Thursday, March 06, 2003

• Senior CPC Official Urges Shanghai to Make New Contribution
• Zeng Qinghong Attends Group Discussion with NPC Deputies
• China Condemns Suicide Bombing in Israel
• China Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombing in Philippines
• Chinese FM Urges Japan to Learn Lessons from History
• China Urges Direct DPRK-US Dialogue: Chinese FM
• Chinese FM Tang Jiaxuan Meets Press 
• Taiwan Military Busy Deploying Missile Defense Network
• 10th NPC Decides to Set up Nine Special Committees
• China to Restructure Government Agencies
• China to Increase Budgetary Spending for Social Security
• Income Growth for Residents Expected Lower in 2003
• China's Top Planner Promises Harsh Measures on Market Irregularities
• Finance Minister Calls for Further Funding Agriculture, Rural Areas
• China's Defense Spending up 9.6 Percent This Year
• 10 Billion Yuan More Deficit Budgeted for 2003
• China Vows to Bring Unemployment Rate under 4.5 Percent
• China Sets 2003 Economic Growth Rate at 7 Percent
• China's Top Planner Keeps Alert on Conflicts, Problems
• First Session of 10th NPC Holds Second Plenary Meeting
• Hu Jintao calls for Accelerating China's Development in Next 2 Decades  
• Li Changchun Speaks Highly of Zhu Rongji's Report 
• Wu Urges More Jobs Created for Laid-off Workers 
• Party Leader Urges Intensified Fight Against Corruption 
• Li Lanqing Joins Panel Discussion of NPC Delegation 
• Lei Feng Remembered More as a Human Rather Than Deity

• President Jiang Calls for Hard Work on Economic Construction
• Premier Zhu Rongji Sees Bright Future in China
• No Typical Deflation in Chinese Economy
• Name Right for China's First Maglev Train Auctioned
• Container Wharf Opens in Southeast China Port City
• Top Planner Zeng Peiyan Delivers Report to 10th NPC  
• Minister Reports on 2002 Budget, Draft Budget for 2003 
• Volkswagen Debuts First compact Car in China's Shanghai
• Container Line Launched Between ROK and E. China City
• Preparations for Xiamen-Taiwan Export Fair Go Smoothly

• Iraq Starts Destruction of 6 More Banned Missiles
• Japanese PM, French President Discuss Iraq Issue
• Shutdown of 17 Nuclear Reactors in Japan Raises Outage Fears
• British Troops Told to be Ready for Iraq War on March 17: Paper
• Australian Troops in Persian Gulf Ready for Fight
• Kocharian Reelected Armenian President
• London Exhibition: the Nanjing Massacre, a Horror that Must be Remembered
• 11 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Operation
• Bush Meets War Planners for Showdown with Iraq
• Students Across USA Drop Books to Protest a War
• Kuwait Satisfied with OIC Summit Results: Kuwaiti FM
• US Orders Two Iraqi Diplomats to Leave the Country: Iraq's UN Envoy
• Following Public Opinion Sometimes Mistake: Koizumi
• 50th Anniversary of Stalin's Death Marked in Russia
• Iraq, Kuwait Trade Insults at OIC Emergency Meeting
• Russia Begins Withdrawal of Troops from Chechnya
• Suicide Bombing Rocks Israel, Killing 15 
• DPRK Supreme People's Assembly to Meet on March 26

• DPRK-US Relations to Face Challenges: News Analysis

• China Makes Breakthrough in Chip Development
• China Ranks World 7th in Overall National Strength, 4th in Military Power: CAS Report
• NPC Deputies Push for New Satellite Launch Centre

• Wives of Foreign Military Attaches in China Celebrate Women's Day
• China to Hold Int'l Symposium on Climate Change
• Shipwreck "Nanhai-1" to Emerge from Water
• Relief Distribution in Quake-hit Xinjiang under Strict Scrutiny
• Shanghai Sees Success in its First Helicopter Rescue at Sea
• Clothes Donated for Children in Quake-hit Areas
• 'Lei Feng Spirit' Cherished by Growing Number of Chinese