Wednesday, December 25, 2002

• Moderate Earthquake Shakes Taiwan
• President Jiang Meets Bangladeshi Prime Minister
• Top Chinese Legislator Meets Bangladeshi PM
• Signs of Metal Fatigue Found on Crashed Taiwan Plane
• Civil Servant Salary Increase Put Back, Aiding the Poor be Considered First
• Up to 26 Dead, 100 Injured as Tornado Whips China
• Gangsters Sentenced to Death in NE China
• New Map Officially Delineates Chinese Provincial Boundaries
• Draft Law on Safe Use of Nuclear Power to be Reviewed
• Chinese, Kazakh Defense Ministers Meet
• SCO Agreement on Counter-terrorism Submitted for Ratification
• Premier Zhu Holds Talks with Bangladeshi PM
• Vice-President Hu Jintao Meets Kazakh President 
• HK Ends Consultation on Implementing Article 23 of Basic Law
• Vice Premier Meets Saudi Arabian Minister 
• China, Russia Hold Consultation on Anti-terrorism Cooperation
• NPC Chairman Meets Kazakh President 

• Qingdao Port Handles 120 Million Tons of Freight This Year
• Two Thermal Power Plants to be Built in E. China Port City
• "Dragon Chip Industrialization Alliance" Founded
• Kazakh President Urges Closer Economic Ties with China
• Chinese Customs Officers to Sport Stripes
• Macao's Tourism Industry Grows Rapidly in 2002
• China's Industrial Profit Growth Picks up

• S. Korean President-elect's Son Holds Private Wedding
• S.Korea Opposition Party Files Lawsuit Against Presidential Election
• 13 People Killed in Snowstorm in U.S.
• Iran Vows to Build Nuclear Plant for Energy Only
• Brutal Guatemalan Prison Riot Kills 18
• Quakes Shake Western Iranian Cities
• 17 People Killed, 112 Injured in Road Accidents in Zimbabwe
• DPRK Ready to Punish Aggressors: Official
• Bomb Blast in Southern Philippines Kills 13 People
• Schroeder: No German Troops in Iraq
• Anti-terror Tops Russia's Politics in 2002
• France: Arafat Has Right to Join Xmas Celebrations in Bethlehem
• US Not to Escalate Crisis over DPRK Nuclear Issues: Powell
• Turkish PM Denies Agreement with US on Iraq War
• Sad Christmas in Reoccupied Bethlehem
• UN Arms Inspectors Resume Regular Interview of Iraqi Scientists
• Iraq May be Hiding Weapons in Syria: Israeli PM

• 'Theory of China Exporting Deflation' Doesn't Conform to Fact: Commentary
• China Urged to Build Up Market Economy in Body and Soul
• China Not to Blame for Deflation in US and Japan

• Returned Students Value High-tech Zone in Beijing
• Shanghai Builds China's First "Zero Pollution" Battery Bike

• Sports Yearender: Chinese Women Enjoy a Happier Year

• Zheng He the First Man Completing Global Navigation: British Scholar
• United Airlines Being Sued in Beijing
• Thailand, China to Jointly Promote Tourism in Berlin
• Experts Warn Beijing Students against Fireworks
• Chinese Merrymakers Celebrate Christmas