When 263.net -- the website with the largest number of e-mail users on the Chinese mainland -- suddenly announced a few days ago that it was canceling its free e-mail service, the move evoked considerable response among peer enterprises and web users. Shadowed by a cyber downturn during past few months, various .com companies have been looking for a chance to make such a move, but it was 263.net that played ?point man? when it resolutely declared a paid e-mail service. In an interview with china.org.cn, the COO of 263.net, Huang Mingsheng, gives his reasons.
When meeting with 84 newly appointed grand justices and grand procurators, Chinese President Jiang Zemin said that a new situation and new tasks called for further strengthening judicial work and will greatly increasing the standard of judges and procurators.
An estimated 1.23 million students will graduate in 2002 from colleges and universities in China -- around 9.4 percent more than that of last year. While China?s entry into the World Trade Organization is expected to create more opportunities for jobs, the overall employment situation is clouded by several forces.
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