· 2003: Lifestyles of the young
· Beliefs in magic casting a spell on educated youngsters
· Kung Fu 'fairy tale' lives on
· Spring Buds Program benefits 900,000 female school dropouts
· World's longest epic still told, sung by folk artists in W China
· China to grant permanent residence permits to foreigners

· A deep look into China's facelift industry
· Sex in private cars raises concern
· Four sentenced to death in caffeine case
· Domestic violence put under the spotlight
· Expats working their way out in China
· China gains 19 Guinness world records in 2003

· Is it English if you can't speak it?
· Hollywood movies enjoy great popularity in China
· Hollywood movies can't destroy indigenous cultures
· Challenges ahead for Shanghai as population tops 20 million
· Bodies melting into words
· Youth in urgent need of sexual knowledge

· Infant education: the earlier, the better?
· Swimming for newborn babies gaining popularity in Beijing, Guangdong
· Gov't-approved condom ads aired for first time in China
· Youth rock to a new beat of optimism
· Stepping into history -- Two Britons complete epic "Long March" trek
· China's first spaceman breaks the Great Wall fallacy

· Chrysanthemum - flower of honour
· Chinese children need more care, protection
· Suicide rate called crisis for rural, young people
· Chinese women's organization helps reduce suicide among women
· Shanghai population 170 million at year end, still less children wanted
· University traditions dying

· Major child kidnap gang crushed in Shenzhen
· Martial arts birthplace to take orphans as disciples
· Cigarette warnings to be adopted nationawide
· Film ratings to protect young viewers
· China's sexual revolution
· Beijing woman's duckling-to-swan journey

· Career women give birth to dilemma
· Loosening family planning policy unconducive to aging problem: experts
· China's Oscars announced
· Sex exhibition forced to close in Beijing
· Elderly couples prefer cohabit to getting re-married
· Is English invading Chinese culture?

· Global survey: Chinese women sexiest
· Expert warns about high birth defection in China
· Photo: Stringing Persimmons
· "Inside myself I don't feel so fat"
· Top books capture children's hearts
· Euthanasia faces ethical and legal dilemmas

· Hong Kong considering shifting to Mandarin
· "Pingtan" -- A dying art form
· Marrying into Western cultures
· 13 year old Tibetan boy able to tell world's longest epic
· Egyptian relics are a big hit in Shanghai
· Tibetan lamas trained with electrical skills

· 120 million Chinese people suffer from malnutrition
· Anhui set to build greener province
· Photo: Students of a primary school, holding pictures of spacecraft drawn by their own
· Shanghai blushes over sex museum
· "Riverdance" enjoys success in Beijing
· Job hunters line up for 'magic' photos

· Shanghai reworks one-child policy
· Survey aims to build database for traditional folk art
· China offers medicare to 900 million farmers
· Shanghai schools try out "bilingual education"
· Halo around higher education dimming
· Beijing ponders solutions to traffic jams

· One wild, wonderful National Day holiday
· Work easier for Cupid in China as new marriage rules take effect
· Making Cantonese opera connect with younger generation
· Teenage writers on rise
· Modern Chinese women's sexual life: survey
· Many ways to express young love

· Can H. Potter battle the fakes?
· Internet has no evident negative impact on youth: survey
· Chinese culture to show along "Silk Road"
· New moral code for students in Shanghai
· Rights of taxi drivers arouse concern at unions' congress
· Buddhism experiencing golden age in China

· Beijing to mark 850th anniversary of city founding
· Premier Wen promotes preparation for October holiday
· World's largest butterfly discovered in China
· Foreign teachers welcomed in China's elementary schools
· Domestic violence on rise in China
· Photo: HK Disneyland unveils landscape design

· Chinese Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
· Beijingers Take to Tea Baths
· New Changes Appear in Employment Fashions in Beijing
· China to issue stamps commemorating ancient general Yue Fei
· China plans new healthcare fund
· Suicide becomes chief killer of young Chinese

· Post-office Made a Maiden Debut in the Imperial Palace
· China Gears up for Long National Day Holiday
· Migrant children still face hurdles in state schools
· China cracks down on illegal fees for schooling
· Chinese recognized as FDI's official language
· South China city uses garbage to generate electricity

· Dying Ancient Pine Being Revitalized by Traditional Chinese Medicine
· China's First Registered Organ Donor in Shenzhen
· Chinese "Reader" to publish in North America
· China to make nine-year compulsory education available to all children in five years
· Is a good husband worth more than a good job?
· Operation on three-legged baby girl successful

· China Adds Seven New Crimes, Annuls Three
· Domestic Violence Facing Social Scrutiny in China
· Rights of Migrant Women Workers Need Protection
· First English-speaking community emerges in Beijing
· Beijing wages war to safeguard ancient courtyards
· China grants benefits to rural one-child families

· Giant Panda in China Gives Birth to Twins
· New Rules Delink State Knot from the Marriage Process
· Fewer Chinese tie the knot
· Hillary's autobiography sells like hot cakes
· Chinese attitudes toward sex maturing
· Old books in a bind

· China Frees up Residency Rules to Allow Greater Mobility
· Health Services Grow to Meet Increase in Teen Pregnancies
· China's "Millennium Babies" Encounter Kindergarten Queues
· Sino-British educational program pays off
· More teenagers in China want to be writers
· China begins salvaging "Flying Tigers" wreckage

· Soldiers Claim to See Mysterious Lake Monsters in China
· Chinese Restaurant Renames After Complaint from US Restaurant Chain
· On-line translation of Harry Potter sparks legal row
· Macao to set up bridewell for problem teenage girls
· Dragon dance performed on 233-meter-high tower in Macao
· Foreigners compete for "model family" title in Shanghai

· Cuba Approved as Chinese Tourism Destination
· Woman Protests with Minibus Dragged by Donkey in Xi'an
· Photo: Two White Tiger Cubs
· Acclaimed Chinese director fine tunes "Red Lantern" ballet
· Over 30,000 foreign students studying in Beijing
· Chinese students flock to Britain

· Nuclear Families in Decline in Chinese Cities
· Photos: Children's summer camp in Tianjin
· Seven-stringed zither fetches record price at auction
· Chinese Columbus commemorated
· Teenager suicide brings more attention to psychological needs
· Migrant finds future in popcorn

· Yunnan Takes Measures to Curb Population Growth
· Action needed to preserve China's folk cultural heritage
· 18-year-old girl becomes college teacher of traditional Chinese musical instrument
· Photos: "Cloned" statue of ancient Han beauty
· Photos: Beijing's first Sam's club store of Wal-Mart has trial operation
· China's Festivals

· Chinese Imperial Tombs, Rivers Listed as World Heritage
· Tradition of Women Poets Flourishes in Old China
· More Chinese Borrowing from Future to Pay for Present
· Chinese hero gets copyright protection
· Food poisoning kills 89 Chinese in January-June period
· Encephalitis B under control in Guangdong

· People's Literature Press Stakes Heavily on Chinese Version of Harry Potter
· Regulation in Place to Preserve the Great Wall
· Beijing's First 1,500 Overseas Tourists Invited to Great Hall Banquet
· A way to China's utopia
· Wow! How to talk very cool and not be abnormal
· Villagers to move out of giant panda hometown in SW China

· Eating Wild Animals to be Forbidden in Shenzhen
· China's Masterpieces Presented in Cartoon Form
· First Pet Ambulance Operating in Shenzhen
· Time Warner spearheads China's potentially huge cinema market
· Six ancient Chinese terracotta figures smuggled to US returned to China
· Chinese Health Ministry's daily report on SARS

· Vandalism and 'Improvements' Mar Great Wall
· Chinese Society Becoming More Tolerant
· Website launched for Chinese dramas
· China to repair last emperor's former residence
· China prepares for annual flooding
· Overseas marriage up 7 times in Shanghai

· Imperial Summer Resort alive with original magnificence
· Four Months Witnessed 135 People's Policemen Dismissed
· Asia's first institute of franchising set up in China
· Dictionary of unique women's language published in China
· Group photos:1,400-year-old town to be submerged
· Daily SARS Report for 2003.06.06

· Beijing to Lift Dwelling Restrictions on Foreigners
· Woman Gives Birth to Sextuplets in Beijing, 5 Survive
· Group photos: Various anti-SARS souvenirs
· Group photos: Gallery of Dong cultural relic sites
· Magazine publishing sector to be opened wider
· Experts critical of on-screen smoking

· East China province imposes harsh penalty on spitters
· Group photos: Three Gorges Reservoir's oldest resident to reopen July 1
· Picture improves for China's color televisions
· Chinese "Leaning Tower" to reopen to public
· Grade-three students of high schools in Beijing resume classes

· Rice Seeding Transplanting in Ningxia
· Movie "Deng Xiaoping" reports record box office takings
· Fashion of Chinese ethnic groups to show in Paris
· Birthday dates yield China's top lottery prizes
· Over 100,000 dove trees discovered in SW China
· Art lesson brings pupils' imagination into full play

· Notarization burgeoning in popularity among Chinese
· China's Only Tiger-lion Cub Named 'Zaizai'
· China greens world's longest desert highway
· Shanghai speeding up urbanization

· Chinese Residents Calm in Face of Adversity
· Most Chinese people choose a relaxed May Day celebration
· China's state television begins country's first 24-hour news channel
· China sets up advanced translation college
· Most wild yaks in Qinghai living in state nature reserves

· Lifelike models of dramatic figures made by retired dresser
· Miss China selected
· China to issue ID cards to citizens below the age of 16
· Polygamous families fading gradually in Tibet
· China becomes third nation to produce milk beer
· US citizen commended in northeast China city

· Chinese Spend US$ 2.6 Billion on Flowers A Year
· China Innovates to Better Protect Dunhuang Manuscripts
· China rescuing ancient leaning tower
· Teachers to be punished for using mobile phones on duty
· Independence yields more single women in China
· Miao people celebrate traditional Valentine's Day

· TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Recipe to Prevent SARS
· China to search for 2008 Olympic song
· Chinese observe Tomb-Sweeping Day in different ways
· Shanghai starts relocation of 73-year-old music hall
· Chinese girls warm up for Miss Universe finals

· "Hero" revives terra-cotta horses and warriors
· World's longest epic keeps growing
· China seeks to build boundary on Internet
· China tries cyber cafe chain service for minors
· Cooking degrees now offered in Chinese universities
· South China province lures overseas tourists with favorable visa policy

· Ethnic culture saved from extinction
· China, Italy to further cooperation in fashion design
· Beijing fashion show
· Charity to help needy children
· Crash site of US bomber designated state nature reserve
· Mobile home rental agency for tourists set up in SW China

· Soap Operas Become Chinese Favorite
· South China Zoo to Build Asia's Largest Butterfly Hall
· Historic Records Show Ancient Chinese Played Polo
· "Cats" to premiere in China
· Museum of folk customs opens in Urumqi
· China bans sex-selection abortion
· Short message service changes youth culture

· Shaolin Kung Fu Makes a Move Towards Intangible Heritage List
· Old photos of the Yuanmingyuan Palace
· China Trains Pandas for Return to Wild
· Emotional Problems Plague Mid-aged Women in China
· Chinese hope ancient shadow art will animate cartoon industry
· Parents blame video games obsession for boy's fatal fall
· 10,000 Beijingers seek test-tube babies
· 10th CPPCC National Committee (photos)

· CCTV English channel enters homes in Britain, France
· Two rare south China tiger cubs born
· From subservient housewife to ambitious professional: changing roles of Chinese women
· Stay-at-home mother: weal or woe to the family?
· Orphans in quake-hit area of Xinjiang to continue schooling in Urumqi
· Photo: China Three Gorges cofferdam

· Half of China's Senior Citizens Want Independent Life
· China Strives for Upgrading Traditional Chinese Medicine
· Four out of 100 Beijing Households have Automobiles
· Free website for English study opens in China
· Quadruplets healthy two months after premature birth in E China
· Creating memories, recording history: family archives debut in China

· Chinese culture gets "MBA" course
· China's "McDonald's generation" faces job market bottleneck
· Shanghai to host first Int'l Children's Expo
· China having shortfall of 1.2 million senior high school teachers:report
· Mobile phones prevail among ethnic groups in China
· Beijing in largest bid to protect unique courtyard houses
· Huge banyan tree found in Yunnan
· Primary and middle schools reopen in China

· Tibetan lovers mad about Valentine's Day
· HK Lovers Kiss Good-bye to Extravagant Valentine Gestures
· Do-It-Yourself Gifts Romanticize Valentine's Day in China
· Valentine's Day
· Valentine's Day kissing contest raises eyebrows in China
· Beijing revises student behavioral norms to keep pace with the times
· Peasants give up mah-jong for better life
· Chinese baby delivered by stewardesses in-flight
· Tibetans shearing long hair in break from tradition