Friday, February 23, 2001
- Pre-term Secretary General Believes Asian Forum a Success
- Vice-Premier Meets German Guests
- Chinese Government Delegation Concludes Russian Tour
- All-China Women's Federation Stresses Protecting Children Against Cult
- HK's Secretary for Justice to Visit London
- HK, Philippines Sign Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement
- CPPCC Leader Li Ruihuan Meets Bangladeshi Guest
- Chinese Top Legislator Meets Iranian Parliamentarians
- UNDP Signs Memorandum with China Charity Federation
- 11 Injured in SW China Earthquake
- Power Supply Restored in Northeast China
- Extra-large Hydropower Stations to Be Built along Upper Reaches of The Yangtze
- 18 Miners Killed in Gas Explosion in Hunan
- China to Build Qinghai-Tibet Railway
- China to Enact Law Preventing Occupational Diseases
- Earthquake Rocks Southwest China County
- Chinese President Confident of Closer Ties with Brunei
- Power Failure Paralyses Northeast China City
- Qinghua Establishes Anti-Cult Association
- HK Chief Executive Urges HK's Integration Into Pearl River Delta
- China Invites Overseas Investors in Asset Management
- First Deal on Water Property Rights Clinched in China
- Autonomy for Private Sector Expanded
- Main Venue for Asia Forum Inauguration Ready for Service
- International Vegetable Exposition to Open
- Second APEC Investment Mart to Be Held in Yantai
- SDB Issues Bonds to Support Key Projects
- Fund Management Firms From Chinese Mainland, HK Step up Cooperation
- 85% Motorcycles Up to Standard
- Beijing Speeds up CBD Construction
- Enterprises Relieved 160bn Yuan of Burden
- Rules to Govern B Share Trading Promulgated
- Ten-Billion-Yuan Insurance Contract Signed for Three Gorges Project
- Shanghai to Become Purchasing Center for International Corporations
- Austria, China Renew MOU on Agricultural Cooperation
- Guangxi to Build More Expressways
- Anhui to Absorb Ten Billion Yuan in Road Building
- Zhengzhou Baiwen' Restructuring Plan Passed
- CNOOC Four Times Oversubscribed in Hong Kong
- Nation's WTO Membership Supported
- VISA Opens Super ATM on Shanghai's Bund
- Tianjin Alstom Signs 70-Million-Yuan Contract in SW China
- Hisense Wins Non-Complaint Title
- French Company Wins Bid for Finance Street Design
- Israel Tightens Blockade on Gaza Strip
- Philippine Government Forecasts 4.3 Percent Growth in 2001
- Curfew Imposed in Troubled Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Mexican Volcano Erupts, Scatters Ash
- Third Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak Confirmed in UK
- Thailand to Cooperate With Japan in SMEs, IT Development
- Security Beefed up along Kenyan, Ethiopian Border
- Powell Meets the Newly Appointed Chinese Ambassador to the US
- DPRK Reacts to U.S. Demands to Disarm
- Protestors at Moscow U.S. Embassy Demand Borodin's Release
- Angry French Beef Farmers Pelt Prime Minister With Eggs
- Arafat Seeks International Help, Ready to Talk to Sharon
- Powell, Dini Hold Talks in Washington
- NMD Should Include NATO Members, Partners: Poland
- Consensus Reached Over Need to Revise Sanctions on Iraq: French FM
- Israeli Labor Party Members Vow to Block Unity Government
- US, British Warplanes Strike Sites in Northern Iraq
- DPRK Condemns US NMD Program as Threat to World Peace
- Ethiopia, Sudan Discuss Details on Railway
- Pakistan Calls Upon India to Join Meaningful Dialogue
- Syria Urges US Not to Encourage Israeli Anti-Peace Policies
- Russian Duma Passes Amendments to 2001 Budget
- Pentagon to Ban Civilians From Operating Military Equipment
- Canadian PM Repeats Concern With US NMD Plan
- US Pleased With Russia's Plan for Missile Defense
- Timetable Endorsed for Foreign Troop Withdrawal From DRC
- Annan Reports Growing Mistrust Among Parties to Western Sahara Dispute
- HK Restoration Projects Win UN Outstanding Project Award
- Two Korean Businessmen Honored Permanent Residence in Central China City
- China's Longest Oil Painting Completed
- All Heart Transplant Operations Successful in Shanghai
- Trains to Speed up Ahead of Schedule
- Chengdu's Per-Capita Vegetable Consumption Exceeds World Average
- Wuhan to Build Garbage Treatment Plant with Netherlands Loans
- Shanghai: East, West Cultures Meet
- Rare Sculptures Promote Chinese Culture in Berlin
- Guangxi Holds Conference on Women and Drugs
- Dongguan Forges Sister-city Relations With Hartford
- Smuggled Cigarettes Destroyed in Fuzhou
- Shanxi Invests Heavily in Environment Protection