Arafat Arrives in GazaPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat salutes an honor guard after arriving in Gaza from talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss US Middle East peace proposals January 1, 2001. Israelis and Palestinians ushered in the New Year with deadly gun battles and a threat of revenge attacks, casting a dark cloud over President Bill Clinton's last-gasp bid to end the conflict. |  |
New Chronicles of Beijing PublishedOff press lately in Beijing is a new great work known as "Annals of Beijing". Of large size and the first of its kind ever compiled in China since founding of the People's Republic in 1949, the work, as has been designed, is to be published in 137 volumes, 100 million words in all. So far, 70 percent of the compilation work has been fulfilled. According to plan, the whole publication is to be completed by 2003.  |  |
Tibetan Girls Celebrate New Year as StewardessesFor 15 Tibetan girls January 1, 2001 may be a day that can never be forgotten when they realized their long-cherishing dreams of flying as stewardesses and successfully accomplished their first flight. |  |
Kindling of the Universiade Torchlight Ignited in BeijingThe kindling of the torchlight for the 21st Universade was ignited in the Beijing University campus on the early morning of January 1, 2001, marking the begining of the relays of "New Century, New Long-march" torchligh across the nation. The photo shows Li Ning, a former Olympic champion and undergraduate of Beijing University, ignited torches for others. |  |
Succeeding in Breaking Guiness World Record Students from China, Japan and South Korea jubilate after they break the guiness world record by knocking over 3.4 million domino pieces in Beijing Sunday, December 31, 2000. The former record was set by a Dutch team in November 2000 by knocking over 2.97 million pieces. |  |
First Bell-ringing to Wecome the New Century People beat an anciet big bell at Beijing's Ancient Bell Museum to wecome the arrival of the new year, century and millennium Monday January 1, 2001. |  |
Born with the Coming of the New Century Picture shows a baby girl who was born at zero hour of January 1, 2001, at a hospital in Hefei, capital of central China's Anhui province. The baby girl was the first born in the new century in the capital city. |  |
First National-flag-raising Ceremony in the New Century The first national-flag-raising ceremony in the new century is held at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing Monday, January 1, 2001. Thousands of people attend the ceremony. |  |
Watching the First Sun-rise at Taishan Mountain Chinese and foreign tourists watch the first sun-rise of the new year, century and millennium on the top of the world-famous Taishan Mountain in east China's Shandong province January 1, 2001. |  |
First Patrol in the New Century The first patrol of a group of PLA soldiers in the new century begins at a temperature of 50 Celsuis below zero in Mohe, the northest city of China with the first sunrise in the new century serving as a foil to them. |  |
New Year's Tea Party Held in Beijing Chinese President Jiang Zemin delivers a speech at a New Year's tea party held in Beijing Monday January 1, 2001. |  |
New Year's Tea Party Held in Beijing Li Ruihuan, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), delivers a speech at a New Year's tea party held in Beijing Monday January 1, 2001. |  |
Welcoming the New Century More than 500 Tibetans dance at the Potala Square in Lhasa to celebrate the coming of new century Monday, January 1, 2001. Thousands of Tibetans attend the activity, to show the best wish to their motherland. |  |
Exhibition of National Treasures OpensExe on National treasure and Cultural relic was held in China Millennium on Jan 1st,2001,of which were since Shang and Zhou Dynasty. |  |
Succeeding in Breaking Guiness World Record Students from China, Japan and South Korea jubilate after they break the guiness world record by knocking over 3.4 million domino pieces in Beijing Sunday, December 31, 2000. The former record was set by a Dutch team in November 2000 by knocking over 2.97 million pieces. |  |
