China Daily back issues from April 2007:
Report: Global warming will melt Himalayas
Apr 02, 2007 ... For people in their 30s, climate change has already reshaped theworld into which they were born. By the time they reach retirement, the changes will be far moredramatic and perhaps life-threatening on a massive scale, anauthoritative UN study will say this week. Today, the ...
Ill-conceived US tariff
Apr 02, 2007 ... The new trade row Washington initiated with Beijing is a sign ofincreasing US anxiety over its huge trade deficit. Such a combativemood will not help solve its problems. On Friday the US Department of Commerce announced that apreliminary decision had been made to apply the ...
China Scene: East
Apr 02, 2007 ... Corporate-style car thieves surprise police officers Police in Tianjin Municipality were surprised by the complexcorporate structure of a car-stealing gang they recently busted. The gang was headed by a general manager and an administrativevice-general manager who supervised a ...
Survey: 30% of couples abandon sex due to stress
Apr 02, 2007; ... With constant pressure from families and careers, a staggering 30percent of middle-aged couples give up on sex, according to a newsurvey. The survey, the first of its kind to measure intimacy betweenmiddle-aged couples in China, was conducted by Americanpharmaceutical ...
GDP forecasts revised after strong start
Apr 02, 2007; ... Stronger-than-expected economic figures have prompted a number ofinternational economic research institutions to revise upwards theirforecasts for China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Almost all the major economic indexes in the first two months ofthis year have exceeded ...
Iran ignores pressure to free sailors
Apr 02, 2007 ... TEHERAN: Iran yesterday ignored growing international pressure torelease 15 British sailors and marines, saying London should changeits attitude over the nine-day standoff. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as sayingon state television yesterday: "Iran is ...
Sowing seeds of equality
Apr 02, 2007 ... Jia Lina's parents have been breaking their backs in the farmingfield of Hebei for the past year to pay for their daughter's waythrough university. Now they can rest a little easier. The BeijingNormal University second-year student is eligible for free universitytuition under a new trial ...
Fergie recalls life in 'bleak' palace
Apr 02, 2007 ... Life inside Buckingham Palace was bleak and undermining, with newroyal family members left alone and unsupported, according to arevealing interview with Sarah Ferguson to be broadcast this week. Ferguson makes the comments about her life as the Duchess of Yorkduring the late 1980s ...
Doctor: Maradona in stable condition
Apr 02, 2007 ... BUENOS AIRES: Soccer legend Diego Maradona, who is in stablecondition in hospital with liver problems, is not suffering from"real alcoholism", his personal physician Alfredo Cahe said onSaturday. Cahe told reporters at the Buenos Aires hospital where Maradona,46, was rushed three ...
Impact of climate change on different regions
Apr 02, 2007 ... ASIA Projected increases in temperatures and changes in precipitation"will increase the risk of hunger in Asia, especially in developingcountries". If current warming rates are maintained, Himalayan glaciers couldshrink to 100,000 square kilometers by the 2030s from 500,000 ...
Slaying cement dragon
Apr 02, 2007 ... The city government of Xinzheng in Central China's Henan Provincehas suspended construction of a huge cement dragon on a mountainridge of a State forest park within its jurisdiction. Without permits from the departments of land resources, forest andenvironmental protection at both ...
China Scene: Central
Apr 02, 2007 ... Ginseng heals itself after four years in a bottle A ginseng root that has been soaking in wine for four yearssprouted leaves in the city of Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, recently. A local woman surnamed Chen who had purchased the ginseng wine andput it under her bed four years ago ...
Talk back: Shanghai lifts ban on street vendors
Apr 02, 2007; ... After years of being shunned, street vendors in Shanghai havefinally won some support, with the city agreeing to lift its ban onthem. Throughout the country, these roaming hawkers have long beenprevented from operating in urban areas for fear they will tarnishcities' image ....
Calls for public to help stop pollution
Apr 02, 2007; ... A senior environmental protection official has urged for moresupervision and participation from the public to ensure success inthe country's fight against worsening pollution. "The ultimate impetus to the solution to China's grave environmentissue will come from the public," Pan ...
US duty on paper import criticized
Apr 02, 2007; ... Beijing has criticized Washington's decision to levycountervailing duty on coated paper exported from China, saying itnot only reverses US domestic policies but also hurts Chineseenterprises. The US government announced on Friday that it would set apreliminary duty of 10.9 to ...
Animation helps autistic children make eye contact
Apr 02, 2007; ... LONDON: Whatever the roots of autism - and the searching anddebating go on - the way it shows itself to the world is above all asa social disability: Levels of academic intelligence among those withautism may vary, but all share a reduced capacity to recognizeemotions and interpret the ...
'Dirty' pet food more deadly to cats
Apr 02, 2007 ... A greater sensitivity to a poisonous chemical found in plasticsand pesticides could explain why cats have died in larger numbersthan dogs after eating contaminated pet food. The small number of confirmed reports of pet deaths bolstered by afar larger number of unconfirmed reports ...
Ferguson: We have look of champions
Apr 02, 2007 ... MANCHESTER, England: Sir Alex Ferguson believes his team has thelook of champions after they came from behind to record a crucial 4-1 victory over Blackburn. Second half goals from Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-sung and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Old Trafford on Saturday ...
Around the world: Israel
Apr 02, 2007 ... President faces new charges Israeli Attorney-General Meni Mazuz notified President MosheKatzav's lawyers yesterday that he is considering adding a secondrape charge to the draft indictment he is preparing against thepresident, the Justice Ministry ...
Shaking the Tree of Life
Apr 02, 2007 ... With laboratory breakthroughs, the Tree of Life is bearing someunnatural fruit.Scientists are already producing types of interspecies cloningthat do not occur naturally. The technology to produce animals through interspecies mixing israising a host of ethical ...
China Scene: South
Apr 02, 2007 ... Residents stocking up for holiday suckling pig binge More than 20,000 roasted piglets are sold every day in Guangzhou,capital of Guangdong Province. And the number is expected to increase as the April 5 Chinese PureBrightness Festival approaches. During the holiday, ...
Three more subway bodies found
Apr 02, 2007 ... Rescuers yesterday retrieved three more bodies from a collapsedsubway tunnel in Beijing that buried six workers when the accidentoccurred on Wednesday. The body of the first victim was recovered on Friday. Rescuershave also located the two remaining workers, who are feared ...
North, northwest brace for sandstorms
Apr 02, 2007; ... Many parts of northern and northwestern China were bracing for twomore days of sandstorms as senior leaders, including President HuJintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, joined 2 million people to plantsaplings in Beijing yesterday to combat the change in climate. The China Meteorological ...
Headcam man goes live online all day every day
Apr 02, 2007 ... In the era of closed-circuit television, The Truman Show, realityTV, blogging and YouTube, the only question left is how far can yougo. Now we have the answer. Justin Kan has strapped a camera to theside of his head and invited the world to log on and share his entirelife. Kan is ...
Florida, Ohio State to square off for the title
Apr 02, 2007 ... ATLANTA: Defending champion Florida and Ohio State will slug itout for the college basketball championship today after winning theirNCAA Tournament semifinals on Saturday. Florida, trying to become the first back-to-back champion in 15years, beat last year's runner-up UCLA 76-66, ...
Around the world: Syria
Apr 02, 2007 ... Assad meets US envoysUS House members meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assadyesterday said they believed there was an opportunity for dialoguewith the Syrian leadership. The US House members, who included Virginia Republican Frank Wolf,Pennsylvania Republican Joe Pitts ...
Forget shared benefits meaning one big pot
Apr 02, 2007; ... The expression of "universal sharing of the benefits of reform andopening-up" frequently appears in media reports, particularly thoseappearing during this year's sessions of the National People'sCongress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. I believe ...
China Scene: North
Apr 02, 2007 ... Courtesy is in full bloom in Hebei city's public transit The Rose Love movement got into full swing in Shijiangzhuan, HebeiProvince, on Tuesday, with participants handing out roses at busstops and crossroads to encourage people to follow traffic rules andoffer seats to ...
Study to help fight 'silent killer'
Apr 02, 2007; ... A nationwide joint study on hypertension (high blood pressure)intervention was launched in Beijing over the weekend as the numberof people diagnosed with the nation's most common chronic diseasecontinues to soar. Known as "CHIEF" (Chinese Hypertension Intervention EfficacyStudy), ...
Ghost of illiteracy returns to haunt country
Apr 02, 2007; ... The number of illiterates in China grew by more than 30 millionbetween 2000 and 2005 despite its efforts to eradicate illiteracy, asenior official has said. Though over 9.75 million adults learnt to read and write duringthis period, the number of illiterates in the country rose to ...
Hunt goes on for Sissi wedding dress
Apr 02, 2007 ... It's a story well known from books and movies: Beautiful Bavarianprincess Elisabeth marries young Habsburg emperor Franz Joseph andgoes on to become Sissi, legendary Austrian empress. The marriage took place in 1854 with full imperial splendour. Butwhatever happened to her wedding ...
IN BRIEF (Page 2)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Hubei Flooding hampers rescue Constant floods are hampering efforts to free six miners trappedin a flooded copper mine in Central China, and local officials saytheir chances of survival are now "very slim". "The rescue operation has made little progress and there's ...
Phelps wins 7, misses out on 8th
Apr 02, 2007 ... MELBOURNE: Michael Phelps broke his fifth world record in a weekyesterday to collect his seventh gold medal at the worldchampionships and stake his claims to be the greatest swimmer of alltime. The 21-year-old American wiped more than two seconds off his ownworld mark for 400 ...
Around the world: United States
Apr 02, 2007 ... Thompson decides to run Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson yesterday joined thecrowded field of Republicans running for the White House in 2008 andproclaimed himself the "reliable conservative" in the race. Thompson, who was health and human services secretary ...
End schools' growing debts
Apr 02, 2007 ... Professional operation of the financial activities of universitiesis vital for their healthy development, says a signed article inChina Economic Weekly. An excerpt follows: Minister of Education Zhou Ji said recently that the financialproblems of some universities were overstated ...
China Scene: West
Apr 02, 2007 ... Man learns the folly of fleeing a blind date A woman in Chengdu, Sichuan, accused a man whom she met for thefirst time of being a swindler after he dined with her and attemptedto leave without paying the bill. A mutual friend had arranged the blind date for the two ....
Fresh controls on forex
Apr 02, 2007 ... China's forex watchdog has announced plans to monitor and checkshort-term, abnormal fund inflows in the latest effort to trim thecountry's huge international payments surplus. The current account surplus surged more than 36 percent to $91.58billion in the first half of last year, ...
Union flays fast-food giants for 'low wage'
Apr 02, 2007; ... China's top trade union federation has lambasted McDonald's, KFCand Pizza Hut for "underpaying" workers in Guangzhou. Responding to media reports against the fast-food giants, a seniorAll China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) official said: "Nocompany should enjoy special ...
News Makers: Cheney pokes fun at Bush and Gore
Apr 02, 2007 ... US Vice-President Dick Cheney poked fun at his boss' relationshipwith the press corps as he spoke to an annual gathering of some ofWashington's top journalists. "The president is really sorry he couldn't be here tonight, but hehad another obligation," Cheney said. "His book club is ...
Around the world: Ethiopia
Apr 02, 2007 ... AU peacekeeper killed Mortar bombs crashed into central Mogadishu yesterday and Ugandasaid it had lost its first peacekeeper there as battles pittingEthiopian and Somali troops against Islamist insurgents entered afourth day. Scores of civilians have died and hundreds have ...
Publicize data on officials
Apr 02, 2007 ... Opening officials' personal information to the public is vital foreffective supervision, says an editorial in Beijing News. An excerptfollows: According to Xiaoxiang Morning Post, the provincial government ofHunan will register and publicize spouses' and children's ...
Insight: People, economy need enough food for thought
Apr 02, 2007; ... The word malnutrition usually creates images of emaciatedchildren, and adults. But it can be a big blow to an economy, too, asChina has realized. Last year, it cost the country more than 600billion yuan ($77 billion), or about 3 percent of its GDP, says theNational Development and Reform ...
Across China: Beijing
Apr 02, 2007 ... Remember the martyrs The sixth online public memorial for national martyrs was launchedyesterday, four days ahead of the traditional time for honoringancestors, the Qingming Festival. People are invited to log on to www.china5000.org.cn where theycan pay their respects to ...
News Makers: Can Beckham fill fashion void?
Apr 02, 2007 ... US soccer might be hoping for a surge in popularity with thearrival of English star David Beckham, but some fashion critics arealso hoping the legendary clothes horse can teach American sportsstars a thing or two about fashion. "Hopefully it will inspire them to lift their game," ...
I'm no drugs cheat, says Thorpe
Apr 02, 2007 ... MELBOURNE: Clearly distressed, Ian Thorpe said yesterday he'sconfident he'll be cleared of any doping violation after a test lastyear showed "abnormal levels" of two banned substances. The five-time Olympic champion, at the center of a dopingcontroversy five months after retiring, ...
Lucky pants help Dott to title
Apr 02, 2007; ... In his first match in China he forgot to put on his underpants andcrashed to defeat, but last night Graeme Dott banished his demonswith a performance right out of the top drawer. The 29-year-old Scot beat Jamie Cope 9-5 in the China Open finalat Beijing University Students ...
Around the world: Nepal
Apr 02, 2007 ... Maoists join interim cabinet Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas joined an interim governmentyesterday under a peace deal that takes them into the politicalmainstream after a bloody, decade-long revolt. The once-feared Maoist guerrillas signed a peace deal in Novemberwith ...
Get justice for subway worker deaths
Apr 02, 2007; ... I don't want this to be a belated April Fool's Day column becausethis is about a serious matter. It is about death. It is about thedeath of some people who are quite close to us. They were buriedalive in a place Beijing residents will pass every day, from sometimein 2008 to the distant ...
Insight: The silent killer
Apr 02, 2007 ... More than 850 million people in the world go to bed hungry eachnight despite food in huge quantity being unused or wasted. Manythink malnutrition is a problem of the developing world, but they areonly partly true because over 9 million of these hungry people are inthe developed world ....
Across China: Shandong
Apr 02, 2007 ... Improving maritime traffic The Ministry of Communications yesterday launched a re-routingscheme for ships in the waters off Qingdao Port in East China'sShandong Province. Part of a bid to improve maritime traffic ...
News Makers: US student world sudoku champion
Apr 02, 2007 ... Harvard University student Thomas Snyder become world sudokuchampion in Prague on Saturday when he beat Japan's Yuhei Kusui inthe head-to-head final round. Snyder, 27, who was runner up in the first world championships ofthe popular numerical logic game last year, scored 162 ...
Across China: Anhui
Apr 02, 2007 ... Fishing ban extended The annual three-month ban on fishing was extended from the upperreaches of the Yangtze River to the lower reaches yesterday. The ban will apply to the lower reaches - from the Gezhou Dam incentral ...
World Scene: Egypt
Apr 02, 2007 ... Mummy hairsEgypt has sent an archaeological team to France to retrieve 3,200-year-old strands of hair from the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II, whopresided over an era of great military expansion in Egypt. The existence of the hair came to light last year when some of ...
World Scene: France
Apr 02, 2007 ... Skinny model ban rejected France will not ban skinny models from Paris catwalks but willintroduce a voluntary charter to make the fashion industry more awareof the health risks of being very thin, the Health Ministry said onFriday. Designers, model agencies and others in the ...
Biz People: Saudi billionaire looks to Asia
Apr 03, 2007 ... The United States remains obsessed with the September 11, 2001attacks on its soil and is unlikely to allow Arab investment intosensitive areas, said Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (aboveright) said. Speaking to London's Financial Times in a rare interview, thebillionaire ...
Biz Scene: BIZ UNUSUAL
Apr 03, 2007 ... Luxury pet funeral Could you afford a luxury funeral for your pet? In a pet cemeteryin Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province, a funeral for a pet dog maycost as much as 5,000 yuan. Each dog will have its own coffin andtomb. It will also have its own name on the gravestone, even ...
Biz monitor
Apr 03, 2007 ... Funds raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) in theChinese capital market last year exceeded that in the United Statesfor the first time, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. IPOs from the bourses in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taiwanreached a record high of ...
Perks should not be biased
Apr 03, 2007 ... We should have some principles while seeking to attract back toChina students studying abroad, says a signed article in BeijingNews. An excerpt follows: The central government recently issued a document offeringtalented Chinese students studying abroad a range of sweet deals ...
Biz People: Europe enjoying 'robust recovery'
Apr 03, 2007 ... European economic growth could prove to be stronger than expectedthanks to an "intense recovery" under way, said EU Economic andMonetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia (right). In "Europe and the eurozone, I see possibilities to get betterresults than those in our last ...
Biz Scene: LOCAL
Apr 03, 2007 ... CCTV top taxpayer China Central Television (CCTV) was the biggest taxpayer inBeijing in 2006, according to the Beijing Municipal Taxation Bureau.Last year, 74 enterprises in Beijing paid over 100 million yuan intaxes each, 34 more than in 2005, said the bureau. On the top ...
Waking up to high quality made-in-China
Apr 03, 2007; ... Pride of ownership has become a cliche frequently cited to explainaficionados paying big money for something that's as unnecessary asan ornate wristwatch or as obsolete as a mechanical range-findercamera. But behind this cliche lies a passion that we can all share,a deep respect for, and ...
China Scene: Central
Apr 03, 2007 ... Bees attack road toll in freak incident Traffic was brought to a standstill in Luoyang, Henan, lastThursday, when a road toll in Luonan Expressway was swamped bymillions of wild bees. Fourteen fire fighters were immediately sent to the scene to helpfight the ...
Teheran hails UK 'shift' in sailor row
Apr 03, 2007 ... Iranian television said yesterday it had detected a shift inBritish policy that could help to resolve a crisis over 15 sailorsand marines Iran is holding. The television channel showed new footage yesterday of the 14 menand a woman, saying they had all admitted to entering Iran ...
House may be 'forcibly dismantled'
Apr 03, 2007; ... The defiant owners of the reputed Chongqing "nail house" have beengiven a new ultimatum: move, or be moved. The Jiulongpo District Court set the April 10 deadline afterearlier deadlines, and negotiations on compensation for the couplewere not met. "If Yang Wu, the owner, does ...
HK short of breath from 'wall effect'
Apr 03, 2007; ... HONG KONG: World famous for its skyscrapers, Hong Kong's bustlingurban landscape now faces a shortage of good air ventilation. Medical experts and environmentalists have expressed concern overthe proliferation of the concrete jungle creating a "wall effect",blocking the flow of ...