Beijing - China's main stock market index rebounded with a rise of 3.65 per cent on Monday following its worst-ever week.

The key Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks shares traded in local and foreign currencies, gained 73 points to finish at 2,073.57 after an initial slump of 3.44 per cent in morning trading.

Taipei - Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Monday announced it will stage a large-scale march next weekend to protest against a planned visit by China's top negotiator Chen Yunlin.

"The theme of our protest includes opposition to a one-China market, opposition to hollowing out of our sovereignty to China and opposition to the impotent Ma Ying-jeou government," said DPP spokesman Cheng Wen-tsan.

He said any people, including former president Chen Shui-bian, who support the theme are welcomed to join the DPP's protest on October 25.

Beijing, Oct. 13 : Top managers of the country''s three leading dairy companies - Mengniu, Yili and Bright Dairy –have issued a first public apology for their companies'' involvement in the ongoing contaminated milk scandal.

During a talk show program, Dialogue, broadcast last night on the economic channel of China Central Television, executives of the three companies admitted to "the problems and mistakes" of their firms.

New Delhi, Oct 13: Chinese scientists have worked out the first genome draft map of the giant panda to figure out exactly what makes the endangered species tick.

“By sequencing the genome, we have laid the genetic and biological foundation to gain a deeper understanding of this peculiar species,” said Wang Jun, a scientist with the Beijing Genomics Institute’s Shenzhen branch (BGI Shenzhen), a core participant in the International Giant Panda Genome Project.

The number of cars on the road is increasing day by day. So is the competition between various companies.

Chris Buxton, Bentley Motors Regional Director (Middle East, Africa and India) said in a press meeting” There has been a slowdown in the global automobile market and we are expecting to compensate this slowdown, by increased demand in emerging market like India, China and Middle East”.

Taipei - Taiwan will hold talks with China on financial market investments, including permission for China investment in local stocks and Taiwanese investments in mainland securities and banking institutions, a top official said Sunday.

"They will be included in our upcoming talks as the follow-up agenda," said Lai Shin-yuan, chairwoman of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), the island's top China policy planning body.