Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, March 22:
Hong Kong's flight movements hit record in Easter holidays
Mar 22, 2008 ... Hong Kong's flight movements hit record in Easter holidays HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The daily flight movement recordat the Hong Kong International Airport has been broken twice in twodays, with 906 and 945 flight movements handled Thursday and Fridayrespectively, said the ...
Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- March 22
Mar 22, 2008 ... Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- March 22 HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following is temperature andweather forecast of March 23 for 22 Asia-Pacific cities dispatchedby the Hong Kong Observatory on Saturday: CITY MINIMUMMAXIMUM ...
1st Ld: Ma declares victory in Taiwan's leadership election
Mar 22, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Ma declares victory in Taiwan's leadership election TAIPEI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) declaredits candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, won the island's leadership election onSaturday, according to an initial ballot count. Taiwan residents began voting in the ...
3rd Ld: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage bring Lhasa civilian death toll to 18
Mar 22, 2008 ... 3rd Ld: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage bring Lhasacivilian death toll to 18 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Five people were burnt to death ina motorcycle garage by rioters last Sunday, taking the civiliandeath toll in the riots to 18, the Tibet Autonomous Regional Bureauof ...
Moderate quake affects 16,000 people in southwest China
Mar 22, 2008 ... Moderate quake affects 16,000 people in southwest China KUNMING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0 magnitude quake that joltedsouthwest China's Yunnan Province Friday evening has affected nearly16,000 residents and damaged houses, roads and power lines, localgovernment said on Saturday ....
URGENT: Taiwan residents veto two "UN membership referendums"
Mar 22, 2008 ... URGENT: Taiwan residents veto two "UN membership referendums" TAIPEI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan residents on Saturday vetoedtwo "referendums" on launching a bid to join the United Nations,according to an initial count of the votes on Saturday. A vote on whether the island ...
COSCO Shipping reports 2007 net profit up 84 percent
Mar 22, 2008 ... COSCO Shipping reports 2007 net profit up 84 percent BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- COSCO Shipping Co., a specializedequipment carrier under China's top shipper COSCO Group, said Fridayits net profit rose 84.3 percent in 2007 on surging transport demandfueled by the booming foreign ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Prayers return to normal at riot-hit mosque in Lhasa
Mar 22, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Prayers return to normal at riot-hit mosque inLhasa LHASA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Prayers have returned to normal atthe violence-hit grand mosque in Lhasa. Friday is Jumu'ah, a day of holy obligation for Muslims, and at 2p.m. more than 1,500 worshippers ...
2nd Ld: Ma wins Taiwan's leadership election
Mar 22, 2008 ... 2nd Ld: Ma wins Taiwan's leadership election TAIPEI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Ma Ying-jeou, the candidaterepresenting Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT), won the island's leadershipelection on Saturday, according to Taiwan media reports. Ma, former KMT party chairman, and Vincent Siew, ...
Top living Buddha against secessionism
Mar 22, 2008 ... Top living Buddha against secessionism LANZHOU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Most of the Tibetan living Buddhasand lamas are against secessionism and have opposed and checked theriots in various forms, said a top living Buddha in the northwesternGansu Province. "It is only a very ...
1st Ld: Taiwan residents veto "UN membership referendum"
Mar 22, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Taiwan residents veto "UN membership referendum" TAIPEI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan residents on Saturday vetoed"UN membership referendum" pursued by Chen Shui-bian authorities,according to results of the votes count on Saturday. Only 35.8 percent, or less than half ...
4th Ld-Writethru: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage bring Lhasa civilian death toll to 18
Mar 22, 2008 ... 4th Ld-Writethru: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage bringLhasa civilian death toll to 18 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Five people were burnt to death ina motorcycle garage by rioters last Sunday, taking the civiliandeath toll in the riots to 18, the Tibet Autonomous Regional ...
China launches conservation project to protect Yangtze
Mar 22, 2008 ... China launches conservation project to protect Yangtze BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Education andUNESCO have launched a conservation project here to protect theYangtze River in celebration of this year's World Water Day thatfalls on Saturday. The "Water ...
5th Ld-Writethru-China Exclusive: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage bring Lhasa civilian death toll to 18
Mar 22, 2008 ... 5th Ld-Writethru-China Exclusive: Five bodies found in burnt-outgarage bring Lhasa civilian death toll to 18 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Five people were burnt to death ina motorcycle garage by rioters last Sunday, taking the civiliandeath toll in the riots to 18, the Tibet ...
Tibetologisit lashes out at Dalai's claim of "cultural genocide"
Mar 22, 2008 ... Tibetologisit lashes out at Dalai's claim of "cultural genocide" BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese expert on Tibetan studieslashed out at the Dalai Lama's recent claims of "cultural genocide"on Saturday, saying that the real motive behind the remarks is tosplit the country ...
China ensures drinking water supply in rural areas
Mar 22, 2008 ... China ensures drinking water supply in rural areas BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China has solved most of theproblems of insufficient drinking water supply in rural areas, saidthe Ministry of Water Resources on Saturday. In the past five years, the central government had ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Moderate quake affects 16,000 people in southwest China
Mar 22, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Moderate quake affects 16,000 people insouthwest China KUNMING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0 magnitude quake that joltedsouthwest China's Yunnan Province Friday evening has affected nearly16,000 residents and damaged houses, roads and power lines, localgovernment ...
China Focus: Mountaineers "confident" of summit torch relay despite Lhasa unrest
Mar 22, 2008 ... China Focus: Mountaineers "confident" of summit torch relaydespite Lhasa unrest by Xinhua writer Wang CongLHASA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mountaineers about to takethe Olympic torch to the world's highest mountain peak said they areready for the torch relay despite the ...
China Focus: After the riot, ashes, glass scraps, sprinkled flour and indignation
Mar 22, 2008 ... China Focus: After the riot, ashes, glass scraps, sprinkled flourand indignation By Xinhua Writers Bai Xu and Nie JianjiangMAQU, Gansu Province, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Sun Qingyu's ten-square-meter shop became barely recognizable. All the shelves were pushed down, ...
Business people confident of future in Lhasa despite huge loss in unrest
Mar 22, 2008 ... Business people confident of future in Lhasa despite huge loss inunrest LHASA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Business people in Lhasa have shownconfidence with their future in Lhasa, which is stepping out theshadow of last week's unrest. At the Wenzhou Shopping Mall in downtown ...
Social order returning to normal after riot in SW Chinese county
Mar 22, 2008 ... Social order returning to normal after riot in SW Chinese county ABA COUNTY, Sichuan Province, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Social orderwas returning to normal in Aba County of southwestern SichuanProvince after riots rocked the Tibetan-inhabited county lastSunday, local sources said ....
Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb 23
Mar 22, 2008 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb 23 BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredor pursued by Xinhua Sunday: 1. Collapsed section of Yellow Riverbank repaired 2. Northwest China region to build 20,000 earthquake-proof buildings 3. Chinese youth support ...
India clarifies rumor of meeting Dalai: FM
Mar 22, 2008 ... India clarifies rumor of meeting Dalai: FM BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- India has clarified the rumor thatits Vice President Mamid Ansari would meet with Dalai, said ChineseForeign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang late Saturday. "The Indian side has clarified to China on relevant ...
Netizens slam CNN's distortion of riot picture
Mar 22, 2008 ... Netizens slam CNN's distortion of riot picture BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of netizens haveanswered calls to condemn CNN and a few other western mediaorganizations for distorting facts in covering the riot in Lhasa,capital city of China's Tibet Autonomous ...
Collapsed section in Yellow River bank patched up
Mar 22, 2008 ... Collapsed section in Yellow River bank patched up HANGJIN BANNER, Inner Mongolia, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Thecollapsed section in the bank of the Yellow River had been patchedup Sunday morning, three days after the flooding occurred in HangjinBanner, north China's Inner Mongolia ...
China's aviation oil supplier recovers from losses after boss's malpractice
Mar 22, 2008 ... China's aviation oil supplier recovers from losses after boss'smalpractice BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua)-- The Singapore unit ofChina's major jet fuel provider China Aviation Oil Group (CAO) hasrecovered from losses, according to CAO sources. From 2006 to2007, the Singapore unit made ...
1st Ld: Netizens slam CNN's distortion of riot picture
Mar 22, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Netizens slam CNN's distortion of riot picture BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of netizens haveanswered calls to condemn CNN and a few other western mediaorganizations for distorting facts in covering the riot in Lhasa,capital city of China's Tibet ...
18 still missing after boats collision in Hong Kong
Mar 22, 2008 ... 18 still missing after boats collision in Hong Kong HONG KONG, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen people are still missingafter two boats bumped into each other Saturday night in Hong Kong,according to local media Sunday morning. After spending the night searching for the missing, ...
Feature: HK volunteers help relieve elder's negative mood
Mar 22, 2008 ... Feature: HK volunteers help relieve elder's negative mood HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- At an elderly community centerlocated at Ma On Shan, some ten volunteers recently participated ina training session listening to the sharing of two elders who havebeen benefited from Life ...
Strong quakes affect 44,000 people in China's Xinjiang region, no casualties reported
Mar 22, 2008 ... Strong quakes affect 44,000 people in China's Xinjiang region, nocasualties reported URUMQI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- At least a dozen earthquakes joltedXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China's remote northwest onFriday affecting 44,000 people, but no casualties reported ...
New Beijing theater modified for better performance
Mar 22, 2008 ... New Beijing theater modified for better performance BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The interior of Beijing's newMeilanfang Grand Theater has been modified for better performanceonly three months after its initial completion. Named after the late Peking Opera master Mei ...
CPC delegate leaves for visit to India, Cyprus
Mar 22, 2008 ... CPC delegate leaves for visit to India, Cyprus BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Li Jinjun, deputy head of theInternational Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC)Central Committee, left here Saturday afternoon for a visit to Indiaand Cyprus. Li ...
Chinese rural residents show concern on food safety: survey
Mar 22, 2008 ... Chinese rural residents show concern on food safety: survey BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Up to 86.1 percent of ruralresidents in China considered food safety a major concern whenshopping, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry ofCommerce. The figure is 28 ...
Three IPOs, stock funds approved by Chinese securities regulator
Mar 22, 2008 ... Three IPOs, stock funds approved by Chinese securities regulator BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China Securities RegulatoryCommission announced here on Friday that it has approved the initialpublic offering (IPO) plans of three domestic companies. They are the Sichuan-based ...
Five bodies found in burnt-out garage brings Lhasa death toll to 18
Mar 22, 2008 ... Five bodies found in burnt-out garage brings Lhasa death toll to18 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Five people were burnt to death ina ...
U.S. firms expected to invest 17 bln dlrs in south China over next three years
Mar 22, 2008 ... U.S. firms expected to invest 17 bln dlrs in south China overnext three years BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. companies are expected toinvest another 17 billion U.S. dollars over the next three years insouth China, the Guangdong Daily reported on Saturday. China's new ...
Chinese FM calls for patience, wisdom to promote process of six- party talks
Mar 22, 2008 ... Chinese FM calls for patience, wisdom to promote process of six-party talks BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister YangJiechi called on all parties concerned to keep patience and exertwisdom to promote the process of the six-party talks on the KoreanPeninsula ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 22
Mar 22, 2008 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 22 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 March 21 to 12:00 March 22, BeijingTime), released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center: City Major Pollutant Air ...
Urgent: Ma announces victory in Taiwan's leadership election
Mar 22, 2008 ... Urgent: Ma announces victory in Taiwan's leadership election TAIPEI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's Kuomintang ...
2nd Ld: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage bring Lhasa civilian death toll to 18
Mar 22, 2008 ... 2nd Ld: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage bring Lhasacivilian death toll to 18 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Five people were burnt to death ina motorcycle garage by rioters last Sunday, taking the civiliandeath toll in the riots to 18, the Tibet Autonomous Regional Bureauof ...
Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- March 22
Mar 22, 2008 ... Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- March 22 HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreignexchange rates against the Hong Kong dollar released by the Bank ofChina (Hong Kong) Limited on Saturday: Buying Selling Japanese yen 779.95 ...
Australian production of West End musical CATS to move to Xi'an in April
Mar 22, 2008 ... Australian production of West End musical CATS to move to Xi'anin April XI'AN, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The curtain goes up on Australianproduction of the world famous West End musical CATS this April inXi'an, in northwest China. Before arriving in Xi'an, the Australian troupe ...
Severe drought threatens wheat and rapeseed production in northeastern China
Mar 22, 2008 ... Severe drought threatens wheat and rapeseed production innortheastern China BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Wheat and rapeseed production innorth China are under threat from severe drought. "We are facing the most severe challenges in spring farming inrecent years," said the ...
Commentary: Deviation from the commandments of Buddhism
Mar 22, 2008 ... Commentary: Deviation from the commandments of Buddhism By Xinhua writer Zhou YanBEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- I wonder what Sakyamuni, thefounder of Buddhism, would say, had He witnessed the violence inLhasa and other Tibetan-inhabited regions of western China in thepast ...
Woman boss gets death penalty for fraud in east China
Mar 22, 2008 ... Woman boss gets death penalty for fraud in east China HANGZHOU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A woman boss of a beauty parlorhas been sentenced to death in east China's Zhejiang Province,convicted of fraud and illegally raising fund of more than 700million yuan (100 million U.S. dollars), ...
1st Ld: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage brings Lhasa death toll to 18
Mar 22, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Five bodies found in burnt-out garage brings Lhasa deathtoll to 18 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Five people were burnt to death ina motorcycle garage by rioters last Sunday, taking the death toll inthe riots to 18, the Tibet Autonomous Regional Bureau of PublicSecurity ...
Prayers return to normal at riot-hit mosque in Lhasa
Mar 22, 2008 ... Prayers return to normal at riot-hit mosque in Lhasa LHASA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Prayers have returned to normal atthe violence-hit grand mosque in Lhasa. Friday is Jumu'ah, a day of holy obligation for Muslims, and at 2p.m. on Friday more than 1,500 gathered at the mosque in ...
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- March 22
Mar 22, 2008 ... Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- March 22 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 17 majorChinese cities (20:00 March 22 - 20:00 March 23, Beijing Time,temperatures in Celsius):Min.Max.ConditionWind scale Beijing ...
Chinese FM says dialogue between G8, developing nations should be maintained
Mar 22, 2008 ... Chinese FM says dialogue between G8, developing nations should bemaintained BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister YangJiechi said in an interview with Russian media that China believedthe dialogue between the Group of Eight (G8) and developing nationswas a good ...
Weather forecast for world cities -- March 22
Mar 22, 2008 ... Weather forecast for world cities -- March 22 BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 worldcities (20:00 March 22 - 20:00 March 23, Beijing Time, temperaturesin Celsius):Min. Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing 516 ...
Italian Serie A soccer standings
Mar 22, 2008 ... Italian Serie A soccer standings ROME, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Italian Serie Asoccer standings on Saturday (tabulated under matches played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Inter Milan 29 20 8 1 55 18 68 2 AS Roma ...
French Ligue 1 soccer results
Mar 22, 2008 ... French Ligue 1 soccer results PARIS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Ligue 1soccer results on Saturday: Auxerre 1 St Etienne 3 AS Nancy2 Metz 1 Caen4 Monaco ...
World Water Day marked in California
Mar 22, 2008 ... World Water Day marked in California LOS ANGELES, March 22 (Xinhua) -- World Water Day was observed inparts of California on Saturday with walks, plays and otherreminders that more than 1 billion people do not have clean drinkingwater. In Santa Monica, Los Angeles, a ...
Lighting Ceremony for Beijing Olympics to be held one hour earlier
Mar 22, 2008 ... Lighting Ceremony for Beijing Olympics to be held one hourearlier ATHENS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Lighting Ceremony for theBeijing Olympic Games will be held one hour ahead of the ...
Italian Serie A soccer results
Mar 22, 2008 ... Italian Serie A soccer results ROME, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Italian Serie Asoccer results on Saturday: AS Roma 2 Empoli 1 Atalanta Bergamo 0 Catania 0 Fiorentina 1 ...
Uganda's national coach blasts local football federation
Mar 22, 2008 ... Uganda's national coach blasts local football federation KAMPALA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Uganda Cranes head coach LaszloCsaba has advised the Federation of Ugandan Football Associations(FUFA) to respect his decisions or look for a replacement. The Hungarian-born German ...
English premier league soccer results
Mar 22, 2008 ... English premier league soccer results LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague soccer results on Saturday: Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1 Blackburn Rovers 3 Wigan Athletic 1 Bolton ...
Spanish Primera Liga soccer result
Mar 22, 2008 ... Spanish Primera Liga soccer result MADRID, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following is the ...
French Ligue 1 top scorers
Mar 22, 2008 ... French Ligue 1 top scorers PARIS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Ligue 1 topscorers on Saturday: 17 Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyon) 12 Tulio (Le Mans) Mamadou Niang (Olympique Marseille) 11 Djibril Cisse (Olympique Marseille) ...
English Premier League top scorers
Mar 22, 2008 ... English Premier League top scorers LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague top scorers on Saturday: 24 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 20 Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 19 Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 14 Roque Santa Cruz ...
English premier league soccer standings
Mar 22, 2008 ... English premier league soccer standings LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague soccer standings on Saturday (tabulated under matches played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Manchester United 30 22 4 4 61 15 70 2 ...
Spanish Primera Liga soccer standings
Mar 22, 2008 ... Spanish Primera Liga soccer standings MADRID, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish PrimeraLiga soccer standings on Saturday (tabulated under matches played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Real Madrid 28 20 2 6 59 25 62 2 ...
Italian Serie A soccer summaries
Mar 22, 2008 ... Italian Serie A soccer summaries ROME, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Italian Serie Asoccer summaries on Saturday: AS Roma 2 Max Tonetto 36, Christian Panucci 63 Red Card: Simone Perrotta 57 Empoli 1 Sebastian Giovinco 50 ...
French Ligue 1 soccer standings
Mar 22, 2008 ... French Ligue 1 soccer standings PARIS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Ligue 1soccer standings on Saturday (tabulated under matches played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Olympique Lyon 29 19 4 6 58 26 61 2 Girondins ...
English Premier League soccer summaries
Mar 22, 2008 ... English Premier League soccer summaries LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague soccer summaries on Saturday: Everton 1 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 8 West Ham United 1 Dean Ashton 68 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 37,430 - - ...