Provides the latest RSS feeds for Beijing News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Beijing News.Net http://www.beijingnews.net/ en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:31:45 -0400 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:31:45 -0400 30 President George Bush has reiterated that there will never be an effective agreement on climate change without the participation of emerging economies like China and India. He also said the world must wake up to the "beauty of nuclear power" that produces renewable energy with "zero greenhouse gas emissions". http://www.beijingnews.net/story/378644 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:00:27 -0400 Beijing News.Net http://www.beijingnews.net/story/378644 New Delhi, July 5 : A team of Indian journalists is making a goodwill visit to China from July 6. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/378877 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:01:00 -0400 Beijing News.Net http://www.beijingnews.net/story/378877 China's ancient capital - dating back to the 15th-century Ming emperors - withstood even the advent of Communism in 1949. But now the explosion of capitalism is transforming Beijing into a world-beati... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987777&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:03:40 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987777&cat=55582c89cb296d4c We are slowly coming to appreciate that this downturn will have quite different characteristics to previous ones, with the biggest new element being the influence of the "Brics" (Brazil, Russia, India... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987776&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:47:20 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987776&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Phelps locked up his eight-race schedule by winning the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. swimming trials Saturday night, powering away on the return lap to easily beat world-record holder Ian Crocker. ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987805&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:40:12 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987805&cat=55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING: Tianjin, a port city just east of Beijing, has ordered 40 factories to shut for the Olympics, the latest dramatic step taken by China to ensure that pollution does not spoil the Games in A... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987769&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:38:22 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987769&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Dalai Lama's representatives and special envoys for talks with Chinese officials Lodi Gyari (R) and Kelsang Gyaltsen address press conference in Dharamsala, 05 Jul 2008 http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987771&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:41:05 -0400 VOA http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987771&cat=55582c89cb296d4c July 5, 2008 · While the U.S. celebrates its freedom this Fourth of July weekend, there's a new freedom being inaugurated a half a world away. Direct weekend flights between mainland China and ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987772&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:19:24 -0400 NPR http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987772&cat=55582c89cb296d4c PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sahr-koh-ZEE') says that it is neither reasonable nor fair for the world's top eight industrialized nations to hold summits without including emerging na... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987773&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:09:29 -0400 WISH TV8 http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987773&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Beijing Olympics Bolt set the world record of 9.72 on May 31 at New York, beating Gay and breaking the old mark of 9.74 held by Powell. After Gay's shocking ouster in the earlier round, 2004 O... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987804&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:42:34 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987804&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Tyler Christopher can book his ticket to Beijing after winning the men's 400-metre final Saturday at the Canadian track trials in Windsor, Ont. The world indoor champion from Chilliwack, B.C., ran th... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987803&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:36:46 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987803&cat=55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING -- Harvard Business School and the Harvard China Foundation are setting up a joint office in Shanghai, reports the World Journal. Jay Light, Dean of Harvard Business School, said the Shanghai ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987170&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:01:26 -0400 NCM http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15987170&cat=55582c89cb296d4c altogether. Gay, who won the 100 and 200 at last year's worlds, was in lane seven in the first heat of the 200 quarter-final. He sped out of the blocks but within a few steps went down to the a... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15986345&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:14:20 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15986345&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Athletics: Can world's fastest be drug free? The final cut has been made for the men's and women's Olympic hockey teams but the fallout might take longer to clear.The three major talking points follow... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15984802&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:24:14 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15984802&cat=55582c89cb296d4c While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launches violent attacks on Falun Gong in Flushing, New York, in order to counteract the global "Quit the CCP" campaign and to conceal the CCP's domestic cr... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15984777&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:23:45 -0400 The Epoch Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15984777&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Taipei - The chairman of Taiwan's ruling KMT party said on Saturday air links with China and opening up Taiwan to Chinese tourists is vital for peace. Wu Poh-hsiung made the remarks at a banquet for a... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15983151&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:25:43 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15983151&cat=55582c89cb296d4c By John LohnOMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. ONE of the athletes was trying to rebound from a poor swim in the semifinal round. The other was trying to earn a return trip to the Olympics after an eight-year w... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981375&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:21:20 -0400 Swimming World http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981375&cat=55582c89cb296d4c MANILA: Newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight king Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao was designated on Friday as flag-bearer of the Philippines for the country's delegation to the Beijing Summ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981370&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:19:50 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981370&cat=55582c89cb296d4c WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics this August, the White House confirmed, setting aside months of uncertainty over his intentions. http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981372&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:19:45 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981372&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Emily Silver finished fifth in 54.91 behind champion Dara Torres (53.78) and runner-up Coughlin (53.83) to qualify as a member of the 400 freestyle relay team. The top four are automatically selected ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981373&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:29:18 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981373&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Nike , the world's largest sports shoe and clothing company, on Monday said an advertising blitz around this summer's Beijing Olympics will not be affected by efforts to curtail 'ambush marketing' by ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981339&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:21:15 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981339&cat=55582c89cb296d4c On the face of it, China might not seem the obvious place to invest at the moment. The local stock market has collapsed, property markets are weak and the interest rate on bank deposits is about half ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981334&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:20:53 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981334&cat=55582c89cb296d4c All these moves, argue Taipei and Beijing, will benefit Taiwan's economy, build trust and lead to a solution of the conflict.However, the road to rapprochement will get a lot bumpier from here.This be... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981374&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:20:46 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981374&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists across the Taiwan Straits contributed to the peaceful development of the cross-Straits relationship and opened a new page in the Chinese nation's... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981697&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:17:45 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15981697&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Maria del Lourdes Aranda said Friday that the current ties between Mexico and China are "at its optimum level." Aranda made the statement at a press conferenc... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978625&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:18:25 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978625&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Hong Kong - Hong Kong legislators were Saturday touring earthquake-devastated parts of Sichuan in China as the city prepares to make a massive and controversial donation to the relief effort. The 19-m... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978628&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:00:51 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978628&cat=55582c89cb296d4c More than 100 hospital directors agreed at a national forum on Saturday that key structures of hospital buildings should be designed to resist earthquakes measuring 9-10 degrees or above in terms of s... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15979330&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:46:53 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15979330&cat=55582c89cb296d4c A 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Okhotsk Sea at 10:12 a.m. (Beijing Time) Saturday, according to the China National Seismological Network. The epicenter was located at 53.9 degrees north lat... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978769&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:46:52 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978769&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China Merchants Bank (CMB) said its unaudited net profit for the first half of this year would more than double compared with 6.12 billion yuan (886.96 million U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2007.... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978627&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:46:50 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15978627&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Towngas, the city's dominant gas supplier, said in a statement the basic tariff will increase by 0.3 HK cents per megajoule from the fourth quarter because of rising costs. It estimated 90% of its r... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977936&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:19:50 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977936&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China called upon all the citizens on Saturday to improve their professional ethics and adopt good manners to create a sound social environment for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. Local government... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977934&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:14:11 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977934&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Eight people have been rescued and another four are still missing after a fishing boat sank off east China's coast, local police said on Saturday. Nine hospital workers in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Provi... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977910&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:31 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977910&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China has always paid great attention to Sino-African relations, and is willing to strengthen unity and cooperation with African countries including Angola, said visiting senior official of the Commun... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977169&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:30 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977169&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Beijing's new subway Line 5 was closed for three hours on Friday after heavy rains resulted in water leaking into one of the main stations. The Beijing Meteorological Bureau issued a rainstorm warning... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977909&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:30 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977909&cat=55582c89cb296d4c However, Marellyn Liew, Luisa Los Santos and Foo Jian Beng still have a chance in their final bid for Olympic qualification in the semi-finals today.Marellyn and Luisa clocked 1:02.92s and 1:03.45s to... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977179&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:01:15 -0400 New Straits Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977179&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The Romanian Gendarmerie on Friday provided 535,000 lei (about 233,000 U.S. dollars) to the Chinese Ambassador to Romania Liu Zengwen to help the victims of a devastating quake that hit China's southw... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977911&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:26 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977911&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Hong Kong and Guangdong Province decided in Guangzhou on Friday to set co-operation on the modern information service industry as the focus of the coming year to promote the development of the related... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977227&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:26 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977227&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Li Yining, one of China's leading economists, said on Friday that China is facing a pressing challenge of preventing inflation turning into stagflation. He said stagflation, the co-existence of high u... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977181&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:27 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977181&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The Prevention of Bribery (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 has come into operation in Hong Kong as of Friday, imposing restrictions on the Chief Executive in respect of any acts of bribery, solicitation and... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977262&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:29 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977262&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Jiu Bing lost his home, farmland and livelihood when the May 12 quake shook his hometown Wali township, Qingchuan county in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Now working on two makeshift buildings n... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977908&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:25 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977908&cat=55582c89cb296d4c A State Administration of Grain (SAG) official said on Friday grain prices might continue rising this year despite a rough supply-demand balance in China. "Price pressure for major grains in Chin... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977182&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:24 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977182&cat=55582c89cb296d4c BHP Billiton has almost doubled the price it charges for iron ore, after a deal brokered with Chinese steel producers following lengthy and sometimes bitter negotiations. Chinese State officials... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974545&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:07:10 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974545&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Santo Domingo.- The AES Corporation today announced a substantial increase in its China-based wind power operations through two new agreements with Guohua Energy Investment Co. Ltd., one of China's la... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974543&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:43 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974543&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Saturday, July 05, 2008 BEIJING: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) has taken a leap forward by entering into an arrangement with Agricultural Bank of China. This will enable both inward and outward remittanc... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974541&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:53:57 -0400 The News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974541&cat=55582c89cb296d4c A group of scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said in a report that the magnitude-8.0 earthquake that plagued China's Southwest Sichuan province was rare in its nature and har... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974561&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:27:29 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974561&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Uyunqimg, Vice-Chairwoman of China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, stressed here on Friday the importance of strengthening the legal system for ethni... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974884&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:13 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974884&cat=55582c89cb296d4c From July 25 to Sept. 25, vehicles with odd and even numbers in Tianjin, an Olympic co-host city bordering Beijing, will take turns running within the outer ring road to guarantee smooth traffic and c... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977089&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:16 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977089&cat=55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING: China's foreign exchange administrators are worried about the sudden increase in the foreign inflows that cannot be explained in terms of trade surplus, equity investments or foreign direc... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974549&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:40:05 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974549&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Five other member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) pledged on Friday to actively assist China in the security work for the upcoming Olympic Games. Security departments of the s... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977087&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:11 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977087&cat=55582c89cb296d4c A pile-up involving four vehicles killed eight people and injured two others in central China's Hunan Province early on Friday, local traffic police said. The accident took place at about 1:26 a.m. on... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974560&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:11 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974560&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The free-tuition image of China's government-supported compulsory education in rural areas was no doubt tarnished as auditors discovered widespread random fee collection, withholding and embezzlement ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977088&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:12 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977088&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China says it will deploy unmanned aircraft or drones over its Olympic sailing venue in the coastal city of Qingdao during the Beijing Games to watch for suspicious activities.The state-run Xinhua n... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974548&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:00:56 -0400 VOA http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974548&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Electricity demand in Beijing set a record on Friday as sweltering residents switched on their air conditioners. The Beijing power grid reported peak demand of 12.03 million kilowatts at 2:38 p.m., ac... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15975048&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:14 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15975048&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Cycling: Cheatley overcomes surgery to make cycling team If Sarah Walker stands on the Olympic podium for the women's BMX medal presentation in Beijing, there will be more than the usual emotion in pl... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974600&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:55:48 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974600&cat=55582c89cb296d4c OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Brendan Hansen clung to the lane rope, glaring at the scoreboard. No matter how long he stared, the shocking result just wouldn't go away. http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974601&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:13:26 -0400 The Japan Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974601&cat=55582c89cb296d4c More than three quarters of the homeless quake survivors in China's southwestern Sichuan Province have moved into temporary homes, local government official said on Friday. As of Thursday, 1.64 millio... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974821&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:17 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974821&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China and New Zealand vowed on Friday to further army exchanges to push forward military relations between the two countries. "The Chinese armed forces advocate expanding contact and substantial ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974552&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:10 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974552&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China was ready to work with Guyana to push forward friendly, cooperative relations between the two armed forces, said Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on Friday. Liang, also state councilor, made the ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974862&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:09 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974862&cat=55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING - The silence surrounding investigations into why so many schools collapsed during China's massive earthquake in May suggests Beijing's reluctance to face up to the fact that the failure of go... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974554&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:47:52 -0400 IPS http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974554&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Power plants in China's eastern provinces will face an overall deficit if thermal coal prices rise another 60 yuan (8.75 U.S. dollars) per ton, said the East China Electricity Regulatory Bureau (ECERB... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974555&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:08 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15974555&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China's State Council published on Friday guidelines on post-quake reconstruction, emphasizing house repair and building work. The State Council, China's Cabinet, stressed giving priority to repairing... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977086&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:07 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977086&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The Chinese Ministry of Health has urged Olympic host cities ensure sufficient blood supply in hospitals to prepare for public health emergencies during the Games. In response to the request, the citi... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977090&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:05 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15977090&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Even on an ordinary day, Luo Jinquan is an unlikely poster boy for China's spectacular economic development. A peasant from Yunnan, one of the country's poorest provinces, he is a down-to-earth man of... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973827&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:40:03 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973827&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Taipei - Taiwan's Mandarin Airlines has leased 8 large aircraft from Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer to operate tourist charter flights across the Taiwan Strait, a newspaper said on Saturday. The Chi... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973825&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:34:51 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973825&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Nearly 60 years after Chiang Kai-shek and his battered troops fled the Chinese mainland to Taiwan, scores of Taiwanese packed the first direct tourist flight from Taipei to Beijing, clutching their sp... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973834&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:24:01 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973834&cat=55582c89cb296d4c NEW DELHI: They might have their fair share of border disputes. But both countries agree on one thing for sure — the need for a herbal drug to combat diabetes. This has made scientists from I... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973830&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:21:53 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15973830&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China plans to use unmanned drone airplanes to patrol the skies over the Olympic sailing venue of Qingdao, state media reported Friday. The drones were tested for the first time during a drill Wednes... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15972416&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:10:21 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15972416&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Israeli Knesset (Parliament) Member, and chairman of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, Menahem Ben-Sason, seeks Knesset members to support his call for an urgent parliamentary... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15972417&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:11:22 -0400 The Epoch Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15972417&cat=55582c89cb296d4c All 37 Olympic venues have been declared fully functioning, including 12 new venues such as the iconic Bird's Nest National Stadium and the Water Cube aquatic centre. The entire city appears to ha... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15972426&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:10:15 -0400 The Canberra Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15972426&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The city has made a special effort to clean up and adequately stock more than 4,000 public toilets as part of a camapaign to make bathroom breaks a "pleasant experience" during next month&#3... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15971374&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:37:23 -0400 Yahoo http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15971374&cat=55582c89cb296d4c TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- More than 200 mainland Chinese tourists arrived today in Taiwan on the first regular commercial flight in nearly six decades, a historic move aimed at further easing tensions betwee... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967722&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:44:35 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967722&cat=55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING: China will employ drones to patrol for security threats during next month's Olympics, said a state media report that called it the country's first "known" use of such aircraft. The remo... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967777&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:42:01 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967777&cat=55582c89cb296d4c President George Bush announced on Friday that he will be attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in early August. He will be joined by many other leaders from around the world. http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967779&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:03:32 -0400 Radio Netherlands http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967779&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Ma Jian's new novel, "Beijing Coma," reads like a curious amalgam of Jung Chang's epic "Wild Swans" (about three generations of her Chinese family), Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir "The D... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967707&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:28:13 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967707&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The Associated Press July 4, 2008 - 12:52 a.m. BEIJING - Chrysler LLC, looking for foreign partnerships to help drive its business as U.S. sales slump, announced a deal with China's Great Wall Motor ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967716&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:03:21 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967716&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Direct tourist flights began Friday between China and Taiwan for the first time in six decades, a sign of warming relations between the longtime foes. A China Southern Airlines flight carrying 230 pa... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967726&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:20:14 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967726&cat=55582c89cb296d4c July 2, 2008 · If Romeo and Juliet lived in modern China, their dialogue would probably be in 70-character text messages. That's how college student Wong Lei's boyfriend courted her. "He told m... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967724&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:43:12 -0400 NPR http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967724&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Economic Delegation An economic delegation from Iran's Razavi Khorassan Province, led by Governor General Reza Abdolmaleki arrived in Orumchi, capital city of West China's autonomous Sink Kiang region... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966581&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:18:04 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966581&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Taipei/Beijing - For the first time in five decades, China and Taiwan launched weekend charter flights on Friday, signaling a new direction in relations between the long-time rivals. Throughout Friday... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966586&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:09:51 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966586&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sinopec Group, China's top refiner, denied on Thursday the market talk that the government would stop subsidizing the company or cancel import tax rebates, local media reported Friday. The company had... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967611&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:54:17 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15967611&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Taipei - Taiwan and China, in a historic move toward reconciliation, on Friday launched weekend charter flights and allowed Chinese tour groups to visit Taiwan. The move paves the way for launching re... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966054&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:59 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966054&cat=55582c89cb296d4c NEW DELHI - An envoy for Tibet's exiled spiritual leader said Friday that the latest round of talks with China were "one of the most difficult sessions" held so far, but pledged to return for more dis... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966056&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:46 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966056&cat=55582c89cb296d4c A multilingual spectator service call center for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games was launched in Beijing on July 2. From July 2 to September 25, spectators from at home and abroad can call th... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966544&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:23:23 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15966544&cat=55582c89cb296d4c More rain is forecast for about half of the country in the next 10 days, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Friday. The rain will cover northern China, the eastern part of the southwest,... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15964960&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:14:35 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15964960&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Vast grasslands provide a promising future for clean energy in China, with rich reserves of solar and wind power and great biofuels potential, experts at an international conference said. Zhang Yingju... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15965199&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:14:34 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15965199&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The London Stock Exchange（LSE) looks forward to increasing the number of Chinese companies listed from 74 to 100 by 2010; and has seen a strong interest from Chinese companies to list there. David L... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15965082&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:14:32 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15965082&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Chinese shares closed mixed on Friday. Coal shares dived on the market talk that the government will rise tax on coal production. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was 33.64 points, or 1.24 perce... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15965177&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:14:30 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=15965177&cat=55582c89cb296d4c