|
Floods, Mudslides Sweep South China
|
|
| Torrential rain across China has affected more than a million people, killed at least 16 and trapped more than 60 others in the last three days. And the flooding is expected to continue as much of the country braces itself for more heavy rain. |
|
|
Chinese Scientists Get Closer to SARS Vaccine
|
|
| Chinese scientists have made another breakthrough in the creation of a SARS vaccine, as antibodies against the virus have been discovered in monkeys after they had been injected with inactive versions of the vaccine. |
|
|
China's Scientific and Technological Emergency System Under Construction
|
|
| Li Xueyong, vice minister of Science and Technology, introduced the situation related to China's scientific and technological emergency system construction at a press conference in Beijing Wednesday. |
|
|
Cautious Triumph over SARS
|
|
| Beijing finally finds itself removed from the World Health Organization travel advisory and blacklists of epidemic areas. With more than 100 SARS patients still struggling in isolation wards in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland hospitals, however, any claim of ultimate triumph is premature. |
|
|
WHO Removes Beijing from SARS List
|
|
| The World Health Organization on Tuesday removed Beijing from its list of SARS-infected areas and lifted its travel advisory against the city, saying the risk for travelers to Beijing "is now minimum." |
|
|
China, India Sign Declaration on Bilateral Ties (Full Text)
|
|
| China and India Monday evening signed the Declaration on Principles for Relations and Comprehensive Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India. Following is the full text of the declaration. |
|
|
Electricity Transferred to East China to Ease Shortage
|
|
| Beginning early Sunday, a total of 1.5 billion kwh of electricity will be transferred to east China areas in 2003 via the newly operational Three Gorges transmission and converting system, cutting the distance from 2,552 km to 1,644 km. |
|
|
Indian PM Starts Landmark Visit to China
|
|
| Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived in Beijing Sunday, starting a six-day official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao. It is the first visit to China by an Indian Prime Minister in nearly a decade. |
|
|
SARS Strategy: Classroom on the Air
|
|
| During the past few months in China while the SARS epidemic raged, a new fashion swept millions of children and teenagers off their feet. That fashion is to take courses in the Classroom on the Air. |
|
|
2,000-year-old Liquor Found in West China
|
|
| Aged wines don't get much older than this. In Xi'an, capital city of west China's Shaanxi Province, archaeologists discovered June 20 five earthenware jars of 2,000-year-old rice wine in an ancient tomb, and its bouquet was still strong enough to perk up the nose. |
|
|
.gif){kind=small}
