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Shanxi Mining Death Compensation Begins
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| Compensation payments began Thursday for families of victims killed in last Saturday's coal mine blast in north China's Shanxi Province even as the 70th fatality was confirmed. Meanwhile, another mine explosion in central Hunan Province claimed eight more lives. |
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Half a Million TB Patients Get Free Treatment in 2004
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| China's Ministry of Health said on Wednesday, just ahead of World TB Day, that about 550,000 people with infectious tuberculosis were treated free of charge by the government in 2004. The World Health Organization estimates that each year China has 1.5 million new tuberculosis cases, 650,000 of which are highly infectious.
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Freestyle Skiers Return with Golden Bounty
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| China's freestyle skiing aerials team returned to Beijing from Ruka, Finland, on Tuesday with China's first-ever freestyle skiing World Championships gold medal. |
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China Backs UN Reforms
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| Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said at Tuesday's press conference that China supports the United Nations' plan for reform, issued this week by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. China stresses that reforms should give full play to democracy and be made on the basis of broad consensus among all UN members.
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China Committed to Six-party Talks
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| In a meeting with visiting North Korean Premier Pak Bong Ju, Premier Wen Jiabao expressed China's commitment to resolving the Korean nuclear issue through the six-party talks. Pak said that his country will join the talks at any time, provided conditions are right. |
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Three Cadre Training Colleges Opened
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| In order to improve the quality and capabilities of leading cadres and conduct international exchanges in training, China has officially opened three high-profile cadre training colleges: China Pudong Cadre College, China Jinggangshan Cadre College and China Yan'an Cadre College. |
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Pollution Treating Projects in Major Rivers Going Too Slow
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| Just ahead of Tuesday's World Water Day, the SEPA said that nearly 30 percent of the projects included in the five-year pollution treatment plan it launched in 2001 have not yet started. Some 300 million rural Chinese currently lack access to safe drinking water. |
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Rice Reiterates One-China Policy
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| US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reiterated that the United States remains committed to the one-China policy at a press conference in Beijing on Monday before concluding her 24-hour visit to China. She also discussed such topics as Sino-US diplomatic and trade relations and the Korean peninsula nuclear issue. |
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Death Toll Rises to 59 in N. China Coalmine Blast
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| Fifty-nine bodies have been found after a deadly coalmine blast in north China's Shanxi Province by 5:00 PM Sunday. Rescuers are searching for ten miners still trapped underground, according to sources with the rescue headquarters.
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Japan Rejects 'Comfort Women' Claims
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| A Japanese court on Friday rejected appeals by two Chinese women forced to serve as sex slaves for Japan's army during World War II. Lawyers accused the Japanese government of "inaction" over legislating wartime compensations. |
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