Monday, May 20, 2002

• Chinese Procurator-General Meets Portuguese Counterpart
• Top Legislator Li Peng Meets Portuguese Attorney-General
• Taiwan Citizens Demonstrate Against "Taiwan Independence" 
• Top Legislator Li Peng Meets ROK Delegation
• New Regulations to Protect Workers' Health
• Investigators Dig on Mine Disaster  
• China Closely Watches Water Level to Avoid Floods
• Rules Set for Criminals on Probation
• Foreign Diplomats Visit Changsha
• CPC Publicity Chief Back from Visit to Canada
• Falun Gong Activist Repents Suicidal Burning
• Stricter Fund Management Needed to Improve Housing Conditions
• President Jiang Congratulates East Timor's Independence

• China's Financial Industry Running Smoothly
• Oil Discovered in Bohai, CNNOC Owns 51% of Share
• Beijingers Target Incomes of 20,000 Yuan by 2008
• Rural Labourers Need Urbanization
• Legend to Invest 420 Million Yuan in Developing Digital Products 
• Int'l Information-based Manufacturing Expo Planned
• HK Promoted As Asia's Incubation Center for Film Production
• Center for PR Managers from Overseas-funded Businesses

• Hamas Rejects PNA Denouncement of Attacks
• Chinese Leader Calls for Mutual Respect in International Relations
• "Tibetan Arts, Culture Exhibition" Opens in Wellington
• China Calls for Enhanced Regional Cooperation, Mutual Trust
• Pierre Cardin: China Could Lead 21st Century Fashion
• S.Korean Unions Threaten Strike Ahead of World Cup
• 2 Killed, 2 Injured in Helicopter Crashes in Iran
• Suicide Bombing Occurs in Northern Israel
• Sierra Leone President Wins Vote
• Bangladesh Switches off TV Channels Over 'Cultural Infiltration'
• DPRK Experts Visit South Korea
• East Timor New Government Sworn In
• China, East Timor Establish Diplomatic Relations
• World Bank President Lauds Good Ties with China
• Cheney Says New Qaeda Attacks against US 'Almost Certain'
• Ahern Re-elected as Sinn Fein Wins Five Seats in Dail
• Hamas Claims Responsibility for Netanya Attack
• Al Qaeda May Attack U.S. Apartment Building: FBI
• India Announces Stepped-up Mobilization in Kashmir
• Ugandan President Visits Libya
• Iraq Says U.N. Resolution 1409 Worse Than Oil-for-Food Deal
• Dhaka Imposes Ban on Screening 13 Satellite Channels
• Explosion Hits Israeli City of Netanya, Killing at Least Two
• East Timor Formally Became Independent Country

• Taiwan's Option to Sue WHO Reckless

• Vietnam Hopes to Strengthen Education Cooperation with China
• China-Designed Turbojet Joins Air Force
• China Allows Research Bodies to Own State-funded Patents
• Outlining Proper Uses Going Online
• China Sets to Land on Moon by 2010
• Website Offers Bilingual Legal Services

• Suspense, Deception Full of Thomas Cup: Roundup
• China Announces World Cup Squad

• Special Stamps Simultaneously Issued in HK, Vancouver