Thursday, January 02, 2003

• Full Text of President Jiang's New Year Address
• 2002 Sees Three Events in China's Water Conservation
• Chinese President Gives New Year Address
• Hu Jintao Addresses New Year Reception by CPPCC 
• Sino-US Military Ties Get Warmer
• Four Laws, Two Judicial Interpretations Put into Force

• China Preparing New Judge Corps for WTO Era
• China's Exports of Machinery, Electronic Products Surge
• China's GDP to Grow 8 Percent in 2003: Economists
• New Zealand Beef Exporters Eye Chinese Market
• New Insurance Rules Implemented from 2003
• Annual FDI to China Expected to Reach US$100 Billion
• German Businesses Prove Money Spinners in China
• Beijing Reports Double-digit Growth in Fiscal Revenue
• Zhejiang Builds Facilities to Increase Use of Natural Gas
• Sino-US Trade, Economic Cooperation Developing Smoothly

• Sharon Signs Pact with PNA on Fund Transfers
• US Begins to Deploy Desert-trained Forces to the Gulf
• Four People Die of Hypothermia in Moscow
• Four Hostages Freed in Manila after Police Intervention
• Road Accidents Kill 438 During Thailand's New Year Holiday
• U.S. State Department Accuses Firms of Violations
• Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun Vow to Bring Lasting Peace
• Celebrations Usher in 2003, Security Beefed up Worldwide  
• Koizumi Vows to Materialize Reforms in 2003
• Israel, US, Turkey Hold Military Exercise
• Mubarak Hopes for Peaceful Settlement of Iraqi Crisis
• Any Attack on Iraq Must Be Sanctioned by UN: Finnish President
• India, Pakistan Exchange List of Nuke Installations
• Seven Killed in Wedding Explosion in Southeast Afghanistan
• Brazilian President Sworn in
• Tanker Collides with Submerged Ship in English Channel
• Sri Lanka Plans to Restructure Armed Forces
• US Unmanned Drone Crashes in Pakistan
• Secret UK Plan to "Re-draw" N.Ireland Borders Revealed
• Japan, Russia to Propose Antiterrorism Pacts
• S.Lankan Peace Process Makes Huge Process, but Challenges Still Lie Ahead

• PD Editorial on Implementation of CPC Set Goals

• China's Manned Spacecraft Planned for This Year: Official
• China's First Periodical on Wetland Science to Be Launched

• Heerenveen Interested in Chinese Star Qu Bo
• Former Chinese International Gao Might Become Haan's Assistant
• China's Li Weifeng Still Pondering Over Everton Future
• Six-year-old Chinese Pupil Sets Record in Quick-play Chinese Chess games 
• Sports for New Year's Day by Chinese Nationwide

• Chinese Lamas Learning to Speak English
• Beijing Revamps Ancient Downtown Cultural Street
• Most Chinese Satisfied with Their Lives: Survey
• Beijing Strives to Better Protect Animals