Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, December 18:
143 Die of Cold In Mexico
Dec 18, 1998 ... Low temperatures in several Mexican states have left 143 peopledead as health authorities implemented a special winter program for1998-99. The health ministry said on Wednesday that in the northern stateof Chihuahua, temperature had dropped ...
Year-ender: S. Africa's Diplomacy Faces Grave
Dec 18, 1998 ... 1998, the fourth year since the African National Congress (ANC)began ruling in South Africa after abolishing apartheid in 1994, haswitnessed the biggest black political party launching unpreceddiplomatic campaign. In the brighter aspect, the ANC government has beefed ...
Ukrainian FM's China Visit Fruitful
Dec 18, 1998 ... China has reiterated its support for Ukraine's independence,sovereignty and territorial integration, and will provide a nuclearsecurity guarantee for the country. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk heard these words fromthe Chinese side during his recent formal China visit ...
Sri Lanka Concerned About Air Strike Against Iraq
Dec 18, 1998 ... Sri Lanka has been gravely concerned about the air strike againstIraq by the United States and Britain, the official radio saidFriday. Sri Lanka has consistently opposed the use of force in theresolution of international disputes, said the radio citing a newsrelease issued by the ...
South Korea Takes Men's Tennis Singles
Dec 18, 1998 ... Yoon Yong-Il of South Korea outwitted his Japanese rival SatoshiIwabuchi 3-1 to take the men's tennis ...
South Korea Takes Men's Tennis Singles
Dec 18, 1998 ... Yoon Yong-Il of South Korea outwitted his Japanese rival SatoshiIwabuchi 3-1 to take the men's tennis singles title at the AsianGames here on Friday. After a first set deficit, the ...
South Korean Yoon Wins Men's Tennis Singles
Dec 18, 1998 ... Yoon Yong-Il awarded South Korea another gold medal by nippinghisJapanese rival 3-1 in the men's singles final at the Asian Gameshereon Friday. After his victory in the team event early in the week, the SouthKorea posted his second gold medal by beating Satoshi Iwabuchi ...
South Korea Books Another Final Spot in Men's Basketball
Dec 18, 1998 ... South Korea outwashed Kazakhstan 106-64 here on Friday, bookingits berth in the final of the men's basketball tournament at theAsian Games. The Korean cagers enjoyed their up-onemanship throughout ...
Social Productive Forces Be Given Top Priority: Jiang Zemin
Dec 18, 1998 ... Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of China (CPC), stressed today that productiveforcesconstitute the ultimate dynamics in social development and theirdevelopment is the fundamental task of socialism. Jiang, also Chinese President, made ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... Defending champion Sergey Korepanov of Kazakhstan took over thelead from Thai walker Samutkao Sakchai before 25 kilometers in the50km walk race here on Friday. Fumio Imamura, the national record holder for Japan, was closelybehind, followed by Wang ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... The men's 50 kilometers road walking of the 13th Asian Gamesstarted at the 6:30 (local time) here on Friday. A total of seven athletes from China, Malaysia, Thailand,Kazakhstan and Japan are competing in the ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... Cai Yukun of China took the title of the men's single scull heretoday at the 13th Asian Games rowing competition. The Chinese came in 7:1.92 for the gold medal ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... Ou Shaoyan of China took the title of the women's single scullsevent here today at the 13th Asian Games rowing competition. This is the second gold ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... Cai Yukun of China took the title of the men's single scull heretoday at the 13th Asian Games rowing competition. Lasmin Lasmin ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... Ou Shaoyan of China took the title of the women's single scullstitle here today at the 13th Asian Games ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... The men's 50 kilometers road walking of the 13th Asian Gamesstarted at the 6:30 (local time) here this ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... Cai Yukun of China took the title of the men's single scull ...
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Dec 18, 1998 ... A totle of seven walkers from five countries started to fight forthe Asian men's 50 kilometers walking supremacy at the current Gameshere this morning. These walkers included the Games' defending champion SergeyKorepanov of Kazakhstan, who took the title with 3:54:37 four ...
Quake Jolts Indonesia's Maluku
Dec 18, 1998 ... A tectonic quake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rockedTernatein Indonesia's Maluku province Thursday, Antara News Agency reportedFriday. The epicenter of the quake was 33 kilometers deep in Malukuwaters, about 140 kilometers northwest of Ternate in the northernpart of the ...
Pudong's Foreign Trade Volume over Ten Billion U.S. Dollars
Dec 18, 1998 ... The Pudong New Area in Shanghai witnessed a foreign trade volumeof more than ten billion U.S. dollars in the January-November periodthis year, a record for an 11-month period since all-rounddevelopment began in 1990. Customs statistics show that Pudong's imports and exports in ...
Notorious Gang Leader Killed in Sri Lanka
Dec 18, 1998 ... A notorious Sri Lankan underworld leader A.D.U. Ranjith, aliasSothi Upali, was killed Thursday in the suburbs of Colombo, policesaid Friday. Police said a group of unidentified people had shot the victim atleast four times when he alighted from a bus at Bokundara ...
New Zealand's Oldest Citizen to Turn 108
Dec 18, 1998 ... Mrs. Ethel Booth, who is probably the most senior citizen in NewZealand, is going to turn 108 on Christmas Day, according to NewZealand Press Association (NZPA). Born on December 25, 1890, Mrs. booth is now living at theTravellyn Home and Hospital for Older People in Hamilton, a ...
New Zealand Stocks Close Higher
Dec 18, 1998 ... The New Zealand share market closed higher here Friday. The NZSE40 Index ended 28 points higher at 2,022 with a turnoverof 120 million NZ dollars (62.6 million U.S. dollars). Among the 10 leading stocks, eight went up except for AMP, whichfell 20 cents to 2,415 cents, and ...
New Zealand's Household Size Continues to Fall
Dec 18, 1998 ... Latest census figures show the average household size in NewZealand fell marginally from 2.9 people per dwelling in 1986 to 2.8people in 1996, Statistics New Zealand said Friday in its mediarelease. Increasing numbers of one-person households, declining familysize, and fewer ...
Market Exchange Rates
Dec 18, 1998 ... The People's Bank of China today issued the market exchange ratesin RMB yuan against three major currencies. The middle price of RMByuan against convertible currencies is mainly based on the closingprice of the preceding interbank trading. The designated foreign exchange trading ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Australiannewspapers Friday. All the major papers devote their frontpage or first few pages toreports on the air strikes launched Thursday by United States andBritain against Iraq. The Australian:Australian Federal Treasurer ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Friday. Manila Bulletin: The Philippines and Vietnam agreed Thursday to explorecounter-trade to avoid spending dollars and speed up the recovery oftheir economies hit by the regional financial ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersFriday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: U.S. and British forces struck the Iraqi capital Baghdad onThursday night in a second wave of air attacks that began on theprevious day.Mainichi:Russian ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian newspapers
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersFriday. The Hindustan Times: India Thursday deplored the air strikes carried out by the UnitedStates and Britain on Iraq and demanded an immediate halt to themilitary action.The Times of India:The Lower House ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading PakistaninewspapersFriday. The News: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday termed the U.S. and Britishair attacks on Iraq as unfortunate and said the attacks wouldincrease suffering of the Iraqi people.The Nation:The Senate ...
Major News Items in Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersFriday: Kenya Times: The U.S. and British missiles pounded the Iraqi capital Baghdadearly Thursday, killing at least five people and injuring scores ofothers so far.Daily Nation:Congo's warring president ...
Loud Explosions Heard in Baghdad
Dec 18, 1998 ... Loud explosions were heard in the Iraqi capital at 04:15 localtime (0115 GMT) Friday. The explosions, which lasted for ...
Jiang Zemin: China to Open Wider to Outside Unswervingly
Dec 18, 1998 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin said here today that China willcontinue to open wider to the outside world unswervingly and furtherperfect related policies to promote the open-up. Jiang, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks ...
Jiang Zemin on Public Ownership
Dec 18, 1998 ... President Jiang Zemin fully affirmed here today the ownershipstructure China adopts which stresses the leading role of thesocialist public ownership and the co-ordinated development ofeconomies under diversified ownership. Addressing a grand gathering marking the 20th anniversary ...
Jiang Zemin Stresses Maintaining Stability and Unity
Dec 18, 1998 ... Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President, today stressedthat it is imperative for China to maintain political and socialstability and unity. Addressing a meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of the ...
Jiang Zemin on Experience of China's Reform and Opening-up (1)
Dec 18, 1998 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin said here today that the mostimportant historical experience of China's two-decade-long reformandopening-up is to combine the fundamental theories of Marxism withthecountry's real situation, take a distinct path of development andbuild socialism with ...
Jiang Urges to Push Political Reform
Dec 18, 1998 ... Chinese president Jiang Zemin has urged that political reform bepushed in an active but cautious way in the country. Jiang, also general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party(CPC)Central Committee, made the remarks at a gathering here this morningto mark the 20th anniversary ...
Jiang: China's External Work Primarily Aimed to Strive for Peace
Dec 18, 1998 ... Jiang Zemin, president and general secretary of the CommunistParty of China (CPC) Central Committee, said here today that theprimary task of China's external work is for peace and to servesocialist modernization. It's a must to adhere to the independent foreign policy ...
India's Trade Deficit Increases
Dec 18, 1998 ... India's trade deficit widened by a whopping 94 percent in thefirst half of the current financial year owing to sluggish exportsand burgeoning imports, The Observer of Business and Politics saidhere Friday. In September, 1998 exports suffered a steep fall of 6.89 percentwhile ...
India Forms Textile Market Intelligence Unit
Dec 18, 1998 ... India's Textile Ministry has set up an economic research andmarket intelligence unit (ERMIU) for providing information relatingto overseas textile markets and competitors, Textile Ministrysourcessaid here Friday. The ERMIU will help the textile industry gear up in terms ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Higher
Dec 18, 1998 ... Hong Kong stocks rose 86.23 points, or 0.86 percent, to open at10,169.54 on ...
Hong Kong Stocks Higher at Midday
Dec 18, 1998 ... Hong Kong stocks rose 182.93 points, or 1.81 percent, to closethemorning trade session at 10,266.24 on ...
Highlights of Beijing-based Newspapers
Dec 18, 1998 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" The China's leading newspaper today frontpaged an editorialmarking the 20th anniversary of the Third Plenum of 11th CPC CentralCommittee regarded as a milestone for the country's reform andopening up.The ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates against thePakistani rupee released Friday by the Overseas Banking Division ofthe National Bank of Pakistan: Friday Thursday U.S. dollar45.9500/46.2800 45.9500/46.2800British pound ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in New Zealand
Dec 18, 1998 ... The following are the foreign exchange rates against the NewZealand dollar here Friday: Friday Thursday Australian dollar...
Final Results at Asiad Rowing Competitions (1)
Dec 18, 1998 ... Following are the final results at the Asiad rowing tournament atPattaya on Friday: Men's single sculls: 1. Cai Yukun, China, seven minutes 1.92 seconds2. Lasmin Lasmin, Indonesia, 7:06.863. Mohammad Akram, Pakistan, 7:10.634. Yevgeniy Latypov, Kazakhstan, 7:24.585. Tse ...
Fast Growth Rate Expected for Shanghai's Pudong
Dec 18, 1998 ... The Pudong New Area of Shanghai is expected to have a 17-percentgrowth rate this year, Hu Wei, the deputy head of its managingcommittee, said recently. This is based on the economic development of the first 10 months.Its GDP was 54.8 billion yuan by the end of October, up 16.3 ...
Environment-Friendly Cars Called for in China
Dec 18, 1998 ... A group of Chinese and foreign specialists at a recentinternational seminar in Beijing said that moreenvironmentally-friendly cars need to be used in China as soon aspossible. They said that cars powered by natural gas need to replace theexisting vehicles. The exhaust of ...
Eastern Chinese Province Finding Ways to Prevent AIDs
Dec 18, 1998 ... The health department in east China's Zhejiang Province hasrecently published the first official reports on AIDs, saying thatefforts will continue to be focused on preventing the fatal disease. The province reported in 1985 its first person with HIV who hadgot the virus from ...
DHAKA to Set Up 3 Readymade Garments Villages
Dec 18, 1998 ... The Bangladeshi government has planned to set up three readymadegarments (RMG) villages in suburbs of Dhaka to shift hundreds offlourished factories within the capital and Narayanganji city, TheDaily Star reported Friday. The main objective of the establishment of the villages is ...
Chinese Wins Men's 50km Walk Title
Dec 18, 1998 ... Chinese Wang Yinghang won the men's 50 kilometers walk title in atime of 3 hours 59 minutes 26 seconds here today at the 13th ...
Chinese Wins Men's 50km Walk Title
Dec 18, 1998 ... Chinese Wang Yinghang beat Kazakhstan's Sergey Korepanov in thehome stretch to win the men's 50 kilometers walk title in the AsianGames here on Friday. Wang clocked three hours 59 minutes 26 seconds, just one ...
Chinese Wins Men's 50km Walk Title
Dec 18, 1998 ... Chinese Wang Yinghang beat Kazakhstan's Sergey Korepanov in thehome stretch to win the men's 50 kilometers walk title in the AsianGames here on Friday. Wang clocked three hours 59 minutes 26 seconds, just one secondahead of second-placed Korepanov, who was overtaken by the ...
Chinese Leader On Upholding Party's Basic Line
Dec 18, 1998 ... President and Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin todaypledged to uphold the Party's basic line and said the four cardinalprinciples should be observed throughout China's modernizationprocess. Addressing a grand gathering marking the 20th anniversary of theThird Plenary ...
China Wins Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Title
Dec 18, 1998 ... Gao Bingrong and Liu Jian of China won the title of the men'slightweight double sculls at the 13th Asian Games at Pattaya onFriday. The Chinese pair was timed at ...
China Wins Fourth Rowing Title on Friday
Dec 18, 1998 ... China won its fourth rowing title at the Asiad rowing tournamentwhen its quartet took the men's lightweight ...
China Vows to Take All the Golds at Asiad Rowing
Dec 18, 1998 ... China is expected to win all the 11 gold medals at the Asiadrowing tournament, said Chinese head coach Gao Hongyin afterFriday'scompetitions at Pattaya. Chinese rowers took all the five gold medals at stake on Fridayand that greatly boosted Gao's confidence. "The Chinese ...
China to Hold Debate Competition for Women Prosecutors
Dec 18, 1998 ... A national competition is to be held in China for womenprosecutors to display their forensic skills, the Supreme People'sProcuratorate (SPP) said today. Of China's 160,000 public prosecutors, 30,000 are women. Thecompetition is designed to demonstrate the talents of ...
China's Sugar Market To Remain Sluggish Next Year
Dec 18, 1998 ... Experts predict that China's sugar market will remain sluggishnext year due to continuing weak domestic demand and low sugarexports. The country's sugar prices have remained stable, but slackeneddemand is expected to keep prices low next year. China's sugar output was 8.1 ...
China Romps into Men's Basketball Final
Dec 18, 1998 ... Three-straight-time champion China downed the Philippines 82-73toadvance into the men's basketball final at the Asian Games here ...
China Receives 40 Boeing Aircraft in 1998
Dec 18, 1998 ... China has taken delivery of 40 Boeing airliners this year, andthese planes now account for more than 70 percent of those bought byChina, according to Boeing China Company officials. All major air carriers such as Air China and China Eastern AirGroup have received aircraft from the ...
China Marks 20th Anniversary of Reform and Opening up (1)
Dec 18, 1998 ... China held a grand meeting here today in the Great Hall of thePeople to mark the 20th anniversary of the convocation of the ThirdPlenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Partyof China (CPC), at which China decided to introduce the policy ofreform and opening-up to ...
China Makes Breakthrough in Generating Electricity
Dec 18, 1998 ... China expects to generate 1.335 trillion kilowatt-hour (kwh) ofelectricity and develop an installed generating capacity of 250million kilowatts (kw) this year, which would rank the countrysecondin the world in both categories. A senior official with the China State Power ...
China Enters Men's Basketball Final at Asian Games
Dec 18, 1998 ... Defending champion China defeated the Philippine centennial team82-73 to enter the final of the men's basketball tournament at the13th Asian Games here on Friday. China jumped to a 10-4 lead early in the game and dominated allthe way at both ends to build an easy lead of 44-32 at ...
China Clean Sweeps Friday's Rowing Competitions
Dec 18, 1998 ... China clean swept Friday's five gold medals on offer at the Asiadrowing competitions at Pattaya. Fan Ruihua, Liu Bill, Peng Ying and Shen Senping teamed up to ...