2003 in Retrospect—Ups and Downs of China's Tourism: For China's tourism, 2003 is definitely an impressive year. The ups and downs of tourism affected by the happenings of some major events of this year showed that tourism is a very vulnerable industry. Because of the Iraq war and SARS plague, China's tourism output had decreased to zero in a short time in the first half of the year. However, the industry recovered soon and eventually went through the hardest time, regaining its vigor and momentum.
Top 10 China news stories in 2003: China's Xinhua News Agency has selected out the top 10 domestic news stories in 2003, including election of new leaders, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, successful spaceflight of Shenzhou-5 and the latest gas field blowout in southwest China.
Top 10 China's economic news for 2003 : The fact that the Chinese economy maintained strong momentum despite the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has placed all eyes on China in 2003. Minimized SARS effect on growth was voted as one of the top 10 domestic economic news makers in 2003 by China Daily and 14 other news organizations, as well as some renowned economists and entrepreneurs.
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