Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, March 21:
1st Ld-Writethru: China section of Kunming-Bangkok highway completed
Mar 21, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: China section of Kunming-Bangkok highwaycompleted KUNMING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese stretch of a trans-national highway linking Kunming city in the southwest YunnanProvince with the Thai capital of Bangkok was completed on Friday,marking progress in a ...
Moderate quake rocks bordering area of southwest China, Myanmar
Mar 21, 2008 ... Moderate quake rocks bordering area of southwest China, Myanmar BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on theRichter scale jolted the bordering region between southwestern Chinaand Myanmar Friday evening, according to China's SeismologicalForecast Network ....
China's securities regulator solicits opinions for opening its own Nasdaq
Mar 21, 2008 ... China's securities regulator solicits opinions for opening itsown Nasdaq BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The China Securities RegulatoryCommission (CSRC) Friday began to solicit opinions on a market itwill open for small start-ups to raise funds. The securities regulator ...
China to continuously promote strategic partnership with Russia: FM
Mar 21, 2008 ... China to continuously promote strategic partnership with Russia:FM BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister on Fridaystressed China's readiness to continuously promote the strategicpartnership with Russia during 2008. "As the China-Russia strategic partnership ...
200,000 Chinese women to get free screening for cervical cancer
Mar 21, 2008 ... 200,000 Chinese women to get free screening for cervical cancer BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- In the coming three years, some200,000 Chinese women will be able to get free screening forcervical cancer, the program organizers announced here Friday. The "Prevention of Cervical ...
Power blackout hits parts of Beijing for around half an hour
Mar 21, 2008 ... Power blackout hits parts of Beijing for around half an hour BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- A power blackout hit parts ofBeijing Friday evening because of equipment failure and electricitysupply resumed in about half an hour. Two areas in Fengtai District and one in Xuanxu ...
Ample supply ensures stable prices in Lhasa, officials say
Mar 21, 2008 ... Ample supply ensures stable prices in Lhasa, officials say LHASA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Government officials in Lhasareassured citizens on Friday that prices would remain stable withabundant market supply despite influences caused by the unrest aweek ago. "We have taken ...
Three dead, two injured in E. China traffic accident
Mar 21, 2008 ... Three dead, two injured in E. China traffic accident WENZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- A total of three people died twowere injured in a traffic accident in Wenzhou City in east China'sZhejiang Province early Friday, police said. Five passengers disembarking from a bus at a ...
Chinese export food factories open to Japanese media after dumpling poisoning
Mar 21, 2008 ... Chinese export food factories open to Japanese media afterdumpling poisoning JINAN, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Japanese media visited Chinese exportfood factories and quality supervision institutions on Wednesday andThursday as China sought mutual trust on the food trade afterdumpling ...
China starts pilot auto parts recovery program to promote circular economy
Mar 21, 2008 ... China starts pilot auto parts recovery program to promotecircular economy BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China Friday started a pilotprogram to recover discarded auto parts as part of its efforts toachieve circular economy. The National Development and Reform Commission ...
Two firefighters injured in east China illegal woodwork factory fire
Mar 21, 2008 ... Two firefighters injured in east China illegal woodwork factoryfire HANGZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Two firefighters were injuredtackling a fire early Friday in an illegal woodwork factory in eastChina's Zhejiang Province. The fire occurred at around 7:30 a.m. Friday in an ...
China Focus: Tibetans mourn five young women who died in riot
Mar 21, 2008 ... China Focus: Tibetans mourn five young women who died in riot LHASA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 citizens mourned fivewomen victims of the Tibet riot in front of the shop where theydied. Holding lilies and candles, mourners shuffled slowly forward in aqueue. They put ...
China uncovers 1,001 commercial bribery cases in health sector
Mar 21, 2008 ... China uncovers 1,001 commercial bribery cases in health sector BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China uncovered 1,001 commercialbribery cases in its health sector in 2007, the Ministry of Healthsaid here Friday, citing figures from a national teleconference. The cases ...
Hu Jintao visits top military academy on its 50th anniversary
Mar 21, 2008 ... Hu Jintao visits top military academy on its 50th anniversary BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President and Chairman ofthe Central Military Commission (CMC) Hu Jintao visited the Academyof Military Sciences of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)on Friday, to mark its ...
Official accused of gambling public funds stands trial for corruption
Mar 21, 2008 ... Official accused of gambling public funds stands trial forcorruption CHANGSHA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Court hearings into a former headof a city's economic planning department over bribery andembezzlement charges started in central China's Hunan Province onFriday. Pan ...
Chinese State Councillor meets ROK FM
Mar 21, 2008 ... Chinese State Councillor meets ROK FM BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China will make concerted effortswith its Asian neighbors, including the Republic of Korea (ROK), topromote peace, harmony and prosperity in the region, Chinese StateCouncillor Dai Bingguo said Friday. Dai ...
China section of Kunming-Bangkok highway completed
Mar 21, 2008 ... China section of Kunming-Bangkok highway completed KUNMING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese stretch of a trans-national highway linking Kunming city in the southwest YunnanProvince with the Thai capital of Bangkok was completed on Friday,marking progress in a land link from China ...
Macao's visitor arrivals soar 13.9 percent in first 2 months of 2008
Mar 21, 2008 ... Macao's visitor arrivals soar 13.9 percent in first 2 months of2008 MACAO, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Macao logged over 4.7 million visitorarrivals in the first two months of 2008, up 13.9 percent year-on-year, according to statistics released by the Macao SpecialAdministrative Region ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (13)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (13) Second, we must always take the fundamental interests of theoverwhelming majority of the people as the starting point. Theposition of the people as masters of the country is the essence andcore of socialist democratic politics ....
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (14)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (14) Fourth, we must always handle affairs in accordance with the lawand stipulated procedures. Democratic centralism is theorganizational principle for the system of people's congresses aswell as a principle by which the NPC and ...
First spring rainfall washes away Beijing's dust
Mar 21, 2008 ... First spring rainfall washes away Beijing's dust BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Three days of dusty weatherappeared to be drawing to an end on Friday when the first springrain fell in Beijing. The Beijing Observatory said the precipitation reached 8.3millimeters. However, ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (15)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (15) 2. First of all taking into consideration the work of the Partyand the state, we must put improvement of the effectiveness ofoversight at the center of all our efforts related to oversight. Wemust always handle matters in ...
URGENT: Internet portals carry images of wanted Lhasa riot suspects
Mar 21, 2008 ... URGENT: Internet portals carry images of wanted Lhasa riotsuspects LHASA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Major Internet portals in China,including Yahoo.com and Sina.com, on Friday carried images of someof the Lhasa riot suspects wanted by police. Phone numbers for the Public ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (16)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (16) 4. We need to focus on consolidating and improving the mechanismsfor regular exchange, first of all taking into consideration thecharacteristics and advantages of the foreign contact work of theNPC. We must continue to maintain ...
Yum! Brands reports 30 pct profit jump in China last year
Mar 21, 2008 ... Yum! Brands reports 30 pct profit jump in China last year SHANGHAI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Yum! Brands Inc, the world'slargest fast food chain operator, realized a 30 percent profitincrease in the Chinese market last year. The operator of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut stores in ...
News Feature: Facing riot, Tibetans, Hans side by side
Mar 21, 2008 ... News Feature: Facing riot, Tibetans, Hans side by side LHASA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- When the holy city of Lhasa wasrocked by riot, many Tibetans and Hans chose to stand shoulder byshoulder to face the disaster. Lying in the People's Hospital, Losang Cering had seven ...
Land Rover recalls defective vehicles in China over sunroof flaws
Mar 21, 2008 ... Land Rover recalls defective vehicles in China over sunroof flaws BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Land Rover is recalling 4,304vehicles exported to China for sunroof flaws, a quality officialsaid here on Friday. According to the General Administration of Quality ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 21 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 March 20 to 12:00 March 21, BeijingTime), released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center: City Major Pollutant Air ...
Chinese share prices close mixed on profit taking
Mar 21, 2008 ... Chinese share prices close mixed on profit taking BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua)-- China shares ended Friday trading ina mixed performance on profit taking, with the steel sector leadingthe upward trend but banking stocks in doldrums. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the ...
Shenzhen stock indices up -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Shenzhen stock indices up -- March 21 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Shenzhen Component Index on theShenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 13,718.96 on Friday, up 170.35points, or 1.26 ...
China oil giant suffers 36.2 bln yuan of refining loss in 2007
Mar 21, 2008 ... China oil giant suffers 36.2 bln yuan of refining loss in 2007 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua)-- China National Petroleum Corporation(CNPC), the country's leading oil producer, lost 36.2 billion yuan(5.4 billion U.S. dollars) in its oil refining and processingbusinesses last year, ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Internet portals carry images of Lhasa riot suspects
Mar 21, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Internet portals carry images of Lhasa riotsuspects LHASA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Major Internet portals in China,including Yahoo.com and Sina.com, on Friday carried images of someof the Lhasa riot suspects wanted by police. Phone numbers for the Public ...
Dell to boost parts purchases from China in 2008
Mar 21, 2008 ... Dell to boost parts purchases from China in 2008 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua)-- Personal computer giant Dell Inc.said Thursday that it will raise parts purchases from China by 27.8percent this year, increasing its presence in the booming market. Dell is to buy 23 billion U.S ....
Hushen 300 index up -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Hushen 300 index up -- March 21 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Hushen 300 Index reflecting theperformance of China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges closedat 4,037.83 on Friday, up 36 points, or 0.90 ...
Shanghai stock indices mixed -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Shanghai stock indices mixed -- March 21 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China's benchmark ShanghaiComposite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,796.58 onFriday, down 7.48 points, ...
China's road death rate highest in world
Mar 21, 2008 ... China's road death rate highest in world BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China recorded 5.1 road accidentdeaths for every 10,000 motor vehicles in 2007, the highest in theworld, a source at the second China Traffic Safety Forum said hereon Thursday. The world average was two ...
Top Lao legislator to visit China
Mar 21, 2008 ... Top Lao legislator to visit China BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Thongsing Thammavong, president ofLao National Assembly, the country's top legislative body, will payan official good-will visit to China from March ...
China court jails three for discharging polluted water
Mar 21, 2008 ... China court jails three for discharging polluted water GUANGZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Three people in south China'sGuangdong Province were jailed between 22 and 39 months forillegally discharging polluted water, a local court said. The three defendants, including a man named ...
Tibetan mountaineers vow all-out efforts for safe Olympic torch relay
Mar 21, 2008 ... Tibetan mountaineers vow all-out efforts for safe Olympic torchrelay LHASA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Tibetan mountaineers have vowed all-out efforts to ensure the smooth movement of the torch relay for theupcoming Olympic Games, after Olympic organizers said the Tibet legwill go ...
China bankers foresee rapid Q2 growth without overheating: survey
Mar 21, 2008 ... China bankers foresee rapid Q2 growth without overheating: survey BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- A survey of confidence amongChina's banks, conducted by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), foundthat 63.9 percent believed the economy would continue growingrapidly without overheating ...
ROK supports Beijing Olympic support, against politicizing Games: ROK foreign minister
Mar 21, 2008 ... ROK supports Beijing Olympic support, against politicizing Games:ROK foreign minister BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Yu Myung-hwan, the Republic ofKorea (ROK)Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, stressed hiscountry's full support for the Beijing Olympics and opposition ...
World Bank grants 38.4 million U.S. dollars to China's Silk Road heritage
Mar 21, 2008 ... World Bank grants 38.4 million U.S. dollars to China's Silk Roadheritage BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has granted 38.4million U.S. dollars in loans to help northwest China's GansuProvince achieve sustainable tourism development, according to thebank. The ...
Migration agency hopes to expand cooperation with China: director
Mar 21, 2008 ... Migration agency hopes to expand cooperation with China: director BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Brunson McKinley, director generalof the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said onFriday that he hoped his organization would expand cooperation withChina. McKinley ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (8)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (8) We promoted fairness in the judicial system. We encouraged andsupported the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People'sProcuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security in their jointspecial campaign to completely clear up the ...
Donations for China's snow disaster areas reach 2.3 bln yuan: ministry
Mar 21, 2008 ... Donations for China's snow disaster areas reach 2.3 bln yuan:ministry BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Domestic and foreign donations forthe victims of China's severe winter weather stood at 2.3 billionyuan (about 320 million U.S. dollars) as of Feb. 29, the Ministry ofCivil ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (10)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (10) The election of the deputies to the people's congresses is agreat event in China's socialist democratic politics. The NPC andits Standing Committee promptly made decisions and issued guidelinesbased on thorough surveys and ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (12)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (12) The achievements of the Standing Committee of the Tenth NPC weremade under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee withComrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary and are the result of thehard work of the deputies, the ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (11)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (11) In our foreign contact work, we always bore in mind theoverriding task of creating an excellent international environmentfor the country's efforts to build a moderately prosperous societyin all respects, vividly demonstrated ...
Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (9)
Mar 21, 2008 ... Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (9) 2. We supported deputies in the legal exercise of their dutiesand ensured that they are able to do so as an important measure forgiving full play to their role. To meet the requirements of DocumentNo. 9, the organs of the NPC, ...
China intensifies efforts to prevent further bird flu outbreaks
Mar 21, 2008 ... China intensifies efforts to prevent further bird flu outbreaks BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China is intensifying themonitoring of bird migration to prevent any further outbreaks ofbird flu, Xinhua learnt from the State Forestry Administration onFriday. The administration ...
East China's Fujian Province to build second nuclear plant in November
Mar 21, 2008 ... East China's Fujian Province to build second nuclear plant inNovember FUZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Construction of a second nuclearpower plant in eastern China's Fujian Province will begin inNovember. The new plant will be situated on the coast near Qianxue Villageof ...
1st LD-Writethru: Shanghai index edges down as large caps decline
Mar 21, 2008 ... 1st LD-Writethru: Shanghai index edges down as large caps decline BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China shares closed mixed onFriday, with large-caps stagnant, as the steel sector lifted 7percent in response to high product prices and talk of furtherrationalization in the industry ....
2nd Ld: Strong quakes rock northwest China's Xinjiang, no casualties reported
Mar 21, 2008 ... 2nd Ld: Strong quakes rock northwest China's Xinjiang, nocasualties reported URUMQI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- At least a dozen earthquakes joltedXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China's remote northwest onFriday. No casualties were reported so far. The first and strongest ...
Taiwan stocks end 2.24 pct higher -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Taiwan stocks end 2.24 pct higher -- March 21 HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan share prices surgedFriday, with the weighted index, the market's key barometer, movingup 187.37 points, or 2.24 percent, to close at 8,524.99, accordingto news reaching here from Taipei ....
Impact of subprime crisis to persist 2 to 3 years: Stiglitz
Mar 21, 2008 ... Impact of subprime crisis to persist 2 to 3 years: Stiglitz BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The impact of the subprime crisiswill persist for two to three years, after which the U.S. economywill recover, the Nobel laureate U.S. economist Joseph E. Stiglitzsaid here on Friday ....
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- March 21 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 17 majorChinese cities (20:00 March 21 - 20:00 March 22, Beijing Time,temperatures in Celsius):Min.Max.ConditionWind scale Beijing ...
Commentary: Human rights? No more lip service please
Mar 21, 2008 ... Commentary: Human rights? No more lip service please By Xinhuawriter Zhou Yan BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Some Western media are swingingbehind a few "rights groups" as if they have finally got the much-needed evidence to prove the Chinese government's "crackdown" and"tyranny" ...
Weather forecast for world cities -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Weather forecast for world cities -- March 21 BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 worldcities (20:00 March 21 - 20:00 March 22, Beijing Time, temperaturesin Celsius):Min. Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing 514 ...
Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- March 21 HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreignexchange rates against the Hong Kong dollar released by the Bank ofChina (Hong Kong) Limited on Friday: Buying Selling Japanese yen 779.95...
Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- March 21
Mar 21, 2008 ... Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- March 21 HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following is temperature andweather forecast of March 22 for 22 Asia-Pacific cities dispatchedby the Hong Kong Observatory on Friday: CITY MINIMUMMAXIMUM ...
Power cut off as Yellow River floods northern China town
Mar 21, 2008 ... Power cut off as Yellow River floods northern China town HOHHOT, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Power was cut off as flood waterfrom the Yellow River submerged an entire town in northern China'sInner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Friday. Electricity was cut off ...
China to host Int'l Women Musicians Assembly in April
Mar 21, 2008 ... China to host Int'l Women Musicians Assembly in April BEIJING,March 21 (Xinhua) -- China is to host the 13th International WomenMusicians Assembly, which is slated for April 18 in the NationalCentre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. The five-day Assembly,held in China for the first ...
China to continue playing constructive role in Doha Round: vice- premier
Mar 21, 2008 ... China to continue playing constructive role in Doha Round: vice-premier BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China's new Vice Premier WangQishan met with U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab here onFriday, pledging China's constructive role as a bridge in the DohaRound negotiations ....
Opposite ends of table come together on Friday
Mar 21, 2008 ... Opposite ends of table come together on Friday ANKARA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Tureky's Fenerbahce, which appearedto give up on the Turkcell Super League to fully concentrate on itsEuropean campaign, earned two big back-to-back wins and now it hopesto make it three when it welcomes ...
Ying/Li clinch men's 10m platform synchro gold at national diving
Mar 21, 2008 ... Ying/Li clinch men's 10m platform synchro gold at national diving HEFEI, Central China, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Ying Hong and LiJunbai claimed the men's 10-meter platform synchronized gold at theNational Diving Championships here on Friday. Ying/Li, coming from Shanghai and ...