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| Jan.1 |
Beijing |
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Seoul asks China to help ease tensions Deputy Foreign Minister has arrived to persuade China to get tougher with Pyongyang over its revived nuclear program
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China |
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China plans manned spaceflight in 2003 Project had already entered the overall assembly and testing phase
| Jan.6 |
China |
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China celebrates space success State media is trumpeting the latest launch and beginning the countdown to an anticipated manned mission | |
| Jan.7 |
Beijing |
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China blasts charges against U.S. firms China dismissed charges that Hughes Electronics and Boeing illegally shared sensitive space technology with Beijing | |
| Jan.14 |
Beijing |
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Beijing sets up anti-terror squads Sophisticated squads will maintain order in the capital and to thwart violent and quasi-terrorist acts | |
| Jan.16 |
Beijing |
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N. Korea nuke crisis: No quick fix U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly said eliminating nuclear weapons would be a 'slow process' | |
| Jan.28 |
Beijing |
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China defends Tibetan execution Beijing has described the execution and another suspended death sentence as a domestic affair of the government | |
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