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Disciplinary Measure to Regulate Judges
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| China's courts Tuesday introduced a new disciplinary measure that facilitates the removal of administrative judges who fail to properly carry out their duties. |
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Overseas Kids Choose to Study in Beijing
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| Nearly 1,000 children from other countries are currently studying in Beijing, and more are coming. China's solid basic education is the main reason for the outside interest. |
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China Issues White Paper on Tibet's Modernization
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| The Information Office of the State Council issued on Thursday a white paper in Beijing entitled "Tibet's March Toward Modernization", which reviews the modernization drive in Tibet over the past 50 years. |
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China, Indonesia to Boost Cooperation
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| Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Wednesday in Jakarta stressed the need for China and Indonesia to boost mutually beneficial cooperation in his talks with Indonesian President Megawati. Both sides agreed to further promote the exchanges and cooperation in various spheres and signed four memoranda of understanding on encouraging more assistance and cooperation. |
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China/ASEAN Agree on Free Trade Zone
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| China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to set up a free trade area within 10 years, enhance political dialogue and strengthen cooperation efforts, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman.
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Xinhua Celebrates Its 70th
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| Tian Congming, president of Xinhua News Agency, hosted a reception Tuesday evening attended by more than 250 people including ambassadors to China, press officials, correspondents, and representatives from international organizations who gathered in Beijing to help mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of China’s state news agency. |
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Internet Media to See Fast Growth
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| China will devote more attention to the "fourth media" -- the Internet and information super-highway -- and adjust its policies to cope with the revolution in the news media, according to Zhou Guangzhao, chairman of the Third Asia-Pacific Symposium on Press and Scientific and Social Progress held November 3-6 in Beijing. |
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ASEAN Summit Opens in Brunei
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| The 7th summit of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began Monday morning in the capital of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan. This is the first working summit for ASEAN leaders since they agreed in Singapore last year to remove the distinction between formal and informal summits in favor of ceremonial gatherings. |
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CAS Kicks off Research Programs
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| The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has kicked off five research programs to further its on-going Knowledge Creation Project. The programs include rice genome sequencing, life science, biological technology, environmental protection and technologies for engineering projects. |
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Music of Tang Dynasty to Be Revived
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| In Luoyang City in central China's Henan Province Chinese archaeologists have found a large number of instruments and music scores used by a famous 100,000-member imperial band which performed during Empress Wu Zetian's reign in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The local government recently organized a new band consisting of 20 elderly musicians to revive the ancient art. |
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