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China Reveals Doping Violations
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| In the wake of March's implementation of an anti-doping regulation, the Chinese Olympic Committee's Anti-doping Commission announced that China detected 18 doping cases across 10 disciplines in 2003. For the first time, it has released a list of athletes who failed drug tests. |
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Scientists Urged to Help Speed up Modernization
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao Wednesday called on the country's millions of scientific workers to contribute more to the country's scientific and research undertakings and to strive for accelerated modernization. |
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Shaolin Monks Still Fighting to Save Name
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| Years of protests from the Shaolin monks appear to have fallen on deaf ears, as companies in North America, Japan and Europe -- and even at home in China -- continue to use the Shaolin name without authorization. The monks are concerned that they may eventually find they themselves are unable to use the name of their temple.
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Shanghai Tycoon Gets 3-year Sentence
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| Shanghai property tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, one of China's richest businessmen, was sentenced Tuesday to a jail term of three years for stock market fraud and falsifying documents, sources with the Supreme People's Court said. Zhou had an estimated personal fortune worth US$320 million before his arrest last September. |
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Mosque Blast Kills 15 in Karachi
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| At least 15 people including a child were killed and dozens of others injured Monday in a powerful bomb blast in a mosque in Pakistan's restive port city of Karachi. This has been the second blast against Shiites in Karachi in less than one month. |
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EU, China Reach Deal on Coke Supply
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| EU officials said on Friday that a last-minute deal had been secured that would guarantee coke imports from China, removing the imminent threat of a WTO complaint. The EU alleged that China had broken trade laws by restricting exports of coke, a key raw material for steelmakers. |
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Gymnastics Team Sets Goal for Games
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| Gao Jian, director of the State Sports General Administration Gymnastics Management Center, recently talked with China.org.cn about the 2004 Summer Olympics goals and prospects of the national gymnastics team, and how the sport has changed over the years. |
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60,000 Chinese Smokers Join Quit & Win
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| Nearly 60,000 Chinese smokers joined the International Quit & Win smoking cessation contest this year, which ends on World No Tobacco Day, May 31. In addition to health and a longer life, successful quitters gain a chance to win a US$10,000 international prize. |
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Japan Urged to Clear up Dicarded Chemical Weapons
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| The discovery of a mustard gas cylinder in Qiqihar City on Monday triggered a new wave of denouncement of invading Japanese troops' discarding chemical weapons in China. Indignant Chinese urge the Japanese government to take a correct attitude toward history and shoulder the responsibility to clear up all the chemical weapons. |
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China, Malaysia Issue Joint Communique (Full Text)
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| China and Malaysia issued a joint communique on bilateral relations in Beijing Saturday after Prime Minister of Malaysia paid an official visit to China. |
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