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Beijing Reports Suspected SARS Case, China on Alert
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| A suspected case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was reported in Beijing Thursday. Five people who had close contact with a 20-year-old nurse suspected of having contracted the virus have shown some SARS symptoms, such as fever, have been quarantined.
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Russian Spacecraft Docks with International Space Station
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| The Russian Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft carrying a three-member crew successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, two days after blasting off from the Russian Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |
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Hu Jintao, Kim Jong-il Hold Talks
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong-il paid an unofficial visit to China from April 19 to 21 at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao. The two leaders exchanged views and reached wide-ranging consensus on developing relations between their parties and countries, as well as on international and regional situations and the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. |
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China to Continue Cooperation with WHO
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao said in Beijing Tuesday in a meeting with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-general Dr. Lee Jong-Wook that China is willing to continue exchanges and cooperation with the WHO. |
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China Indignant About Vietnam's Tourism to Nansha Islands
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| China expresses on Monday strong dissatisfaction with the first tourist activities to the Nansha islands organized by Vietnam. "Vietnam made this move disregarding China's repeated representations and firm opposition," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan. |
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Temperature Hits 53-year-high in Beijing
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| With people sporting sleeveless shirts, parasols shading Beijing ladies and ice cream and pop selling briskly, summer seemed to have fallen in the past weekend in the Chinese capital, with temperatures reaching 29 degrees Celsius. |
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Guangzhou Eyes 2010 Asian Games
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| Following Kuala Lumpur's withdrawal from the race and despite warnings from the Olympic Council of Asia that nothing is certain, Guangzhou has high hopes of winning its bid for the 2010 Asian Games. |
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Rocket Blasts Small Satellites into Space
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| A mini-satellite and a micro-satellite, both for experimental purposes, blasted off atop a Long March rocket from Southwest China's Sichuan Province just before Sunday midnight. |
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Space Module Ends 6-month-long Mission in Success
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| When China's first man in space Yang Liwei returned to Earth in a re-entry module exactly six months ago, an orbital vessel was left behind to further gather data. The orbital module has now completed all the scientific experiments it was designed for and has undertaken research rivaling any other space program in the world. |
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China, Latvia Vow to Promote Relationship
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao put forward a four-point proposal to promote relations with Latvia in Beijing Thursday during talks with visiting Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga. Hu said China attaches importance to the relations with Latvia and respects the choice of its people on developing their own country. |
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