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Secret World of the Forbidden City -Phoenix Art Museum

Resource: Guide to the Palace Museum -dpm.org.cn

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December 30, 2001
Chinese tourists look at a giant bronze sculpture measuring 10x20m. on the seaside of Weihai city in Shandong province, December 27, 2001. -Reuter/China Photo Jesus gets Beijing's blessing -John Gittings links Chinese Workers Hold U.S. Importer -Philip Pan Car-crazy mainland risks a wrong turn -Jasper Becker China Haunted by WWII Chemical Weapons -Henry Chu Media Reporting on Women’s Issues Criticized -China Daily For Many Burmese, China Is an Unwanted Ally -Mark Landler Excavation of Qianling Mausoleum in Dispute -People's Daily Suicide bomber kills himself and policeman in central China -AFP In Shift, Chinese Carry Out Executions by Lethal Injection -Craig Smith Nine killed in fireworks factory explosions in China -Reuters China refutes reports about border incursions -Anil K Joseph U.S. donors cry foul over orphan money -Katherine Arms For Chinese farmers, injury or illness can mean financial ruin -Martin Fackler "Made in Japan" No More Guarantees -Xiaoxia and Shi Xinyu
December 27, 2001
Mao memorial just a mouse-click away However, Mao's mistakes are mentioned, such as the purging of loyal followers during the "anti-rightist campaign" and starting the fury of the Cultural Revolution. The site follows the official line in concluding that Mao's "indisputable achievements" and contribution to China's revolution far outweighed his mistakes. -Michael Ma Chinese military doctor detained for helping laid off workers -AFP Woman 'held for month after seeking help for paralysed son'. -SCMP Chinese seek World War II germ warfare reparations -Mari Yamaguchi China shuts down Shenzhen labour lawyer's practice -Jonathan Ansfield
December 26, 2001
China's Efforts Against Crime Make No Dent Not only are there few police officers per capita here, but also as a matter of policy few of them carry guns...To hold the line against crime, the government relies on draconian campaigns that periodically sweep up tens of thousands of suspects, rush them through abbreviated trials and send thousands of them to death -- regardless of the likelihood that some are innocent. -Craig Smith
December 25, 2001
Changing the colour of Christmas A father with a 10-year-old son said that his family used to celebrate only New Year's Day and the Spring Festival but that in recent years they had begun to celebrate Christmas as well..."My son loves Santa Claus very much...Anyway, we like to have more holidays in our life," -Bao Xinyan and Zhang Yong Bang Goes Stability -Hannah Beech More Ready to Donate Organs -Eastday A Chinese Peasant's Italian Roots -Ching-Ching Ni Funerary Multi-burner Stoves Puzzle Archeologists -Xinhuanet Earthworms Settled in China's Biological Garbage Disposal Trial Base -Xinhuanet
December 24, 2001
Dying ex-mayor rues day he succumbed to graft "I have come to realise that it is too difficult for a government official to overcome corruption...Officials have so much power that people compete to win favours from them. If there is no effective control and monitoring mechanism, corruption and decadence are bound to happen." -Clara Li link China-Arab Friendship Association Founded -China Daily Tempers flare at Sino-Indian border -Jaideep Mazumdar Part 2 Kidnappers from China now operating in RP -Romel Bagares Part 2 China offers to mediate between India and Pak -South Nexus Shoppers alerted security guard to bomb at China Carrefour -Reuters
December 22, 2001
Mass Appeal Being nearer to God was never part of the Chinese Communist Party's official ideology. But as part of a strategy aimed at broadening support for the party and securing control over society, suddenly God and Marx seem compatible. -David Murphy Mother & Child -David Murphy Picture Perfect -Lara Wozniak link China tiptoes around the 'T' word -Washington Times China Gets Reacquainted With Pearl Buck -Sheila Melvin Amid Chinese pragmatism, Great Wall gains meaning -Frank Langfitt Lost limbs the price for cheap Christmas gifts -AP's Elaine Kurtenbach For Chinese elders, the glowing family hearth is turning cold -John Gittings Chinese Villagers Actively Vote for Deputies to People's Congress -People's Daily
December 20, 2001
There are times when kids under five years old can get downright bonkers with excitement. This was certainly the case at the Beijing Meng en Minority Welfare Garden on December 5, where crowds of children waited wide eyed, red cheeked and delirious for the arrival of Santa Claus from Lapland Province, Finland. -Shenzen Daily Soya bean sore point -Clara Li Taipei goes on `red' alert -Wu Zhong Wolves or better halves? -Chang Tianle 'Archimedes Bridge' in China? -China Daily Surrender ends fear and running -Xing Bao Desert control law to make a splash -Jiang Zhuqing Farmers' lives tragically ended by pit-dust disease -Clara Li China Cracks Down on "Black Economy" -People's Daily *SCMP's linked articles will be accessible for a limited period
December 19, 2001
A Finger in The Dyke The government may be all-powerful but it can't crack the problem of NPLs, largely because it is mired in a conflict of interest. It has let foreigners have a go at taming the beast, but the task is enormous -David Lague Dogs biting people make news in the city -eastday Chinese Citizen Plans to Sue Mitsubishi -China Daily South China Supplies World With Christmas Items -eastday Japanese firms lament China's pesky quarantine rules -Kyodo City Politics in China Leave Observers Perplexed -Ching-Ching Ni China turns corn into ethanol as fuel supply wanes -Kathleen Kearney
December 18, 2001
Spotlighting the year in Chinese business What follows is Business Weekly's pick of the nation's top 10 business stories of 2001. Oil row in Maoist haven a bad omen -Reuters Parties jointly discuss agricultural issues -Dian Tai Fishery statistics accusation challenged -Qin Chuan China: Hungry for Energy -Dexter Roberts and Mark L. Clifford As China Rises, Some Ask: Will It Stumble? -Thomas Crampton China Urges Stability as U.S. Missile Pact Talks End -Reuters link
December 16, 2001
A mother comforts her daughter who was injured in an explosion at a McDonald's fastfood shop in Xi'an on Saturday. At least one has been killed and another 28 were injured. -newsphoto.com.cn High Hopes -Hannah Beech Repressive measures -Isabel Hilton Tung lays it on the line -hk-imail.com link Courts stifle cries of torture victims -Jasper Becker China Needs to Create 100m Jobs in 10 Years -People's Daily link
December 13, 2001
Democracy Spreads Its 'Rustic' Wings The year 2001 has seen grassroots democracy expanding from rural parts of China to urban areas, a move described by sociologists as a break-through in the country's political system. -eastday Alarm Wails Over Nanjing -China Daily Beijing Wants Muslim Fighters Returned -AP Patent Application Raises Worries -Elaine Kurtenbach link China Cracks Down on False Medical Treatment -Xinhuanet Meeting Outlines China's Policy on Religion for the New Century -People's Daily
December 11, 2001
Top 10 blaze the trail for China business As vice-minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation, Long won hands down the top spot in the compilation for his efforts and invaluable contribution to China's 15-year quest to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO). -Business Weekly China Expresses Regret Over Verdict in Feng Jinhua Case -People's Daily Spread of AIDS in Rural China Ignites Protests -Elisabeth Rosenthal China to Relocate 64,000 Villagers -Martin Fackler Court: No Special Right on Web Names -Xinhuanet
December 10, 2001
Courts judged wanting as more pursue rights Last year, Chinese courts heard 5.3 million cases nationwide, a rise of 6.21 per cent from 1999, which saw cases increase by 12.3 per cent from the previous year. A majority of the cases were civil suits, with many involving divorces and economic disagreements. -AFP On humanity's secret service -Adele Rosi Hierarchy of brutality leaves blame unresolved -Paul Baylis Japan Film Revives Memories of Wartime Atrocities -Tim Large Monument Set up for Mass Grave of Massacre Victims -People's Daily
December 7, 2001
China’s Media Rush Currently, the country has more than 2,000 newspapers, 8,000 periodicals, 290 radio stations and 420 TV stations. The Internet, called the fourth media, has also been developing rapidly. -Lu Yi Elderly woman suffers -Yao Lan Frankenfood finds home -Clara Li Courtroom warrior won't quit -Jasper Becker China: We'll use XP to control piracy -Reuters Ramadan Observed as Usual in Xinjiang -China Daily Beijing court rules in hutong tour trademark case -Xinhua Professor calls for democratic reform of party -Jasper Becker Chinese woman wants baby for prisoner husband, court yet to decide -Xinhua
December 5, 2001
China's Constitution touches citizens' daily life December 4, the day China's current Constitution went into effect in 1982, has been chosen as the annual Legal Publicity Day to spread awareness of the state's basic law, according to legal experts. -Xinhua TV Program on Law Airs Real-life Cases -Jin Bo Courts 'can apply constitution in civil rights cases' -Vivien Pik-Kwan Chan Card-Carrying Revolutionaries -Alysha Webb China's Bandwidth Increased Significantly -Yang Ruoqian China Resists Efforts to Make Donation of Organs Feasible -Craig Smith
December 4, 2001
Beijing, Hanoi bury the hatchet During the proxy war in Cambodia fought between allies of the Soviet Union and China, Moscow supported Hanoi's invasion of Cambodia...After the defeat of China's allies, the Khmer Rouge, China decided to "teach Vietnam a lesson" by launching a brief invasion of Vietnam in 1979. -Jasper Becker link Chinese Exports -Mahlon Meyer In China, Heroin Drawn to Cities -John Ruwitch Illegal Bear Bile Farms Uncovered in China -Reuters Cadre school admits capitalists -Vivien Pik-Kwan Chan
December 2, 2001
China Marks World AIDS Day The good news: 16 years after the disease was discovered in China, the whole society is more tolerant and compassionate to HIV/AIDS sufferers, and open discussions about discrimination appear in newspapers...The bad news: Chinese Health Minister Zhang Wenkang said China may have 10 million carriers of HIV, the AIDS virus, by the year 2010 if the current 30 percent annual growth rate is not slowed down. -Xinhuanet The lost generation of China -Norman Webster Jiang polishes image as his term nears end -Julie Chao Change comes to 1980s small-town China -Kimie Itakura Chinese file lawsuit against Japanese government -Xinhua
December 1, 2001
DPP emerges as largest party on legislature "This result signifies the electorate's desire for political stability," Hsieh said, adding that the outcome also reflects the popular expectation of further domestic reform. -Sofia Wu link The New Frontier -Ben Dolven Playing By The Rules -Dorinda Elliot Heart Menders, Ground Breakers -Susan V. Lawrence The future's bright, the future's carrots for export-minded villagers -Ray Cheung * articles moved to "feer.com/articles/" sub-directory