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Damming the Yangtze's Polluters
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| Before the Three Gorges Reservoir began to store water last year, nearly 4 million tons of household, industrial and medical waste were dumped into the Yangtze River near Chongqing each year. The State Environmental Protection Administration has been urging improvements to pollution control, but to little avail. |
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Germany Opens Women's Olympic Soccer Tournament 8-0 over China
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| In what looked like a lop-sided goal-scoring show, FIFA's top-ranked Germany opened the women's soccer Olympic tournament with a surprising 8-0 win over China in the group F match in Patras, Greece on Wednesday. |
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AIDS Orphans Enjoy Summer Camp in Beijing
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| Seventy-two AIDS orphans from 12 counties in Jilin, Henan, Sichuan, Shanxi and Yunnan provinces Tuesday started a six-day summer camp in Beijing. The aim of the camp is to arouse public awareness about the plight of AIDS orphans. |
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Capital Airport Expansion Takes Off
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| Beijing's Capital International Airport's massive expansion program took another step forward on Sunday with the signing of nine construction contracts. When completed in 2007 with a new runway, a new terminal building and a cargo zone, the facility will be able to accommodate 60 million passengers and 1.8 million tons of cargo annually. |
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Consensus Reached with Viet Nam on Border Issue
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| Diplomats from China and its neighbor Viet Nam held talks on Sunday, agreeing to take no drastic or military action in dealing with boundary disputes.
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Macro-economic Control Continues
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| During his visit to Sichuan Province between August 5-8, Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the importance of the macro-economic control policy and pledged to further consolidate the achievements of the macro-economic control and realize the preset targets for 2004. |
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Human Activity Threatens Mount Qomolangma
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| An alarming 615 tons of waste were dumped by visitors on the Mount Qomolangma between 1921 and 1999, putting the delicate ecological balance of the area in peril. Experts have called for the establishment of a national station to strengthen environmental monitoring and research on the world's highest peak. |
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Labor Shortage Emerges in Guangdong
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| Supply had been surpassing demand in the labor market of Guangdong Province until last spring when the demand for workers exceeded the supply for the first time, and this year the gap of worker shortage has become much larger. |
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Insect Pest Attacks Grassland in NW China
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| Insects are devouring the grassland in the southern part of Gansu Province in northwestern China this summer season, posing the severest threat in 20 years in the area, according to local bureau for raising livestock. |
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China Lost to Japan 1-3 in Asian Cup Final
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| Japan succeeded in defense of their Asian Cup title as they beat host China 3-1 in the final on Saturday. Forward Keiji Tamada wrapped up the win for Japan in the injury time with a solo-run goal after he beat China's offside traps. The goal quashed China's all attempts to drag Japan into extra-time. |
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