Wednesday, January 22, 2003

• Chinese Government to Help Graduates in Job Hunt
• China Calls for Direct Talks on DPRK Nuclear Issue
• Chinese Experts Urge Return of Lost Relics to Original Countries
• Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao Send Season's Greetings to PLA Veterans
• Ministry of National Defense Holds New Year Reception
• Vice-premier Urges Better Readiness for Filling Three Gorges Reservoir
• FM Spokeswoman on China's Anti-terrorism Stance
• China, US to Hold Second Vice-foreign Ministerial Consultations in US Later This Year
• China, Russia Call to Prevent Escalation of DPRK Nuclear Issue

• China to Open Publications Distribution Market
• Trade between Guangdong, US Increases
• China's CSRC Vows to Brace Market Regulations
• China to Draw up 1st Industrial Policy on Press, Publication Sector
• Foreign Firms Get National Treatment in China
• China Hopes to Expand Trade with Azerbaijan
• Huang Ju Urges Faster Pace for Economic Development in Western China 
• Auditors to Keep Eye on the Malpractice in State Firms
• China, Israel Sign Agreement on Phyto-quarantine Cooperation
• Automotive Belt Forms along China's Yangtze River
• Bank of India Opens First China Office in Shenzhen

• S.Korea, DPRK Reach Agreement on Construction of Reunion Center
• Sino-Thai Economic, Cultural Cooperation Grows Smoothly
• Kim Jong Il Sends Gifts to Leading Media of DPRK
• S.Korean Delegation to Railway Talks Heads for Pyongyang
• At Least 19 Killed in Strong Earthquake in Mexico
• Carter Puts Forward Election Plans for Venezuela
• Myanmar-India-China Meeting on Drug Control Ends in Yangon
• Strong Earthquake Rocks Mexico
• US Sends Two More Aircraft Carriers to Gulf
• Some U.S. Allies Question War Timetable
• UN Chief to Attend Paris Summit Talks on Cote d'Ivoire
• Palestinian Official in Cairo for Inter-Palestine Dialogue
• International Conference on Economic Change in Former Soviet Republics
• DPRK Calls for "Independent Reunification" of Korean Peninsula
• Over 20 Egyptians Killed in Bus Overturn in Sinai
• France to Lobby EU to Avoid Iraq War
• Italy Wants Iraqi Crisis to be Resolved Within UN Framework
• 61 Percent of French Approve Chirac's Attitude on Iraq: Survey
• Bush, Blair Send Fresh Warnings to Saddam
• Chinese, S. African Leaders Hold Talks in Pretoria

• "Down with Saddam" War Affects World Oil Market

• China Replaces Japan as World's 2nd Biggest PC Market
• Test of Latest Maglev Train on Fast Track

• Organizing Committee for 2003 Women's World Cup Set up in Beijing
• Mavericks Whip Rockets, 107-86

• Foreign Museums Refuse to Return Cultural relics, Chinese Experts in Action
• 'Tomb Raiders' Take on Han Emperor - and Lose
• Photos: Fairy-tale Flakes Turn Beijing Snow White