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SARS Experts Meet the Press
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| Chinese Ministry of Health gave a press conference on the progress of SARS control in China April 10. Vice Minister of Health Ma Xiaowei, Director of Guangzhou Respiratory Diseases Institute Zhong Nanshan and two other health officials answered questions from the press. |
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China Backs Nuclear-free Korean Peninsula
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| When meeting his Republic of Korea counterpart Yoon Young-kwan in Beijing Thursday, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said China hopes the Korean Peninsula will be nuclear free and firmly insists on maintaining peace and stability in the region and resolving the issue peacefully through dialogue. |
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Security of Foreigners' Health Ensured
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| China is going to adopt measures to secure the health of foreigners in the country. Round-the-clock English hotlines and websites are to be set up in major cities to deal with queries concerning SARS, and hospitals will make special medical service available to foreigners. |
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Shanghai Starts 73 Year-old Music Hall Relocation
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| Built in 1930, the Shanghai Music Hall, covering an area of 1,254 square meters, was lifted two millimeters by 59 hoist jacks early Tuesday morning, the overture to a cumulative 3.38-meter high and 66.4-meter long relocation journey. |
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Visiting Chinese Scholars in US Suffer Car Accident
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| A 13-member delegation from the universities of China's Hunan Province suffered a traffic accident in central Pennsylvania of the United States on Tuesday (Beijing Time), leaving seven dead and three injured. |
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World Health Day: Safety of Children Emphasized
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| Unsafe food and drinking water, environmental pollution, passive smoking, accidents and HIV/AIDS are the major health hazards for children in China nowadays, said Vice Minister of Health Wang Longde on Monday, World Health Day. |
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for SARS
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| Experts from the World Health Organization said in Guangzhou Monday that the effect of traditional Chinese herbal medicine on the treatment of atypical pneumonia needs their further attention and study. |
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Project to Prevent Geological Disasters at Three Gorges Area
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| A US$483-million project to prevent geological disasters at the Three Gorges Reservoir is more than 70 percent complete and will be finished by June 1, when the dam begins to fill. Tian Fengshan, minister of land and resources, said on Saturday at a national meeting that the project would guarantee the safety of the dam and nearby residents. |
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Chinese FM Holds Talks with Japanese Counterpart
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| Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing held talks in Beijing Sunday with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi. The two ministers exchanged views on bilateral, global and regional issues of common concern. |
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WHO Experts Well-informed in Study Tour on SARS
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| "The data we've got during the three days of staying here is much more than we expected," said Dr. Robert F. Breiman, head of a five-member World Health Organization expert team in Guangdong Province studying the situation of SARS. |
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