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- Why isn't U.S. angry over China's tourism policies?
September 13, 2004
Here is something the United States and Latin America should begin looking at: getting a slice of the 100 million Chinese tourists a year who are expected to flood the world in the not so distant future.
- Purity of Chinese language debated
September 13, 2004
By 2050, Chinese is forecast to become the second most powerful language next to English and the proportion of Internet content in Chinese will rise to about 40 per cent from the current 10 per cent.
- WHO warns of global outbreak of avian influenza
September 13, 2004
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a global outbreak of avian influenza unless greater efforts are made to fight the disease in countries already affected by it and international co-operation is strengthened.
- China urges stronger cooperation with DPRK
September 12, 2004
China is seeking stronger cooperative links with the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK), a senior Chinese official said September 11.
- Yangtze flood peak heads to Wuhan
September 12, 2004
The Yangtze River's largest flood peak of the year passed through the Jingjiang River in central Hubei Province early yesterday and was moving toward Wuhan, the provincial capital.
- How to award a 2008 Olympic champion
September 11, 2004
What price the reward for those who achieve gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics? A survey by the China Mainland Marketing Research (CMMR) gives the answer at between 2.7 - 3.9 million yuan (US$326,000 - 472,000).
- Taiwan, China Airlines Sign Mileage Deal
September 11, 2004
Taiwan's largest carrier and the mainland's China Eastern Airlines said Friday they will begin sharing mileage programs beginning Oct. 1 - the first such deal between airlines across the Taiwan Strait.
- All aboard the tip truck tour of China
September 11, 2004
In the old China, people worked for the state. In the new China, life is more calculating - say, 10 per cent of the bill.
- Shanghai readies for Rockets-Kings game
September 10, 2004
Shanghai's rundown city gymnasium is getting the full NBA treatment for next month's exhibition game between the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets.
- Elders' problems centrestage at forum
Updated: 2004-09-09
China is now an aging society. For the country's millions of elderly, home can become one of the most dangerous places if they live alone and fail to stay in touch with the outside world.
- Civil servants' sexy clothes banned at work
Updated: 2004-09-09
Female civil servants will not be allowed to wear sexy clothes such as tank tops, backless costumes and tight jeans during working hours in the archives sector in East China's Zhejiang Province.
- China not to share gas tapping info with Japan
September 8, 2004
China is justified not to share the details of its natural gas exploration in the East China Sea with Japan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in Beijing Tuesday.
- Official: China still faces population problems
Updated: 2004-09-08
China is not just sitting idly waiting for its population and family planning policies to evolve by themselves.
- Bi-cultural marriage gap closing
Updated: 2004-09-08
As more foreigners visit or settle down in Shanghai, the age gaps in international marriages have become less of a contrast than years ago.
- `Super rice' set to increase output
Updated: 2004-09-08
High-yielding "super rice," which promises to substantially increase China's rice output, will be planted on 4 million hectares of farmland next year, the Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday.
- Funding to ensure pension payments
Updated: 2004-09-08
The central government will annually invest some 50 billion yuan (US$6 billion) to ensure timely pension payments to retirees in western and central regions of China.
- Court gives juvenile delinquents second chance
September 7, 2004
Guangzhou's Panyu District People's Court has become the first in South China's Guangdong Province to offer a young offender the chance to mend his ways, rather than immediately pass sentence on him.
- Sex-related text ready for use in classes
September 7, 2004
A new textbook, entitled Thoughts of Teenagers, claiming to be the first of its kind in the country to meet teenagers' natural demand for sex-related knowledge, will be introduced soon into primary and junior high schools in this coastal city in East China's Zhejiang Province.
- China issues white paper on social security
Updated: 2004-09-07
China on Tuesday publishes its first ever white paper on social security, detailing the current conditions of the country's social security and the policy the government adopted in the regard.
- Shanghai no longer encourages DINK family
Updated: 2004-09-07
Shanghai, after witnessing consecutive negative population growth in the past 11 years, now discourages young couples to become DINK (double income no kid) families and allows eligible couples to have their second child.
- SOHO launches new CBD project
September 7, 2004
While other developers in Beijing are wondering whether their projects have been approved by the government after the latest policy move to change the land transfer system, SOHO China Co Ltd launched a new project, SOHO Shangdu, in Beijing's central business district (CBD).
- Chinese women line up to test female viagra
Updated: 2004-09-07
Chinese women are lining up to test a new medicine that aims to help them achieve orgasm, in another example of the more open attitudes to sex being adopted in a traditionally conservative country.
- China invites bidding on nuclear power plants
Updated: 2004-09-07
China will put up a number of nuclear power projects for public bidding in the next one or two months, said a senior official Monday.
- Premarital sex: Is abstinence the best policy?
Updated: 2004-09-06
About two years ago, seven college girls in Chengdu of Southwest China's Sichuan Province signed a "purity pledge" and established an "alliance for flawless youth" for the purpose of opposing premarital sex.
- Beijing, Shanghai lag behind in Forbes' list
Updated: 2004-09-06
Which is the most vibrant business city in China? Forbes Magazine has for the first time answered the question by releasing a 2004 mainland's best business city ranking. And surprisingly neither Shanghai nor Beijing are very high on the list.
- Buffer zone to safeguard Forbidden City
Updated: 2004-09-06
Two alternative proposals designating a "buffer zone" to protect the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) in Beijing are open for public review now.
- Britain still waiting for Chinese tourists
Updated: 2004-09-05
At Jun Li's travel agency in central London, plans are already afoot to recruit extra staff and train new tour guides in preparation for an expected influx of visitors from China.
- Switzerland welcomes Chinese tourists
Updated: 2004-09-05
Switzerland gave a warm reception in Geneva on Saturday to the first Chinese tourist group which takes advantage of a new Sino-Swiss agreement on tourism.
- Hearing held on disputed traffic regulation
Updated: 2004-09-04
A public hearing over widely disputed China traffic regulation for the implementation of the Road Traffic Safety Law was held by the Beijing Municipal People's Congress (BMPC) on Friday afternoon.
- GM targets wealthy Chinese
Updated: 2004-09-04
Brand battles in China's luxury car market will intensify with the entry of General Motors (GM)' Cadillac aggressively trumpeting its motto of "Dare to be the First."
- China's building plans changed for a better Olympics
Updated: 2004-09-04
Plans for Beijing's Olympic venues have been changed so that unnecessary costs will be cut.
- China to have 140 million cars by 2020
Updated: 2004-09-04
China expects to have 140 million cars plying its roads by 2020, seven times more than now, fueling demand for transportation infrastructure and services, state media reports.
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