Wednesday, July 03, 2002

• International Women Leaders Conferring on Global Development
• Shanghai Plans to Build World's Largest Ferris Wheel
• China Expects Rain over Large Areas, Drought Relieved 
• Taiwanese Drug Trafficker Executed
• Five Killed in Coal Mine Accident in Central China
• Chinese, Nigerian Vice-presidents Hail Bilateral Ties  
• Hong Kong People's Sense of Country Rising, Tung

• True Color LED Display Debut in China
• Citic Capital Eyes Chinese Mainland Market
• Volkswagen to Launch Cheap Model in China by Yearend
• Cuba Strives to Introduce Chinese Medicine to L. America
• Shanghai Plans Asia's Biggest Shopping Center
• Singapore Objects Taiwan's Accession to WTO Agreement
• Chinese Business Community Pledges Support to Shanghai Expo Bidding
• Ling'ao Nuclear Power Station Begins Commercial Operation  
• Shanghai's Expo Bid Enjoys Government, Popular Support

• U.S. Launches Spacecraft to Study Hearts of Comets
• US Agrees to Deliver Missile and Plane Computer to Taiwan: Report
• Thai Police Seize Weapons Suspectedly Being Shipped to S.Lankan Rebels
• News Analysis: Russia Differs From U.S. over Fate of Arafat
• Backgrounder: AU, From & Beyond OAU
• 12 African Countries to Get Aid From OPEC to Fight HIV/AIDS
• Ex-Japanese PM Mori to Have Surgery
• Black Box Shows Russian Plane Descended on Command
• Balloonist Finishes Around-the-world Trek
• Singapore Objects Taiwan's Accession to WTO Agreement
• Pinochet to Quit as Lifetime Senator to Retain Head of State Status
• President: Lithuania Desires to Join NATO, EU by End of This Year
• S.Korean President Congratulates on APEC Symposium
• U.S. Firefighters Contain Colorado Wildfire
• Mahathir Announces His Successor for First Time
• British Diplomat to Meet Arafat Despite US Stance
• Russian Officials Defend Flight Crew of Crashed Jet
• US Lifts Arms Sales Embargo Against Afghanistan
• Arafat Removes Police, Security Chiefs in Major Shakeup
• AIDS to Kill 70 Million People in Next 20 Years, UN Says
• Iraq Says It Poses No Threat to Any Country
• US Withdraws Dialogue Offer to DPRK
• India to Build "Edusat" Satellite
• China to Offer Aid to Developing Nations Attending Shanghai Expo
• 70 Million People Expected to Attend Shanghai Expo 2010: Shanghai Mayor
• China Puts Forth 4-Point Proposal on Human Resources Development
• NATO Supreme Commander Discharged

• Chinese Students Span Globe
• Big Money Allocated for R&D of Agricultural Technology
• Int'l Education Cooperation Week to Be Held in Beijing

• Indonesian Badminton Players Demands Revocation of SBKRI
• Beijing Holds Olympic Design Conference to Seek Best Image
• China Beat Yugoslavia 92-78 in Four-Nation Basketball Tournament

• Qinghai Section, Major Trunk of Ancient Silk Road
• World's Tallest Buddha Receiving Facelift
• Experts Say Pesky El Nino Returns in China This Winter