China Daily back issues from November 2006:
Salem's witches fight for civil rights
Nov 01, 2006 ... She brews potions, wears flowing black caftans and says she canspeak with the dead and cast spells with a gentle wave of a wand. Laurie Cabot is a proud witch, and she's fighting for her civilrights. Aged 73, the official witch of Salem says her craft is strongerthan ever as ...
China's growth is an example for Africa
Nov 01, 2006; ... Beijing's Sino-African summit will bring together possibly thelargest number of African heads of state and government everassembled. No one can doubt the importance of this summit to both China andAfrica. Its significance cannot be under-estimated at a time whenBeijing is ...
Vote nasty: Record spent on negative advertising
Nov 01, 2006 ... So far this campaign, the political parties have exposed voters tonearly US$160 million in ads attacking congressional candidates. Howmuch spent painting a positive image? About US$17 million. That's nearly US$1 of nice for every US$10 of nasty. The message ingrained in such a ...
tycoon helped transform 'Siberia of guangdong'
Nov 01, 2006; ... HONG KONG: Henry Fok Ying-tung was remembered in Hong Kongyesterday as a selfless, true patriot by community members across thepolitical spectrum. At times the contributions of Fok, a prominent Hong Kongindustrialist who died on Saturday night in Beijing at age 83, took atoll on ...
Business boss accused of tax evasion
Nov 01, 2006; ... GUANGZHOU: Zhou Weibin, chairman of Guangdong Golden Crown CoatingGroup, was detained by the Foshan Public Security Bureau last weekfor deliberate evasion of taxes. A police officer with the public security bureau's Beijiao branchwho asked for anonymity confirmed Zhou's detention ...
China slams US weapons sales efforts
Nov 01, 2006; ... Beijing urged Washington yesterday to stop selling weapons toTaiwan, saying the Chinese Government and people "have always beenfirmly opposed" to such sales. The United States would violate commitments made in the three Sino-US joint communiques, in particular the joint communique ...
Six-Party Talks set to resume soon
Nov 01, 2006; ... Stalled talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue will resumesoon, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. At China's initiative, heads of delegations to the Six-Party Talksfrom China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and theUnited States had an informal meeting ...
Aviation firms target civilian sector
Nov 01, 2006; ... ZHUHAI: AVIC I and AVIC II, China's two leading aviationmanufacturers, are attaching growing importance to developingcivilian aircraft in order to cash in on the country's boomingcommercial aviation market. AVIC I, or China Aviation Industry Corp I, yesterday made abreakthrough ...
We should stand up against evil
Nov 01, 2006; ... A few days ago, an American woman stopped her bicycle in front ofa car in a Beijing street, blocking the way of the motorist who wasdriving on the cycle lane. She signaled for the driver to turn ontothe lanes for motor vehicles, while smiling to suggest her goodwill. The driver, ...
Blair faces demand for inquiry on Iraq
Nov 01, 2006 ... LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President George W.Bush's strongest ally in the Iraq War, faced the possibility of anembarrassing defeat in parliament on Tuesday over his handling of theconflict. A defeat would step up pressure on Blair to reassess his Iraqstrategy ...
Test shows elephant intelligence
Nov 01, 2006 ... If you're Happy and you know it, pat your head. That, in a peanutshell, is how a 34-year-old female Asian elephant in the Bronx Zooshowed researchers that pachyderms can recognize themselves in amirror complex behaviour observed in only a few other species. The test results ...
East
Nov 01, 2006 ... Nannies replace children to look after parents Nannies are in demand in Shanghai as busy young couples book themto look after their mothers and fathers around the Double NinthFestival (the ninth day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar). The festival, a special day for the ...
Private cash in public work on the rise
Nov 01, 2006; ... Beijing's decision to include more funds from private sources inthe city's infrastructure construction works was well received by thecity's legislature yesterday. Speaking at the 32nd session of the standing committee of theBeijing Municipal People's Congress, Chai Xiaozhong, ...
History, maths show Republicans in trouble
Nov 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON: Judging by history and the latest maths Republicansare likely to lose seats in the House of Representatives in nextTuesday's midterm elections. Democrats now hold a double-digit lead over Republicans on thepolling question intended to forecast which party will win ...
Nation, Myanmar to step up drug fight
Nov 01, 2006; ... NANNING: Premier Wen Jiabao and his Myanmar counterpart GeneralSoe Win agreed yesterday to strengthen the bilateral economicpartnership and boost co-operation in the fight against illegaldrugs. Wen said economic and trade ties are an important component ofbilateral relations, and ...
Dead exhumed to keep tradition alive
Nov 01, 2006 ... Eighty-three-year-old Maya Indian Cenorio Colli gazed lovingly athis wife's long brown hair and recalled how carefully she combed itwhen she was still alive. Then he went back to cleaning her skull and every bone she leftbehind. Grieving Maya Indians in a sweltering village ...
Watchdog targets Internet piracy
Nov 01, 2006; ... The intellectual property rights (IPR) watchdog has turned itsattention to Internet infringements after launching a successfulcampaign to contain DVD and CD piracy. In its sights are illegal downloads of films, music, software andtextbooks, which have been described as ...
'Iraq needs US$100 billion to rebuild infrastructure'
Nov 01, 2006 ... KUWAIT: Iraq needs around US$100 billion over the next four tofive years to rebuild its shattered infrastructure, a governmentspokesman said yesterday. "The situation in Iraq surpasses Iraq's ability to financedevelopment projects," Ali al-Dabbagh told a news conference inKuwait ...
Soldiers admit links with skull photos
Nov 01, 2006 ... Three German soldiers have admitted responsibility for photosshowing troops posing with human bones in Afghanistan, a seniormilitary officer was quoted as saying yesterday. Several sets of pictures of soldiers with skulls and other boneshave surfaced since last Wednesday, provoking ...
TCL to cut losses in Europe
Nov 01, 2006; ... TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited, the biggest TV makerin the world, said yesterday it would restructure its loss-makingEuropean business, cutting jobs and selling off some assets. The company announced it would stop all sales and marketingactivities in Europe other than ...
New laws promise justice
Nov 01, 2006 ... The session of the National People's Congress Standing Committeewhich concluded yesterday was a productive one. In just five days, the committee reviewed and passed two draftlaws and revised two more. The anti-money-laundering law plugs a conspicuous loophole in thenation's ...
West
Nov 01, 2006 ... Festival marked withfree buses for elderly Elderly people in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, enjoyed free bus tripson Monday, in celebration of the Double Ninth Festival. Transport authorities granted people aged 70 and above free travelon buses around the No1 and No 2 ring roads ...
Arms control official seeks urgent action on nuclear terrorism
Nov 01, 2006 ... A senior Chinese arms control official on Monday called foreffective measures to prevent and combat nuclear terrorism. He warnedthis had become an urgent task for the international community. Addressing the first meeting of 12 initial member countries of anew anti-nuclear terror ...
China displays advanced defence technology
Nov 01, 2006 ... ZHUHAI: China displayed its military might by exhibiting a seriesof brand new precision assault weapons during the on-going Zhuhaiairshow, which opened on Monday in South China's Guangdong Province. The weapons on show included precision-guided bombs and long-range striking systems ...
Law widens definition of money laundering
Nov 01, 2006 ... Landmark legislation on anti-money laundering and death sentenceswas approved by China's top legislature yesterday and is scheduled totake effect on January 1. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress widenedthe definition of money laundering to include corruption ...
Iran to pay incentives to attract Westerners
Nov 01, 2006 ... Iran has said it would offer cash incentives to travel agencies toencourage Western tourists to visit the country, giving a premium forAmericans, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reportedyesterday. The proposal is Iran's latest bid to reach out to ordinaryAmericans in an ...
Index loses stock data case
Nov 01, 2006; ... SHANGHAI: The Xinhua FTSE Index (FXI) lost a court case againstthe Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) yesterday over its use of stockdata provided by the SSE to calculate the world's first index futuresbased on mainland shares, but said it would not be affected by theruling. Fredy ...
Beckham: I'm going nowhere
Nov 01, 2006 ... MADRID: David Beckham, discarded by England, insisted Monday hewas going nowhere and intended to stay with Real Madrid despitespending much of this season on the bench. "I am not considering any possibility of a transfer at the moment,my family and I are very happy in Madrid," said ...
Marathon men feel the strain
Nov 01, 2006 ... PARIS: When world No 1 Roger Federer pulled out of the finalMasters Series event of the year in Paris on Monday, he inadvertentlyopened up old wounds and an even older debate. For some time now there has been a raging debate over the ability,or maybe willingness, of the top tennis ...
Zoo holds excrement exhibition
Nov 01, 2006 ... The Miami Zoo is devoting a 450-square-metre exhibit to excrement. Filled with photos of animals in some of their most indelicatemoments, "The Scoop on Poop" includes stool sample models rangingfrom the elephant's haylike football-sized balls, to the kidney-bean-looking pellets of ...
US, allies hold anti-WMD drill on Iran's doorstep
Nov 01, 2006 ... Twenty five nations took part in a US-led naval exercise on Mondayin waters not far from Iran aimed at training forces to block thetransport of weapons of mass destruction and related equipment. The exercise comes as tensions rise between Iran and the West overits nuclear ...
Summit underlines ties
Nov 01, 2006 ... Leading diplomats from 48 African countries and China meet thismorning in Beijing to iron out details for the Beijing Summit and theThird Ministerial Conference on China-Africa Co-operation. Opening on Saturday, the summit will see heads of state and topofficials from Africa and ...
Central
Nov 01, 2006 ... Citizens team up to catch phone thief "I don't understand why so many people are so meddlesome," said athief after he was seized by police thanks to the help of 200 peoplein Zhengzhou of Henan Province on Monday. The thief was cornered by crowds of street vendors, ...
Beijing environmental sanitation rules reviewed
Nov 01, 2006; ... Beijing's legislature today discussed a revision of a local law onenvironmental sanitation meant to mete out harsher punishment foractivities that damage the environment or the image of the city. Meanwhile, a batch of new regulations closely related to qualityof life will come ...
Beijing prepares for African arrivals
Nov 01, 2006; ... English, French, Swahili and Yoruba: Beijing's hotel managers,market sellers and tour guides are busy brushing up on their languageskills in preparation for the arrival of thousands of African guests. The visitors are no ordinary tourists, but rather heads of stateand high-ranking ...
Regulator yet to decide on Citigroup's stake
Nov 01, 2006; ... China's banking regulator played down a media report which claimedit would allow Citigroup to secure a 36 per cent share in GuangdongDevelopment Bank (GDB). According to the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post, the ChinaBanking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) had approved Citigroup's ...
Aircraft maker eyes bigger things
Nov 01, 2006; ... ZHUHAI: A top Chinese aircraft manufacturer said yesterday that ithas the capability to produce large aircraft making it a potentialcompetitor to aviation giants Boeing and Airbus. The ambitious goal of State-owned China Aviation IndustryCorporation I (AVIC I) was revealed on a ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 11/01/2006)
Nov 01, 2006 ... beijing Afghan reconstruction China supports and will actively participate in the reconstructionof Afghanistan, Vice-President Zeng Qinghong said yesterday. Zeng made the remarks in his meeting with visiting Afghan DefenceMinister Abdul Rahim Wardak. Zeng said that ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 8, Date: 11/01/2006)
Nov 01, 2006 ... India Train crash kills 18 A passenger train crashed into an auto-rickshaw at an unmannedrailway crossing in southern India yesterday, killing all 18 peoplein the rickshaw, a news report said The auto-rickshaw passengers, including 14 women, were on theirway to attend ...
Hot shots vie for last 3 Shanghai slots
Nov 01, 2006 ... PARIS: The race to qualify for the season-ending Masters Cup inShanghai goes down to the wire this week at the Paris Masters withthe three remaining spots to be decided among seven contenders. Ivan Ljubicic, Andy Roddick and Nikolay Davydenko pocketed theirtickets for the Nov. 12 ...
MPs bogged down by toilet row
Nov 01, 2006 ... Which bathroom should a "transgender" politician be using inparliament? The thorny question rocked Italy's lower house, home to Europe'sfirst transvestite MP, on Friday. "You can't use this lavatory. This is the women's bathroom,"Vladimir Luxuria reported being told by ...
Blatter: Comments not meant to harm Italy
Nov 01, 2006 ... ZURICH: FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has denied making comments to theAustralian media disparaging World Cup winners Italy for theirtactics in the last 16 round game against Australia. Blatter was quoted as saying that Australia should have played inthe quarter-finals instead of eventual ...
Elderly people now one fifth of Japan population
Nov 01, 2006 ... One-fifth of Japan's population now consists of people aged 65 orolder, the nation's latest census data show, a development that couldthreaten the world's second-largest economy. The nation, which has the world's highest proportion of old peopleand lowest proportion of young ...
Fairness key to awards
Nov 01, 2006 ... It is not unusual for radical reforms to spark controversy, andthe change in the selection of winners in the country's mostinfluential film awards The Hundred Flower Film Awards is noexception. The final say over winners and losers has been put in the hands ofa randomly ...
Wen: ASEAN expo a platform for partnership
Nov 01, 2006; ... NANNING: The China-ASEAN Expo can help the two sides graspopportunities and advance co-operation in trade, investment andtourism, said Premier Wen Jiabao. Addressing the opening ceremony of the annual event, Wen saidChina and ASEAN countries have strengthened economic ties since ...
New US consul general eager to improve ties
Nov 01, 2006; ... GUANGZHOU: The new consul general of the American ConsulateGeneral in Guangzhou pledged to improve the overall relationship, butespecially economic ties, between South China and the United States. A key priority of his job is to "promote the bilateral economicand commercial ...
Henry Fok: A patriot and a patron of sport
Nov 01, 2006; ... When the world's best swimmers and divers come to China to competein the Olympic Games in less than two years, they and thousands ofspectators will enjoy the charm of the "Water Cube," the nickname forthe National Aquatics Centre. The person most responsible for the Cube, however, ...
South
Nov 01, 2006 ... Lectures to promote sexual health Senior sexologists will lecture more than 1,500 governmentofficials and civil servants in Guangdong Province during The FourthChina Sexual Cultural Festival, which opens in Guangzhou on Saturday. The lectures aim to promote sexual health and ...
Planet Kaleidoscope
Nov 01, 2006 ... Germany 'Love witch' loses A German woman won a lawsuit against a "love witch" who failed toinduce her ex-boyfriend to come back with rituals under the full moondesigned to cast a spell over him, a Munich court said on Monday. "The witch lost," said Munich district court ...
NPC backs bank law amendment
Nov 01, 2006; ... China's top legislature yesterday backed a legal amendment thatwill allow the country's banking supervisory bodies to investigatenon-financial institutions and individuals connected with financialinstitutions. The draft amendment to the banking regulation and supervision lawwas ...
Official: Nuke test won't hurt bid for 2014 Winter Olympics
Nov 01, 2006 ... For five decades, Kim Jin-sun's province has been agonizinglydivided by an unsteady cease-fire on the Korean Peninsula. While Pyongyang's recent nuclear test may have stalled plans for aunified Korean team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Kim, the governorof the Republic of Korea ...
New tax won't stop smoking
Nov 01, 2006 ... Raising taxes on tobacco products is unlikely to help controlsmoking, says a signed article in Dahe Daily. An excerpt follows: Lam Tai-hing, a professor with the University of Hong Kong,suggested that the best way to control smoking was by raising tobaccoprices through imposing ...
North
Nov 01, 2006 ... Netizens chip in for blind girl's sale Around 3,300 yuan (US$406) was raised for a blind girl in a streetsale in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Profits from the sale, sponsored by netizens organized over theInternet, will go to help the girl, who has lost her sight in ...
Gansu mine blast kills 29, 19 injured
Nov 01, 2006; ... Twenty-nine people were confirmed dead and 19 injured in acoalmine gas explosion in Northwest China's Gansu Province, rescuerssaid yesterday. The explosion occurred at 12:16 pm yesterday at the Weijiadi minebelonging to Jingyuan Coal Industry Corporation in the city ...
Social security guidelines issued
Nov 01, 2006; ... SHANGHAI: Scholars and experts welcomed yesterday a guideline onthe management of the city's social security fund as an investigationinto abuse that has implicated senior officials and business leaderscontinues. They said Shanghai is one of the first cities to demand the fundbe ...
Italy stumble at worlds
Nov 01, 2006 ... TOKYO: Defending champions Italy crashed to Serbia and Montenegroyesterday, but other favourites got off to a winning start in thewomen's event at the world volleyball championships. The Italian women, also the silver medallists in the 2005 Europeanchampionships, went down to the ...
Cup hero ends a stellar career
Nov 01, 2006 ... PARIS: Former France striker Youri Djorkaeff's career ended whenhis New York Red Bulls team were knocked out of the MLS playoffs byD.C. United on Sunday. A world champion on home turf in 1998 and a European champion twoyears later, the 38-year-old cheered the France fans with ...
Zones set up to court foreign investment
Nov 01, 2006; ... MEIZHOU, Guangdong Province: This mountainous city in the easternpart of Guangdong is determined to open its doors wider to theoutside world, competing with prosperous cities in the Pearl RiverDelta in attracting foreign investment. A chief official of the city said his government ...
Don't delay the fuel tax
Nov 01, 2006 ... Putting off the fuel tax is a decision made in the department'sinterest, not the nation's, says a signed article in China YouthDaily. An excerpt follows: According to the latest circular from the Ministry ofTransportation, fees for road maintenance will continue to becollected in ...
Hakka home enjoys rich resources
Nov 01, 2006 ... Located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, Meizhou hasChina's most populous region of Hakka people. With a population of more than five million, the city is regardedas the home of the Hakkas. The city is also home to more than three million people fromTaiwan, Hong Kong ...
Meizhou sees brisk economic development
Nov 01, 2006; ... The overall economic development of Meizhou has witnessedsustainable growth in the first nine moths of this year. And local economists and experts believe the remote Guangdong citywill maintain its bullish momentum in the months ahead. This year, Meizhou municipal government ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 15, Date: 11/01/2006)
Nov 01, 2006 ... FOOTBALL US boss talks to Klinsmann WASHINGTON: US Soccer federation president Sunil Gulati said hehad talked to former Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann about coachingthe national team but no agreement had been reached. "I'm not going to sit here and deny that we've ...
SCOREBOARD (11/01/2006)
Nov 01, 2006 ... GOLF World ranking standings LONDON: Standings from the World Ranking: 1. (1) Tiger Woods (USA) 21.96 2. (2) Jim Furyk (USA) 8.83 3. (3) Phil Mickelson (USA) 8.22 4. (4) Adam Scott (AUS) 6.95 5. (5) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 6.55 6. (6) ...
ATP pledges to plug personality gap
Nov 02, 2006 ... PARIS: Tennis bosses need to do a better job of developingcharacters in order to safeguard the future of the sport, accordingto ATP chief Etienne De Villiers. De Villiers walked into a storm at the Paris Masters this weekafter the top three players in the world all pulled out, ...
China, India urged to step up co-operation
Nov 02, 2006; ... China and India should establish more co-operation mechanisms inorder to complement their strengths, senior business leaders said inBeijing yesterday. "China and India should establish more channels between eachother, as they have similar problems to address in the coming ...