Tuesday, December 31, 2002

• Yangtze River Dyke Reinforcement Completed after 4 Years Work
• People's Daily Picks Top 10 China News Events of 2002
• Zhu, Schroeder Attend Maglev Line Operation Ceremony 
• Shanghai Mayor Meets German Chancellor
• Senior CPC Party Official on Ethical, Cultural Progress  
• Jiang Congratulates Successful Launch of Spacecraft
• New Henan and Jiangsu Provincial Officials Appointed
• Senior Leaders Celebrate New Year with Beijing Opera  
• Senior Chinese Leaders Meet Spacecraft Launchers  

• Price Hikes: Public Hearing Increasingly Important
• Online Trade Licences to be Available from January 1
• Taiwan's Trade Surplus to Mainland Tops US$ 20 Billion
• China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone Gaining Momentum
• German Chancellor Says China Attractive to Investors
• China to Provide Credit for Vietnam's Power Plant
• Shanghainese not Satisfied with Real Estate Industry

• Inter-Korean Ties Progress amid Negative Factors
• Top 10 World News in 2002 Selected by People's Daily
• S. Korean Government Announces New Year Amnesty
• United Airlines Warns Employees of "Significant" Job Cuts
• Kenyan New President Vows to Combat Corruption
• Pakistani PM wins 188 votes of confidence
• Admiral Singh Becomes Indian New Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee
• Terrorist Attack Won't Derail Chechen Settlement: Putin
• Russia Urges DPRK to Honor International Commitments
• No One Would Defeat Palestinians: Arafat
• Sri Lanka: Rebel Disarming Issue Not to Derail Peace Process
• Prison Fire Kills at Least 27 in Iran
• Zambia Arrests Foreigners for Violating Immigration Permits
• UN Adjusts Goods Review List for Iraq under "Oil-for-food" Program
• Heavy Fighting Flares up in Somalia
• Death Toll in Chechen Bombing May Exceed 80: Russian Minister
• Iraq Vows Fight Against US in Different Way from 1991 Gulf War
• Americans Wary About Economy Toward New Year: AP Poll
• China Helps Cambodia Drill Third Batch of 500 Wells

• Let's Hail 2002, But with a Somber Mind: Year-end Commentary
• Bases of 9.5mn New Jobs 2003

• World's First Commercial Maglev Line Debuts in Shanghai
• Shanghai Transrapid Construction Also on High-speed Track: Engineer
• "Shenzhou IV" Strictly Identical with Manned Spacecraft: General Director 
• Irrigation Breakthrough Boon to Agriculture

• Year of Horse Ends with Baby Boom
• Li Changchun on Ethical, Cultural Progress