Friday, February 08, 2002

• China, Sri Lanka Vow to Further Develop Bilateral Ties  
• Asia-Pacific Region Has Increase in HIV/AIDS: Experts
• China to Build Highway to Link China and Thailand
• President Jiang Meets American Guests
• "Man-Made Yangtze River" to be Dammed in Late 2002
• China's Religious Groups Contribute to Modernization
• HK Chief Executive Attends Legislative Council Q&A Session
• Preparations for President Bush's China Visit Underway
• Senior CPC Official Holds Talks With Japanese Guests
• FM Spokesman States China's Position on Middle East Issue
• Falun Gong Follower Kills Wife, Daughter for Immortality

• AsiaInfo in IP Network Pact with China Railcom
• Japan Remains China's No. 1 Trade Partner for Nine Years on End
• Macao to Announce List of Winners of Casino Licenses
• Sina Seeks Second Stock Listing
• China to Form Comprehensive Publishers Group But Reserve Right of Examination & Approval
• Indian Software Companies Eye China's Market
• China to Improve Industrial Safety: Vice-Premier 
• Shanghai Goes All Out to Bid for 2010 World Expo
• King of Morocco Meets Entrepreneurs in Shanghai
• Hong Kong's Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Up Slightly
• China Provides Loan for Philippine Irrigation Project
• China Vows to Increase Financial Supervision, Reform

• S.Korea Consul to Go to Southern Philippines on Kidnapped Citizen
• Student in Paris Found Guilty for Painting 'Falun Gong' Slogan in Chinese Embassy
• Vietnam Celebrates Lunar New Year
• 8 Dead in Ukrainian Plane Crash
• War Veterans Mark Fall of Singapore
• US to Keep up Pressure on Arafat: Bush
• Japan Leader Vows to Regain Islands
• Passenger trying to Enter UA Plane's Cockpit Overpowered
• Bush: U.S. Will Remain Engaged in Mideast
• Chinese Ambassador on China's Position on Disarmament
• Bush Grants Geneva Convention Treatment to Taliban Soldiers
• Arafat Now Sharing the Same Fate As His People: A Life Under Israeli Siege
• British PM Calls for New Partnership Between West, Africa
• Iran Denies U.S. Accusation of Sheltering al-Qaeda Members
• Bush Declares Disaster in 33 Missouri Counties for Ice Storm Damage
• Crisis of Confidence Hinders Indo-Pakistan Talks: Vajpayee
• Norwegian Delegation Arrives in Sri Lanka to Broker Truce
• British PM Holds Talks With Nigerian President
• Chinese Red Cross Helps Victims of Floods in Indonesia
• Japanese PM Wants Peace Treaty With Russia After Islands Row Solved

• Joint Efforts Are Needed to Rescue Middle-east Peace: Analysis

• China Has New Way to Relieve Water Hyacinth Plague
• Free Festival "Feast" for Bookworms in China
• Over 360,000 People Apply for Judicial Exam
• China's First Cloned Twin Calves in Good Condition
• Roundup: Sci-tech Cooperation Adds Fuel to Sino-US Relations

• Sun Jihai Facing Manchester City Wait
• China Hopeful for 2007 Asian Games
• China Basketball Team Drawn in Group C with US at 14th World Championship

• Six Piled-up Ancient Cities Discovered Under Kaifeng
• Performances Staged to Herald Chinese Lunar New Year
• Counterfeit Euro Banknote Found in Northeast China
• Hong Kong's Population Amounts to 6.76 Million
• Chinese Professor Hopes to Present Picture of First Emperor
• Fewer Criminal Cases, A Safer Beijing
• Sandstorms Forecast on Northern China This Spring 
• Buses in Beijing to Be Fueled by Imported LPG
• Man with Transplanted Hands Cuts Own Birthday Cake
• China to Further Expand Health Insurance