China -- March 8, 2006

• Basic Law assumes supreme legal status in HK: top legislator
• China sets new targets in five-year plan
• Chinese Premier's commitments sow seeds of hope in migrant workers' hearts
• China to work with all countries to strengthen cooperation for a win-win result: FM
• Chinese official warns of monopoly by foreign companies

• Don't politicize Sino-US trade relations: Chinese FM
• Defense budget increase aims at army stability: senior PLA officer
• East China Sea consultation between China, Japan "pragmatic and constructive"
• Int'l community reaffirms insistence of one-China principle
• Japanese leaders should stop hurting feelings of wartime victims: Chinese FM

• Japan leaders must correct mistakes: FM
• Ministers vow rise in farmers' income
• Putin's visit to boost China-Russia relations: FM
• PLA logistics chief on use of defense budget
• Senior officials discuss matters of national importance with lawmakers, advisors

• Taiwan authorities take a dangerous step, FM says
• Taiwan parties call on all to join in March 12 demonstration
• Writethru: China's defense budget much smaller than US
• Your guide to "new socialist countryside"