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Baghdad Expects UN Inspectors to Deliver Positive Reports
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| Iraq expects chief UN arms inspectors to deliver to the UN Security Council positive reports on Iraq's cooperation with the inspectors. A senior Iraqi official said on Thursday, “We expect the report to be positive, more positive than their reports on Jan. 27.” |
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Premier Seeks Opinions on Draft Government Work Report
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| Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji chaired a forum in Beijing Wednesday to solicit opinions on the draft government work report from leaders of non-Communist parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and non-affiliated public figures. |
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Silk Road Tombs Ransacked and Damaged
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| Ancient tombs in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, that may come to solve the mystery of the 2,000-year-old Loulan Kingdom, have been ransacked. This site is also the subject of a kings’ mausoleum debate. |
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China Opens up Urban Services
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| Both domestic and overseas investors can now compete to win contracts in urban road construction, water supply, gas and heating systems and waste treatment of China, Vice-Minister of Construction Qiu Baoxin said Wednesday. |
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Chinese Muslims Celebrate Annual Festival
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| The Islamic Association of China (IAC) held a reception in Beijing Tuesday to celebrate the Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, a major Islamic holiday that falls at the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The three-day festival is marked by some 10 ethnic groups in China including the Hui and Uygur. |
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Japan Urged to Educate Youths with Correct History
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| China hopes that the Japanese government would adopt a responsible attitude towards history and educate its young people with the correct version of history, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue at the regular ministry press conference in Beijing Tuesday. She also expounded China’s position on DPRK nuclear issue. |
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State Funds Ready to Light up
Rural Towns
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| The central government will invest 2 billion yuan (US$240 million) to help light up all the rural townships with electricity by the end of this year, leaving about 18,000 villages still on the waiting list. |
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China Willing to Strengthen Ties with Africa
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| Li Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that China is willing to strengthen the friendly relations and boost mutual-benefit cooperation between China and the African countries. |
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Cross-Straits Chartered Flights Conclude
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| The chartered flights across the Taiwan Straits, specially launched for Taiwan business people working or living on the Chinese mainland during the Spring Festival, concluded in Shanghai Sunday night. |
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Underground Reservoir Found in Taklimakan Desert
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| Chinese geologists have detected a large-scale underground reservoir in the country's largest desert. Experts say it has a storage capacity of 36 billion cubic meters, almost the amount of the Three Gorges Reservoir. |
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