Tuesday, January 21, 2003

• Gas Explosion Kills 16 Miners in Northeast China
• Russian Envoy to Pyongyang Back in Beijing
• Taiwanese Businessmen Call for Early 'Three Direct Links'
• Congress Deputies Step up Government Supervision
• Macao SAR Chief Executive Visits Zhuhai
• Japanese Court's Rejection of War Slave Case 'Unfair'
• Labour Officials Deny Filipino Rumour
• PLA Chief of General Staff Meets with Italian Counterpart
• Beijing's New Mayor a Man of the People
• Luo Gan Sends Season's Greetings to Beijing's Police 
• Wang Guangxian Elected Head of CPPCC Provincial Committee
• Relocation of Residents Completed for Next Phase of Three Gorges
• Lu Zhonghe Elected Head of Guangdong Provincial Legislature
• Chinese NPC Vice-chairman Meets Uruguayan Guest 
• China, US Hold Vice-Foreign Ministerial Level Consultations

• China's Market Pushed Higher by Technical Rebound
• IP-Based Fixed Telecommunication Services Seize HK Market
• China to Produce At Least One New Ford Car Every Year
• Macao's Tourist Industry Makes Another Leap in 2002
• China's Industry Shows Overall Growth in 2002
• China's CPI Drops 0.4 Percent in Dec. 2002
• China to Produce More Autos in 2003
• World Leader in Specialty Chemicals Favors China Market
• Foreign-funded Firms Contribute to Beijing's Boom
• China Becomes World's Third Largest Electronic Information Producer
• Chinese Information Industry Sets Year's Objectives
• Beijing Raises Domestic Consumption Water Price

• Gunman Shot Dead US Civilian Near Kuwait City
• Iraq, UN Inspectors Sign Accord for Better Cooperation
• DPRK Ministerial Delegation Arrives in S.Korea
• Los Angeles Marks Martin Luther King Day with Parade
• Russian Envoy Leaves Pyongyang
• Chinese FM Reiterates China's Stand on Counter-terrorism
• Heavy Fighting in Liberian Town after Rebel Attack
• President Mbeki Holds Talks with Chinese Vice Premier 
• Avalanche Kills Seven Americans in Canada
• High-level Security Council Meeting Calls for Urgent Action Against Terrorism
• Security Council FMs Call for Further Action Against Terrorism
• Chinese FM on Iraq, Korean Peninsula Nuclear Issues
• 30,000 British Troops to be Sent to Gulf 
• Security Council Adopts Anti-terror Declaration
• Saudi Arabia Calls for Peaceful Solution to Iraqi Crisis
• Weekend Death Toll Jumps to 57 on Roads in Italy
• Chinese, Russian FMs Hold Talks
• EU Dismisses Sharon's Charge
• U.N Weapons Inspector on Weapon Evidence in Iraq
• US Deploying Joint Air, Ground Force in Gulf
• Putin Calls for Union State with Belarus

• China Steps up Efforts in Oil Reserves Building

• Compulsory Education Progressing in Tibet
• Joint Venture to Promote 3G Mobile Technology
• China Joins Int'l Effort on Digitized Visible Human
• International Seminar on Rural Education Opens in N. China

• Spurs Defeat the Rockets 87-82
• Chinese Defender Ends Contract With Everton

• Beijing to Cancel 'Hotels for Hosting Foreign Visitors'
• Live Coverage of 2003 Spring Festival Gala
• Water Issues Vital for Northwestern China: Vice Premier 
• Fire Damages Ancient Palace in Central China
• Chinese Environmental Award Goes to Italian Official, WB Officer
• China to Strengthen Management of Social Security Fund