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October 30, 2001
Removing Monopoly: Next Reform Focus As a contrast to monopolistic activities in Western economies, most of the practices in the Chinese economy have emerged due to administrative factors rather than market competition. -Feng Jing Even winners worry over world's workshop -Mark O'Neill Chinese Premier Stresses Accounting Ethics -People's Daily my8848.net disappears leaving behind a trail of debt -Jamila Zhou 250,000 Chinese Kill Themselves Annually: Official -People's Daily Students may be reading from e-textbooks by the end of year -Raymond Li
October 29, 2001
China Embarks on Basic Education Reform Teachers involved in compulsory education in China's most populous province of Henan will not need to worry about their salary being paid late because of the shortage of funds in schools, as they will be paid by state finances from January 1 next year. -Xinhua Yunnan quake flattens 3,400 buildings -SCMP NGOs Hold Conference for Poverty Reduction -Xinhua Railway arrest gives rare glimpse of cyber-police -SCMP Young executive untangles the Web for elderly surfers -SCMP Pace of change startling in China's latest revolution -Andrew Cassel Seoul protests Beijing's Execution of Drug Trafficker -Son Key-young The realities have changed, so must Japan's ODA to China -Asahi Shimbun
October 26, 2001
China Reviews Vatican Apology, Hopes for Improved Relations China is willing to improve relations with the Vatican, but two conditions must be observed, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi said in Beijing on Thursday at a regular press conference. -China Daily VIS-press releases China's water table levels are dropping fast -Lester R. Brown China's Own Muslim Nationalists -Russell Working National Geographic Honors Leading Chinese Geographer -Xinhua Chinese Can Expect Income Tax Break, Report Says -eastday A Corruption Base Closes to the Public -- Why? -CIIC Sick tunnel workers awarded record payout -SCMP 'Rule by law' viewed as guiding principle -Josephine Ma
October 24, 2001
Taiwan Premier firm on 'one China' stance Yesterday opposition lawmakers, who still control a parliamentary majority, demanded that Premier Chang explain why recognising the "1992 consensus" was the equivalent of selling out Taiwan. -Jason Blatt 'State-to-state' the bottom line: Lee - Taipei Times - CNA Fighting the State -Dexter Roberts Pope reaches out to China -BBC
October 23, 2001
Political heavyweights for warlord's funeral Chang changed China's history in 1936 when he held hostage Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek in Xian and forced him into co-operation with the communists to fight against the Japanese invading army. That episode was known as the Xian Incident. -Fong Tak-Ho Obituaries: Zhang Xueliang -Nicholas Kristof Secret guerilla force may finally be compensated -Jason Blatt Buy more reactors, Chrétien urges China -Ian Jack Leaders' Casual Attire for APEC 2001 -CIIC Nothing surprises the Chinese -Ian Buruma Houston to get Chinese TV -Mike McDaniel Surgery Has Kids Smiling -eastday
October 20, 2001
What A Difference A War Makes "We hope that anti-terrorism efforts can have clearly defined targets and also should hit accurately and also avoid innocent casualties," -CBS Festive Atmosphere Prevails in Shanghai Despite Tight Security -Xinhua Chen blasts China's refusal to extend APEC invitation China/APEC Summit: Crackdown in Xinjiang -HRW Fireworks to honour attack victim -AP The Ideology of 21st-Century China? -Allen Cheng Chinese parents favor saving babies' cord blood -Xinhua Adopting a Country, Then Crashing Its Best-Seller List -Alan Riding Mercy killing casts spotlight on cost of caring for terminally ill -Leigh Jenkins
October 16, 2001
Fortress Shanghai awaits Bush Officials promise 'safest city in the world' and lavish millions on makeover for Asia Pacific summit -John Gittings APEC China 2001 Educating China's poorest children -Jiang Xueqin Nation mourns hero of resistance -Jason Blatt & Fong Tak-Ho
October 15, 2001
White Paper Issued On Rural Poverty-relief Between 1978 and 2000, the number of poverty-stricken rural people without food or clothes decreased from 250 million to 30 million, and the proportion of poverty-stricken people in the total rural population dropped from 30.7 percent to about three percent. -CIIC The Coming Collapse of China -Jeff Rigsby Tuned In to China's TV Future -Evelyn Iritani 16 medical Web sites approved -Jamila Zhou As China rises, it must exercise discipline -Yasuhiko Shibata A Touch of China in Tuscany -Gail Edmondson & Kate Carlisle English "Boxer Rebellion" offers near complete picture -China Daily
October 11, 2001
China using terror war against separatists Ethnic Uighur separatists in China's northwestern Xinjiang province have long waged a low-key struggle for an independent state they call East Turkistan. Beijing has blamed the separatists for bombings and other incidents in recent years that they call terrorist acts. -UPI
October 10, 2001
Revolutionary spirit fades as heroes become history Driven by a desire to end the corruption, persecution and injustices perpetrated by the Qing government, a group of revolutionaries staged an uprising in Wuchang in 1911 to seize control of the local government on what came to be known as "Double Tenth Day" - now regarded as national day in Taiwan. -Joe Tang Today in history -CNA China and Russia back Afghan coalition government -Reuters _PD Should Ads Be Under Tougher Censorship? -Beijing Review
October 9, 2001
China Marks 90th Anniversary of 1911 Revolution The revolution, led by Doctor Sun Yat-sen, overthrew the Qing Dynasty and ended China's feudal history of more than 2,000 years. -Guan Educating kids in China - Tony Van Alphen Food poisoning hits 400,000 a year -Julia Han Japanese PM voices apology to Chinese people -Xinhua China targets top firms for West-East gas pipe -Chen Aizhu
October 7, 2001
Chinese soccer fans swarm into the Tian'anmen Square in central Beijing to celebrate Chinese national soccer team's win over Oman on October 7. The win secured China's first-ever trip to the World Cup Finals to be held next year in Japan and South Korea. [newsphoto.com.cn] Emerging Middle Class Hits the Road in China -Eric Eckholm China: Military strike should avoid hurting innocent -Xinhua Fearing Unrest, China Presses Muslim Group -Craig Smith Jumping languages to literary greatness -Yu Sen-lun
October 3, 2001
In Communion The Vatican and Beijing are preparing to reconcile, according to diplomatic and church sources -David Murphy The Vatican Lending Project Enriches Poor Farmers -China Daily Yellow River's 'heavenly' source is in trouble -Xiong Lei Peasants doubt bird-based economy will fly -Michael Ma A New Vein Of Openness -David Lague Trouble at the workplace -Mark O'Neill State Focuses on Green Mapping -China Daily Beauty business tapped mainland women's thirst for the good life -AP Dam wall rises over Mekong neighbours' objections -AP_Martin Fackler
October 1, 2001
Little emperor: A youngster in traditional dress flies the flag on Tiananmen Square yesterday as tourists across the country prepared for today's National Day celebrations. Picture by Mark Ralston. Nation Gears up for the Big Holiday This year the October 1 Chinese National Day falls on the same day as the Mid-autumn Festival, a traditional time for family reunions all over the country. This holiday convergence happens only once every 19 years or so, and the tourist industry has embraced the occasion with high hopes and in a variety of ways. -Guo Xiaohong The Inside Story of China's Festive Cake -Elisabeth Rosenthal Holiday season brings in weddings and banquets with a vengeance -Julie Han China to Pour US$120 Billion Into Information Industry -Xinhua Seeking Sunlight for a Prisoner in the Chinese Gulag -Bei Ling

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