Thursday, January 23, 2003

• Two Foreigners Fall Dead from Flying Airplane in China
• First Blue Book on Chinese Trade Unions Issued
• Bus Collision Injures 85 Persons in Hong Kong
• State Council Issues Degree to Protect Migrant Workers
• Role of Rural Migrant Workers Hailed  
• China's Biggest Tax Evasion Case Cracked in Guangdong
• Health Care in China Faces Both Chances, Challenges
• Seminar on China's Arabic Media Opens in Beijing
• All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Vice Chairman Shot Dead
• Xi Jinping Elected Head of Zhejiang Provincial Legislature
• Zeng Qinghong Sends Season's Greetings to Old Cadres 
• Song Pingshun Heads CPPCC Tianjin Municipal Committee
• More Chinese in Non-state Economy Participate in Politics
• HK, "world's Anti-corruption Capital": Interpol Chief
• Beijing Reception Honors Latin American Envoys

• China Construction Bank Registers Record Profits
• China's Aviation Turnover Takes off
• Shanghai's Retail Market Exceeds 25 Billion USD
• China to Promote Air Ticket Reform in 2003
• Macao Police to Safeguard Healthy Growth of Gaming Industry
• Toshiba Optimistic about China Market
• Mismanagement Leads to US$871m Losses at Key State-owned Firms
• Don't Make a Misunderstanding of Chinese Economy, Goldman Chief Economist
• Shenzhen to Invest 2.7 Billion Yuan in Electricity Grids
• New Rules Spur Small Plane Sales in China
• China's Steel and Nickel Giants Sign Deal
• HK's GDP Expected to Grow 4.6 Percent This Year
• China Launches World's First Eco-leather Trademark
• SW China Province Lists 260 Projects for Investment
• China's Total Auto Output to Reach 3.9 Million in 2003
• China's Asset Management Corporations Improve Efficiency
• Bank of China Reaps Record High Profit
• China's Machinery Enterprises Set Record High Overall Output in 2002
• China Construction Bank Sees Sharp Rise in Service Income
• ICBC Sees Steady Drop in Non-performing Loans
• Beijing Airport Industrial Zone Thriving

• China to Raise Relations with Thailand to Higher Level
• Inter-Korean Railway Meeting Steps Forward
• Roundup: US Official Calls for Referring DPRK Nuke Issue to UN
• NATO Fails to Agree on Iraq War Role
• France, Germany Resist Calls for Iraq War
• Death Toll in Mexican Earthquake Rises to 23
• Pakistan Resents India's Expulsion of Embassy Staffers
• 73 People Injured in Zambian Train Collision
• Saddam Says Iraq Is Unconquerable in War with US
• France, Germany Block NATO Step on Iraq: Diplomats 
• Hamas, Jihad to Participate in Cairo Dialogue
• Russia Stresses UN Role to Decide on Use of Force Against Iraq
• Poll Shows Weakened Public Support for War with Iraq in US
• Background: 29 Parties to Run for Israel's Parliament Elections
• Chinese Vice Premier Calls for Closer South-South Cooperation
• Iraq Shoots Down US Unmanned Spy Plane

• Pre-emptive Policy Produces Instability: News Analysis

• 80 Percent of 2002 College Graduates Find Jobs  
• Chinese Nuclear Power Generates Record Energy
• China Makes Several Major Breakthroughs in Space Technology
• Fossils of Four-winged Dinosaurs Found in China

• Michael Jordan Becomes Third Best Scorer in NBA History

• Ruins of 4,300-year-old City Discovered in SW China
• Chinese Women Want Same Retirement Age as Men
• White Cranes at China's Largest Lake Surpass World Estimate
• Top Drama Awards Celebrate 20th Anniversary in Beijing