Tuesday, January 07, 2003

• China Urges Political Solution on Iraq Issue
• Li Ruihuan Arrives in Macao
• Dual Purpose to Chinese Official Visits to the Needy
• Taiwan Authorities Urged to be Sincere in Cross-strait Relations
• Human Trafficking Case Adjudicated in East China City
• Phoenix InfoNews Channel to Land in Guangdong
• Ten Most Popular Words on Chinese Newspapers in 2002
• Railway Ferry Service Across Qiongzhou Straits Begins  
• China to End Life-long Tenure for Public Employees
• China Hasn't Yet Lifted the Ban on Ivory Trade
• Cross-Strait Indirect Charter Flights to Start This Month
• China Satisfied with Sino-Slovak Relations: Jiang
• China, Slovakia Sign Joint Statement
• China Uses One-fifth of State Bonds on Water Works
• Senior CPC Official Meets Spanish Delegation

• China Continues to Open Foreign Banks to RMB Business
• HK to Remain World's No.1 Toy Exporter: Industry Leaders
• Peru, China Sign Phyto-quarantine Cooperation Agreement
• China Builds Largest Plant Producing Cement Clinker
• Giant Aluminum Project Underway in North China
• China Takes Anti-dumping Steps on Imported Purified Anhydride Acid
• China Takes Temporary Measures Against Caprolactam Dumping
• China Continues Sale of Mining Rights in 2003
• HK, Shanghai, Twin Engines of China's Economy: InvestHK
• HK Land Sale, Purchase Agreements Down in 2002
• Beijing Striving to Cut Costs for Foreign Investors

• Iraq to Serve as Testing Ground for US New Weapons: Report
• Japanese PM Vows to Implement Structural Reforms
• Gov't: 12 Killed, 38 Arrested in Kenya
• First Single Marker Planted on Vietnam-China Border Line
• US to Provide Military Assistance to Nepal
• Scientists Find Giant Ring of Stars Circling Milky Way
• 120 Million People Are Overweight in U.S.
• China Calls for Peaceful Solution to DPRK Nuclear Issue 
• One Chinese Killed in Tel Aviv Suicide Bombings 
• Nigeria's Obasanjo Wins Nomination of Ruling Party for Presidential Polls
• IAEA Urges DPRK to Honor Nuclear Agreement
• Fatah Denies Link with Tel Aviv Bombing Attacks
• Putin Sends Greetings to Christians on Eve of Russian Orthodox Christmas
• UN Inspectors Search 6 Iraqi Sites as Saddam Terms Them Spies
• Russia Calls for Subtle Diplomacy over DPRK Crisis
• US Navy Hospital Ship Leaves for Gulf Region
• UN Sends Special Envoy to DPRK

• China Advised to Heed 'Cored' Industrialization
• Security Reassessment in 21st Century

• China, European Software Institute Sponsor CMM Agency
• China Witnesses Big Increase in Chinese 'TOEFL' Examinees
• News Photos: China's Unmanned Spaceship Returns
• China's First Manned Flight Close, Reveals Engineer
• China to Further Promote R&D in 2003
• Double-Track for Major Railway Put Into Operation

• Chinese Shao Jiayi Close to Signing TSV Munich 1860
• Freestyle Skiing Sparkled by Teenage Skiers 
• Xiamen to Hold Another High-Level International Marathon
• Chinese Speed Skater Loses Five Teeth But Clinches National Gold 

• Passport Office Opens in Beijing's "Silicon Valley"
• China to Launch New Passenger Air Route to Japan
• China Sets Tough Quotas for Water Use
• Sichuan to Look at Citizen's Proposal on Panda Protection
• Most Shanghai Residents Fund Charity Programs: Survey
• More Chinese Have Access to Drinkable Water
• Heavy Snowfall Hits "City of Spring"