20/4/05

CHINA offers to repair Japanese embassy attacked by demonstrators
Financial Times – UK
The offers suggest China may be seeking ways to ease tensions raised by
the protests, and by disputes between Asia’s two biggest economies on
issues ranging …
news.ft.com/cms/s/50242646-b12e-11d9-9bfc-00000e2511c8.html

CHINA lauds outcome of Indo-Pak talks
Hindu – India
Beijing, April 20. (PTI): China today hailed the “consensus” reached during
talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200504200311.htm

AUSTRALIA plans defensive approach to China FTA
ABC Online – Australia
… says he does not concede Australian jobs in the clothing and textile
industries will be at risk as a result of the proposed free trade agreement
with China. …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1349314.htm

JAPANESE premier tells China to ‘keep cool’
Telegraph.co.uk – UK
Japan’s prime minister Junichiro Koizumi has told China to “grow up” and
keep “a cool head” after the violent anti-Japanese protests that have
plunged …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/
04/20/wjapan20.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/04/20/ixportal.html

PFP CHIEF CAN DISCUSS AGREEMENT WITH CHINA: PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE
Taiwan Headlines – Taipei,Taiwan
… Soong, who is to visit China next month soon after a similar trip by
opposition Kuomintang Chairman Lien Chan set for late April, is expected
to raise the Chen …
english.www.gov.tw/index.jsp?action=cna&cnaid=8865

19/4/05

ANNAN urges top China-Japan talks
CNN International – USA
(CNN) — UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the leaders of China
and Japan to get together later this week to resolve a spat that has plunged
relations …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/china.japan/

CHINA, Howard drink to trade talk pact
Stuff.co.nz – New Zealand
… John Howard and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao last night toasted the formal
go-ahead for negotiations on a free trade agreement between Australia
and China. …
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3253682a6026,00.html

EDITORIAL: G-7 pressure on China
Asahi Shimbun – Tokyo,Japan
… and central bank governors of the Group of Seven industrialized countries
in Washington adopted a joint statement, which in effect called on China,
among others …
www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200504190097.html

HK Bourse: Release from China Natl Aviation On Connected Deal -4
Yahoo News – USA
* CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION COMPANY LIMITED (incorporated in Hong Kong with
limited liability) (Stock Code: 1110) CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTION
Further to the …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050419/15/3rzxn.html

JAPAN-CHINA Ties Strained by WW II Atrocities
NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: NPR’s Madeleine Brand speaks with Richard Baum, director of
UCLA’s Center For Chinese Studies, about growing tensions between China
and Japan. …
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid
=://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4605095

18/4/05

CHINA’S Hu, Japan’s Koizumi May Meet This Week as Tensions Rise
Bloomberg – USA
Protests spread to about a dozen Chinese cities yesterday as talks in Beijing
between China’s Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Japanese Foreign Minister
…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aI9iH5k6Mdl0&refer=japan

HOWARD plays down China-Aust FTA talks
Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Prime Minister John Howard has played down the significance of securing
a free trade agreement with China. Mr Howard, who is due …
www.theage.com.au/news/National/Howard-plays-dow
n-ChinaAust-FTA-talks/2005/04/18/1113676682137.html

G-7 Ends Charm Offensive, Urges Immediate Shift in China Peg
Bloomberg – USA
April 18 (Bloomberg) — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial
nations intensified calls for China to loosen the tie between its currency
and US …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
10000006&sid=ayVZW7qB6w84&refer=home

ASIAN Stocks Fall, Led by Honda; Japan Slides on China Protests
Bloomberg – USA
The Nikkei also dropped below 11,000 for the first time in four months
as anti-Japan protests spread to about a dozen cities in China over territorial
and …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=avv.ay0Kzupc&refer=asia

JAPAN voters say Koizumi not doing enough on China
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… Three out of every four Japanese voters believe Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi has not done enough to improve long-strained relations with China
and South …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T206263.htm

17/4/05

JAPAN Foreign Minister Flies Into China Maelstrom
Reuters – USA
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura headed for
Beijing on Sunday in an effort to keep ties with China from worsening
further after …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8202135

JAPAN’S Tanigaki Expects China Yuan Plan `Sooner or Later’
Bloomberg – USA
April 16 (Bloomberg) — Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said
he expects China to release a schedule for loosening its currency’s peg
to the dollar …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1
0000101&sid=ae1X.Om.dCBE&refer=japan

LUXEMBOURG PM denies saying EU arms embargo on China not to be …
Xinhua – China
… Saturday reports that Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said there
is no possibility of the European Union (EU) lifting its arms embargo
on China during the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/16/content_2839387.htm

KMT-CHINA ‘PEACE ACCORD’ HARMFUL TO TAIWAN: DPP
Taiwan Headlines – Taipei,Taiwan
… seriously damage the national interests of Taiwan and create international
misunderstandings if it is to sign a “peace accord” with China, ruling
Democratic …
english.www.gov.tw/index.jsp?action=cna&cnaid=8762

OBESITY Common Among Adults in China
Medical News Today – UK
Around 18 million adults in China are obese, 137 million are overweight,
and 64 million have metabolic syndrome-a condition where a number of risk
factors for …
www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=22931

16/4/05

WRAPUP 2-China assures Japan, secures missions
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, April 16 (Reuters) – Thousands of Chinese in Shanghai
protested against Japan’s wartime past on Saturday as China stepped up
security around …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15496443.htm

EU failed to lift arms ban on China
Xinhua – China
BEIJING, April 16 — The European Union nations on Friday failed to agree
on lifting their 15-year-old ban on arms sales to China. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/16/content_2836815.htm

CRUDE futures fall, Bush blames China for surge in oil prices
San Diego Union Tribune – USA
… Japan warned that high prices could derail its economic recovery, and
US President George W. Bush blamed China for the surge in crude and gasoline
prices in …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050415-0902-oilprices.html

CHINA warns anti-Japanese protesters
Jerusalem Post – Israel
… Such status carries veto power over UN actions and is now held by only
five governments: China, the United States, Britain, France and Russia.
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagenam
e=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113533078528

CHINA’S SAIC says advises UK of no further MG Rover talks
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
LONDON (Reuters) – China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) said
on Friday it had formally advised the UK government it was not interested
in resuming …
www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:425f9386:b95f
dfab2e2c91?type=businessNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8193182

15/4/05

JAPAN warns its nationals to keep low profile in China
CBC News – Canada
TOKYO – Japanese diplomatic missions in China have issued an urgent alert
to Japanese nationals to keep a low profile ahead of planned weekend rallies.
…
www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/04/14/japanchina050414.html

IMF urges China to rein in economy
Xinhua – China
BEIJING, April 15 — China needed to rein in runaway investment, raise
borrowing costs and relax its currency to retain control over its booming
economy, the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/15/content_2832759.htm

CHINA backs Germany for seat at UN top table
Times Online – UK
CHINA backed Germany for a new permanent seat on an expanded UN Security
Council yesterday but, amid rising tension with Tokyo, said that Japan
was not ready …
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1569925,00.html

PRESSURE mounts as ministers discuss EU embargo on China
Financial Times – UK
European Union foreign ministers are today set to discuss one of the most
sensitive topics on their agenda – EU relations with China – amid a barrage
of …
news.ft.com/cms/s/f7814bd2-ad49-11d9-ad92-00000e2511c8.html

BUSH: China a great nation growing like mad
Xinhua – China
BEIJING, April 15 — US President George W. Bush urged once again for China
to float its currency so as to protect American producers, and linking
China¡¯s …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/15/content_2833238.htm

14/4/05

JAPAN-CHINA row moves to gas fields
Taipei Times – Taiwan
Japan said yesterday it has begun processing applications to let Japanese
companies drill for natural gas in a disputed area of the East China Sea,
a decision …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/14/2003250383

COMMENTARY: What an India-China axis means for the rest of Asia
International Herald Tribune – France
China and India joining hands easily tops the economic Richter scale. “India
and China can together reshape the world order,” Prime …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/13/bloomberg/sxpesek.html

MG Rover woes show China Inc.’s stumbling blocks as it expands …
Canada.com – Canada
… But it initially ran into snags over security concerns about China
acquiring technology that might be used in making weapons. A …
www.canada.com/businesscentre/story
.html?id=c1de001c-afb5-4b3c-9500-55cf8c4eaa40

CHINA and Japan’s latest beef; talk of fuel rationing gets serious
Village Voice – USA
WASHINGTON, DC—The growing oil panic reared its head in the Japan-China
feud Tuesday when Tokyo announced it would be issuing gas leases in the
East China Sea …
www.villagevoice.com/news/0516,ridgeway,63084,6.html

IMF Raises 2005 Economic Growth Forecast for China to 8.5%
Bloomberg – USA
April 13 (Bloomberg) — The International Monetary Fund raised its 2005
economic growth forecast for China to 8.5 percent, from a September estimate
of 7.5 …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10
000087&sid=axnWVbqNFRXI&refer=top_world_news

13/4/05

WARY neighbours India and China eye new era
Daily Times – Pakistan
NEW DELHI: China’s premier wound up a visit to India on Tuesday having
made progress on a border row, boosted trade and energy cooperation, and
with a vow to …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-4-2005_pg4_16

CHINA May Block Japanese Security Council Bid
Scotsman – UK
After days of violent protests, China hinted strongly that it will block
Japan’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council with Premier
Wen Jiabao …
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4391364

CHINA Urges Taiwan to Reverse Ban on Journalists
Swissinfo – Switzerland
BEIJING (Reuters) – China urged Taiwan on Wednesday toreverse its “erroneous”
decision to ban Chinese journalistsfrom covering news on the self-ruled
island …
www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?
siteSect=143&sid=5680871&cKey=1113363319000

DON’T feast on China’s shit
Taipei Times – Taiwan
… Their kowtowing behavior is not only a travesty, but also has given
the international community the false impression that Taiwan is indeed
part of China. …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2005/04/13/2003250362

CHINA publishes white paper showing human rights progress
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
China on Wednesday published a white paper to show the marked progress
in its human rights protection efforts in the past year. …
english.people.com.cn/200504/13/eng20050413_180786.html

12/4/05

INDIAN IT leaders cautious over cooperation with China
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Wen, touring India’s technology hub of Bangalore on Sunday called for India
and China to work together to launch the “Asian century” of information
…
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subconti
nent/2005/April/subcontinent_April350.xml&section=subcontinent

CHINA NOT TO BLAME: FM
Special Broadcasting Service – Australia
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing that China
was not responsible for the current situation of Sino-Japanese relations.
…
www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=109353&region=2

CHINA SAIC: Never mentioned buying MG Rover
MarketWatch – USA
… Shanghai-based SAIC has been one of the most aggressive carmakers in
China in expanding its operations. It has joint ventures in …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7
BE224778E-A631-413B-89FA-AC512C6FBC15%7D

INDIA, China agree on ‘strategic partnership’ after talks
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
NEW DELHI The agreement by India and China to form a “strategic partnership”
reflects a major shift in relations between the two emerging Asian powers
…
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcont
inent/2005/April/subcontinent_April349.xml&section=subcontinent

ANALYSIS: China threatens Japan’s UN hopes
Science Daily (press release) – USA
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) — The new round of tensions and mutual recriminations
between China and Japan are ostensibly over conflicting attitudes towards
a …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&art
icle=UPI-1-20050411-21001800-bc-china-japan-analysis.xml

11/4/05

CHINA Premier Starts Talks in India on Trade, Borders (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
… He will meet India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this morning, according
to a schedule released by the Indian foreign ministry. ``China hopes to
see a …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000
087&sid=anPuGbU57RIo&refer=top_world_news

MACHIMURA demands apology from China
The Japan Times – Japan
… in Beijing, Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry,
said “the responsibility for the current state of affairs between Japan
and China does not …
www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050411a1.htm

CHINA LEADER ARRIVES IN INDIA
Special Broadcasting Service – Australia
… China claims 90,000 square kilometres of India, all of the remote northeastern
state of Arunchal Pradesh, while India claims China occupies 38,000 square
…
www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=109255&region=2

CHINA-BASED Outsourcer Explores Challenges And Opportunities Of …
Information Week – USA
foresees a strong future for China’s outsourcing industry, as it tackles
Western companies’ concerns about security, language, and culture. By
Geoffrey He. …
www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159908362&tid=13692

MADE in China, bought everywhere
Indian Express – India
HONG KONG, APRIL 10: After years of running large trade surpluses mainly
with the United States, China is now exporting around the world at such
a rapid rate …
www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=68137

10/4/05

CHINA Urges Anti-Japan Protests to Be ‘Calm, Sane’
Reuters – USA
BEIJING (Reuters) – China appealed to anti-Japan protesters who stoned
the Japanese embassy and ambassador’s residence in Beijing on Saturday
to be “calm and …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8133447

VATICAN will abandon Taiwan to win China’s Catholics
Telegraph.co.uk – UK
… do it. If the Holy See does not establish [diplomatic] ties with China,
Catholics there will not have real freedom.”. His comments …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/
04/10/wchin10.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/10/ixworld.html

CHINA, India to handle ties strategically
Xinhua – China
In a written statement delivered at the airport, Wen said China and India
are next-door neighbors with friendly exchanges dating back to ancient
times, and the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/10/content_2808957.htm

ROVER: Blair holds out hopes for China deal
ITV.com – UK
… crisis. Speaking alongside Chancellor Gordon Brown he said a deal with
China to save the Longbridge plant was still possible. He …
www.itv.com/news/britain_641419.html

CHINA, Sri Lanka issue Joint Communique to specify cooperation
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
China and Sri Lanka issued a Joint Communique Saturday in Colombo at the
end of Premier Wen Jiabao’s official visit. Both sides …
english.people.com.cn/200504/10/eng20050410_180290.html

9/4/05

CHINA’S SAIC says no longer in talks with MG Rover
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
LONDON (Reuters) – China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) said
on Friday it was no longer in talks on a proposed carmaking joint venture
with …
www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type
=businessNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=8128780

MANDELSON asks China to curb textiles exports
Financial Times – UK
Peter Mandelson, the European Union’s trade commissioner, on Friday put
the onus on China to restrain voluntarily its textile exports rather than
face sanctions …
news.ft.com/cms/s/9a0677d6-a851-11d9-87a9-00000e2511c8.html

AS exports boom, China risks global backlash
International Herald Tribune – France
HONG KONG After years of running large trade surpluses with the United
States but showing deficits with many other countries, China is exporting
at such a …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/08/business/yuan.html

TOKYO’S terms for joining China gas project rejected
The Japan Times – Japan
Japan could accept China’s offer to jointly conduct oil and gas exploration
in the East China Sea, but only if Beijing provides details of its ongoing
gas …
www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050409a3.htm

NORTH Korea Said to Reject China’s Bid on Nuclear Talks
New York Times – USA
… China told the United States this week that North Korea had agreed
in principle to return to the talks, “ ‘when the conditions are right’
– the same they have …
www.nytimes.com/2005/04/09/politics/09korea.html

8/4/05

ANALYSIS: China and sins of Japanese ancestors
Science Daily (press release) – USA
BEIJING, April 8 (UPI) — Japan’s closest neighbors, China and South Korea,
are up in arms this week concerning a controversial textbook that glosses
over a …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&
article=UPI-1-20050407-20064700-bc-china-history-analysis.xml

MG Rover starts bankruptcy procedures after China deal fails
Channel News Asia – Singapore
LONDON : Britain’s MG Rover has begun bankruptcy procedures after China’s
Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (SAIC) pulled out of a proposed
tie-up …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/141567/1/.html

CHINA not to send envoy for Pope’s funeral over Taiwan
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
World News, Beijing, Expressing strong dissatisfaction with Vatican and
Italy for granting visa to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, China today
announced that …
www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=94993

TAIWANESE business clash with public over China
Financial Times – UK
When Chiang Pin-kung, vice-chairman of the Kuomintang, Taiwan’s largest
opposition party, visited China last week and reached a “consensus” on
improving …
news.ft.com/cms/s/7ef2a4d0-a7be-11d9-9744-00000e2511c8.html

CHINA objects to EU, US decision to restrict textile imports
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
… Chong said that China “firmly objects” to the US decision to launch
investigations aiming to restrict Chinese textile imports and hopes that
the US will alter …
www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=94998

7/4/05

WEN soothes Asia on a strong China
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
World News, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gave assurances
to other Asian countries Wednesday that China’s strengthening was not
a threat to …
www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=94575

US textile industry asks government to limit imports from China
Xinhua – China
… retailers have been arguing that the drive by the US textile and clothing
industry will not save American jobs and the limit on import from China
will simply …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/07/content_2796603.htm

WEN: China poses no threat to the world
China Daily – China
By Zhao Huanxin (China Daily). ISLAMABAD: A more developed and stronger
China will pose no threat to the rest of the world, Premier …
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/07/content_431922.htm

MANDELSON tells China to curb textile exports
Independent – UK
Peter Mandelson, Europe’s trade commissioner, yesterday threatened new
barriers on textiles from China if a feared surge in Beijing’s exports
puts European …
news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=627136

CHINA says deadline for UN Reform not proper
Xinhua – China
BEIJING, April 7 — China says it is not proper to set a deadline for the
United Nations Security Council reforms and push for a vote when council
members …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/07/content_2797420.htm

6/4/05

CHINA rejects US textile protection
MarketWatch – USA
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — China gave a sharp rebuke Tuesday to the US
Commerce Department’s push to renew its caps on certain Chinese textile
imports. …
cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B9CB9C807-83
8B-4FE1-BDBA-11D47969F7F9%7D&siteid=google&dist=google

CHINA crisis
Guardian – UK
… Now, if anywhere can claim to be the world’s workshop, it is China’s
Jiangnan region, home to the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
– the company said …
politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1453122,00.html

JAPAN hits back at China in row over nationalist history textbooks
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
BEIJING – Japan has criticised China for stirring up anti-Japanese feeling
and demanded action be taken to quell anti-Japanese protests, in its response
to a …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/
theworld/2005/April/theworld_April131.xml&section=theworld

HK Bourse: Release from China Electronics On Connected Deal -8
Yahoo News – USA
CHINA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in
the Cayman Islands and continued in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock
Code: 0085 …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050406/15/3rpu8.html

US restates its objections to EU policy on China
Financial Times – UK
… to Washington’s bridge-building effort with the European Union were
laid bare yesterday when a US official pushed the EU to change policy
on China, played down …
news.ft.com/cms/s/72fe4f4e-a638-11d9-b67b-00000e2511c8.html

5/4/05

CHINA’S State Catholic Church Honors John Paul
New York Times – USA
… The memorial Mass held at Southern Cathedral here captured the contradictions
of Catholicism in China, where the church, officially known as the Catholic
…
www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/international/worldspecial2/05china.html

US Begins Steps to Limit Import Surge From China
New York Times – USA
… Fears that China will flood the world market with cheap textile exports
have already inflamed tensions between Washington and Beijing. …
www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/worldbusiness/05trade.html

CHINA’S law goes against freedom
Taipei Times – Taiwan
The part in China’s “Anti-Secession” Law that the US and Japanese governments
and media have paid the most attention to is the part of the text that
in effect …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2005/04/05/2003249212

SPECULATION costs China dear
Xinhua – China
BEIJING, April 5 — China’s ports may be filling up with iron ore stocks
accumulated by traders, but the nation’s steel producers have to accept
skyrocketing …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/05/content_2786761.htm

PACIFIC power play puts Japan and China between a rock and a hard …
Guardian – UK
… And Okinotori Shima, as this hazard to shipping is known, is rapidly
becoming a focal point of rising tension between China and Japan. …
www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1452414,00.html

4/4/05

DING Junhui wins China’s first world snooker championship
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
China’s champion Ding Junhui (R) holding his trophy stands with Stephen
Hendry of Scotland in the awarding ceremony after the final match at the
China Open …
english.people.com.cn/200504/04/eng20050404_179304.html

NEW China Life Seeks $800 Mln in Overseas Share Sale (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
April 4 (Bloomberg) — New China Life Insurance Co., the nation’s fourth-biggest
insurer, may raise as much as $800 million in an initial public offering
…
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=ayj.SwPxjWRA&refer=home

KUWAIT seeks to streng-then oil ties with China
Xinhua – China
BEIJING, April 4 — Kuwait hopes the next few months will see a strengthening
of its partnership with China’s oil industry. That …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/04/content_2782591.htm

FUJITSU, Alcatel join 3G forces in China
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) – New South Wales,Australia
… Fujitsu will join forces with French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel
SA to build mobile networks for third-generation (3G) services in China,
an official says …
www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Fujitsu-Alcatel-
join-3G-forces-in-China/2005/04/04/1112489386863.html

EU warned on lifting China arms embargo
ABC Online – Australia
US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said if the European Union
(EU) ended a ban on selling arms to China it would affect its trans-Atlantic
defence …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1337314.htm

3/4/05

SOVEREIGNTY undermined by China visit, DPP says
Taipei Times – Taiwan
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) delegation’s just-concluded visit to
China will be used by Beijing in its strategy to undermine the sovereignty
of Republic …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/04/03/2003248906

BANK of China reveals loan scam details
China Daily – China
The Bank of China revealed Saturday it fired a Beijing loan officer for
his role in a mortgage loan scam three years ago that cost the bank some
645 million …
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/02/content_430531.htm

CHINA bans poultry imports from N. Korea
China Daily – China
China said it will halt poultry imports from North Korea in a move to prevent
a deadly outbreak of bird flu from spilling over the border into its northeasten
…
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/03/content_430519.htm

ISRAEL, China to hold high-level dialogue this week
Jerusalem Post – Israel
Israel sold China Harpy drones in 1994, a killer drone that hovers over
enemy anti-missile batteries and radar systems and then destroys them
by diving into …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112414517169

CHIRAC still on China’s side over arms sales
Taipei Times – Taiwan
… told Chinese President Hu Jintao (???) in a telephone call that
Paris will continue to support the lifting of the EU arms embargo on China,
state media …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/03/2003248893

2/4/05

DESPITE strained Vatican relations, China says concerned about …
KTRE – Lufkin,TX,USA
BEIJING Despite its strained relations with the Vatican, China is expressing
concern for Pope John Paul’s declining health. However …
www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=3153161

KMT confirms Lien plans China trip
Taipei Times – Taiwan
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (??) has accepted
an invitation from the Chinese government to make a trip to China, the
KMT said …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/02/2003248729

INDIA should play a bigger role at UN: China
Sify – India
New Delhi: Ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit, China on Friday said it
wants the border with India to become a bridge for friendship and would
like to see New …
sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13707851

SCHROEDER determined on China arms
Taipei Times – Taiwan
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, faced with a surge of opposition in parliament
to his proposal to lift the arms embargo on China, asserted in an interview
…
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/02/2003248728

BORDER issue not to hinder China-India relations
Xinhua – China
… Wu Dawei on Friday reminded India that it has recognized that Tibet
Autonomous Region is a part of China and promised to not allow Dalai Lama
to conduct Anti …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/02/content_2775938.htm

1/4/05

SHIFTING Buyer Trends Set Back Western Carmakers in China
New York Times – USA
… But total vehicle shipments from manufacturers to dealers in China
slowed by 10 percent in January and February compared with those months
last year. …
www.nytimes.com/2005/04/01/business/worldbusiness/01auto.html

REPORT: China faces trade barriers in US
Miami Herald – FL,USA
SHANGHAI, China – China faces more trade and investment barriers in the
United States than anywhere else, a government report said, echoing a
similar US report …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/11281112.htm

CHINA focus: KMT delegation’s root-seeking journey “breaks ice” …
Xinhua – China
But as Jia Qinglin, a senior leader of the ruling Communist Party of China
(CPC), extended invitation to KMT Chairman Lien Chan to visit the mainland
at …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/31/content_2770566.htm

THOUSANDS flee after chlorine spill in China
Taipei Times – Taiwan
More than 10,000 villagers were evacuated after a truck loaded with chlorine
overturned on a highway in eastern China, spewing a searing chemical fog
that …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/01/2003248588

CHINA putting Rice in double bind
Taipei Times – Taiwan
By Lin Feng ??. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s visit to China
has come to a close. The March 26 rally in Taiwan has now taken center
stage. …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2005/04/01/2003248640