1.  Air safety investigators have ruled out an explosion as the cause of a Korean Air crash last week that killed nine people, a Chinese spokeswoman said Wednesday.

2.  Neither the embassy nor Zhang, the Chinese spokeswoman, would say specifically what topics Singh and Chinese officials would discuss.

3.  On Friday in Shanghai, Chinese spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue defended Tang.

4.  Zhang, the Chinese spokeswoman, called U.S. reconnaissance activities near Chinese territory the root cause of the incident and said China wanted them stopped.

5.  Zhang, the Chinese spokeswoman, said the two sides will exchange views about putting into effect previous agreements, including setting up a Beijing-Tokyo telephone hotline.

6.  Zhu had raised the Tibetan issue during official talks with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Monday, said a Chinese spokeswoman, Zhang Qiyue.