Sunday, August 12, 2001

• 32 Killed in Bus Plunge in Xinjiang
• HK Government Welcomes UN's Positive ICERD Concluding Observations
• US Decision Unacceptable: China

• Overseas-funded Company Smuggling Marble Exposed in Tianjin
• Shanghai to Invest Heavily in Fixed Industrial Assets
• Shanghai to Host International Auto Show

• Moscow Condemns Bombing Against Iraq by U.S., Britain
• Arafat Urges World Leaders to Help Defuse Orient House Crisis
• Pakistan Ready to Discuss "Cross Border Terrorism" with India: Foreign Secretary
• Seoul Appeals for Early Resumption of Pyongyang-Washington Talks

• Beijing Hosts Sino-US Comparative Literature Forum

• Organizing Committee for Chinese Ninth National Games Set up
• More Mature Chen Lu Aims at National Figure Skating Title
• China, Brazil Unbeaten in Harbin Women's Volleyball Grand Prix
• China's Dong Finished Fourth in Women's 5,000m

• Forum on Underground Water in Western China Opens
• Ancient Tombs Unearthed in Downtown Beijing
• 13 Pandas Expected to Give Birth