Government

· White paper on drug supervision published
· China sets guidelines for central govt's administrative reform
· Taiwan relaxes control over mainland investment
· Hu lights up quake-hit pupils' day
· HK proposes anti-inflation measures
· Residents near airport to be moved
· Officials must treat public woes: Outlook Weekly
· Updated database to help fight graft
· Anti-monopoly law commission in force
· Quake leaves 1.4 m people destitute
· Hearings on price to be transparent
· Public poll to help judge work of officials
· Beijing to adjust working hours for Olympics
· Police detain 100 people over violence in Guizhou protest
· Grassroots role urged in diabetes fight
· Hong Kong's new commerce bureau chief appointed
· Free contraception services provided for rural women
· Auditors to strengthen audit on foreign aid, loans projects
· 2.8 bln yuan arranged to support hog production
· Health system is being restored
· Environment ministry adds 2 departments
· No death penalty handed down so far over Lhasa violence
· Transgenic species development program approved
· Cross-Straits ties should ride 'good momentum'
· Corruption prosecution a new high
· Coal mines' safety record improves in 1H 2008
· Supervision system catching more 'bad' drugs
· Tight rein demanded to fight corruption
· Gov't will stop illegal broadcasts during Games
· Suspect in fatal Shanghai police stab attack formally arrested
· Vice President wishes HK bright future
· Wen stresses fast, steady economic growth
· Dalai urged to respond with sincerity after recent contact
· Officials smash two exam-cheating groups
· Vice president arrives in HK on inspection tour
· Guangdong's pilot role in reform hailed
· Vice Premier calls for flood-control in N. China
· Top advisor calls for continued 'emancipation of mind'
· Political advisors meet to discuss economic problems
· Amended bribery law takes effect in HK
· Two more officials sacked over teen's death
· 2 officials face dismissal after violent protest
· Dalai Lama given future talks' terms
· Stabbing motive still unclear
· Police announce 4-month crackdown on gangs
· Ministry tightens standards for reconstructing schools
· Railways raise freight rates
· National pension fund reports 43 pct return in 2007
· Tax cut, house loans to help quake victims
· Mainland tourists start historic Taiwan holiday on Friday
· Ministry of Industry and Information Technology inaugurated
· Shots of tiger in the wild not real
· End to luxury living for traveling officials
· Energy bureau gets nod to increase size
· Calls pour in to corruption line
· Quake donation receipt available
· Top court overturns 15% death sentences
· Public facilities rebuilding task comes prior
· 144 charter flights to be operated in July
· Pillow talk lands officials in jail



A princess re-born
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth, the newly-open China's National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA, also known as National Grand Theater) and Ricordi have commissioned Hao to write the first "Chinese edition" of Turandot which will premiere at the NCPA on March 21 through 26.
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