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China Sets Science Goals
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| China plans to launch research into 12 key technologies this year in an effort to prevent foreign companies from having a monopoly over advanced technologies. At the annual National Conference on Science and Technology, which started Wednesday in Beijing, Minister of Science and Technology Xu Guanhua said China’s entry into the World Trade Organization demands new efforts and strategies. |
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Port of Boston Secures Direct Ocean Call From China
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| China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) will begin in March to provide a direct vessel call into the Port of Boston in the United States, a move hailed as “welcome news” by Massachusetts state representatives and Ma Zehua, COSCO's executive vice president, at a joint press conference in Boston. |
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E. Coli Again Detected in US Frozen Chicken
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| Quarantine officials in south China said Wednesday they expected to destroy 24 tons of bacteria-infected chicken imported from the United States they detained Monday. This makes the second time in a month that authorities in Huizhou in Guangdong Province have detected E. coli bacteria in US frozen chicken. |
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Farmers Say They Were Not Well-informed About Gene Probe
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| Chu Mianzhai, a farmer from Toutuo Town in Yuexi County, Anhui Province, charges in a letter to a senior correspondent for Xinhua New Agency that genetic studies conducted by Harvard University did not conform to standard ethics codes. |
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Jiang Zemin Meets Mongolian Prime Minister
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| Good-neighborly relations and Sino-Mongolian cooperation in all fields were stressed by both Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Mongolian Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar in their meeting Tuesday in Beijing. Enkhbayar also conveyed greetings from Mongolian President Nachagyn Bagabandy to President Jiang. |
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Hot Topic on Campus: Should Students Have the Right to Marry?
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| In accordance with a 1990 provision by the then State Education Commission, marriage is prohibited for Chinese undergraduates as long as they remain in college. However, the Ministry of Education has since dropped the limit of age and marital status for students to sit for the college entrance examination, which leads to the question: If grandparents and parents can study in college, then why can’t college students get married? It’s a hot topic of debate on campus. |
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Strengthen Credit Services, China’s Banks Warned
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| Domestic banks may have to hand their profitable consumer credit business to foreign rivals on a plate if they do not strengthen their services in this aspect immediately, an Outlook Weekly article warned. |
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Chinese, Mongolian Premiers Hail Bilateral Ties
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| Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said Monday in Beijing that China is willing to work alongside Mongolia to further the long-term, friendly ties of mutual trust between the two countries. Zhu made the remark in his talks with visiting Mongolian Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar, who arrived in Beijing Monday morning for a six-day official visit at Zhu's invitation. |
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Wu Yi Selected as a “Fortune” Most Influential Person
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| Wu Yi, 63, a State Councilor in charge of foreign trade business in China covering areas such as copyright protection and market access, has been selected by Fortune Magazine as one of the 20 most influential people in global economic circles in 2002. The magazine called her "a woman of exceptional ability." |
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Painter, Writer, Social Activist
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| Feng Jicai, well known for his candid and truthful accounts of twisted human nature during the years of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), has been battling for eight years in a new crusade - to preserve traditional Chinese culture.
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Football Bribery Scandal May End Up in Court
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| In what would be a precedent-setting move, legal action could be taken against referees accused of taking bribes in matches of the 2001 Chinese Football League, a senior sports official said. |
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Deng People in Tibet Enjoy Modern Life
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| Tibet's Deng people, a branch of the native Tibetan who lived in west China's Tibet, have started their modern life with modern household appliances such as telephones and TV sets. However, in the 1950's, they led a primitive life in which they cut rope into different lengths to record events and they cultivated farmland by reaphook while controlling weeds by spreading fire. |
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Eyes Fall on School Children's Mental Health
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| The Beijing Education committee is drafting an education scheme on mental health calling psychological counselors for every primary and middle school in the city, according to Wang Rui, an official with the Moral Education Department under the committee, amid concerns that mental health problems may lead adolescents to extreme actions. |
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Mixed Signals on GDP Growth
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| Chinese economists are divided on their predictions for the nation's economic growth in 2002 as the slowdown in the global economy persists. |
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Chinese Premier, Pakistani President on Pakistan-India Tension
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| It is in the fundamental interests of both Pakistan and India that the two countries keep maximum restraint and safeguard peace and stability in the south Asian region, said Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Thursday evening when meeting with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf who was in Beijing in transit for the summit conference of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. |
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