China’s output rises

BEIJING: China’s rapid growth should boost annual output per person to $3,000 by 2010, nearly three-and-a-half times its level of a decade earlier. The estimate by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows country quadrupling year 2000 output levels earlier than expected. The official goal was to quadruple per capita gross domestic product by 2020. — AP

Workers on strike

HANOI: About 2,000 workers have gone on strike at a Taiwan-owned textile plant in southern Vietnam, complaining wages are not keeping pace with rising consumer prices. The workers walked out claiming a new basic monthly salary. — AFP