China Daily back issues from July 2007:
World Scene: Malaysia
Jul 02, 2007 ... Bat virus offends state The Malaysian state of Melaka is upset that scientists have nameda new bat-borne virus after it, news reports said yesterday. Australian and Malaysian scientists announced last week theydiscovered a new virus likely carried by bats that can ...
World Scene: Turkmenistan
Jul 02, 2007 ... Leader's gold chain award Turkmenistan's new president was given a gold-and-diamond awardweighing around 1 kg by parliament on Friday to mark hisachievements, local media reported. Former Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov died in December. Newpresident, ...
Embracing a bigger picture
Jul 02, 2007; ... It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was theseason of Light, it was the season of Darkness. Dickens' classic lineapplies so appropriately to the film industry of Hong Kong, a cityknown as the "Oriental Hollywood". Recently, the Hong Kong FilmDevelopment Committee ...
New decade, new start
Jul 02, 2007 ... President Hu Jintao's visit to Hong Kong not only provided himwith an opportunity to witness the historic moments of the SpecialAdministrative Region's (SAR) 10th anniversary but also to sum up theimplementation of "one country, two systems" in the territory. Following the ...
Cakewalker finds slice of heaven
Jul 02, 2007; ... With all the charisma of a pop idol, Chiu Binghang's soft tuneslull his audience, whose members can't help but sing along as theyare drawn into nostalgia. Between crooning Cantonese classics of the1990s, Chiu addresses some 200 spectators at Eastern Culture Square,sharing snippets about ...
President Hu opens new border link
Jul 02, 2007; ... The Shenzhen Bay Port and Shenzhen Bay Bridge was officiallyopened by President Hu Jintao yesterday. Also known as the Western Corridor, it will ease the heavy trafficflow at three other border crossings. Hu drove through the bridge and cut a ribbon at the boundarybetween ...
Water quality a major priority
Jul 02, 2007; ... The management of the country's fresh water supplies should now bea major national priority and handled as a "State project", PremierWen Jiabao said. Wen's comments come after a string of algae outbreaks tainteddrinking water supplies. Since May, blue-green algae outbreaks ...
Triumph of 'one country, two systems'
Jul 02, 2007; ... HONG KONG: President Hu Jintao yesterday said the centralgovernment will adhere to the "one country, two systems" principleand stressed the importance of Hong Kong's economic development andimprovement in the life of its residents. Hu's remarks came after he administered the oath ...
Japan minister sorry for A-bomb remark
Jul 02, 2007 ... Japan's defense minister apologized yesterday for comments aboutthe 1945 US atomic bomb attacks on the country that outragedsurvivors and drew criticism from the ruling bloc ahead of a keyelection in July. Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma said he had not meant to offend thevictims ...
Swan Lake Sharapova in Wimbledon rain row
Jul 02, 2007 ... LONDON: Maria Sharapova was plunged into a Wimbledon rain row onSaturday as torrential downpours meant that just two matches werecompleted and drenched fans saw only 75 minutes of action. The Russian pin-up defeated Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3on Court One which was ...
News maker
Jul 02, 2007 ... Buffett lunch sells for record $650,100 A bidder agreed to pay $650,100 to have lunch with billionaireWarren Buffett, surpassing last year's record for the annual charityauction. Mohnish Pabrai, an Irvine, California-based investor who modelshis investment style on ...
Why Willy's in a mainland state of mind
Jul 02, 2007; ... Hong Kong dancer Willy Tsao's first performance on the mainlandwas an event he will never forget. The audience walked out. Tsao's first trip to the mainland was in 1980, when the newlyfounded Hong Kong's City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) wasinvited to Guangzhou to give a ...
Hu hails Hong Kong as 'window and bridge'
Jul 02, 2007 ... Editor's note: President Hu Jintao made a speech yesterday at themeeting marking the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to themotherland and the inaugural ceremony of the third government of theHong Kong Special Administrative Region. The following is the fulltext: Fellow ...
News hound trades books for Olympic buzz
Jul 02, 2007; ... While his classmates enjoy last precious moments on campus, HongKong student Kwok Ka has grabbed the opportunity to be part ofBeijing's Olympic buzz. Kwok, a journalism major at the capital'sRenmin University, has been working as an intern at the BeijingOrganizing Committee for Games of ...
Pandas crowd pleasers
Jul 02, 2007; ... Hong Kong people flocked to Ocean Park yesterday to see Le Le andYing Ying make their official debut. The giant pandas were a gift by the central government to HongKong to mark the 10th anniversary of the city's return to themotherland. "It is the perfect way for us to share ...
Railway line gets green tick
Jul 02, 2007; ... The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest altitude railwayline, had caused little impact on the natural environment accordingto an evaluation report , the Ministry of Railways said. In a document issued ahead of the first anniversary of the line'sopening, the ministry said the ...
Tsang committed to people-based governance
Jul 02, 2007; ... HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)government will remain committed to people-based governance, ChiefExecutive Donald Tsang said yesterday. Addressing the swearing-in ceremony of the SAR's third-termgovernment, Tsang said he wanted to build a ...
Israel transfers tax funds to Abbas
Jul 02, 2007 ... Israel said yesterday it had begun transferring to the PalestinianAuthority some of the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax funds ithad frozen for 17 months, hoping to bolster President Mahmoud Abbaswhile isolating Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said steps taken by ...
World Scene: United States
Jul 02, 2007 ... iPhone owners divided Proud owners of Apple's iPhone raved about their first days withthe device over the weekend, but a glitch took the shine off thedevice for a few unlucky customers. Of 11 iPhone owners contacted by Reuters on Saturday, ninereported little or no trouble ...
More than the lake, water is the problem
Jul 02, 2007; ... As a citizen of Hong Kong, I thought about using my column on the10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty topraise the Special Administrative Region's rule of law and freedomand to praise the notion of "one country, two systems". However, precisely because the ...
Students meet and have a fun day
Jul 02, 2007; ... SHENZHEN: Showers could not dampen the enthusiasm of 10,000students who gathered in this southern city to celebrate the 10thanniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland yesterday. Nearly half of the students came from Hong Kong, crossing theborder, to join their counterparts ...
Forum banks on reform
Jul 02, 2007; ... SHANGHAI: State-owned commercial banks should do more to improvetheir overall competitiveness - a crucial part of China's financialreform - a senior official of the nation's central bank saidyesterday. Speaking at the First Annual China Bankers Forum 2007 held overthe weekend in ...
Xi'an throws up another marvel
Jul 02, 2007 ... XI'AN: If you thought the 8,000 terra cotta warriors were the lastarcheological surprise this ancient capital of China had in store,think again. The more than 2-millennia-old tomb of China's firstemperor Qinshihuang has thrown up yet another secret: a 30-meter-tall building. The ...
US boosts airport security
Jul 02, 2007 ... WASHINGTON: The United States is satisfied with its currentterrorism alert level and acknowledges potential al-Qaida links tothe plots in Britain, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoffsaid yesterday. "I think given what we know now, we're comfortable that we're atthe right ...
Raikkonen leads Ferrari one-two
Jul 02, 2007 ... MAGNY-COURS, France: Finland's Kimi Raikkonen won the French GrandPrix yesterday, leading Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa in a Ferrarione-two to end McLaren's winning streak. McLaren's 22-year-old British rookie Lewis Hamilton was third butextended his lead over team mate and ...
Weather extremes wither LA, drown Texas
Jul 02, 2007 ... Los Angeles' driest year in 130 years of record-keeping went intothe books this weekend. The US' second-largest city is missing around 30 cm of rain forthe year counted from July 1 2006 to Saturday. Just 8 cm have fallendowntown in those 12 months, closer to Death Valley's numbers ...
Locker room thieves target tennis players
Jul 02, 2007 ... LONDON: Locker rooms thieves are targeting the world's top tennisplayers and Wimbledon is the latest victim. Players and coaches on the international circuit have suffered atleast 15 thefts this year from Melbourne to Paris, sparking fearsthat an insider could be ...
Green taxation needed
Jul 02, 2007 ... Local tax authorities in Beijing have decided to suspend thevehicle and vessel tax originally scheduled to begin July 1.This move is remarkable because it displays the policymakers'willingness to listen to public opinion. More important, it giveslocal tax authorities the ...
PLA parachutists thrill the people
Jul 02, 2007; ... The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Parachute Brigade AugustFirst Team yesterday treated Hong Kong people to a morning of thrillsand excitement with their superb skills. About 14,000 people packed the Happy Valley sports ground to watchthe parachutists being put through their ...
Newsflash: It's easy for media
Jul 02, 2007; ... Foreign reporters covering the Olympics will have free access to a"one-stop" service facility to assist visa and driving licenseapplications, interview arrangements, even accommodation. The service facility, which will be available before and duringthe Beijing Olympic Games, was ...
Five held for Glasgow airport attack
Jul 02, 2007 ... GLASGOW, Scotland: A fifth person was arrested yesterday after afuel-filled jeep was rammed into Scotland's busiest airport, aterrorist attack that police said was linked to two failed carbombings in London. Three of the arrests were in northern England and followed thedetention ...
Bush tries to revive rapport with Putin
Jul 02, 2007 ... US President George W. Bush was hosting Russian President VladimirPutin yesterday at the Bush family's summer home on the craggy Mainecoast, hoping that applying the personal touch can once again improvefrayed relations in one of the world's most crucial partnerships. Before ...
IN BRIEF (Page 2)
Jul 02, 2007 ... HONG KONG Remarkable success Hong Kong has made remarkable success since its return to themotherland, said David Miliband, the newly-appointed foreignsecretary of Britain yesterday. "Today, the UK joins Hong Kong in celebrating the city'sremarkable success since 1997 ....
Holyfield outclasses foe, eyes fifth title
Jul 02, 2007 ... EL PASO, Texas: Four-times heavyweight champion Evander Holyfieldscored a 10-round unanimous decision over Lou Savarese on Saturdayand vowed not to quit until he won a fifth title. Holyfield, 44, knocked Savarese to the canvas in the fourth roundof the non-title fight with a right ...
Key to a good marriage? Share the housework
Jul 02, 2007 ... The percentage of Americans who consider children very important to a successful marriage has dropped sharply since 1990, and more nowcite the sharing of household chores as pivotal, according to a newsurvey. The Pew Research Center survey on marriage and parenting foundchildren ...
Celebrating HK success
Jul 02, 2007 ... People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party ofChina (CPC) Central Committee, ran an editorial headlined GreatConception and Successful Implementation yesterday to mark the 10thanniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. Hailing the "one country, two systems" ...
Score Board
Jul 02, 2007 ... Baseball NEW YORK: Results from the MLB games on Saturday (home team inCAPS): Oakland 7 NY YANKEES 0 NY Mets 8 PHILADELPHIA 3 Milwaukee 13 CHICAGO CUBS 4 Minnesota 8 DETROIT 5 Texas 5 BOSTON 4 PITTSBURGH 7 Washington 2 BALTIMORE ...
Parade a showstopper
Jul 02, 2007; ... The heat and rain could not stop 18,000 people from joining aparade to mark the 10th anniversary of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (HKSAR) yesterday. Children who just turned 10 - same as the HKSAR - led the paradewhich started at the Jockey Club racecourse at noon and ...
Across China: Beijing
Jul 02, 2007 ... Danger roads China's roads claimed more than 200 lives a day in the first sixmonths of the year, the Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. But the death toll of 37,000 was down 12.2 percent from the sameperiod last year, the agency ...
Raid on Taliban kills 45 civilians
Jul 02, 2007 ... A local investigation into US-led airstrikes that slammed intoAfghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials saidyesterday. President Hamid Karzai, meanwhile, ordered a six-man team toconduct a more ...
Around the World: Iran
Jul 02, 2007 ... IAEA visit next week A team from the UN nuclear watchdog will visit Iran on July 11-13to discuss how to resolve questions about Teheran's disputed nuclearactivities, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on Saturday. But Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the ...
Across China: Shanghai
Jul 02, 2007 ... Food fight A minor shareholder of a Chinese dairy maker sent a lawyer'sletter to Groupe Danone, threatening to file a lawsuit against theFrench food and beverage giant for allegedly causing hostilecompetition and hurting other shareholders by investing in multipleChinese ...
Around the World: Libya
Jul 02, 2007 ... Unite, Khadafy tells Africa Declaring himself a "soldier for Africa", Libyan leader MoammarKhadafy called on the continent on Saturday to unite under a singlegovernment so it could compete in a globalized ...
Alinghi in control after sixth Cup win
Jul 02, 2007 ... VALENCIA, Spain: Swiss defender Alinghi came from behind to beatchallenger Emirates Team New Zealand in the sixth race of theAmerica's Cup here on Saturday and take a 4-2 lead in the best-of-nine series. Alinghi were trailing after the first two marks, but a great passengineered ...
Princes mark Diana's birthday with concert
Jul 02, 2007 ... Rockers and royals, including Rod Stewart, Elton John and PrincesWilliam and Harry, took the stage at London's recently opened WembleyStadium last night to remember Princess Diana, almost 10 years afterher death in a Paris car crash. The concert, organized by Diana's sons William ...
Rossi closes on Stoner after win
Jul 02, 2007 ... AMSTERDAM: Former world champion Valentino Rossi narrowed the gapto overall MotoGP leader Casey Stoner after his Dutch Grand Prixvictory on Saturday. Rossi, who cut Australian Stoner's advantage in the worldchampionship standings by five points to 21, took the lead three ...
Across China: Jiangxi
Jul 02, 2007 ... Digging in Chinese archaeologists have begun excavating a 2,500-year-old tombcontaining 47 coffins made of a rare wood called nanmu in eastChina's Jiangxi Province. The tomb, in Lijia village in Jing'an county, is 16 meters long,about 11.5 meters wide and ...
Around the World: Australia
Jul 02, 2007 ... Iraq withdrawal denied Prime Minister John Howard dismissed a news report yesterday thatsaid he has a secret plan to begin withdrawing Australian troops fromIraq in February. "The story from this morning is absurd," Howard told reporters."The plan is so secret, ...
Around the World: Thailand
Jul 02, 2007 ... PM rejects election delay Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont insisted yesterday thatThailand will hold a general election by the end of this year, afterthe country's army chief had raised the ...
Around the World: Pakistan
Jul 02, 2007 ... Flood death toll hits 42 The death toll from a rain-swollen stream in Pakistan's southwesthas risen to 42, an official said yesterday, as he appealed fordonations of tents to shelter about 1 million people left homeless ...
Peat bogs and the politics of carbon trade
Jul 03, 2007 ... It used to be malaria that gave people fevers in Indonesia'sremote, mosquito-infested peatlands. Now it is carbon. Investors around the world are dreaming of the billions of dollarsthe festering carbon-rich bogs could bring in as the world battlesglobal warming. Peat bogs are ...
Top priority to energy statistics
Jul 03, 2007; ... China will give top priority to energy statistics in the economiccensus next year, a senior statistician said yesterday. "To help meet the country's target for energy efficiency andemission reduction, the State Council will strengthen energystatistics collection, which was weak ...
10 years into Basic Law,time to build awareness
Jul 03, 2007; ... With 10 years of experience in implementing the Basic Law of theHong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), it's time to take alook at just what the law means not only for Hong Kong but for themainland. The Basic Law is the legal expression of the idea of "one country,two ...
Letters and Blogs
Jul 03, 2007 ... 10th anniversary Comment on "Hong Kong celebrates 10th anniversary of handover" (OnChina Daily website, July 1) Hong Kong is stable, developing, and being kept in China. I only wish Hong Kong a beautiful future. Stone On China Daily website Clean ...
What's new
Jul 03, 2007 ... Promoting wonder of the Philippines The Philippine Department of Tourism held a Philippine TourismAwards Night yesterday in Beijing. It marked three years since DOT'sBeijing office opened, and paid tribute to Chinese tour operators andmedia friends, who have helped increase the ...
Birth of fantastic folk tradition
Jul 03, 2007 ... Flamenco is a 200-year-old folk dance from Southern Spain. It isindividualistic, yet structured. Vocals, dancing and guitar work are blended into passionatemusicality, which is often improvised and spontaneous. This musical form takes any theme imaginable. It addresses ...
Across Asia: Asia-Pacific
Jul 03, 2007 ... Heat to hit health hard Rising temperatures are expected to have a huge impact on people'shealth in the Asia-Pacific region, causing more of everything fromfood poisoning to malaria, scientists said ...
China Scene: Central
Jul 03, 2007 ... Painter eyes place in record book for picture A painter in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, is eyeing aplace in the record books for his pen picture. Li Yuji's painting titled, the Scenery of Xiangjiang River, ismore than 25m long. It took Li more than seven years to ...
Hamas seizes Alan kidnappers' spokesman
Jul 03, 2007 ... Hamas yesterday arrested the spokesman of a shadowy group holdingBBC reporter Alan Johnston, a move that could give it a bargainingchip to secure the Briton's release. Hamas has demanded that the Army of Islam, led by a violent Gazaclan, free Johnston, who was kidnapped on a Gaza ...
Qinghai Kokonor Lake to stop 'shrinking'
Jul 03, 2007; ... The country's largest inland lake, Qinghai Kokonor, will stop"shrinking" and start reverting to its former level within a decade,scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said yesterday. "The water level in the lake will stabilize by about 2016 and thenit will start to rise," ...
ADB to give $1m to help fight poverty
Jul 03, 2007; ... The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will contribute nearly $1 millionto help alleviate poverty in China, a senior ADB economist has said. Christopher Spohr, a social sector economist based in Beijing,told China Daily that the money will be used for projects co-fundedby the ADB and the ...
Diplomatic Briefing
Jul 03, 2007 ... New UN ambassador appointed President Hu Jintao appointed a new ambassador to the UnitedNations Office in Geneva yesterday. Li Baodong was appointed permanent representative and ambassadorto the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to theUnited Nations Office ...
Final six CFC plants close
Jul 03, 2007; ... As one of the world's largest producers of two ozone-depletingchemicals, China has honored its promise to phase out the substancesahead of schedule by banning the production and import ofchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halon. The remaining six factories involved in the production of ...
Dog days in Beijing as more get bitten by the pet bug
Jul 03, 2007; ... A growing number of Beijing residents are opening up their homesto four-legged tenants - during the first six months this year, about50,000 households registered dogs for the first time. It is an increase over similar periods in previous years, theBeijing News reported yesterday, ...
Barack Obama raises record $32.5 million
Jul 03, 2007 ... US Senator Barack Obama outraised Senator Hillary Rodham Clintonby $10 million in second-quarter contributions that can be spent onthe Democratic presidential primary contest, aided by thecontributions of 154,000 individual donors. Obama's campaign on Sunday reported raising at ...