1. News Briefs (7 Items) ................................................. 61 2. China's Floating Yuan Closes Steady ................................... 45 3. U.S. Envoy Praises China .............................................. 82 4. United Airlines Announced New Pacific Service ......................... 50 5. How China Will Use the Cray Supercomputers ............................ 50 6. Conference Announcement ............................................... 30 1. News Briefs (5 Items) ................................................. 46 2. Japan's Foreign Minister To Back China's Bid To Join GATT ............. 60 3. China and Japan Eye Korea's Problem ................................... 35 4. Harbin Ice Lantern Festival Puts Freeze on London Landmark ............ 15 5. How Mistrust Helped Block Pact on Hong Kong's Future ................. 212 6. Conference Announcement ............................................... 60 1. News Briefs (5 Items) ................................................. 32 2. Beijing Is "Key to Airport Success" ................................... 69 3. Beijing Aims for Strong Showing in Hong Kong Elections ................ 63 4. Trade Quotas Build New Chinese Wall .................................. 140 5. U.S. Clears AT&T for Sales To China and Ex-Soviet Lands ............... 21 6. China Would Pay the Debts with Armoured Vehicles ...................... 11 7. Conference Announcement ............................................... 75 1. News Briefs (3 Items) ................................................. 21 2. Taiwan Rejects Proposed Direct Shipping Links with Mainland ........... 22 3. China Understands Japan's Desire for U.N. Permanent Seat .............. 24 4. Trade Quotas Build New Chinese Wall ................................... 33 5. Edufund List Set Up in Japan for Founding a Fund to Support Poor Children's Primary Education in China ................. 15 6. China Could Take Back Hong Kong Before 1997 ........................... 69 7. Chinese Cities Seek Controls on Migrant Labour ........................ 33 1. News Briefs (6 Items) ................................................. 54 2. Japanese Poisonous Gas Shells Found in Northern China ................. 67 3. Taiwan Cops Beat Mainland Dissident ................................... 68 4. China Urges U.S. to Scrap Plans for Radio Free Asia ................... 37 5. Chinese Golfer Makes History .......................................... 17 6. Job Information Service by Chinese Academic Link ...................... 77 1. News Briefs (5 Items) ................................................ 50 2. Greenpeace Says West Using Asia As Its Newest Waste Dump ............. 38 3. Japan Is Down, China Is Up .......................................... 124 4. Is Democracy Losing Its Romance? ..................................... 88 5. Chris Patten: UK's Duty to Hong Kong ................................ 171 6. Job Opportunities: IC Design Engineer/Manager ........................ 25 1. News Briefs (3 Items) ................................................ 30 2. HIV Test Procedures at Chinese Customs Simplified .................... 35 3. Hong Kong Stock Market Is in the Hands of China ...................... 36 4. U.S. Report Gives Alarming Detail to Abuse Of Women World-Wide ....... 36 5. Euro-Parliament Aims at Boycott of Chinese-Made Toys ................. 24 6. China Warns Britain and Portugal over Air Links ...................... 28 7. Government Persuades Overseas Students back Home ..................... 23 8. Career Opportunities in China ........................................ 28 9. Call for Papers (2 items) ............................................ 84 =================== CND Wishes Readers ==================== __'__ .---' ./_____~ _|__,_~ ---/ _\_/_ |----~ .___|___~ | | ___/__~ /^-----^\ __|__ | | _|___|____~ \/ | V o o V / | \ / | | / \ \| | Y | ================ Happy Spring Festival! ================= \ Q / _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ / - \ / * \ / * \ / * \ / * \ / * \ / * \ | \ |* @ *| |* @ *| |* @ *| |* @ *| |* @ *| |* @ *| | \ ) \_*_/ \_*_/ \_*_/ \_*_/ \_*_/ \_*_/ || (___\== |$| |$| |$| |$| |$| |$| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| |!| 1. News Briefs (5 Items) ................................................ 50 2. Credit Card Fraud -- A Serious Problem in Major Cities ............... 22 3. Company Law: A Move in The Right Direction ........................... 30 4. H.K. Hang Seng Index Is Predicted to Reach 14,000 Points This Year ... 37 5. China -- The Red Star Over Asia ..................................... 126 6. Business News Article: International Marketing And Communication ..... 95 7. Conference Announcements (3 Items) .................................. 121 1. News Briefs (2 Items) ................................................ 13 2. China Exploring for Oil in Spratly Islands ........................... 20 3. Shanghai "A Index" Ends Down on Listing Fears ........................ 34 4. The Year of The Dog-Literally-in Chinese Cities ..................... 127 5. U.S. Representative Matsui Backs Renewal of China Trade Status ....... 56 6. Media Baron Murdoch Warns BBC over China, India Complaints ........... 52 7. Silk Buyers Fear Disruptions from Pending Quotas on China ........... 118 8. British Chemical Firms Join China Gold Rush .......................... 89 9. Keys to Asia's New Economies ......................................... 93 1. News Briefs (6 Items) ................................................ 56 2. Special Economic Zones to Be Converted into Free-Trade Areas ......... 76 3. Taking a Plane in China May Be a Potentially Fatal Risk .............. 25 4. Chinese Team to Explore River in Takla Makan Desert .................. 24 5. Cold War-Era Curbs Chill China's High-Tech Future .................... 96 6. Hong Kong Governor Patten Failed to Gain Support from Australia ...... 44 7. Job Opportunities .................................................... 51 1. News Briefs (6 Items) ................................................ 62 2. Asia Watch Accuses China of Persecuting Jailed Official Bao Tong ..... 78 3. Police Officers Will Be Equipped with Firearms in Major Cities ....... 49 4. China Predicted to Buy 1200 Passenger Aircrafts by 2010 .............. 46 5. Getting up Gentlely in the Morning Gives You a Longer Life ........... 31 6. Xinjiang Uyghurs Dream of "Eastern Turkestan Republic" .............. 139 7. Financial Economics Network and New Channels for Jobs and Resumes ... 100 1. News Briefs (7 Items) ................................................ 90 2. Government Promises to Get Inflation Down This Year .................. 65 3. Sales of Liquefied Petroleum Gas to China Increase .................. 72 4. China, Britain Start Long-delayed Hong Kong Airport Talks ............ 78 5. People's Daily Says Olympic Spat Shows Prejudice ..................... 48 6. Local City Officials Push Hard in Privatization ..................... 123 7. Homo Sapiens Existed in China 200,000 Years Ago ...................... 38 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 7 2. Bicycles on the Way out in Guangzhou ................................. 32 3. Six Chinese Cities Upgrade Phone Numbers to 7 Digits ................. 35 4. China Overtakes Japan as Top Motorcycle Producer ..................... 80 5. Introduction to CAL/AEIC-NR Job Information Service .................. 76 6. Conference Announcements (6 Items) .................................. 120 1. News Briefs (4 Items) ................................................ 41 2. Author Eyes China's Nuclear Program .................................. 80 3. The Details of the Chinese, French, British Nuclear Programs ......... 40 4. HK Will Lose Billions If Mainland and Taiwan Resume Ties ............. 80 5. White House Studies Selective Imposition of China Trade Restraints ...110 6. CND-Canada Immigration InfoBase Opens on CND.ORG ......................15 7. Conference Announcement ............................................. 22 1. News Brief (5 Items) ................................................. 43 2. China Needs Political Reform, German Minister Says ................... 22 3. East Asia is Learning to Say No to 'Arrogant' West .................. 216 4. Shenzhen Becomes China's Fifth Economic City ......................... 23 5. The American Lessons of the Singapore Caning ......................... 72 6. An Interview with Lee Kuan Yew -- A Lecture on Values from the Man Who Made Singapore ................. 120 1. Impressions During My China Trip (I) ................................ 597 0). Introduction ..................................................... 16 1). Heading Home: Folks on the Plane and AIDS Test at the Airport ... 124 2). Inflation as I Saw in Beijing ................................... 175 3). Getting Research Fund from CNSF ................................. 115 4). My Family and Relatives in Chengdu .............................. 161 1. Impressions During My China Trip (II) ............................... 228 5). On the Train .................................................... 125 6). A Failed Interview .............................................. 103 1. News Brief (2 Items) ................................................. 20 2. China Executives Gather, No Direct Contact with Hong Kong Government...50 3. Hong Kong: Chinese Official Assures No Discrimination Against Civil Servants Holding U.K. Passport.........................................65 4. Vice Premier Wants Sex-free 24-hour Macau Border.......................44 5. Job Opportunities (2 Items) ...........................................46 6. International Symposium on Computer-Based Information Management.......43 1. News Brief (2 Items) ................................................. 19 2. Mainland Might Meet Obstacle on the Road to GATT by Year End ......... 41 3. China, Britain Starts Talks over Hong Kong's Future Defence .......... 30 4. Mainland Appoints 13 More Members to Hong Kong Shadow Government ..... 27 5. More than 500 Chinese Projects to Be Shown in Australia .............. 26 6. Taiwan Threat to Cut U.S. Corn, Soybean Imports ...................... 38 7. Taiwan Plans Tariff Cuts ............................................. 26 8. China Aims to Finish New Telecom Network by 2000 ..................... 54 9. French Group Seeking Satellite Cooperation with China ................ 41 1. News Brief (2 Items) ................................................. 20 2. Liberal Leader Dumped as HK Adviser, Regret over Beijing 'Sacking' ... 86 3. Asia-Pacific Nations Fear Withdrawal of MFN for China ................ 42 4. Singapore Township Taking Shape in China ............................. 41 5. European Union Defends Quotas on Chinese Goods ....................... 53 6. Top Clinton Advisers Are Said Support China MFN ..................... 103 1. News Brief (7 Items) ................................................. 75 2. Mainland Conditionally Agrees to Discuss Qiandao Lake Murders ........ 21 3. Beijing Wants British Cooperation on Hong Kong Economy ............... 27 4. China After Tiananmen: Totalitarian with Booming Economy ............. 48 5. A New Role for Chinese Dissidents .................................... 97 1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................. 28 2. Jet Crash Kills 160 in Xi'an; Officials Blame Air Traffic ............ 47 3. Chinese Jet Diverted To Taiwan; Knife-Wielding Man Arrested .......... 19 4. Mainland, H.K. Become Japan's Second-Biggest Investment Destination .. 41 5. Asian Countries Must Learn to Relate to China ........................ 27 6. New Ports, Bigger Ships Seen Altering China Trade .................... 73 1. News Brief (6 Items) ................................................. 60 2. Government Takes Aim at Chaotic Futures Industry ..................... 74 3. Fires Kill 727 People in China in First Four Months .................. 40 4. Beijing Attacks Meetings Between Wang Juntao, Foreigners ............. 20 5. China Rejects Sanctions, North Korea Threatens Japan ................. 42 6. Mainland Economy Peaks, Southeast Asia Boom Continues ................ 42 1. News Brief (8 Items) ................................................. 80 2. China, CIS End Talks on Border Disarmament ........................... 22 3. Chinese Airline Pays Compensation for Six Air Crash Deaths ........... 25 4. Beijing: Washington Guilty of Hypocrisy on Human Rights .............. 66 5. U.S. Drafts Compromise on N. Korea .................................. 115 6. Conference in Beijing: XVIII Pacific Science Congress ................ 56 1. News Brief (9 Items) ................................................. 93 2. China the Great Unknown in UN Sanctions Debate ....................... 38 3. Changing Lifestyles ................................................. 298 4. Conference Information: Europe-China Workshop on Geometrical modelling and Invariants for Computer Vision ................................... 36 1. News Brief (9 Items) ................................................. 90 2. Call for Donation to Flood Victims in China .......................... 11 3. Hero-Worship Gets Officials' Blessing in China ....................... 77 4. Border Separating N. Korea from China Appears too Porous to Seal .... 144 1. News Brief (9 Items) ................................................ 100 2. China Plans More Job Security ........................................ 37 3. Asia's Primitive Politics ............................................ 78 4. Yum, Ants -- Chinese Favorite Exotic Food ............................ 45 5. Network: AsiaInfo Services, Inc./BDI Group And JapanNet ............. 138 6. Job Information: New Zealand Senior Lecturer/Lecturer ................ 60 1. News Brief (17 Items) ............................................... 178 2. Taipei Stops Struggling with Beijing for China Representation Right .. 43 3. Hirohito's Brother Backs China over Rape of Nanjing Massacre ......... 32 4. Beijing Fails to Endorse Hong Kong's New Airport Financing Plan ...... 42 5. European Union and Japan Support China's Bid to Join WTO ............. 45 6. Top Chinese Computer Expert Told to Leave U.K. ....................... 57 7. Job Opennings in Singapore and U.S.A. (2 Items) ...................... 48 1. News Brief (11 Items) ................................................130 2. Russia, China Sign Accord to Prevent Border Clashes ...................39 3. Bucharest Rolls Out Red Carpet for Chinese Premier.....................46 4. Canada Sells Spy Planes to China ..................................... 36 5. EU Backs Down on China Toy Quotas .....................................61 6. Lonely Chinese Border Town Seeks Stimulating Partner ................. 52 1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................ 24 2. China's Envoy to Britain to Head De Facto Consulate in Hong Kong .... 31 3. India and China Vow to Reduce Border Tensions, Boost Trade .......... 37 4. Chinese, British Foreign Ministers to Meet on Sidelines of U.N. ..... 38 5. Afghan Warlord Agrees to Free Chinese and Pakistani Hostages ........ 35 6. China, U.K., U.S. Win Chemistry Olympiad ............................ 27 7. Digital Signs with Tatung in Taiwan ................................. 38 1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................ 39 2. Survey Reveals Chinese Immigrants in Australia Divorce Most ......... 51 3. Russia and China Sign Accord to Prevent Border Clashes .............. 24 4. Beijing Snubs Summit Plan - War Fear Mounts in Spratly Is. Row ...... 59 5. New Rules to Curb Moslem Influence in Northern China ................ 30 6. Australian University Wins with Asia ................................ 81 7. Job Opportunities (4 Items) ........................................ 176 1. News Brief (5 Items) ................................................. 47 2. Mainland-Taiwan Talks (3 Items) ...................................... 98 3. Japanese Premier Promises Improved Relations with China .............. 37 4. Beijing Taking Tibet into Its "Best Period" .......................... 44 5. Mainland Starts Selecting Elite Troops for Hong Kong ................. 28 6. Japan Was Urged to Keep Potential for Nuclear Arms ................... 78 7. Oil Firms Tread Warily in the Murky Waters of the South China Sea .... 37 8. Job Opportunity in China (1 Item) .................................... 12 1. News Brief (8 Items) ................................................. 78 2. China to Re-enter GATT Shortly: H.K. Official Says ................... 39 3. Beijing Prepared to Agree on Hong Kong Airport ....................... 41 4. Taiwan's Two-Way Trade with Mainland Rises 8.82 Percent .............. 29 5. China, EU to Join Force Against Spread of STDs ....................... 29 6. U.S. Computer Company Launches Chinese Language Module ............... 39 7. China's Army Looms Over Asia ......................................... 63 1. News Brief (6 Items) ................................................. 67 2. Taipei and Beijing Sign an Unprecedented Cooperation Pact ............ 44 3. Government Regrets Japanese Minister's War Remarks ................... 32 4. Chinese Feel Pressurwe of More Wealth and Less Health ................ 41 5. Investors Have a Vision of Paradise for Hainan Province .............. 89 6. Conference Information: CLEO Pacific Rim'95 and ICSICT'95 ............ 52 1. News Brief (8 Items) ................................................. 74 2. Investors Move to Add Value in China ................................. 57 3. Australia: Immigration Agent Accused of Deception .................... 36 4. Wife Rejects Chinese-born Husband Fraud Allegation ................... 42 1. News Brief (8 Items) ................................................. 70 2. Beijing Warns of "Political Troubles" for Asian Games over Taiwan .... 41 3. A Trickle or Flood ................................................... 45 4. French Worm Turns on Chinese Silk Dragon ............................. 45 5. Mainland Pandering to H.K.'s Basic Needs ............................. 57 1. News Brief (7 Items) ................................................. 64 2. Relief Work Continues After Killer Typhoon in Eastern China .......... 41 3. Germany Sets to Deport Tibetan Refugee ............................... 68 4. China Importing Possibly Radioactive Ukrainian Scrap Steel ........... 31 5. Beijing Asks for Boost in H.K. Airport Reserves ...................... 65 6. Tight Rein on H.K. Interviews by Mainland Police ..................... 42 7. China Discovers All Mod Cons ......................................... 60 8. Job Opportunities (2 Items) .......................................... 23