Monday, December 30, 2002

• Beijing Reception Marks 30th Resumption Anniversary of China-Benin Ties
• Dai Xianglong Appointed Acting Mayor of Tianjin
• President Jiang Meets German Chancellor Schroeder
• Chinese Vice-president Meets German Chancellor
• Applications for Taiwan Direct Charter Flights Accepted
• German Chancellor Leaves Beijing for Shanghai
• Photos: China Launches Fourth Unmanned Spacecraft
• Chinese Vice-premier Outlines Railway Targets for 2003
• China Railways Gear up for Peak Festival Time
• Zhu, Schroeder Vow to Strengthen Bilateral Ties  
• Senior Chinese Leaders Watch Spacecraft Launch

• Yearender: Hong Kong on Road to Recovery in 2002
• State Organs Urged to Adopt Govn't Purchasing System
• China Reports Fast Growth in Radio ad Revenue
• China's GDP Hit 1.23 Trillion US Dollars in 2002: NBS
• Chinese Farmers Begin to Speculate on Shares
• Major Petrochemical Project Set to Start Late Next Year in East China
• First Export Processing Zone in NW China Built
• Guangzhou Opens Second Subway Line 
• China's Foreign Trade Rises Some 30 Times in 24 Years
• Power Industry Sees Milestone Against Monopoly

• Kim Dae-jung Stresses Importance of "Sunshine Policy"
• Three American Doctors Killed in Yemen
• Cloned Baby Back Home in US on Monday
• Pyongyang Rally Condemns US Campaign Against DPRK
• Philippine President Says She Won't Run in 2004 Elections
• Powerful Blast Blows Up Marcos Bust in Philippines
• Emperor of Japan Has Prostate Cancer
• Ex-chairman of Daewoo still French
• Kenyan New President to be Sworn in Today
• Australia Intensively Mediating in DPRK Nuclear Crisis: FM
• Cyprus Expresses Willingness to Facilitate Interviews of Iraqi Scientists
• Kibaki Wins Kenya's Presidential Election
• Kenyan President-elect Kibaki Says to Form Government of National Unity
• US Has No Plans to Attack DPRK: Powell
• Saudi Arabia to Allow US Use of Its Bases in War with Iraq: Officials
• Cote d'Ivoire Rebels Clash with French Troops
• US Military Plan Against Iraq Focuses on Hussein's Power Base: Report
• Death Toll in Chechen Explosions Rises to 61
• France Rules out War on Iraq Without UN Resolution

• First Glimpse of Shanghai's Maglev Line
• China Conducts DNA Studies on Woman Corpse from Ancient Tomb
• Ancient DNA Recovery in Progress
• China Makes Breakthrough in Water Search in Arid West

• Beijingers Happier about Their City
• "Swan Lake" Emerges in E. China Province