China Daily back issues from July 2006:
Referee Poll retires from international tournaments
Jul 01, 2006 ... LONDON: English referee Graham Poll said on Thursday he haddecided to retire from international tournaments after his high-profile blunder at the World Cup. He showed three yellow cards to Josip Simunic of Croatia beforesending him off in the 2-2 Group F draw with Australia on June ...
Top court blocks Guantanamo trials
Jul 01, 2006 ... In a sharp rebuke of US President George W. Bush's tactics in thewar on terrorism, the US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down asillegal the military tribunal system set up to try Guantanamoprisoners. By a 5-3 vote, the nation's highest court declared that thetribunals, which ...
Israel blitzes Gaza with 30 air strikes
Jul 01, 2006 ... GAZA: Israel blitzed Gaza from the air overnight, setting theInterior Ministry ablaze and killing a Palestinian fighter in thelatest offensive aimed at freeing a soldier held by Palestinianmilitants. As the international community appealed for restraint to preventan escalation of ...
Shanghai has a glorious past - let's not erase it
Jul 01, 2006; ... Xintiandi, a posh bar area with restored shikumen (stone-arched)houses, has become a hot tourist destination in Shanghai, just likethe historical Bund promenade. Visitors marvel at the shikumen housesthat blend Eastern and Western architectural styles, a uniquecultural heritage of ...
BP to supply LNG to Fujian terminal
Jul 01, 2006; ... BP Plc, a majority stakeholder in the Indonesian Tangguh gasproject, is close to finalizing a deal to supply liquefied naturalgas (LNG) to China's second LNG terminal in East China's FujianProvince. "We have reached an agreement (with China National Offshore OilCorp) on the ...
NDRC raises electricity retail prices
Jul 01, 2006; ... China on Friday raised retail prices of electricity by an averageof 0.025 yuan (0.31 of a US cent) per kilowatt-hour (kwh) for thefirst time since May 2005. "The price hikes are intended to resolve the contradiction causedby rising coal prices, promote the development of renewable ...
Sculptures highlight Olympic spirit
Jul 01, 2006; ... The Olympic spirit is taking shape in Wangfujing with theinstalment of 290 landscape sculptures celebrating the ethos of thegames. Droves of enthusiastic, camera-toting spectators are descending onBeijing's high-end shopping strip to ooh and aah over the works, posefor snapshots ...
Anti-corruption drive a strategic task
Jul 01, 2006 ... Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)Central Committee, on Friday called for the fight against corruption,which he said is "rampant in some fields," to be intensified. "Anti-corruption and building a clean government are an importantstrategic mission ....
Beijing
Jul 01, 2006 ... STAGE Issue of the heart: Director Meng Jinghui will stage the musicaldrama "Amber." Gao Yuan, a cynical young man with a strong superiority complex,cannot help falling in love with Xiao You at first sight. But Xiao, amuseum commentator, has a secret. After the death of her ...
Hiking solo along an adventure path
Jul 01, 2006; ... I have been to dozens of the country's nature reserves withoutever applying for a formal permit of admission until my recent tripto Foping National Nature Reserve in Shaanxi Province of NorthwestChina. I'm not complaining here. The reserve truly has its special reasonfor the ...
Ban on US beef imports lifted
Jul 01, 2006 ... China resumed beef imports from the United States on Thursday,ending a two-and-a-half-year ban prompted by fears of mad cowdisease. The import resumption applies to boneless cuts from US cows underthe age of 30 months, said the Ministry of Agriculture in a statementposted on its ...
Games reports 'Discourse on Olympiad' begins
Jul 01, 2006 ... A "Discourse on Olympiad" involving sports professors, Olympicexperts and entertainment stars was officially launched on Tuesday,to help promote knowledge about the Olympics. Organized by the Beijing Sports Bureau and the Capital EthicsDevelopment Office, it will hold its first ...
Weighted toys may help children keep fit
Jul 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK: Adding weights to children's toys may help them improvetheir fitness during playtime, the results of a study suggest. "This study provides one intervention for the current trend ofdeclining fitness in America's youth," Dr John C. Ozmun, of IndianaState University and his ...
Planet Kaleidoscope
Jul 01, 2006 ... Pakistan Operation removes lightbulbFateh Mohammad, a prison inmate in Pakistan, says he woke up lastweekend with a glass lightbulb in his anus. On Wednesday night, doctors brought Mohammad's misery to an endafter a one-and-a-half hour operation to remove the ...
Football's gain, soccer's loss
Jul 01, 2006; ... If you're an American with British friends, it is inevitable thatyou'll get criticized for polluting the Queen's English. There are the typical disputes over loo versus restroom, trousersversus pants, or the more heated stalemates that result when you tryto define whether ...
Germany through to semi-finals
Jul 01, 2006 ... BERLIN: The hosts Germany came through a breathtaking penaltyshootout on Friday to defeat Argentina 5-3, booking a place in theWorld Cup semi-finals. Argentina missed two of their four penalties as the Germans sentall into the net, furthering their mission to win the World Cup ...
Li Na leads Chinese charge
Jul 01, 2006 ... LONDON: China's rise as a tennis force gathered pace on Fridaywhen Li Na became the first player from the Asian nation to reach theWimbledon singles fourth round. Li upset Russian fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 inthe biggest shock of the women's singles so ...
Kaiser: Too much acting up
Jul 01, 2006 ... BERLIN: Franz Beckenbauer said this week that players are makinglife harder for referees at the World Cup finals by constantlyfalling and diving in matches. In a wide-ranging address, the president of the German World Cuporganizing committee criticized the players' behaviour, but ...
SCOREBOARD (07/01/2006)
Jul 01, 2006 ... ATHLETICS European Cup MALAGA, Spain: European Cup results here on Thursday: Women 200m: 1. Olga Zaytseva (RUS) 22.73; 2. Angela Morosanu (ROM) 22.91; 3.Monika Bejnar (POL) 22.97 1500m: 1. Yuliya Chizhenko (RUS) 4:14.39; 2. Latifa Essarokh ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 7, Date: 07/01/2006)
Jul 01, 2006 ... AFRICA Integration recommendations An African ministerial meeting has come up with a number ofrecommendations on the continent's integration which will besubmitted to the seventh African Union (AU) summit, due to be held inBanjul over the weekend, for ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 5, Date: 07/01/2006)
Jul 01, 2006 ... GUANGZHOU Samsung launches products Samsung, a global leading supplier of mobile and digital products,has unveiled its IP-based mobile network products, or the "Ubigate"iBG series convergence platforms. It is the first time Samsung haslaunched network products in China. The ...
Tour stripped of 3 top riders
Jul 01, 2006 ... STRASBOURG, France: The Tour de France was stripped of three ofits biggest names on Friday after Jan Ullrich, Ivan Basso andFrancisco Mancebo were implicated in a doping investigation in Spain. German Ullrich, who won the Tour in 1997, Spaniard Oscar Sevillaand Belgian team manager ...
Henry admits he is a Brazil fan
Jul 01, 2006 ... FRANKFURT, Germany: France striker Thierry Henry is a self-confessed fan of Brazilian football. "You just have to look at those five stars on their shirt tounderstand that football is part of their identity," Henry said. "They love the game so much. They just have to race that ...
Japan becomes world's oldest country: census
Jul 01, 2006 ... Japan has outpaced Italy as the world's oldest country, with theelderly population hitting a new high and fewer young people choosingto start families, according to census figures released on Friday. Japan has been racing to find ways to motivate people to have morechildren amid ...
Opposition gains but no women elected in polls
Jul 01, 2006 ... Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has gained a parliamentarymajority in historic elections in which women took part for the firsttime although no female candidate won a seat, official results saidon Friday. The opposition, a loose alliance comprising Islamists, liberalsand ...
Make English learning less agonizing
Jul 01, 2006; ... A relative of mine was to graduate from college this summer. Hewas eyeing a job in international trade. But one day he asked me:"Why should a Chinese take time to learn a language that is not hisown?" No wonder he has difficulties. He is mentally against it in thefirst ...
Petrochemical industry leads way in top 500 list
Jul 01, 2006; ... China's fast-growing petrochemical industry has taken the lead inthe latest list of top 500 Chinese-owned enterprises operatingworldwide. Sinopec Group, one of China's largest oil producers, topped thelist with revenue of 832.5 billion yuan (US$104 billion). The listwas released ...
Fake medicine firm fined, banned after 11 deaths
Jul 01, 2006; ... A pharmaceutical company that made a drug which killed 11 peoplein Guangdong Province has been fined 19 million yuan (US$2.3 million)by a drug watchdog. The production licence of the Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Company,based in Northeast China, has also been revoked by the ...
Games quiz kindles interest in man on street
Jul 01, 2006; ... How many sports will be involved in the 2008 Beijing OlympicGames? What are the three concepts of the upcoming Olympiad? What isthe exact date of the opening ceremony? Zhi Lihong knows. In fact, she knows a lot more than that, and sheproved it. As the 2008 Games comes nearer, ...
Party now has 70.8 million members
Jul 01, 2006 ... Statistics from the Organization Department of the Communist Partyof China (CPC) Central Committee show that China now has 70.8 millionParty members. Those under the age of 35 account for 23 per cent of themembership. While almost 2.5 million people where allowed to join the ...
Shanghai
Jul 01, 2006 ... STAGE Dutch dancers: One of the Netherlands' top dance companies willpresent a modern ballet that features old masters, new partners andyoung talents. The 35-year-old Introdans Ballet Company travels regularly tointernational venues and is known for its wide range of ...
CCTV's new home signals wave of innovative urban architecture
Jul 01, 2006; ... Beijing's new-century transformation into an epicentre of avant-garde architecture is being showcased in dual shows by one of theworld's leading art powers. Curators at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City haveset in motion exhibits initially in Beijing and then in ...
Beckham and England unfazed by Blatter jibe
Jul 01, 2006 ... BADEN-BADEN, Germany: England captain David Beckham has shruggedoff criticism of his team's tactics by FIFA chief Sepp Blatter aheadof Saturday's World Cup quarter-final match. Outspoken world football boss Blatter has stoked controversy oncemore by describing England as negative ...
Scientists reopen LA Ice Age site
Jul 01, 2006 ... Scientists are looking for fossils at La Brea Tar Pits, digging upthe tooth of a 1.5-metre dire wolf and the toe of a sabre tooth tigerfrom the sticky prehistoric asphalt near downtown Los Angeles. About 10,000 years before the arrival of mammoth traffic jams inthe second-largest ...
Bin Laden defends al-Zarqawi's attacks on Shi'ite in Iraq
Jul 01, 2006 ... Osama bin Laden defended attacks by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi againstcivilians, saying in a taped Web message on Friday that the Jordanianmilitant was acting under al-Qaida orders to kill anyone who backsthe Americans in Iraq. Bin Laden paid tribute to the slain leader of al-Qaida in ...
Justify power price hikes
Jul 01, 2006 ... The electricity price increases that China slapped on householdsand businesses will help power companies pass on their extra costsand beautify their balance sheets. That is obvious. But what is not so apparent is the uncertaintiesthe price hike will bring to the big power ...
Antwerp port expects more Chinese cargo
Jul 01, 2006; ... GUANGZHOU: The port of Antwerp in Belgium, the world's fourth-largest port in terms of throughput, expects cargo to and from theChinese mainland to continue strong growth in coming years with thecountry's fast-growing economy. Cargo to and from the Chinese mainland handled annually ...
Online map shows hotspots for theft
Jul 01, 2006; ... Having drawn up guides to their top restaurants, bars and citysights, Shanghai's netizens have joined together on a new project: amap of the most crime-ridden areas in the East China metropolis. Appearing on a website for commuters discussing the best routes towork, the map details ...
Displays capture emotive side of sports
Jul 01, 2006; ... While the Chinese Sport-themed Arts Exhibition celebratesathletics through the lens of Chinese culture, audiences do not haveto like sports to enjoy this exhibition. Patrons with minimal affinity for athletics can still appreciatethe way this exhibition portrays the humanity of the ...
High-end consumers drive up luxury sales
Jul 01, 2006; ... They own cars, property, digital electronics, bankcards andinsurance policies. They are keen international travellers, media savvy and dependenton the Internet for shopping and communication. They are young and well-educated and dine out at least three timesa ...
Guangzhou
Jul 01, 2006 ... CONCERTS Folk music: The symphony orchestra of Guangdong Song and DanceTroupe, which just finished a successful performance "LingnanVariation" in Beijing in June, will present the same concert inGuangzhou. Performed in local Guangdong style, the show will presentGuangdong ...
Cowboys rope in tourists at Wild West event
Jul 01, 2006; ... BISHOP, California: Every Memorial Day weekend since 1969, thetown of Bishop, nestled on the eastern slope of the Sierra NevadaMountains, comes alive with the annual presentation of Mule Days. The cowboys of the western United States are unique culturalmagnets for tourists all over ...
England-Portugal clash signals end of 'golden era'
Jul 01, 2006 ... BADEN-BADEN, Germany: One of the two most celebrated "goldengenerations" in European football will reach the end of the road onSaturday when England meet Portugal in a tantalizing World Cupquarter-final match. The fixture, in Gelsenkirchen, is entwined with intriguing humanlinks ...
Russian teenager Sharapova, the stamp-collecting nerd
Jul 01, 2006 ... LONDON: Maria Sharapova feels such a dork after confessing shelikes collecting stamps. The willowy Russian teenager would much rather talk about herpassion for the new Nelly Furtado album. "Enough is enough", cried her agent who is being bombarded withrequests for interviews ...
Italy football trial opens, then abruptly adjourns
Jul 01, 2006 ... ROME: Italy's biggest sports trial opened on Thursday with fourtop football clubs and 26 officials facing match-fixing chargesbefore a string of procedural motions forced an adjournment untilnext Monday. Champions Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio, four of soccer-mad ...
White folks getting more sleep
Jul 01, 2006 ... In a study of sleep characteristics in 669 adults in Chicago whowere compared by sex and race, investigators found that blacks gotless sleep than whites, while men got less sleep than women. Furthermore, the wealthier you are, the more sleep you're likelyto get, Dr Diane S ....
Top economic official offers to resign
Jul 01, 2006 ... South Korea's senior economics minister said on Friday he hasoffered to resign ahead of a cabinet reshuffle planned by PresidentRoh Moo-hyun. "I have expressed my desire to step down. There will be areplacement soon," Han Duck-Soo told reporters. Han, a US-educated career ...
Boost for technical trade
Jul 01, 2006 ... The State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) released adocument on Wednesday requiring that local development and reformdepartments join hands with their counterparts in education, labourand social security to make their own plans for vocational educationat senior high school ...
China, Ireland work to improve trade ties
Jul 01, 2006; ... China and Ireland are expected to more than double two-way tradeby 2010, according to senior Irish trade officials. "On the basis of figures this year, we will probably exceed thetarget set by top officials (which is to double trade volume by2010)", said Micheal Martin, Irish ...
Rainstorms, floods claim 14 lives in southwest
Jul 01, 2006 ... GUIYANG: Rainstorms and ensuing floods that hit Guizhou and Yunnanprovinces in Southwest China from Wednesday to Thursday left 14people dead, 14 injured and two missing, according to localgovernment sources on Friday. According to the Guizhou Provincial Headquarters for Flood ...
Cartoons on boorish acts give pause for thought
Jul 01, 2006 ... A satirical cartoon exhibition showing at Beijing's CapitalLibrary until Wednesday illustrates the do's and don'ts ofappropriate social conduct in contemporary China. The Cartoon and Folks Songs Exhibit (inappropriately titled, sincea visit to the exhibition last Wednesday did not ...
Whistle blows for first train on highest railway
Jul 01, 2006; ... GOLMUD, Qinghai Province: The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world'shighest, begins operation on Saturday. The first train will leave Golmud, the second largest city ofQinghai in Northwest China, for Lhasa, in the Tibet AutonomousRegion, in the morning. The drivers for the first ...
Greece seeks tourism exchange with China
Jul 01, 2006; ... Greece is trying to strengthen its ties with China's tourismindustry and become the No 1 European destination for Chinesetourists in the future, said Greek Tourism Development Minister FaniPalli-Petralia in Beijing. The country participated as a partner in this year's ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 10, Date: 07/01/2006)
Jul 01, 2006 ... FOOTBALL Real Madrid president to be elected on Sunday MADRID: The new president of Real Madrid will be chosen on Sundaywhen club members vote for one of five candidates bidding to takecharge of the nine-time European champions. The 85,000 "socios" have been subjected ...
England and Brazil struck down by curse of Big Phil and Zizou
Jul 03, 2006 ... BERLIN: England and Brazil must hate the sight of Luiz FelipeScolari and Zinedine Zidane respectively as both saw their World Cuphopes dashed by them again on Saturday in the quarter-finals. England's old bad habits of pivotal players being sent-off and notwinning penalty shootouts ...
Saddam's family on most-wanted list
Jul 03, 2006 ... BAGHDAD: Iraq released a most-wanted list of 41 names yesterday,including Saddam Hussein's wife and eldest daughter, as well as thenew leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and one of the former president'sclosest allies, a day after the bloodiest bombing in three monthskilled more than ...
Interest rate hikes likely to lead to global slump
Jul 03, 2006; ... At the regular meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)which ended on June 29, the US Federal Reserve raised the federalfunds rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent, the 17th interestrate rise in a row. Unlike the statement issued after the May meeting, at which ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 07/01/2006)
Jul 01, 2006 ... WELLINGTON Suspect arrested for murder Police in Australia have arrested a fourth man in connection withthe killing of a Chinese student found in a suitcase in an Aucklandharbour, said New Zealand Police on Friday. The Police said the latest arrest was made on Thursday ...
France vs Brazil to evoke deja vu
Jul 01, 2006 ... FRANKFURT: Memories of Zinedine Zidane's finest hour and Ronaldo'sworst will be evoked when France play Brazil in Saturday's quarter-final clash between the last two world champions. In the 1998 final won 3-0 by France a masterful Zidane scored twoheaded goals while Ronaldo, taken ...
Nadal and Agassi set for generation game
Jul 01, 2006 ... LONDON: When Andre Agassi made his Wimbledon debut in 1987, RafaelNadal had just celebrated his first birthday. Now, almost 20 years later, the old warrior and the young, left-handed gun clash in a match which Nadal hopes will boost his grasscourt credentials while Agassi, the 1992 ...
France's Thuram, Henry share memories of 1998 final
Jul 01, 2006 ... HAMELIN, Germany: Lilian Thuram and Thierry Henry always havegoose pimples when asked for their memories of France's 3-0 triumphover Brazil in the 1998 final. The pair were happy to oblige again on Thursday, two days beforeFrance and Brazil meet once more on the World Cup stage in ...
Sage of Omaha worries nuclear catastrophe, but still looks to future
Jul 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK: If anything gives the world's second-richest mansleepless nights at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, it is the certaintythat a nuclear holocaust will wipe out the planet. Warren Buffett isconvinced the world will end in catastrophe the only variable in theequation is when the big ...
WTO chief Lamy warns talks face crisis without deal soon
Jul 01, 2006 ... World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy, in his most direwarning yet, said on Friday that global trade talks would be plungedinto crisis without a breakthrough in the next "few hours or days." "We are putting at risk the future of the Doha Round ... If we donot turn things ...
Vicious competition to attract capital must stop
Jul 01, 2006 ... To protect the interests of local people, the central governmentshould forbid vicious competition among development zones to attractforeign investors, urged a signed article in the Workers' Daily. Anexcerpt follows: According to the latest report by the National Audit Office, ...
Power plant in pipeline in Senegal
Jul 01, 2006; ... China Metallurgical Group plans to build a coal-fired power plantin Senegal in western Africa. According to an agreement reached between China Metallurgical andits Senegalese counterpart, the power plant will be set up near thecapital city Dakar. It will consist of two 125-MW ...