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Chinese Embassy in Kabul Reopens
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| The Embassy of the People's Republic of China to Afghanistan Wednesday resumed its operations after being closed for nine years, and a senior Chinese official said the resumption opens a new page in the relations between the two countries. |
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Chinese Farmers at a Crossroad
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| Chinese farmers -- some 900 million of them -- are expected to feel the pinch of China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. Analysts predict that in the first five years after WTO entry, the country’s farming will be hit harder than any other sector, with five to 10 million farmers becoming unemployed and farmers’ overall income going down. Beijing Review takes a look at the situation in an in-depth report. |
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Jiang Voices Support of Arab Aspirations
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin Tuesday voiced China's support of Arabian countries in their efforts to retake lost territory and of the Palestinians in their endeavor to restore their legitimate national interests. |
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Plans for Bush's China Visit Moving Along
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| The US government is sending a second work team to Beijing this week to prepare for US President George W. Bush's visit to China February 21-22, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan on Tuesday. |
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Top Aviation Officials
Announce Mergers
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| Nine airlines directly under the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) will be eventually merged into three aviation groups—Air China, China Eastern and China Southern, said CAAC Minister Liu Jianfeng at the annual working conference.
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Migrant Workers Stiffed on Back Pay
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| Many migrant workers in China are owed back pay but lack the legal knowledge of how to collect it from reluctant employers. According to an article in Southern Weekend, a Guangzhou-based weekly, the total amount owed in 2000 to migrant employees in China was a whopping 36.69 billion yuan (US$4.44 billion). And the figure could be even higher in 2001. |
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CPC Leaders Call for Efforts to Help People in Need
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| The leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Monday discussed plans to help needy people in China manage difficult times in both their life and work. There are 30 million people still living in poverty in rural China and a significant number of laid-off workers from state-owned firms in urban China despite China's rapid economic growth and rising standard of living. |
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Peking University Professor Touts Needle-free Acupuncture
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| Professor Han Jisheng believes he has a needle-free treatment that can help drug addicts. The 74-year-old neurophysiologist from Peking University has developed an electronic acupuncture device that can assist drug addicts in their efforts to quit their habit. |
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Travel Agency’s High World Cup Ticket Prices Get Bad Reviews
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| One of Shanghai's largest travel agencies says it has secured 1,000 tickets for China's first three games in this summer's World Cup, but local soccer fans will have to pay through the nose if they want to travel to South Korea to watch the excitement live. |
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Chinese Amateur Astronomer Discovers Comet
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| The first comet to be discovered by a Chinese amateur astronomer was reported on Friday, a scientist at the Zijinshan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Saturday. The observer, working in the northern suburbs of Kaifeng City, central Henan Province, discovered the comet close to Cetus at 19:15 Friday, said Wang Sichao, a researcher of the Observatory based in Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu Province, east China. |
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Rules on Foreign Banks Applauded
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| Detailed rules on governing foreign banks which came into force Friday was a milestone in the history of China's banking industry, foreign bankers claimed. Betty Nah, chief executive officer of the Beijing branch of BNP Paribas, said: "The implementation of the rules is a much awaited occasion for Chinese and foreign banks.'' |
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China Sets up 14 New Wetland Reserves
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| On the sixth World Wetlands Day Saturday, China contributed to global conservation by adding 14 newly designated wetland reserves of international importance, known as Ramsar wetlands. Now China has altogether 21 Ramsar wetlands, with a combined coverage of three million hectares. |
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China, EU in Brussels Agree to Study Food Ban
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| China and the European Union agreed Thursday in Brussels to set up a joint study group aimed at lifting an EU food-safety ban on certain Chinese imports and setting up an early-warning system to avoid similar problems in the future. |
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China Slams Bush's 'Axis of Evil' Speech
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| China Thursday condemned US President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech on Wednesday, which defined Iraq, Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as part of an "axis of evil." |
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