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If science academy exhales US$120M, international scientists will inhale China-living. From 2001 to 2005, the CAS plans to invest 1 billion yuan (US$120.96 million) into inviting the 500 overseas gifted scientists, reported the April 23 Beijing Chenbao -Chinaonline
China Bids to Attract Scientist | Better Environments to Attract Overseas Chinese Talents

Taiwan VP calls Lee's Japan visit a breakthrough
Taiwan Vice-President Annette Lu said on Monday Japan's decision to issue former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui a visa was a breakthrough and she called for an alliance with Japan and South Korea. -Reuters
Lee snaps at China on his way to Japan

Import Curbs Sound Alarm Bell
On the Beijing market, local people are glad to find onions and mushrooms cheaper than before, while insiders who know the reason for the price cut are growing increasingly edgy.-China.org

Chinese scientists paint brighter future for climate control
"[The] final goal is to use this sort of coating to create a thermally comfortable environment without consuming any fossil fuel." -ABC Online
Cool colors

Neither China Nor U.S. Is Telling All About Spy Plane
"The clandestine nature of these activities over the South China Sea encourages all parties involved, both directly and indirectly, to shield the information they have. We may never know the full story." -Thomas Crampton

Chinese on strike here face jail at home
Some 170 Chinese laborers working for the contractor initiated a strike action at the end of March, claiming that their employer has not paid them for the last year, giving them only NIS 50-100 a month as spending money. -Ruth Sinai

Alignment With Moscow Would Be a Poor Move by Beijing
The foundations of this alliance might include opposing U.S. political influence, hindering U.S. attempts to build missile defense systems and cooperating to erode U.S. military power throughout the Far East -Bruce A. Elleman, S.C.M.Paine and Robyn Lim

Mori, Kono at loggerheads over issuance of visa to Lee.
He then listed some of the reasons on which Kono had based his decision against issuing a visa to Lee, namely:
-- The Chinese government has strongly protested against the government for approving a middle school history textbook that it claims distorted historical facts in favor of Japan.
-- The government has just approved invoking a temporary emergency import curb on three agricultural products mainly shipped from China. -Yomiuri Shimbun

Chinese consumers losing trust in Japanese products
In the wake of a lawsuit over Toshiba notebook computers, a controversy surrounding faulty Mitsubishi Pajeros, allegations by Chinese passengers of mistreatment by Japan Airlines, and recent complaints lodged against Panasonic cellphones by Chinese customers, the reputation of Japanese products among Chinese consumers is facing a steady decline -Chinaonline

Russians fear Chinese takeover
Russian TV has reported that the Chinese are now present in "almost all structures" in the region's capital Blagoveshchensk and that Chinese companies have begun building houses in the city. -BBC

Accord stresses seafood quality
A landmark agreement between China and South Korea on fish is expected to improve the quality of seafood swimming into each other's markets -Chinaweb

'Human rights' a winner for China
The spy plane incident is the first instance where the Beijing leadership has deployed so-called human rights diplomacy in dealing with hostile or competitive countries. -Willy Lam

China Standoff: Why the Deal Was Done
Presidents Bush and Jiang choose statesmanship over an alternative too ghastly to contemplate. For Bush, it was a test passed with considerable aplomb...But the Hainan standoff will have reminded both Beijing and Washington of the dangers that lurk in their relationship — and also of their potential to work together for their mutual benefit. -Tony Karon

Surprise! Communist Chinese Support U.S. Gun Control -Larry Pratt

The New Pacific Danger Zone
China must tame its militaristic bent and embrace economic cooperation with the United States—or risk feeling America’s might -James R. Lilley

U.S. EP-3s Frequent Intruders Into Taiwan's Air Space
The Chinese-language United Daily News said the recent collision of an EP-3 aircraft and a Chinese fighter plane off the east coast of China has rekindled the memories of mid-air interceptions of U.S. spy planes by Taiwan pilots. -AFP

Chinese feel scapegoated
After reports that the government is investigating the possibility that meat illegally imported from Asia might be the source of the disease, Chinese restaurants across the country have reported a drop in business of as much as 40 percent.-Veronique Mistiaen
British official denies Chinese catering responsible for FMD | Dimsum

China Conflict: The Profit Motive
The Bush administration's great China standoff has less to do with a downed American spy plane and a missing Chinese pilot than it does with U.S. and China competing for control of the world oil routes that cross through southern Asia. -James Ridgeway

EP-3 flew over huge China spy base
The location of the base, used to intercept international satellite signals, is clearly visible on satellite photos of the area and is now believed by some officials to be one reason the Chinese have taken a hard line over the incident. -Robert Windrem
The Secret Empire

Flashbacks: China and the World
May 24, 2000- The Atlantic Monthly has reported on China for more than a century. Below is a selection of Atlantic articles from 1899 to the present... via Moreover

Person of the Week - Time.com

Bush: Let Them Go
Beijing wants an apology. Washington wants the 24 crew members of a surveillance plane forced to land in China -and the plane -back.-ABC

Lines In The Sand
"The Chinese side has consistently adopted a calm, restrained and responsible attitude in dealing with this incident," Tang said. "But the American side has adopted an opposite attitude and methods." - CBS

Spy plane standoff heightens US-China tensions -Patrick Martin

Lockheed Martin EP-3E Aries II
Country of origin: USA.
Role: SIGnals INTelligence (SIGINT) aircraft.
Status: Operational
Plane a windfall for Chinese - Patrick J. Sloyan

Chinese Town Capitalizes on Its Colonial Past
Close to the city center is a cobblestone street lined with brick buildings that could almost have been transported whole from Moscow to this Asian seaport. -Russell Working

State Issues Communique on Major Figures of Population
China has a population of 1,295.33 million, according to the communique on major figures of the 2000 population census issued Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics. - China.org
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