Israeli Forces Reimpose Closure on GazaIsraeli security forces Monday morning sealed off the main roads of Gaza Strip which has been divided into three parts after the body of a missing Jewish settler was found near a settlement in the south of Gaza. Israel's blockade also included other roads linking central and southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. |  |
Chinese, Jordanian Leaders Agree on Coordination on Mideast IssuesJordanian King Abdullah II and visiting Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao agreed in Amman Sunday that the two countries will improve bilateral coordination and make concerted efforts regarding the Middle East issues.  |  |
Li Peng Holds Talks with Indian PM Atal BihariThe common grounds shared between China and India are far more than their differences and problems, visiting China's top legislator Li Peng said in New Delhi Monday. Both China and India share the same aspirations to further improve and develop bilateral relations, said Li, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, in talks with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Monday morning before he left for Bangalore. |  |
Premier Zhu Meets Tonga Crown PrinceThe cooperation between China and Tonga in all fields has expanded smoothly in the short time since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in 1998, said Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. China-Tonga relations "have been based on mutual respect, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit," Zhu told visiting Tonga Crown Prince Tupouto'a Monday morning. |  |
President Jiang Greets Senior Military Officers on Lunar New Year President Jiang Zemin extended his greetings to all retired senior military officers in China as he attended a Spring Festival art performance for retired officers from the Beijing garrison Monday, January 15. |  |
Nation's Welding Engineering Center Put into OperationA key project and nation's solder manufacturing base, China National Welding Engineering Center has lately been put into operation in Harbin. |  |
Spring Festival Evening Gala Unveiled The preparation of the 2001 CCTV Spring Festival Evening Gala featuring something "New, Unique, Joyful, Succinct yet Beautiful", is now at a final sprint. January 14 saw the curtain being raised to the dress rehearsal of some programs at the gala. Photo shows a choir named " Made by Yi Nationality " is singing a song "On the Way Home" in costume. |  |
Hu Jintao Meets Rifaee Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao(L) meets with Zaid al Rifaee, president of senate of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, January 14, 2001. |  |
Qauke-shaken Yaoan Restores Su Xiuli, a farmer of the Yaoan county, Yunan province, decorates the gate of her home as her mother looks at her. Yaoan was hit severely by an earthquake last year, with a loss of 1.6 billion RMB yuan. After a year of restoration and reconstruction, the county has seen a steady life for local people and a continuing increase of production of the economy. |  |
100 hundred million RMB invested in Hainan China Ocean Oil General Corp will invest 100 hundred million RMB in Hainan in 3 years,which purchased wholely Hainan Fudao chemical fertilizer Corp with 3 agreements on Jan 14th,2001.Now Wang xiao feng,head of Hainan province,gave some lecture on the ceremony on it. |  |
Fuzhou Residents Shop for Spring Festival A family of Fuzhou, capital city of South China's Fujian province, choose decorations for the coming Chinese Spring Festival at a street stall. The festival, also known as Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important holiday to Chinese. |  |
3rd Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting Closed Financial ministers attending the 3rd Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting pose for a picture at the closing ceremony of the meeting, Kobe, Japan, January 14, 2001. |  |
Heavy Rain Hits Nairobi Kenya cars roll by in a flow of rainwater on a downtown street in Nairobi, Kenya, January 14,2001. Heavy rains, which hit the capital city of Nairobi and other areas of Kenya with intensity of an El-Nino, brought much inconvenience to the local people as it eased the months-long tension of water supply after a long spell of drought across the country. |  |
Families Reunited in Henan No.1 Prison Liu Gaiji, an inmate(R) holds his danghter as his wife looks at him smilingly, in Henan Province No. 1 Prison in Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan province, January 14, 2001. As Chinese Spring Festival is approaching, the prison arranged a family reunion for the inmates. More than 100 people came to visit their relatives and watch their performance. |  |
Chinese Women Soccer Team Won the Second Match China's Zhang Ouying shoots at the gate in the second friendly soccer match against US women soccer team in Hangzhou, capital of Southeast China's Zhejiang province January 14, 2001. Chinese women soccer team won the game by 4:3. |  |
Chinese Shengxiao Patterns Printed on Tins of CocaCola People buy tins of CokeCola on wich Chinese traditional ��shengxiao" patterns were printed in a super market in Beijing January 14, 2001. 12 shengxiao are names of 12 symbolic animals (for example, rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, etc.) associated with a 12-year cycle which are used to denote the year of a person's birth in China. It is the first time that a series of traditional Chinese patterns were printed on the tins of CocaCola. |  |
Rockets Rally Past Ducks for 10th Straight WinDefending champions Bayi Rockets came from a 14-point deficit in the second quarter to beat the Beijing Ducks 134-119 in the 16th round of the Chinese Basketball League here on Sunday and extended their winning streak to 10. |  |
Li Peng Calls For Joint Efforts to Develop Sino-Indian RelationsVisiting Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China Li Peng Saturday called for joint efforts to further promote and develop friendly relations between China and India. |  |
Fresh Flower Flourishing Before the Coming Spring Festival Fresh flower flourished in Guangzhou before the coming Spring Festival.Now a worker is pruning the batterfly cymbidium to be on the market in the flower nursery managed by businessmen from Tai wan. |  |
