Beijing Renovating Tianning Temple: For the first time in more than half a century, two Christian churches will be built in the capital city. At the same time, plans to renovate two ancient temples for Buddhist and Taoist religious rites are in the works.
China refutes report of people inflected by bird flu: A press spokesman with China's Ministry of Health (MOH) here Tuesday refuted a report that there were people infected with the widespread avian influenza on the Chinese mainland.
Premier urges strict bird flu measures: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged governments to make preventing the bird flu epidemic a priority. Bird flu prevention is a tough job for China given its vast size, and backward conditions for poultry raising in most rural areas, Wen said.
U.S. Still Concerned Over Human Rights in China: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who was in China last week, has urged Beijing to clean up its human rights record and discussed releasing more political prisoners on parole.
Q&A—Taiwan's ties with China: China's relationship with Taiwan looks set for another rocky patch as the island prepares for presidential elections on 20 March. A move to stage a referendum on the same day, asking about Chinese missiles, has alarmed Beijing, which worries that Taiwan could use the mechanism to declare formal independence.
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