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Nation Vows to Do More to Fight AIDS
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| The Chinese government has vowed to do more to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and educate the public about how to protect themselves against the deadly disease. Minister of Health Zhang Wenkang said at a national AIDS conference Tuesday that the number of infected people, while still low compared with many other countries, is nevertheless increasing rapidly. |
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Nation Aims to Enhance Relief Program for the Disabled
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| China vowed yesterday to step up its poverty-relief campaign to improve the quality of life of some 9.79 million disabled persons in China who are living in poverty. |
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Chinese FM Proposes Political Solution to Afghan Problem
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| Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan Monday at the United Nations called for a political solution through negotiation and dialogue to the Afghan issue. |
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More Protection for Endangered Manchurian Tiger
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| A new nature reserve along the border of China and Russia has been established in Jilin Province, northeast China, in an attempt to further protect the endangered Manchurian tiger and Far East leopard. |
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China Lifts Ban on Animal, Meat Imports From ROK
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| The Chinese government announced Monday that as of November 12 it will resume importing pigs, cattle, sheep and meat products from the Republic of Korea. |
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Plane Crashes Near Kennedy Airport
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| An American Airlines jetliner en route to the Dominican Republic with 260 people aboard broke apart and crashed moments after takeoff Monday from Kennedy Airport, setting homes ablaze. There were no known survivors aboard the plane.
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National Games Open in Guangdong Olympic Stadium
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin declared open the 15-day Ninth National Games in a dynamic and colorful ceremony in the brand-new Guangdong Olympic Stadium Sunday evening. |
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Yuanmingyuan Excavation Site Excites Visitors
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| Visitors to Beijing will be offered a rare treat this year at the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) park – the chance to visit an on-going excavation of the ruins known as Hanjingtang, one of the most important formal gardens in China that also served a Qing Dynasty political and cultural center. |
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China to Start Second Restoration Project for Potala Palace
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| A plan of starting the second phase of restoration of the Potala Palace is currently under consideration of the central government and is expected to be carried out soon, according to a senior official of the Tibet Autonomous Region Friday. |
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China Signs WTO Accession Protocol
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| Shi Guangsheng, Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, signed in Doha on Sunday the protocol on China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
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Internet Poses New Challenges for Chinese Parents
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| The increasing use of the Internet has increased the generation gap between many Chinese urban adults and their children in households that have access to the Internet. The widening gap recently has drawn publicity following reports that several middle-school students have left their homes without saying good-by and have remained missing for weeks in Internet-related cases. |
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