Sunday, January 12, 2003

• Han Yuqun Appointed Acting Governor of Shandong
• Chinese Premier Stresses Good Management of Religious Affairs
• NPT Withdrawal Triggered by US: DPRK Ambassador
• Mine Blasts in China Kill 8, With 33 Still Missing 
• China, Angola Exchange Greetings on 20th Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties
• Eight Confirmed Dead in Coal Mine Accident
• Cross-Straits Direct Flight Urged to Save Taiwanese Girl

• A Thousand New Private Firms a Day in Zhejiang
• Shandong Joins Guangdong, Jiangsu as China's Economic Giants
• Tibet Reports Double-digit Economic Growth Rate
• Founder of China's Private Bank Confident About Future
• China's Insurance Salesmen Gain IQAs
• China Cracks Down on Price Violation
• Shanghai: Gold Rents, Gold Locations

• DPRK Defends Withdrawal from NPT
• Thousands Protest in Los Angeles against US War against Iraq
• Russian Lawmaker Hits US on Posture vs Iraq
• US Force in Gulf Said to be Rising to 150,000 Troops
• Blair to Meet Bush Amid Europe's Iraq War Doubt
• OPEC to Open Taps to Curb Oil Price Spike
• Missing Peruvian Airliner Found with No Survivors
• Pentagon Orders 35,000 More Troops to Persian Gulf
• Talks Between DPRK Diplomats, US Governor End
• British Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal Heads for Gulf 
• Turkish PM Meet Saudi Crown Prince on Iraqi Crisis
• Sino-Malaysian Ties in New Era of Development: Chinese Vice Premier 
• Pyongyang Citizens Rally in Support of NPT Withdrawal 
• DPRK's Withdrawal from NPT Now Effectual: Official
• DPRK to Reactivate Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor Within Weeks
• Japan, South Korea Agree on Trilateral Work on DPRK

• China's Largest Ethnic Minority Growing Wealthier
• Shanghai Sets New Goals for Tourism Industry
• Animals Without Borders: Mongolian Gazelles Live by Sacrifices of Chinese Herdsmen