Wednesday, December 18, 2002

• PLA Chief of General Staff Hold Talks with Kuwaiti Counterpart
• Senior CPC Official Meets Mauritanian Delegation
• 13th China-US Dialogue on Human Rights Held
• Premier Zhu Hails Trade Pact with Sri Lanka as Historical
• Chinese Aircraft Makes Forced Landing in Jiangxi
• Crime Rate in Chinese Capital Down 7.9 Percent
• Smuggled Pirated Foreign CDs Nabbed in S. China
• Hu Jintao Congratulates Mbeki for Re-election as ANC President
• Li Ruihuan Meets Bulgarian Parliamentary Leader
• Chinese Defense Minister Meets Russian Military Official
• China to Compile Complete Civil Code
• Chinese Premier Meets Guinea Bissau President
• Lawmakers to Debate Draft Laws, Amendments Next Week
• Premier Zhu Meets East Timorese Foreign Minister

• Spanish Auto Companies Seeking Chinese Partners
• Chinese Economy Shows Improvement in 2002
• Shanghai's Retail Sales to Hit New High
• China, ASEAN Highlight Free Market for Farm Produce
• Rules on Publicizing Reports of Listed Firms Being Improved
• Shandong Takes Lead in Overseas Investment
• Suzhou Industrial Park Confident of Success
• Yunnan Boosts Transport Links with China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Inmind
• N. China Province's Exports to Russia Show Strong Growth
• Chongqing Allows Foreign Capital to Control Transportation Joint Ventures
• Egyptian, Chinese Companies Sign Meat Deal
• China's Auto Market to Keep Booming: GM
• Trade Volume between China, ASEAN on the Rise
• Enterprises Expected to Play Important Role in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area
• Sino-foreign Life Insurance Company Operational

• Death Penalty to 3 in Indian Parliament Attack Case
• Two American Soldiers Wounded in Attack in Kabul
• Peru Hopes to Enhance Anti-corruption Cooperation with China
• Storms Kill 9 People in West Coast of U.S.
• PNA Informs Quartet of Its Acceptance of US Roadmap
• Over 4,700 Russian Troops Killed in Chechnya: Official
• Italy to Offer US Bases to Strike Iraq: Defense Minister
• West African Leaders to Meet in Senegal on Cote d'Ivoire's Crisis
• Israel Asks US for 10 Billion Dollars in Financial Support
• Russia Shares IAEA Approach to DPRK's Decision to Unfreeze Nuclear Facilities
• Mubarak Warns of Great Loss of Lives if Iraq Attacked
• Mandela Criticizes Arrogance of United States
• Israel's Ruling Likud Party Heavily Hit by Election Scandal
• Paris Welcomes Blair's Inviting Palestinian to London Talks
• Israeli PM Confirms Talks with Palestinians
• Iraqi Arms Declaration to be Released to 10 Security Council Members
• US to Begin Deploying Missile Defense System  

• War on Terror Greatly Reshapes US Foreign Policy
• Strive to Create New Phase in China's Diplomatic Work in New Century: Interview
• Japan's Defensive Policy Shifting: News Analysis 

• China's Netizens Top 58 Million, Next Only to the US
• Construction of Pan-Asia Railway to Start in SW China in 2003
• Foreign Languages Press Celebrates 50th Anniversary

• Liverpool to Visit Hong Kong and Shanghai Next Year
• Ronaldo Named World Player of the Year for 3rd Time 
• Chinese Shooters Eye 10 More Olympic Berths
• China Open Badminton Championships Kicks off
• Vietnam, China to Strengthen Sports Cooperation

• East-West Exchanges Began 5,000 Years Ago: Experts
• Survey: Yellow River Dry Runs to Happen More Often
• China-Germany Joint Poverty Relief Project Completed
• China Establishes 1,405 Nature Reserves