China Daily back issues from December 2005:
Most successful Davis Cup nations
Dec 01, 2005 ... List of the most successful Davis Cup nations since 1900: (Tabulate under - nation, wins, years): US: 31 - 1900, 1902, 1913, 1920-26, 1937-38 1946-49, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968-72, 1978-79, 1981-82, 1990, 1992, 1995 Australia: 28 - 1907-09, 1911, 1914, 1919, ...
Factbox on Davis Cup finalists
Dec 01, 2005 ... SLOVAKIA First played: 1994 Ties Played: 29 (21-8) Years in World Group (1981 onwards): 7 Most Total Wins: 33 - Karol Kucera Most Singles Wins: 27 - Kucera Most Doubles Wins: 8 - Jan Kroslak Best Doubles Team: Jan Kroslak/Branislav ...
UK pension age may be raised to 69
Dec 01, 2005 ... Britons will be urged to work longer and save harder to pay fortheir retirement by a long-awaited report on reforms to company andstate pensions due to be published yesterday. Set up three years ago, the Pensions Commission was asked to lookat problems facing Britain's pension ...
Four Westerners held hostage in Iraq
Dec 01, 2005 ... BAGHDAD: Four Western hostages branded as spies were shown in avideo aired late on Tuesday (local time) as a spate of abductionstook Iraq back to the dire security conditions foreigners faced fromkidnappers last year. The four aid workers two Canadians, a Briton and an American ...
HIV campaign turns its focus on migrant workers
Dec 01, 2005; ... When many of China's 120 million farmer-turned-workers come homefor the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, they will receive condoms,a letter and education materials. Local health and family planning authorities will provide theitems to raise the workers' awareness of HIV/AIDS, ...
GDP growth mode breeds vicious circle
Dec 01, 2005 ... "Building a harmonious society" is becoming a buzzword, butpeople's understanding of what it is varies widely. Some, for example, interpret that the established GDP-orientateddevelopment mode will remain in place but a larger portion of theresults of economic growth will be ...
Students in Harbin are back in school
Dec 01, 2005; ... HARBIN: Hundreds of thousands of students returned to classyesterday after water was declared to be safe to drink following achemical spill that forced a water supply shutdown about a week ago. This northern city issued a statement yesterday, saying all thetap water was safe to ...
Bus upgrade coming for Olympics in Beijing
Dec 01, 2005; ... Beijing is going to replace 7,277 obsolete buses with new onesthat meet higher environmental standards between now and 2008 in abid to reach the goal of a "green Olympic Games," according to a newsrelease by Bank of Beijing yesterday. According to a contract signed on Tuesday ...
New pledge to control spread of HIV/AIDS
Dec 01, 2005; ... China will contain the number of HIV carriers to less than 1.5million by the end of 2010, Health Minister Gao Qiang pledgedyesterday on the eve of World AIDS Day. The central government is spending 800 million yuan (US$99million) on prevention efforts this year, up from 100 ...
Signs of hope on World AIDS Day
Dec 01, 2005 ... Twenty-five million people have died from AIDS in 24 years, morethan 3 million of whom died this year alone, and at least 40 millionpeople today have HIV, a rise of some 5 million over the past 12months. With just a month left to go, the aim of the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) ...
Germany offers Japan lessons in history
Dec 01, 2005; ... Germany and Japan have come to the fore recently in theirdiffering approaches and successes in integrating themselves intotheir respective regions. Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Tokyo to meetJapanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi not only failed to ...
Central
Dec 01, 2005 ... Mother proud of high-flying children Peng Kezheng, 90, may only have received a primary schooleducation, but that doesn't mean she wanted her family to followsuit. The old lady, from Wuhan, is known as the "doctor maker," onaccount of her successful children. Each of ...
Debut of pesky panda cub takes Washington by storm
Dec 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: So little in Washington is black and white that all ittakes is a tiny panda cub to captivate the entire US capital. Tai Shan, the 9.5-kilogram baby panda born in July at the USNational Zoo, took his first bow before the media on Tuesday,reducing one of the ...
Pension facts
Dec 01, 2005 ... The average annual pension in Britain today is 9,204 pounds (US$16,078) for a single person and 17,004 pounds (US$ 29,587) for acouple. A 25-year-old investing 100 pounds (US$ 174) a month until 65would end up with a pension of around 25,000 pounds (US$43,500) ...
Clinton: World will never abandon tsunami-hit Aceh
Dec 01, 2005 ... Former US President Bill Clinton also United Nations envoy fortsunami reliefvisits a mass grave for tsunami victims in Lampuuk near Banda Acehyesterday. Clinton promised survivors of Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged provinceof Aceh yesterday that the international community ...
North
Dec 01, 2005 ... Taxi drivers become Harbin police snitches A group of 200 taxi drivers have been recruited by police inHarbin, Heilongjiang Province, to provide them with information. The police will train the drivers in information gathering, andthe drivers will help guarantee public ...
Grave situation
Dec 01, 2005 ... The number of HIV carriers in China was estimated at 840,000 atthe end of 2004. It is estimated that China has 70,000 AIDS patients. If no effective measures are taken immediately, the number of ...
Hingis set for shock return to tennis
Dec 01, 2005 ... ZURICH: Switzerland's former world No 1 tennis player MartinaHingis is set to return to the WTA circuit, it was announced by hermarketing company, Octagon, on Tuesday. The 25-year-old five-time Grand Slam winner made an earlierunsuccessful attempt to return to the circuit - after ...
Ljubicic holds the key
Dec 01, 2005 ... BRATISLAVA: Slovakia can only hope Ivan Ljubicic has finally runout of steam when their historic Davis Cup final against Croatiabegins in Bratislava on Friday. The formidable Ljubicic has taken the small Balkan country totheir first tennis final almost single-handed with an ...
Tan Dun to stage 'organic music' at Shaolin
Dec 01, 2005 ... Dengfeng, Henan: Composer Tan Dun's bond with kung fu began withAn Lee's movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. His scorefor the film won an Oscar Award, Grammy, the Classical BritContemporary Music Award and a British Academy Film Award. Two years later, Tan gained ...
Surprise at E-World's UK deal
Dec 01, 2005; ... E-World, a profitable electronic and system technology designcompany and a major developer of a Chinese laser disc standard,surprised the industry by selling an almost 70 per cent stake to aBritish counterpart, while the Enhanced Versatile Disk (EVD)struggles to become accepted as an ...
US$500m for car firm IPO in HK
Dec 01, 2005; ... HONG KONG: Dongfeng Motors, China's third-largest car maker,raised HK$3.97 billion (US$512 million) after it priced its initialpublic offering (IPO) at HK$1.6 (US 20.5 cents) per share yesterday. The proceeds of the IPO will be mainly used to repay debts. Ten per cent of ...
Davis Cup milestones
Dec 01, 2005 ... Davis Cup milestones before this week's final between Slovakia andCroatia in Bratislava: 1899: Harvard student and tennis player Dwight Davis commissionsthe Davis Cup trophy. 1900: The first Davis Cup tie takes place. the US defeats BritishIsles 3-0 in Boston. 1928: ...
Market
Dec 01, 2005 ... SHANGHAI Chinese markets up Chinese stock indexes yesterday gained for the first day in three.Sinopec Qilu Co rose on expectations the government will allow energycompanies to price their products more freely. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers ...
'Climate change challenges EU most'
Dec 01, 2005 ... BRUSSELS: Europe must overhaul its energy policies and tackleclimate change as its most pressing future challenge, the EuropeanUnion (EU)'s Environment Agency (EEA) said on Tuesday. Warning that Europe had not seen climate changes on this scale for5,000 years, the agency's 2005 ...
Japan may extend troops' stay by 1 year
Dec 01, 2005 ... TOKYO: Japan plans to extend a mandate for its troop dispatch toIraq by another year and hopes to reach a final decision next week,Japanese media reported yesterday. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi faces a touchy decision onwhether to extend Japan's dispatch of around 550 ground ...
Always keep red ribbon in sight
Dec 01, 2005; ... I am wearing a small red ribbon this morning to remind myself andothers around me that today is World AIDS Day. The red ribbon, an international symbol of AIDS awareness, isgaining increasing public recognition as more Chinese, from topleaders to movie stars, wear it today ....
Intervention vital in war against AIDS
Dec 01, 2005; ... HIV is spreading from the so-called high-risk groups, such as drugabusers and prostitutes, to the general public, officials and expertshave warned. The main channel is unsafe sexual contact between prostitutes andtheir clients, who will then bring the virus to their families or ...
Britain tightens rules on visas
Dec 01, 2005; ... Britain is tightening rules on visas issued worldwide starting2007, a move that will attempt to curb abuse of the system. "We're very keen to make the system easy to use for people whohave a legitimate wish to enter, to work, or to study in Britain,"said Paula Higson, senior ...
45 PhD mentors punished in Jilin
Dec 01, 2005; ... CHANGCHUN: Forty-five professors in Jilin University lost theirqualifications to recruit doctoral students as the amount of theirresearch failed to meet the school's requirements, the Beijing Newsreported yesterday. The school, in Changchun of Jilin Province, made the ...
Talks with Koizumi ruled out
Dec 01, 2005; ... China yesterday ruled out a meeting between Premier Wen Jiabao andhis Japanese counterpart Junichiro Koizumi this month because offrosty ties between the two countries. The two leaders are scheduled to attend the ninth summit of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ...
UNESCO urges 'education for all'
Dec 01, 2005; ... Developing countries, especially those in Africa and South Asia,should speed up their pace in promoting "education for all" to ensurethat all children have a complete and good-quality education by 2015. Representatives attending the 5th High-Level Group Meeting onEducation for All ...
East
Dec 01, 2005 ... humble pen and paper Students are increasingly turning to technology to cut corners intheir education. According to a high school teacher in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province,now some students have taken to using computers for note taking inclass. One of them types the ...
Liugong eyes Int'l market
Dec 01, 2005; ... LIUZHOU: Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co Ltd, one of the leadingconstruction machinery makers in China, is stepping up its efforts tobecome an internationally recognized brand name, according to itschairman Wang Xiaohua. Based in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, ...
Brand finds stepping stones to conquer world arena
Dec 01, 2005; ... LIUZHOU: The Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co Ltd has scaled newheights in overseas sales so far this year. It delivered a record order of 33 units of five types of G-seriesloaders worth more than US$2.3 million to Morocco in July. Liugong is now a significant player in the ...
Firm sets goal to become the best
Dec 01, 2005; ... Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co Ltd aims to almost triple its annualrevenue in the coming five years, as it continues to strengthen newproduct lines, said President Zeng Guang'an. Sales of loaders, the company's leading product, are expected toaccount for 60 per cent, excavators, 18 ...
GBC devoted to preventing HIV/AIDS in China
Dec 01, 2005 ... Innovative business approaches for preventing HIV/AIDS is key tofighting the virus worldwide. A forum on this topic organized by the Global Business Coalitionon HIV/AIDS (GBC) is being held this morning at the United NationsGlobal Compact Summit in Shanghai. Nearly 800 senior ...
Stepping up efforts to raise public awareness
Dec 01, 2005; ... All Chinese government officials at county-level and above willreceive training on HIV/AIDS control within two years, said Vice-Premier Wu Yi. "Latest investigation made by the central government shows that,in many areas, there is a big gap between the poor awareness ofofficials ...
Other GBC member companies have also been drawing on their core competencies:
Dec 01, 2005 ... MSD China is building a US$ 30 million programme in partnershipwith the Ministry of Health to develop an integrated approach in themanagement of HIV/AIDS, including disease education, prevention,treatment and support in Sichuan Province;Sohu.com runs an informative portal to ...
SCOREBOARD (12/01/2005)
Dec 01, 2005 ... FOOTBALL Dutch league THE HAGUE: Dutch league result on Tuesday: Vitesse Arnhem 4 RKCWaalwijk 2 English League Cup LONDON: English League Cup 4th rd results on Tuesday: Arsenal 3 (Reyes 12, van Persie 42, Lupoli 65) Reading 0 Doncaster 3 (McIndoe ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 7, Date: 12/01/2005)
Dec 01, 2005 ... Britain Teen guilty of murder The teenage brother of a British premiership footballer was foundguilty yesterday of the murder of Anthony Walker, a black studentbludgeoned to death with an axe, in what police said was a racistkilling. Michael Barton, 17, the younger ...
Profiles of players in Davis Cup final
Dec 01, 2005 ... SLOVAKIA: Dominik Hrbaty Age: 27 Birthplace: Bratislava Plays: Right-handed (double-handed backhand) ATP entry ranking: 19 Davis Cup debut: 1996 (v Poland) Davis Cup record: 25-18 (Singles 21-9 Doubles 4-9) Karol Beck Age: ...
S. African child activist honoured
Dec 01, 2005 ... JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's famous child AIDS activist NkosiJohnson, who was born with HIV and died at age 12, has beenposthumously honoured with the first KidsRights Foundation'sInternational Children Peace Prize. The Nobel for Peace Summit, chaired by former Soviet ...
Small mainland companies due to be listed
Dec 01, 2005; ... HONG KONG: A number of small firms from the mainland plan tofloat their shares in Hong Kong in the next few weeks, capitalizingon the current market vacuum to avoid clashes with massive initialpublic offerings (IPO) due early next year. Eight candidates are expected to raise a ...
List of unseeded Davis Cup finalists
Dec 01, 2005 ... List of unseeded nations in the Davis Cup world group to reach thefinal (from 1981): 1982 - France (Lost to US 1-4) 1985 - Germany (Lost to Sweden 2-3 1987 - India (Lost to Sweden 0-5) 1990 - Australia (Lost to US 2-3) 1992 - ...
Monkeys have 'accents'
Dec 01, 2005 ... TOKYO: To the untrained ear monkeys of a certain species may allsound the same, but Japanese researchers have found that, like humanbeings, they actually have an accent depending on where they live. The finding, the first of its kind, will appear in the Decemberedition of a German ...
Police arrest 14 linked to female suicide bomber
Dec 01, 2005 ... BRUSSELS: Belgian police arrested 14 people yesterday suspected oflinks to a Belgian woman who carried out a suicide attack nearBaghdad earlier this month, a federal police spokesman said. Two of those arrested during raids concentrated in Brussels andAntwerp were Tunisians, three ...
Honesty best policy for AIDS prevention
Dec 01, 2005 ... On the occasion of today's World AIDS Day, there is a vital needfor China to fully recognize the danger of its worsening epidemicsituation. Health Minister Gao Qiang yesterday unveiled the plan to keep thecountry's number of HIV-infected people under 1.5 million in the nextfive ...
West
Dec 01, 2005 ... Glass in brain proves bit of a headache A woman in Shifang, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, hasfinally discovered the cause of the headaches that have been plaguingher for decades. The woman went to the doctor, and after a scan, he found thatthere was a piece of glass ...
Futures jump 2 per cent despite copper auction
Dec 01, 2005; ... Yesterday's closely-watched copper auction by China's reservesagency failed to rein in Shanghai futures, which jumped 2 per cent. Copper for delivery in February, the most-actively traded, closedat 37,030 yuan (US$4,583) a ton at the Shanghai Futures Exchange, up990 yuan (US$122), ...
Study links Pearl River pollution to cancer
Dec 01, 2005; ... GUANGZHOU: Marine life in the Pearl River contain excessive tracemetals that may cause cancer, Ta Kung Pao newspaper reportedyesterday. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Guangzhou Institute ofGeochemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences started theresearch in 2003, ...
Bush defends embattled war policy
Dec 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush confronted doubts abouthis war policy yesterday, saying it's still uncertain when US forcescan be withdrawn. "No war has ever been won on a timetable," according to a newWhite House strategy document. Facing criticism and impatience ...
UN official warns of new 'front line'
Dec 01, 2005 ... JAKARTA: AIDS is not getting enough attention in the West andespecially in Asia, the epidemic's new "front line," according to atop UN official. UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot said he was marking WorldAIDS Day in Indonesia today because he wanted to highlight the risksto a ...
Colourful activities in the pipeline
Dec 01, 2005; ... GUANGZHOU: The closing ceremony for major activities of theGuangdong 2005 International Tourism and Culture Festival is going tobe held from 7 pm to 10 pm tonight in the capital of GuangdongProvince. Themed as "Joyful Pearl River welcomes visitors and splendidfireworks illuminate ...
Hometown of overseas Chinese showcases rich culture
Dec 01, 2005; ... JIANGMEN: The recently-ended 2005 China (Jiangmen) TourismFestival is expected to help the city further strengthen itsrelationship with those overseas Chinese whose ancestral roots liehere. The festival, which opened on November 26 and lasted throughNovember 28, was sponsored by ...
Tourism gala lures domestic, foreign investors
Dec 01, 2005; ... GUANGZHOU: The recent grand tourism promotion festival inGuangdong has helped attract a great number of investors. In collaboration with the Department of Foreign Trade and EconomicCo-operation of Guangdong Province, the organization committee of theGuangdong 2005 International ...
Spurs take advantage of Kobe's off night
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW YORK: Manu Ginobili poured in 22 points and pulled down eightrebounds to power the San Antonio Spurs to a 90-84 win over theLosAngeles Lakers at the SBC Center on Tuesday. Tim Duncan contributed 16 points and nine rebounds for San Antoniowhile Michael Finley added 12 as the ...
Big bad Goran ready for Davis Cup swansong
Dec 01, 2005 ... PARIS: Eighteen months after donning his beloved Croatian footballshirt and waving goodbye to the Wimbledon centre court, GoranIvanisevic is poised to write a final chapter in his colourful tennisodyssey. The 34-year-old, who captured a memorable Wimbledon title in 2001,has won a ...
BP-Sinopec 'expansion a success'
Dec 01, 2005; ... CHONGQING: BP, Europe's biggest oil company, and China's leadingoil refiner Sinopec, yesterday announced the successful expansion ofthe joint acetic acid plant in Southwest China's ChongqingMunicipality by 75 per cent through a further investment of 1.2billion yuan (US$148 ...
Nose cells may help paralyzed walk again
Dec 01, 2005 ... LONDON: Surgeons will attempt early next year to mend the severednerves of young people who have suffered motorbike accidents in thefirst trial of a simple but potentially revolutionary technology thatcould one day allow the paralyzed to walk again. At least 10 operations will be ...
Virginia governor stops 1,000th execution
Dec 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON: Virginia Governor Mark Warner on Tuesday halted theexecution of a convicted murderer who would have been the 1,000thperson put to death in the United States since the Supreme Courtreinstated the death penalty in 1976. Warner said he commuted Robin Lovitt's sentence to ...
Teachers score higher with flexible grading
Dec 01, 2005 ... It is an embarrassment to the School of Liberal Arts of ZhejiangUniversity and also an insult to the quality evaluation standards ofteachers in higher education institutions. Zhu Miaohua, 48, a lecturer in the School of Liberal Arts atZhejiang University, has been popular with his ...
South
Dec 01, 2005 ... Taiwan women more entrepreneurial than men More women of Taiwan are becoming increasingly independent thanmen, with more of them stating in a survey that they would like tohave their own business. Eighty-six per cent said they would like their own business, muchhigher than ...
Virus outbreaks may prompt change in poultry raising
Dec 01, 2005; ... Farmers have been hit hard by the impact of bird flu, but theoutbreaks may ultimately push the country to improve its poultry-rearing practices, agricultural officials and experts said yesterday. "Bird flu has adversely affected the poultry-raising sector, butin the long haul, it ...
Mine death toll could rise to 171
Dec 01, 2005; ... QITAIHE, Heilongjiang Province: The number of miners workingunderground on Sunday night when an explosion ripped through a coalmine in this Northeast China city was put at 241 yesterday, up fromthe 221 previously announced. That means the death toll in the Dongfeng Coal Mine blast ...