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US Promises Thorough Probe Into Beating Case
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| US Secretary of State Colin Powell promised in a letter to Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing that the United States government would thoroughly investigate the beating case of a Chinese citizen Zhao Yan according to US laws. |
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Exam for Top Tibetan Buddhism Degree Resumes
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| After a 16-year suspension, examinations for the top academic degree in the Gelupa sect of Tibetan Buddhism resumed Thursday. Six senior monks sat for the oral exam at Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, and will undergo the dissertation portion of the test at the Tibetan New Year. |
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Yellow River Station Opens in Arctic
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| China's first scientific research station in the Arctic area, the Yellow River Station located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, officially opened on Wednesday. |
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WWII Chemical Weapons Injure Boys
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| Dangerous chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese troops at the end of World War II have once again turned up in northeast China, this time injuring two nine-year-old boys. |
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Disasters Claim Lives, Damage Land
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| A series of rare disasters have plagued China this year, says the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Floods have claimed 439 lives and injured more than 21,600 so far, while severe and prolonged drought in other areas is depleting water supplies. Meanwhile, plagues of locusts, grasshoppers and other insect pests have descended upon farmlands, forests and grasslands. |
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Wen Stresses Power Demand Control
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| All-out efforts should be made by all localities and departments to ease the summer power shortage, said Premier Wen Jiabao when inspecting the State Power Distribution Center Monday. |
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China Mulls Bonus Hike for Olympic Medal Winners
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| Requests have been submitted to increase the cash bonuses paid to medal winners at the 2004 Summer Games, but Olympic officials warn that the sums will not be enormous and that final approval rests with the State Council. Top bonuses at Sydney were 150,000 yuan, about 18 times the average urban resident's annual income. |
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'Probe No. 2' Satellite Launched
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| Probe No. 2, the second satellite of a Sino-European joint space probe program, known as the Double Star Project, was successfully launched at the Taiyuan Satellite Launching Center, in north China, at 15:05 pm Sunday. |
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US Officer Charged for Beating Chinese Woman
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| Chinese consulate to New York has issued a statement to express grave concerns over the incident that Chinese citizen Zhao Yan was beaten up by American police. |
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China to Complete Rural Retail Network
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| China will develop chain supermarkets and express stores in counties and major towns, and transform country fairs to chain stores. The government also encourages retailers to update rural grocery stores into distribution outlets or franchisers. |
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