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China Expresses Serious Concern over Dalai Lama's Possible US Visit
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| China is seriously concerned about a possible visit by the Dalai Lama to the United States in September, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan in Beijing Thursday. Kong Quan made the remark at the regular weekly Foreign Ministry press conference. |
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Scandalous Vegetables Inspected
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| A team of investigators from the Ministry of Agriculture Wednesday examined a "pollution-free" production base in Zhangbei County, north China's Hebei Province, which allegedly produced vegetables contaminated by banned pesticides. |
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Hu Meets with Women Delegates
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| Hu Jintao, Chinese president and general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, has called on Chinese women to strive for renovation and further achievements in the course of the opening-up and reform as well as the modernization drive. |
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Railway Construction Benefits Tibetans
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| A 1,142-km railway connecting Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, with other parts of China is under construction. The government says that the project, which began in 2001, will bring unprecedented economic development and opportunity for the region. |
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Six-party Talks Begin in Beijing
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| Delegations from China, Russia, the United States, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan began the six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue in Beijing Wednesday morning. |
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Economy Faces Stiff Challenges
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| National economic and social development is facing a series of tough challenges even though GDP for the first half of this year hit a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent, said Ma Kai, minister of the State Development and Reform Commission. |
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Controlling Epidemics Remains Tough
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| China is still facing a tough task in controlling SARS, said Gao Qiang, executive deputy minister of health. Though China has achieved remarkable success in SARS prevention and control, much remains to be done to prevent a resurgence of the epidemics. Gao Monday made the remark at the National People's Congress Standing Committee session.
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Compulsory Education to Be Fully Available in Five Years
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| China will provide nine years of compulsory education for all children by 2008, said Wu Qidi, vice-minister of education, on Saturday. Currently, many female children are deprived of education especially in rural and poor areas because their parents think they should stay with the family. |
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China Mulls over Market Strategies in Face of Power Shortage
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| Confronted with a nationwide power shortage, China's policy-makers are pondering responsive market strategies, hoping to accelerate electricity facility construction and balance power supply and demand by "breaking monopoly and introducing competition." |
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New Lifestyle for Reindeer-breeding Ewenki Hunters
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| Members of the Yakute, a branch of the Ewenki ethnic group and China's last surviving hunting tribe, began moving out of the virgin forest in Inner Mongolia's Xing'an Mountains, starting a long journey in terms of changing the lifestyle and way of thinking of this small group of people.
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