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Explosions Rock Istanbul Again
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| The death toll in a series of blasts that rocked the largest Turkish city of Istanbul Thursday rose to 27, and some 450 were injured, the Anatolia news agency reported. The five explosions were targeted at British interests in the city. |
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Measure to Protect Farmers' Land Rights
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| No requisition of rural land will be approved without the endorsement of affected farmers, the Ministry of Land and Resources announced Wednesday, abolishing a decades-old practice of only publishing plans after they had been approved by the central government. |
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Bush Enjoys British Royal Reception
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| US President George W. Bush formally began his state visit to Britain on Wednesday morning as Queen Elizabeth staged a ceremonial welcome at Buckingham Palace. Despite the courteous royal reception, Thursday is not expected to be easy for Bush, whose handling of Iraq was strongly disapproved of by most British voters. |
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Cultural Relics on Their Way Home
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| Many Chinese cultural relics, which have been scattered around the world over the last century, have started to return home to the collections of Chinese cultural institutions, enterprises and residents over the past decade. This wave of returning artifacts has aroused issues concerning the protection of China's cultural heritage and the development of the antique market in the country. |
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Personal RMB Service OK'd in HK
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| The central government has given the green light for Hong Kong banks to operate personal renminbi (RMB) banking services, the special administrative region's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa revealed Monday. |
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US Visa Hurdle Turns Students from TOEFL
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| The Test of English as a Foreign Language, also called TOEFL, appears to be losing its grip in China, with a sharp decline in the number of people taking the test nationally.
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HKEx Opens Beijing Office
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| Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Limited (HKEx) opened its first representative office on the Chinese mainland Monday afternoon. The office is expected to facilitate communication between HKEx and mainland enterprises wanting to be listed. |
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Traffic Woes to Be Eased with Express Thoroughfares
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| Chinese capital Beijing is building an express road network to connect the current four ring roads to ease traffic woes. The city will have 15 such thoroughfares in place - with no traffic lights - by 2006. They will link the fifth, fourth and third ring roads down through the urban second ring road. |
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China Condemns Terrorist Bombings in Turkey
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| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist bombings in Turkey the day before, which killed at least 23 people and injured some 300 of whom 70 were hospitalized. |
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China Embraces First World Cup Title in 18 Years
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| China embraced its first volleyball World Cup title in 18 years after beating Japan 3-0 to finish the 2003 women's tournament Saturday. It also marked the first triumph for the Chinese women at the three major volleyball tournaments since 1986, when China crowned at the World Championships. |
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