III, will be extended to HongKong's film sector, said industry players and analysts. Signed between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong late last month,CEPA III will exempt Hong ...
Trade frictions cast shadow over exports
Nov 01, 2005; ... The textile and garment export situation, in particular with theUS, was not looking healthy in the 98th session of China ExportCommodities Fair (CECF), according to statistics published by China'sMinistry of Commerce (MOFCOM). The ministry said contracted garment exports stood at ...
Autodesk sets up joint Sino-Indian operation
Nov 01, 2005; ... Big emerging markets like China and India will play a significantrole for the growth of the US software big name Autodesk, which hasled to the firm's decision to set up a China-India operation, saidthe company's chief Carol Bartz in Beijing. Autodesk has decided to focus on the ...
Gates grants US$250m to help NGOs fight malaria
Nov 01, 2005 ... Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates pledged US$258 million to thefight against malaria on Sunday night, branding the rich world'sefforts in tackling the disease "a disgrace." The grant is equivalent to more than three-quarters of globalspending on research into the disease last year, ...
Alan Greenspan's life
Nov 01, 2005 ... Alan Greenspan began a fifth term as chairman of the Board ofGovernors of the Federal Reserve System in June 2004. Greenspan alsoserves as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System'sprincipal monetary policy-making body. He originally took office as chairman and to ...
China's development a boon, not a threat
Nov 01, 2005; ... China's record trade surplus in the first nine months has onceagain touched off a flurry of commentaries in the Western media aboutthe so-called "China threat." The Western press, especially in the United States, are wont toidentify a "threat" in their foreign news reporting. Even ...
East
Nov 01, 2005 ... Every dog does have its day! Dog is man's best friend - andbridesmaid and bestman. A young couple in Shandong Province proved this last week at theirwedding ceremony. Both bride and groom were pet lovers, who met over the Internet.When they first met in person a few years ...
Forest fire finally brought under control
Nov 01, 2005; ... A forest fire that has burned 110,000 hectares of forests sinceOctober 23 in the Greater Hinggan Mountains in Northeast China'sHeilongjiang Province has finally been extinguished. "No casualties have been reported during the fire. At one point itthreatened more than 3,000 square ...
Traffic jams are shattering foreigners' Dubai dreams
Nov 01, 2005 ... DUBAI: Dubai's drive towards global acclaim has taken a wrongturn. This city once boasted about its world-class facilities linked bysmooth-running highways, but now gridlock is making things miserablefor residents who came here in search of an affluent and ...
Okinawa rejects US troop realignment plan
Nov 01, 2005 ... TOKYO: Okinawa's governor told Japan's central governmentyesterday that a plan to build a US heliport on the southern islandas part of a realignment of the American military presence there wasunacceptable. The heliport plan was part of a deal struck over the weekend toclose the ...
Reasons for bicycle ban unfounded
Nov 01, 2005; ... The rule is just weird: Students are not allowed to cycle oncampus. Enacted by Shenyang Ligong University, the new rule, havingtaken effect on October 10, stipulates that cycling is forbidden oncampus as too many bicycles mar its beauty. The rule also says it is more healthy for ...
North
Nov 01, 2005 ... Exclusive play area set aside for girls A middle school in Shenyang of Liaoning Province has earmarked aspecial area exclusively for girls to engage in sports. The school's more than 1,000 girls have their own playground andsports facilities. Boys are not allowed in this ...
Pollution threatens Taihu Lake
Nov 01, 2005; ... High levels of algae in East China's Taihu Lake are causingincreasing concern for experts and residents. "The severe eutrophication of the lake is likely to cause a blue-green algae bloom, which will endanger both biodiversity and thehealth of local residents," Chen Feizhou, a ...
Nazi 'Doctor Death' reported to have lived in Spain for 20 years
Nov 01, 2005 ... MADRID: An Austrian doctor accused of killing hundreds of inmatesat a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has been hiding inSpain for the last 20 years, a Spanish newspaper reported on Sunday. German authorities say they are hunting for Aribert Heim, 91,known as "Doctor ...
Central Alert clerk saves client from abductors
Nov 01, 2005 ... An alert bank clerk helped bust a kidnapping attempt in HubeiProvince. The bank client indicated his predicament by writing on aplaying card with his nails and presenting it with his bankbook tothe clerk. The clerk then hinted to her colleagues that the man was actingunder ...
Graduates angle for hotly contested civil service jobs
Nov 01, 2005; ... Government posts continue to rank top on the job list for soon-to-be university graduates, despite cut-throat competition. More than 380,000 people have qualified to compete for 10,000-oddvacancies in 97 different central government departments, statisticsfrom the Ministry of ...
North Korea synchronize first gold with style
Nov 01, 2005; ... They may not be a sports powerhouse but that doesn't mean they arenot as good as any. And their potential was on full display when HongIn-sun and Choe Kum-hui clinched the gold in the women's 10msynchronized platform diving. The North Korean duo not only ended their country's gold ...
Stone Church to be restored to its Gothic glory after years in decline
Nov 01, 2005 ... GUANGZHOU: Oscar Barcenas goes to church every Sunday morning topray and meet fellow Catholics. But it is not just the spiritualaspect that draws him in. He is also fascinated by the Gothic church itself the StoneChurch built with pure granite and also known as the Sacred Heart ...
Pushy mothers envision fame and fortune for their starlets
Nov 01, 2005; ... Behind every successful man is a woman, as the saying goes. Sobehind every girl with a dream for stardom, there is a mother whoseambition and perseverance drives her forwards. "Super Girls," the smash hit pop star contest organized by HunanSatellite Television this summer, ...
NBA means No Bad Attire with new dress code
Nov 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: A new National Basketball Association dress code thatbegins with Tuesday's season openers has upset several players, whosee orders to don certain attire as a hypocritical attack on theirhip-hop culture. "We're not going to be crazy. We just want our players to ...
New financial system for Guangdong?
Nov 01, 2005; ... GUANGZHOU: Guangdong Province should consider establishing a multi-layer regional financial organization system. So say some experts who believe such a system in one of thenation's most dynamic economic powerhouses would make the most of thehuge non-governmental capital there and ...
Steel mills to slash production
Nov 01, 2005; ... Steel mills in China are being urged to temporarily slashproduction, despite rising demand and exports in the sector, as partof efforts to put an end to price plunges in the domestic steelmarket since September. The China Iron and Steel Association said yesterday that its ...
SCOREBOARD (11/01/2005)
Nov 01, 2005 ... FOOTBALL Belgian league BRUSSELS: Belgian football results on Sunday: Mouscron 2 Standard Liege 1 Roulers 5 Germinal Beerschot 1 Dutch league THE HAGUE: Dutch football league results on Sunday: FC Groningen 1 Roda JC Kerkrade 0 FC ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 15, Date: 11/01/2005)
Nov 01, 2005 ... TENNIS Healing Federer optimistic on Shanghai BASEL, Switzerland: Roger Federer said on Sunday he remainsoptimistic that tendon damage in his right ankle will heal in timefor him to be fit for the season-ending Masters Cup starting in afortnight. Striding purposefully ...
Residents demand property deeds in court
Nov 01, 2005; ... SHANGHAI: Shanghai Wanbang Enterprise, a real estate developmentcompany, is in trouble again. More than 100 people who bought property from the company aresuing because of a delay in obtaining ownership deeds. The attorneyrepresenting disgruntled purchasers exchanged evidence with ...
Foreign trade growth to lose momentum
Nov 01, 2005; ... China's foreign trade growth will suffer a slowdown next yearafter a possible record surplus this year, the Ministry of Commercesaid yesterday. Foreign-trade volume is tipped to increase by about 15 per cent toUS$1.6 trillion from an expected US$1.4 trillion in 2005. Growth ...
Bush nominates conservative judge Alito to Supreme Court
Nov 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: United States President George W. Bush nominatedconservative judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court yesterday, in amove likely to set off a partisan battle with Democrats as he triesto right his struggling presidency. Bush acted quickly to find a replacement nominee ...
'Green' electric buses on track for Olympics
Nov 01, 2005; ... YANTAI: Construction on the first factory to build environmentfriendly electric buses is under way in this coastal city in EastChina's Shandong Province. With an investment of 250 million yuan (US$30.9 million) in thefirst phase of the project, the first bus should roll off ...
Market
Nov 01, 2005 ... SHANGHAI Over 1 per cent share gain Chinese mainland's shares gained over 1 per cent on yesterdayafter all five listed lenders, including leader Merchants Bank CoLtd, rose on the back of better-than-expected quarterly earnings. The benchmark Shanghai composite index closed ...
Dumping artistic masterpieces puts galleries on show
Nov 01, 2005 ... NEW YORK: The sale of art by famous names including Picasso,Renoir, Modigliani and Chagall worth millions of US dollars hasreignited a controversy this week over the practice by Americanmuseums of auctioning off unwanted parts of their collections. Starting today institutions ...
Help farmers better cope with cost rise
Nov 01, 2005 ... With rural reform included as a top priority in the country'srecently released five-year plan (2006-10) blueprint, many people aretalking about a massive campaign to tap the vast rural market. The Chinese economy is now growing by more than 9 per centannually thanks to strong ...
Bernanke named as successor
Nov 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: Ben Bernanke, a plain-speaking former economicsprofessor, was chosen last week by United States President George W.Bush to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, the mostinfluential economic policy job in the world. If approved by the Senate, Bernanke would ...
Water crisis needs urgent solutions
Nov 01, 2005; ... Vice-minister of construction has said that the country is "facinga water crisis more severe and urgent than any other country in theworld." Speaking at the first International Conference for China UrbanWater Development Strategies, which closed yesterday in Beijing, ...
West
Nov 01, 2005 ... Woman in pain after breast enlargement It has been an agonising time for a woman who underwent surgeryfor breast enlargement three years ago and now has pieces of thefilling material lodged in her back. "I woke up to the problem only days ago after watching a TVprogramme," ...
Salt tides, drought blight South
Nov 01, 2005; ... Continuing drought in South China has worsened saltwatercontamination of fresh water, threatening supplies to homes andindustries, and damaging crops in Guangdong's coastal areas."We haven't had a single drop of rain this autumn," said LiuChenguang, deputy director of the Zhuhai ...
Hawkish China critic gets key cabinet post in Japan
Nov 01, 2005 ... TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appointed hawkishShinzo Abe as Japan's top government spokesman in a cabinet reshuffleyesterday, strengthening Abe's position as a candidate to succeed theprime minister next year. Koizumi, who led his Liberal Democratic Party to a ...
Seven US soldiers killed in 3 bombings
Nov 01, 2005 ... BAGHDAD: Seven US troops were killed in three roadside bombingsnear Baghdad, the military said yesterday, making October thebloodiest month for Americans in Iraq since January. In the far west, where US Marines have been fighting for months tostem a flow of foreign Arab fighters ...
The art and science of combat and discipline
Nov 01, 2005 ... Boxing may not be part of the East Asian Games but if you lovefierce fights and gravity-defying actions, rest assured that youwon't be disappointed. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li have made Chinese martial artspopular across the world, and in the process have helped wushu ...
Frauenkirche rebuilt from ashes of bombing
Nov 01, 2005 ... DRESDEN, Germany: When British Air Marshal Arthur "Bomber" Harrisordered his pilots to create a firestorm in the eastern German cityof Dresden just months before World War II ended, the devastation wasenormous. The official death toll was 35,000, but some estimates say it ...
Chinese hoopsters thumped, diving champions flop
Nov 01, 2005 ... MACAO: China hit snags in the East Asian Games yesterday as itstwo star divers and much-hyped women's basketball team paid the pricefor a lack of experience. Yuan Peilin, 14, Jia Tong, 15, appeared as two nervous, fidgetyfigures on the 10m diving platform, despite their impressive ...
Glass ceiling or lack of ambition?
Nov 01, 2005; ... LONDON: Ask a woman if she is ambitious and you either get ashort, horrified "No," or a long speech in which the word is defined,redefined, qualified and explained. After a generation of womenworking outside the home, they are still squirming with embarrassmentaround an old problem ...
Mainland firms float in HK
Nov 01, 2005; ... HONG KONG: Two mainland firms are launching an initial publicoffering (IPO) in Hong Kong to raise a combined amount of as much asHK$893 million (US$114 million), the latest move by mainlandcompanies to raise money to fuel their development. Analysts said more mainland firms would ...
Latest FTA talks with Chile complete
Nov 01, 2005; ... China and Chile have concluded the latest negotiations for a FreeTrade Agreement (FTA), apparently enabling the two sides to finalizethe agreement this year. "The two sides have solved their differences through negotiationand reached agreement on trade of cargo," China's Ministry ...
UK academies accused of shunning poor
Nov 01, 2005 ... Schools in the British Government's 5 billion pounds (US$8.7billion) academy programme, designed to tackle educationalunderachievement in some of the United Kingdom's most disadvantagedcommunities, were accused on Sunday night of turning their back onpoor pupils and "cherry-picking" more ...
Australia rubbishes new Kyoto limits
Nov 01, 2005 ... CANBERRA: Australia has said negotiating new greenhouse gasemission levels for the Kyoto Protocol is a waste of time, dampeninghopes a major environment meeting in Canada will set new targetsbeyond 2012. Australia's Environment Minister Ian Campbell said yesterday thatmost ...
South
Nov 01, 2005 ... Recycle garbageby wearing it! In these times of heightened environmental awareness, many are theways of recycling garbage including high-end fashion. Postgraduate students of South China University of Technologystaged just such a fashion show last Friday. One elegant ...
Teaching juniors to protect themselves
Nov 01, 2005 ... Hunan's education bureau has made some meaningful changes to thecentral province's guidelines for safety and health education inprimary and high schools. The bureau has decided to delete that part of the document thatencourages young students to brave dangers to help others ....
Students help police in fight against crime
Nov 01, 2005; ... GUANGZHOU: Thieves that rob and steal near Guangzhou University ofSports do so in fear not only of local police, but also students fromthe university. To fight growing crime, a special security team was formed twomonths ago by volunteer students. So far, they have captured ...
World's oldest observatory discovered in Shanxi
Nov 01, 2005 ... The world's oldest observatory, dating back about 4,100 years has been discovered in North China's Shanxi Province, Chinesearchaeologists have said. The ancient observatory in the Taosi relics site is at least 3,000years older than the 1,000-year-old observatory built by the ...
Paris youths clash with police for fourth night
Nov 01, 2005 ... PARIS: Police and youths clashed in a fourth night of rioting in anortheastern suburb of Paris ahead of a morning visit by InteriorMinister Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday. Groups of young people hurled rocks and set fire to cars duringthe night, television pictures showed. LCI ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 8, Date: 11/01/2005)
Nov 01, 2005 ... WARSAW Minority cabinet sworn in Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski yesterday formallyappointed conservative Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz to headthe next government. Kwasniewski appointed Marcinkiewicz and his minority cabinet at aswearing-in ceremony ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 10, Date: 11/01/2005)
Nov 01, 2005 ... SHANGHAI Danone increases stake French food giant Groupe Danone will raise its stake in ShanghaiBright Dairy, the Chinese company said yesterday. Danone's Asia unit will buy 19.26 million shares, or 1.85 per centof Bright Dairy, from Dazhong Transportation, for 72.21 ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 11/01/2005)
Nov 01, 2005 ... BEIJING National sample census China begins its third 1-per cent national sample census at 12:00am today, covering a population of over 13 million, according to theNational Statistics Bureau. China, world's most populous country with over 1.3 billion people,has so ...
Freak the night out in Macao
Nov 01, 2005 ... Night transforms Macao into a bride. The slow, easy-going lifegives way to a frantic pace, complete with bewitching neon signs andthe sound of music. The city comes alive with its bars, shops andrestaurants and of course casinos. So if you are the owl-type, Macaois where you ought to be ....
NBA programme in november
Nov 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: National Basketball Association schedule for November1-30 (all New Orleans/Oklahoma City home games at Oklahoma Cityunless noted): November Tuesday, Nov. 1 Milwaukee at Philadelphia Denver at San Antonio Sacramento at New Orleans/Okla ...
'What the Snow Brings' sweeps Tokyo film festival
Nov 01, 2005 ... TOKYO: "What the Snow Brings," a Japanese film directed byKichitaro Negishi, swept the Tokyo International Film Festival onSunday by winning three key awards, including the best movie title. The three awards the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix, the Best DirectorAward and the Best ...
Airbus to open Shanghai warehouse
Nov 01, 2005; ... Airbus plans to open a "satellite" warehouse in Shanghai in thenear future, a top company executive said yesterday. The European aircraft giant will move the spare parts of its wide-body airplanes to the new site and the current storage unit inBeijing will only supply parts for the ...