Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, March 24:
3rd Ld: Five suspects confess their parts in deadly arson attacks during Lhasa riots
Mar 24, 2008 ... 3rd Ld: Five suspects confess their parts in deadly arson attacksduring Lhasa riots BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Five criminal suspects have beendetained over two arson attacks in which 10 people died during theLhasa riots and have confessed their guilt, said an official ...
2nd Ld: Five criminal suspects detained for setting fire in Lhasa riot
Mar 24, 2008 ... 2nd Ld: Five criminal suspects detained for setting fire in Lhasariot BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Five criminal suspects have beendetained over two arson cases amid the recent Lhasa riot, leading tothe deaths of ten victims, said an official with the ChineseMinistry of Public ...
1st Ld: Five criminal suspects detained for setting fire in Lhasa riot
Mar 24, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Five criminal suspects detained for setting fire in Lhasariot BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Five criminal suspects have beendetained over two arson cases amid the recent Lhasa riot, leading tothe deaths of ten victims, said an official with the ChineseMinistry of Public ...
18 Ukrainian sailors still missing 43 hours after ship collision
Mar 24, 2008 ... 18 Ukrainian sailors still missing 43 hours after ship collision HONG KONG, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen Ukrainian seamen werestill missing more than 40 hours after their ship collided with aChinese boat and sank in the waters near Lantau Island in the HongKong Special ...
4th Ld-China Focus: Five suspects confess their parts in deadly arson attacks during Lhasa riots
Mar 24, 2008 ... 4th Ld-China Focus: Five suspects confess their parts in deadlyarson attacks during Lhasa riots BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Five criminal suspects have beendetained over two arson attacks in which 10 people died during theLhasa riots and have confessed their guilt, said an ...
SW China Landslide kills seven, injures seven
Mar 24, 2008 ... SW China Landslide kills seven, injures seven CHENGDU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were killed andanother seven were injured in a landslide on Saturday morning insouthwest China's Sichuan Province. The accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, in ...
Aftershocks continue to hit China's Xinjiang region
Mar 24, 2008 ... Aftershocks continue to hit China's Xinjiang region URUMQI, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Aftershocks continued to hitXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China's remote northwest onMonday with the affected population rising to nearly 100,000. According to Xinjiang Seismological ...
Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- March 24
Mar 24, 2008 ... Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- March 24 HONG KONG, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The following is temperature andweather forecast of March 25 for 22 Asia-Pacific cities dispatchedby the Hong Kong Observatory Monday: CITY MINIMUMMAXIMUM ...
Tibetans look forward to Olympic flame reaching top of Mount Qomolangma
Mar 24, 2008 ... Tibetans look forward to Olympic flame reaching top of MountQomolangma LHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Tibetans are eagerly awaiting thearrival of the Olympic flame, lit Monday afternoon in Greece, andwelcome its being carried to the top of Mount Qomolangma (Everest)as "an honor ...
Senior CPC leader calls for efforts from China, Japan to ensure success of President Hu's Japan tour
Mar 24, 2008 ... Senior CPC leader calls for efforts from China, Japan to ensuresuccess of President Hu's Japan tour BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of the CommunistParty of China (CPC) said here Monday China and Japan should makejoint efforts for President Hu Jintao's coming visit ...
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- March 24
Mar 24, 2008 ... Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- March 24 BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 17 majorChinese cities (20:00 March 24 - 20:00 March 25, Beijing Time,temperatures in Celsius):Min.Max.ConditionWind scale Beijing ...
Taiwan stocks end 4 pct higher -- March 24
Mar 24, 2008 ... Taiwan stocks end 4 pct higher -- March 24 HONG KONG, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan share prices surgedMonday, with the weighted index, the market's key barometer, movingup 340.36 points, or 3.99 percent, to close at 8,865.35, accordingto news reaching here from Taipei ....
Weather forecast for world cities -- March 24
Mar 24, 2008 ... Weather forecast for world cities -- March 24 BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 worldcities (20:00 March 24 - 20:00 March 25, Beijing Time, temperaturesin Celsius):Min. Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing 315 ...
China's largest oilfield gears up output target amid rising oil price
Mar 24, 2008 ... China's largest oilfield gears up output target amid rising oilprice HARBIN, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Daqing, China's largest oilfield,has geared up its output target to extract 40 million tonnesannually in the coming decade. Senior officials with the oilfield told Xinhua that ...
Number of China's cellphone users grows by record 9.46 mln in February
Mar 24, 2008 ... Number of China's cellphone users grows by record 9.46 mln inFebruary BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of China's mobile phonesubscribers in February grew by a record 9.46 million from theprevious month, powered by reduced handset prices and user charges,the Ministry of ...
China's State Council appoints new officials for "super ministries"
Mar 24, 2008 ... China's State Council appoints new officials for "superministries" BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China'sCabinet, announced Monday it has appointed new officials for fivenewly-established "super ministries", including the ministry ofhuman resources and ...
Chemical leak poisons 39 in N.China
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chemical leak poisons 39 in N.China HOHHOT, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-nine people are ill -- sevenof them critically -- after a toxic chemical leak in Wuhai City,north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Monday. It was the region's third chemical leak in a week, a ...
Chinese gov't to spend 78 percent more on energy efficiency, emission reduction
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese gov't to spend 78 percent more on energy efficiency,emission reduction BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China's central government plans toincrease spending on energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissionreduction schemes by 78 percent this year as part of a larger ...
Schools in SW China ethnic Tibetan area resume classes after riots
Mar 24, 2008 ... Schools in SW China ethnic Tibetan area resume classes afterriots ABA, Sichuan Province, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Most schools in theethnically Tibetan Aba county in southwest China's Sichuan Provinceresumed classes on Monday as life returned to normal after riotsearlier in the ...
Chinese Premier meets CDF foreign guests
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese Premier meets CDF foreign guests BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao metMonday with a delegation formed by officials from internationalorganizations, economists and scholars who are in Beijing to attendthe 2008 China Development Forum (CDF). Wen ...
Chinese state councilor meets Mongolian FM on bilateral ties
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese state councilor meets Mongolian FM on bilateral ties BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguomet on Monday with Mongolian Foreign Minister Sanjaasuren Oyun,aiming to cement bilateral ties. China and Mongolia were seeing sound development of ...
Market exchange rates -- March 25
Mar 24, 2008 ... Market exchange rates -- March 25 BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the RMBagainst five major currencies announced on March 25 by the ChinaForeign Exchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- March 25
Mar 24, 2008 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- March 25 BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredor pursued by Xinhua Tuesday: 1. Air China invests 18 billion yuan to raise capacity 2. Oil giants reject rumor on oil products price hike 3. Speculative ...
Feature: China Bans Horror Movies (2)
Mar 24, 2008 ... Feature: China Bans Horror Movies (2) Murky standards But both Yang and Du admit that some horror films are downrightunpleasant and nasty. "I don't like the movies that are full ofjust graphic scenarios," says Du. Their reasoned defense of the genre has highlighted what ...
Chinese experts condemn biased reports on Lhasa riot by western media
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese experts condemn biased reports on Lhasa riot by westernmedia BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts on journalism andcommunications have expressed disappointment with some westernmedia's distorted reports on the riot in Lhasa and urged them toreplace those reports ...
Commentary: Don't disturb the Olympics
Mar 24, 2008 ... Commentary: Don't disturb the Olympics By Xinhua writer Wang JiaquanBEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The world will be watching withcrossed fingers, but some will curse when the Olympic flame iskindled on Monday in the ancient games' birthplace in Greece. Ever since ...
Village head in central China's Henan executed for killing six
Mar 24, 2008 ... Village head in central China's Henan executed for killing six ZHENGZHOU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The head of a village in thecentral province of Henan was executed for murdering six people in aseries of disputes last year, a local court said on Monday. Xing Guoping, 37, who was ...
URGENT: Chinese shares down 4.5 percent
Mar 24, 2008 ... URGENT: Chinese shares down 4.5 percent BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks were sharply lowerMonday on profit taking and liquidity concerns, pushing the keystock index to the ...
Olympics help lift China air-conditioner sales 26 pct in Jan.-Feb.
Mar 24, 2008 ... Olympics help lift China air-conditioner sales 26 pct in Jan.-Feb. BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China's total air conditioner salesrose 26.7 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2008 to11.343 million units, the China Securities Journal reported onMonday. The ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 24
Mar 24, 2008 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 24 BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 March 23 to 12:00 March 24, BeijingTime), released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center: City Major Pollutant Air ...
Death toll reaches 13 in SW China tractor accident
Mar 24, 2008 ... Death toll reaches 13 in SW China tractor accident KUNMING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in an agriculturaltractor rollover in the southwestern province of Yunnan on Sundayafternoon rose to 13, of whom eight were students, after two peopledied in the hospital overnight, ...
China prefers economic measures to curb property price rises: minister
Mar 24, 2008 ... China prefers economic measures to curb property price rises:minister BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China is to attempt to curb itshigh-flying property prices mainly using economic measures, ratherthan administrative ones, said Minister of Housing and Urban-ruralConstruction ...
Declining export growth to slow China's 2008 GDP increase to 10.5 pct: report
Mar 24, 2008 ... Declining export growth to slow China's 2008 GDP increase to 10.5pct: report BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Declining export growth, notablyaffected by the U.S. credit crunch, is likely to drag China's GDPgrowth down to 10.5 percent this year, still above official targetof 8 ...
Malawian president arrives for China visit
Mar 24, 2008 ... Malawian president arrives for China visit BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Malawian President Bingu waMutharika arrived here on Monday afternoon, kicking off a weeklongstate visit to China. Mutharika is ...
Snapped "South China tiger" in Hunan revealed as a Siberian tiger from circus
Mar 24, 2008 ... Snapped "South China tiger" in Hunan revealed as a Siberian tigerfrom circus CHANGSHA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A big animal, snapped by a TVstation staffer in a forest of central China's Hunan Province andfirst identified as an endangered South China tiger, has beenpositively ...
1st Ld: Chinese shares down 4.5 percent
Mar 24, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Chinese shares down 4.5 percent BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks were sharply lowerMonday on profit taking and liquidity concerns, pushing the keystock index to the lowest close since July 5. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plunged 170.39 points, ...
URGENT: Five criminal suspects detained for setting fire in Lhasa riot
Mar 24, 2008 ... URGENT: Five criminal suspects detained for setting fire in Lhasariot BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Five criminal suspects ...
Chinese FM meets Malawian counterpart, vows to further ties
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese FM meets Malawian counterpart, vows to further ties BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister YangJiechi on Monday met with his Malawian counterpart, Joyce Banda, andboth vowed to further bilateral ties. Yang said that the establishment of diplomatic ...
Macao SAR government launches anti-inflation program amid concern of residents
Mar 24, 2008 ... Macao SAR government launches anti-inflation program amid concernof residents by Zhang Jiawei MACAO, March 24 (Xinhua) -- In a bid to ease inflationarypressures on local residents, the Macao Special AdministrativeRegion (SAR) government recently launched a special subsidy ...
Three suspects arrested over arson killing five young women in Lhasa riots
Mar 24, 2008 ... Three suspects arrested over arson killing five young women inLhasa riots LHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Three suspects have been arrestedover an arson attack in which five female sales assistants at aclothing shop were burnt to death during the Lhasa riots, said theLhasa Municipal ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Chinese shares down 4.5 percent
Mar 24, 2008 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Chinese shares down 4.5 percent BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks were sharply lowerMonday on profit taking and liquidity concerns, pushing the keystock index to the lowest close since July 5. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plunged 170.39 ...
Chinese public perceive teachers' ethics as degenerating
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese public perceive teachers' ethics as degenerating BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A survey by China Youth Daily andwww.qq.com, a popular website for online chatting, has found 77.4percent of netizens regard the ethics of teachers in the country asdegenerating. The ...
Experts call for sustainable tourism development at heritage sites
Mar 24, 2008 ... Experts call for sustainable tourism development at heritagesites HEFEI, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Officials and experts worldwidecalled for sustainable tourism development at world heritage sitesamid a global booming of the industry in recent years. Governments of many nations ...
Chinese banks allowed to trade gold futures
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese banks allowed to trade gold futures BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese commercial banks will beallowed to trade gold futures in the domestic market, according to anotice released on the regulator's official website here on Monday. China gold futures trading was ...
China becoming nation of spenders: official
Mar 24, 2008 ... China becoming nation of spenders: official BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China is turning into a nation ofspenders as its per capita GDP exceeded the 2,000 U.S. dollar mark,which leaves room for bulging domestic demand, a senior officialsaid Monday. Ballooning domestic ...
SDB raises 6.5 bln yuan in bonds
Mar 24, 2008 ... SDB raises 6.5 bln yuan in bonds BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB)raised 6.5 billion yuan (922 million U.S. dollars) after issuing abatch of 10-year subordinate bonds, the bank announced on Monday. The SDB, China's leading shareholding commercial ...
Feature: China Bans Horror Movies (1)
Mar 24, 2008 ... Feature: China Bans Horror Movies (1) By Xinhua Writer GongYidongBEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua)-- Chinese scary movie fans are reallyscared this time when the state censor -- the GeneralAdministration of Press and Publications (GAPP) -- banned last month all horror or ...
381 rioters in Aba county surrender to police
Mar 24, 2008 ... 381 rioters in Aba county surrender to police ABA COUNTY, Sichuan, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A total of 381 peopleinvolved in ...
China, Laos agree to cement parliamentary, economic cooperation
Mar 24, 2008 ... China, Laos agree to cement parliamentary, economic cooperation BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguomet on Monday with Thongsing Thammavong, president of the LaoNational Assembly, vowing to enhance parliamentary and economic andtrade cooperation ....
Latest ATP world rankings
Mar 24, 2008 ... Latest ATP world rankings LONDON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the men's tennis worldrankings on Monday (March 10 rankings in brackets): 1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 6,550 points 2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5,705 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, ...
Latest WTA world rankings
Mar 24, 2008 ... Latest WTA world rankings LONDON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest women'stennis world rankings on Monday (March 10 rankings in brackets): 1. (1) Justine Henin, Belgium, 6,330 points 2. (2) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 4,296 3. (4) Jelena Jankovic, ...
Snowsports Industries America eyes Chinese skiing market
Mar 24, 2008 ... Snowsports Industries America eyes Chinese skiing market MT. CHANGBAI, Northeast China, March 24 (Xinhua) -- SnowsportsIndustries America (SIA), the largest civilian skiing organizationin America, has set their sights on the fledging Chinese marketafter signing a strategic deal ...
Luo Yutong wins last gold at China's National Diving Championships
Mar 24, 2008 ... Luo Yutong wins last gold at China's National DivingChampionships HEFEI, Anhui Province, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Luo Yutong ofGuangdong clinched the last gold of the 2008 National DivingChampionships here on Monday as he won the men's three metersspringboard gold. The 2008 ...
Olympic flame schedule in Greece
Mar 24, 2008 ... Olympic flame schedule in Greece OLYMPIA, GREECE, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are thedestinations for the six-day Olympic torch relay in Greece: ...
Turkey to play friendly game with Belarus
Mar 24, 2008 ... Turkey to play friendly game with Belarus ANKARA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkey is making final preparationsfor Wednesday's friendly game with Belarus in Minsk, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Monday. The friendly game with Belarus is part of getting ready ...
Olympic flame lights up spirit among Chinese sportsmen
Mar 24, 2008 ... Olympic flame lights up spirit among Chinese sportsmen BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese sportsmen have been highlyspirited after the flame for this summer's Beijing Olympic Games waslit up in Ancient Olympia on Monday. "It starts the torch relay and marks the countdown ...
Olympic co-host cities expect homecoming torch relay (updated)
Mar 24, 2008 ... Olympic co-host cities expect homecoming torch relay (updated) BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Shenyang, co-host city of theBeijing Olympic Games, has eyed the homecoming torch relay and vowedto give all out to make a perfect prep work for the upcomingshowpiece event as the Olympic ...
Men's 3m springboard results at National Diving Championships
Mar 24, 2008 ... Men's 3m springboard results at National Diving Championships HEFEI, Anhui Province, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are thefinal results of the men's three-meter springboard event at the 2008China's National Diving Championships here on Monday: ...
Beijingers waiting in festive mood for Olympic flame
Mar 24, 2008 ... Beijingers waiting in festive mood for Olympic flame BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- All Beijing citizens have notwatched the moment of lighting up the Olympic flame vie the TVbroadcast, while they celebrated it in different ways to impress thesame excitement. "The Olympic ...
City ready for first baton in torch relay
Mar 24, 2008 ... City ready for first baton in torch relay BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Kazakstan's biggest city Almaty,the starter to hail the Olympic flame internationally, has been infull swing towards the official lighting of the flame in ancientOlympia on Monday. Still celebrating a ...
Lhasa riot reveals hypocritical features of Dalai clique: expert
Mar 24, 2008 ... Lhasa riot reveals hypocritical features of Dalai clique: expert BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The recent riots in Lhasa, capitalof China's Tibet Autonomous Region, and some other ethnic Tibetanareas revealed the hypocritical features of the Dalai clique,according to an expert on ...
Chinese National Diving Championships ends with no surprise
Mar 24, 2008 ... Chinese National Diving Championships ends with no surprise HEFEI, Central China, Mar. 24 (Xinhua) -- With Guangdong diverLuo Yutong winning the last gold, the Chinese National DivingChampionships ended with no surprise here on Monday. The Championships, the last Olympic ...
Western media reports not conform with facts, foreigners in Tibet say
Mar 24, 2008 ... Western media reports not conform with facts, foreigners in Tibetsay LHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- While some Western media rashlyaccuse China of "violent crackdown" on the "peaceful protests" inTibet, some foreigners there disagreed. "Many reports were not accurate," said ...
URGENT: One police officer killed, several injured in Garze riot
Mar 24, 2008 ... URGENT: One police officer killed, several injured in Garze riot GARZE, Sichuan Province, March 24 (Xinhua) -- One policeman waskilled ...
One-third of audited foreign-aided projects in China have accounting flaws
Mar 24, 2008 ... One-third of audited foreign-aided projects in China haveaccounting flaws BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A report from China's NationalAudit Office on Monday said the financial management or accountingmethods of 42 foreign-aided projects were below standard or invalid. Last ...