Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, November 29:
Australia's GDP Grows 3.3 Percent Annually
Nov 29, 1995 ... Official figures indicated that Australia's economy has sloweddown in the past 12 months to September, which fell short of thegovernment target. Australia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a rate of 1.6percent in the September quarter, bringing the country's annualgrowth ...
Economic Growth Rapid in Ethnic-Minority Regions
Nov 29, 1995 ... China's ethnic-minority regions have witnessed the most rapidsustained economic development in history in the Eighth Five-YearPlan period (1991-1995), a senior official said here today. The annual domestic production value in these regions reached413.7 billion yuan (49.25 billion ...
Flash: Reincarnated Boy for Panchen Lama Chosen
Nov 29, 1995 ... A Six-year-old boy from northern Tibet was chosen here today asthe reincarnated soul boy for the 10th Panchen Lama by drawing lotsfrom a golden urn. The boy is Gyaincain Norbu, six years old, from Nagqu prefecture.He was chosen from among three ...
Foreign Investment Increasing in Zhejiang
Nov 29, 1995 ... Southeast China's coastal Zhejiang Province has seen overseasinvestment increase greatly since 1994, with foreign capitalcontracted up by 11.2 percent and actual investment by 24 percentover last year. To date, the province has approved 11,939 foreign-funded ventures,using 3.71 ...
Hubei's Metallurgical Industry Attracting Foreign Investors
Nov 29, 1995 ... During the Eight Five-Year Plan period (1991-1995), centralChina's Hubei Province imported 310 million US dollars' worth ofmetallurgy equipment from abroad. These facts were provided at an exhibition of internationalmetallurgical industries held recently, in this provincial ...
Major News in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Nov 29, 1995 ... Following are major news in Philippine press today: Manila Bulletin, Today: -- A group of Metro Manila rice retailers yesterday defended thePhilippine Confederation of Grains Associations and blamedgovernment's weak agriculture policies for the rice shortage. Chronicle, ...
Major News In Australian Press
Nov 29, 1995 ... Following are major news in Australian newspapers today: The Australian -- AIDS experts downplayed suggestions that a new, more infectiousstrain of HIV had entered Australia, saying there was no evidenceproving the virus prevalent in the Asian sex industry was more ...
Market Exchange Rates
Nov 29, 1995 ... The People's Bank of China issued the market exchange rates in RMByuan against three major currencies today. The middle price of RMBagainst convertible currencies is mainly based on the closing priceof the preceding interbank trading. The designated foreign exchange trading banks ...
New Find at Liulihe Site in Beijing
Nov 29, 1995 ... Archaeologists recently excavated a site in Beijing's southernsuburbs, which helped determine the age of the capital, and have hadmany new finds. Some 200 rubbish pits and cellars dating from the Western ZhouDynasty (11th Century - 771 BC) to the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) and ...
New Zealand Farm Input Prices Show Slight Drop
Nov 29, 1995 ... New Zealand's farm input prices excluding livestock fell 0.2percent in the quarter to September owing to lower interest rates,said Statistics NZ in a media release received today. This decline compared with a 0.8 percent increase in the threemonths to June and left the increase ...
Vietnamese Party Leader Leaves Beijing for Tianjin
Nov 29, 1995 ... Do Muoi, general secretary of the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of Vietnam, left here for Tianjin by special planethis morning. Before Do Muoi's departure, Chinese President Jiang ...
22 Suspected Gangsters Arrested In Kenya
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Kenyan police have arrested 22 suspected armed car robbers andgangsters including those involved in the attacks on diplomatsaccredited to Kenya. In a recent week long operation, police recovered three Land-RoverDiscoveries, one Mercedes Bena, a Peugeot 504 Station Wagon, a ...
32 Indian Airports to Be Handed Over to States
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Airports Authority of India has proposed to hand over 32loss-making airports to the concerned state governments forupgradation or maintenance, the local press reported today. The proposal was announced by Tourism and Civil Aviation ...
Another China-Made Ethylene Cracking Furnace Operational
Nov 29, 1995 ... China's largest self-made ethylene cracking furnace has been builtand put into operation in northeast China's Liaoning Province. With an annual production capacity of 40,000 tons, the furnace wasbuilt by the Liaoyang Petrochemical Fiber Company in ...
Article on Panch Reincarnation System (1)
Nov 29, 1995 ... The reincarnation system of Living Buddhas of Tibetan Buddhism isa unique mode of succession for religious leaders in Tibet, accordingto a signed article published on today's People's Daily. The first reincarnated Living Buddha was chosen by the Black Hatsub-sect of the Karma ...
Basf Group to Set Up China Headquarters in Shanghai
Nov 29, 1995 ... The A.G. Basf Group of Germany, one of the world's largesttransnational chemical companies, is to set up its China headquartersin this largest metropolis in the country. With a total investment of 400 million US dollars, Basf has so farset up six joint ventures in China, three of ...
Bosnian Serbs Support Dayton Peace Accord: Karadzic
Nov 29, 1995 ... Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Tuesday that the Serbs"fully support" the Dayton agreement reached by leaders of thewarring parties in the former Yugoslavia last week. In an interview with the U.S. Cable News Network (CNN) from theBosnian Serb stronghold of Pale, Karadzic ...
China Boosts Iron Alloy Industry during 1991-1995 Period
Nov 29, 1995 ... Facts and figures for the Eighth Five-Year Plan period: China's iron alloy industry has been maintaining an annual growthrate of 10-13 percent during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period(1991-1995). Statistics show that China turned out 3.36 million tons of ironalloy in 1994, ...
China Develops Metal Tank Spraying Robot
Nov 29, 1995 ... Chinese scientists have succeeded in developing a robot which issaid to be among the first of its kind in the world capable ofautomatically removing rust from and spraying paint on metal ...
China Educational Reform Going Smoothly
Nov 29, 1995 ... Nearly 30 percent of all China's colleges and universities havereformed their ways of enrollment and tuition fees this year. According to statistics provided by the State Education Commission(SEC), 245 colleges and universities have reformed their enrollmentand tuition fee ...
China's Plastics Market Big Enough: Expert
Nov 29, 1995 ... An authoritative Chinese chemical industry expert said here recently that the Chinese market has grown to asatisfactory size. He said that there is much potential in this industry to beexploited by foreign businessmen, as the technical know-how andequipment of China's ...
China to Further Protect Rights of Chinese Laborers Overseas
Nov 29, 1995 ... Wu Yi, Chinese minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation,today called on the relevant departments to further protect thelawful rights of China's overseas laborers. Meanwhile, she said, the rights of the Chinese and foreignenterprises sending and employing Chinese labor ...
Colombian Dance Troupe to Perform in Beijing
Nov 29, 1995 ... A Colombian folk dance troupe will give two performances hereDecember 4 and 5, promising Chinese audiences a full spectrum ofColombian choreography, costumes and colors. The Ballet Folklorico Colombiano (BFC), which has been inexistence for about 30 years, is also expected to ...
Female Aids Patients on Rise in Nepal
Nov 29, 1995 ... Nepal has more female Aids victims than male and most of themcontracted the deadly disease through sexual contacts, according toa recent report. "Among the 49 full-blown Aids cases in Nepal, most of them belongto 20-29 age group, 29 are female," official newspaper the ...
Guangdong Protects Women's Rights, Interests
Nov 29, 1995 ... Southeast China's Guangdong province has achieved great success inprotecting women's rights to participate in managing politicalaffairs, and receive education and social welfare. To date, 129 women's and children's committees have been set upacross Guangdong, one of the most ...
Highrise Skyscraper to Be Built in Shanghai
Nov 29, 1995 ... A major highrise building, a 460-meter-high skyscraper, will bebuilt in the Pudong New Area in Shanghai, according to Shanghai-based"Xinmin Evening news." The skyscraper, the Shanghai Global Financial Center Plaza, willbe 17 meters higher than the current world's tallest building, ...
Hunan Breeding New Hybrid Rice
Nov 29, 1995 ... A new family of hybrid rice has passed technic examination incentral-south China's Hunan Province. The strain of rice, developed by the Anjiang Agricultural Schoolwith early rice, can be used as middle-season and late rice. Yuan Longping, a prominent ...
India Gets ADB Loan to Develop Capital Market
Nov 29, 1995 ... India has secured a loan of 250 million US dollars from the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB) for its capital market development program,the National Herald reported today. The bank said Tuesday in Manila that the program would promote thelong-term development of the domestic capital ...
India's Ruling Party to Prepare List for Polls
Nov 29, 1995 ... The ruling Indian National Congress will soon prepare the firstlist of acceptable party candidates for the forthcoming parliamentaryelections, the Times of India reported today. Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, also president of the rulingparty, indicated Tuesday that the list ...
Isuzu Sets Up China Investment Company
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Japan Isuzu China Investment Company has been set up here. Sources say that the Japanese Isuzu Corporation seeks newdevelopment of its business in China, focusing on the development ofco-production of its N-series heavy-duty trucks in the ...
Major, Bruton Declare Ulster Peace Deal
Nov 29, 1995 ... British Prime Minister John Major and his Irish counterpart JohnBruton Tuesday night announced a new initiative to end the impasse inthe Ulster peace process. BBC TV reported Tuesday night that in a joint statement aftertheir meeting at Downing Street, February was set as a target ...
Major News Items In Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Nov 29, 1995 ... Following are major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers today: East African Standard -- Tanzanian women appeared before court of Nakuru, Kenya, chargedwith stealing a newly born yet to be named boy. Kenya Times -- Kenyan Minister for Education Joseph Kamotho ...
Major News in Indian Newspapers
Nov 29, 1995 ... Following are major news in Indian English newspapers today: The Hindustan Times -- The government Tuesday reiterated its openness ad willingnessfor dialogue with individuals and groups to explore the possibilityof restoring normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir and claimed that it ...
Major News in Pakistani Press
Nov 29, 1995 ... Following are major news in the Pakistani press today: The News -- Pakistan will not extradite to Egypt or any other country theircitizens who are found involved or linked in any way with theEgyptian Embassy bomb blasts, officials said Tuesday. The Nation -- All ...
Nepali Opposition Launches Anti-Government Protest
Nov 29, 1995 ... Nepali opposition the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Tuesdaylaunched a demonstration against the coalition government's decisionto cut down the development allocations to a local constituency inKathmandu. Police arrested more than 50 protesters including two UML MPs anddetained ...
NZ Draws Contingency Plan to Cope with Air Strikes
Nov 29, 1995 ... The New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority has worked out a plan tokeep some flights operating if air traffic controllers stagestrikes. The authority briefed a parliamentary select committee today onits action plan, assuring the MPs the plan is "safe and generous". Air ...
One Million Migratory Birds Flock to Boyang Lake.
Nov 29, 1995 ... Over one million migratory birds have settled at Boyang Lake insouth China's Jiangxi Province to spend the winter. According to today's "People's Daily", among these birds some20,000 are white cranes, which are said to account for 98 percent ofthe total number of cranes ...
Pakistani Textile Group Threatens to Close Down Mills
Nov 29, 1995 ... All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has given anine-day ultimatum to the government for suspending cotton exports. The association said that all the textile mills in the countrywill be closed down for an indefinite period from December 8 if thegovernment fails to fulfill ...
Pearl River Delta, HK Up Economic Co-operation
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Pearl River Delta in south China's Guangdong Province isexpanding its 16-year-old economic and trade relations with Hong Kongand Macao. An official of the Guangdong provincial government said that tradebetween Hong Kong and Guangdong, mostly with the delta, hit 617.9billion ...
Return of Vietnamese Boat People to Be Postponed
Nov 29, 1995 ... The December 31 deadline for the repatriation of remainingVietnamese boat people at the Sungai Besi Refugee Trandsit Camp heremay have to be extended again, Malaysia's news agency BERNAMAreported today. BERNAMA quoted Erika Feller, representative of the United NationsHigh ...
Schindler Group Sets up Exclusively-Owned Enterprise in China
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Schindler Holding A.G. Group of Switzerland, one of theworld's largest escalator manufacturers, has launched its firstexclusively-owned enterprise in China, the "People's Daily"reported. With an investment of 10 million US dollars, the enterprise, setup in Suzhou in east ...
Shanghai's Nuclear Technology Making Headway
Nov 29, 1995 ... China's biggest metropolis, Shanghai, has not only becomewell-known for research and design of nuclear power plants, but willalso turn into a major producer of nuclear power equipment, accordingto a report in today's "Wenhui Bao". The Shanghai-based newspaper said that the city's ...
Sri Lankan Forces Strike at Jaffna
Nov 29, 1995 ... Sri Lankan forces launched massive air and artillery strikesagainst Tamil rebels holding on stubbornly to Jaffna city center,military sources said today. The military entered Jaffna city limits 13 days ago but have yetbeen unable to effectively take control of ...
Steelyard Scales to Be Banned in Beijing
Nov 29, 1995 ... Beijing has led China in banning the use of steelyard scales fromDecember 1, 1995, in a move to protect the interests of consumers,according to the "China Commercial News". The paper said that this kind of scale has been in use in Chinafor over 1,000 years, but its deviation is in ...
Thailand Aims to Be Ramsar Contracted Party
Nov 29, 1995 ... Thailand aims to become a contracted party to the RamsarConvention by next month, according to Arthon Suphapodok, deputypermernent secretary of the Ministry of Science, Technology andEnvironment. Arthon was quoted today by the local press as saying that Thailandwould like to ...
Thailand's Consuls Urged to Open Markets
Nov 29, 1995 ... Thailand has urged its honorary consuls in Australia, New Zealandand Papua New Guinea to expand their role in opening new markets forThai products and to promote a positive image of the country. Their primary role has been to issue visas and protect theinterests of Thai nationals ...
Young Talents in Education and Science Cited
Nov 29, 1995 ... Some 118 cross-century young scientists selected from 56 collegesand universities nationwide are playing leading roles in theirfields. The project to select cross-century outstanding young people oftalent was launched by the State Education Commission (SEC) in 1993. To date, ...
72 Indian Inmates Escape from Remand Home
Nov 29, 1995 ... Seventy-two inmates of a remand home at Majnu-ka-Tila, run by theDelhi administration, escaped Tuesday evening after beating, tyingand locking up two caretakers, the local press reported today. As they were fleeing, two of the inmates were caught by a policepatrol team, the report ...
ASEAN Customs meeting Ends in Vietnam
Nov 29, 1995 ... Customs officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) ended a two-day meeting here today. This was the first customs meeting under the ASEAN free trade areaagreement (AFTA) held in Vietnam, the newest member of ASEAN. The meeting was called to work out a ...
Australian Wool Prices Continue Slumping
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Australian wool market further weakened today, with woolprices continuing falling. The eastern market indicator slumped by 6 Australian cents to 584cents (438 US cents) per kilogram clean from 590 cents (442.5 UScents) on Tuesday, the Australian Associated Press quoted ...
Australian Dollar Ends Firmer
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Australian dollar continued to rally against the greenbacktoday, up by almost half a US cent. The Australian dollar rose to 74.93 US cents, up from the previousclose of 74.48 US cents. The local dollar was boosted by a strong rally offshore overnight. But the ...
Australian Stock Market Picks Up
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Australian stock market picked up today, driven up by the riseof more than 3 percent in the gold sector. The leading market indicator, the All Ordinaries index, closed at2,160 points, gaining 5 points from the previous finish of 2,155points. The local bourse was spurred ...
Bangladesh Undertake Shipping Development Program
Nov 29, 1995 ... Bangladesh has undertaken a massive program for development of theinland shipping sector, which would be at a cost of Tk 8 billion (200million US dollars) during the next 5 years. According to official sources, the program includes dredging,establishment of an inland container ...
Bangladesh Sets Up Private Computer College
Nov 29, 1995 ... Bangladesh private sector has set up a computer college, the firstof its kind in the country. According to sources today, the college under a joint venture ofBangladeshis and Malaysians was formally opened at a simple ceremonyhere Tuesday. Sponsor of the college, the ...
Buddhist Association Congratulates Reincarnated Panchen Lama
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Buddhist Association of China today celebrated the decision onthe reincarnation of the Tenth Panchen Lama. "We deeply believe that the 11th Panchen Lama will, under theleadship of the Communist Party of China and the Central Government,will safeguard national unity and ...
Chick Import Ban Re-emphasised In Tanzania
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Tanzanian government has re-emphasised the continuation of theban on the importation of the day-old chicks from Zimbabwe followingthe uncontrolled serious outbreak of the fatal "newcastle" disease. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development spokesman,Dr. I. Majaliwa, ...
China's Non-Governmental Science Businesses in Steady Growth
Nov 29, 1995 ... The number of non-governmental scientific and technologicalbusinesses in China has reached 80,000, and has developed into a newgrowing departure of the national economy. The first business of this kind came to existence in Beijing in1980. Then, such enterprises grew rapidly in the ...
China Turns out Advanced Transformer
Nov 29, 1995 ... China has just produced a 268-ton transformer, which is believedto have reached international advanced level. It is 17 meters long, 7.4 m wide and 8.2 m high, worth 1.3 millionUS dollars. The transformer was made by the Xi'an Transformer Plant innorthwest China's Shaanxi ...
Chinese Cuisine Encyclopedia Published
Nov 29, 1995 ... An encyclopedia on the world-famed Chinese cuisine has beenpublished following 15 years of arduous efforts. The 1.5 million-word book, titled "Encyclopedia of Chinese Cuisineand Banquets", is the largest of its kind on Chinese cuisine, whichcan be traced back more than 4,000 ...
Colombo Sends Large Amounts Of Food To Jaffna
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Sri Lankan government is sending 10,000 tons of food and otherdaily necessities for the war-affected people in the northern Jaffnapeninsula, official sources said. A ship carrying these goods left here this morning and theshipload will be handed over to the Government Agent of ...
COMESA Member States Accede To Convention
Nov 29, 1995 ... The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) saidtoday its member states have agreed to accede to the internationalconvention on the simplification and harmonization of customsprocedures in an effort to boost low intra-COMESA trade. COMESA Secretary-General Bingu Wa ...
Cuban President Castro Arrives in Beijing Eds: more information added
Nov 29, 1995 ... Fidel Castro, president of the Council of State and president ofthe Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, arrived in Beijingthis afternoon for a 9-day state visit to China at the invitation ofChinese President Jiang Zemin. This is President Castro's first visit to China ...
Cuban President Arrives in Beijing
Nov 29, 1995 ... Fidel Castro, president of the Council of State and president ofthe Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, arrived in Beijingthis afternoon for a 9-day state visit to China at the invitation ofChinese President Jiang Zemin. This is President Castro's first visit to China ...
Dalai Lama Violates Buddhist Norms by Wilfully Selecting Child (1)
Nov 29, 1995 ... The name of the boy declared by the Dalai Lama to be the"reincarnation of the Panchen Lama" on May 14 this year was secretlyreported to him by a person from the Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in theTibet Autonomous Region. This person was a member of the official group for locating ...
Egyptian FM Returns Home from Spain
Nov 29, 1995 ... Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has returned home with hisaccompanying delegation from Spain after attending the Barcelonaconference, according to the Middle East News Agency (MENA) today. The news agency reported that the foreign minister told theconference of Egypt's ...