Eco-environment Got Improved in SanyaThe Hainan provincial government has in recent years made great success in ecological protection of Sanya River by doing a good job of sewage treatment and imposing a strict ban on random felling of trees and fishing. Extending in Sanya now is a 10km-long strip of limpid Sanya River with its banks grown to green trees, having been made home to large flocks of water fouls in the city area of Sanya. |  |
Taiwan's Green Jujubes Acclimatized in Fuzhou Growing green jujubes from Taiwan has been proved a completely success in Tongkou Village, Jingxi Township, Fuzhou, Fujian Province. A subtropical fast-growing date species, the tree usually fruits in the same year after striking root. Fujian has a plan to grow its mountain lands to such a new date tree variety yielding egg-shaped crispy sweet fruit rich in vitamins. Picture shows agrotechnicians are on inspection of growth conditions of the jujubes. |  |
Two Women Ski to South Pole Bancroft(Left), 45, of Scandia, Minn.U.S., and Liv Arnesen(Right), 47, of Oslo, Norway, have covered nearly 1,300 miles. They planned to rest about 24 hours before setting out for the final leg, estimated by their Web site at 900 miles.  |  |
Kabila Reportedly Killed in Coup AttemptPresident of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shot dead in an apparent coup attempt or assassination Tuesday night, reports reaching here said. |  |
Four Foreign Player Joined in Zhongyuang in the Coming SeasonThey are from the left Bomen from Uruguay, Mark from South Africa, Andres, former player in Beijing Guoan Soccer Club and Carcia from Uruguay. |  |
"Shenzhou II" Spacecraft ReturnsShenzhou-II, China's second unmanned space shuttle launched on January 10 touched down smoothly in the central part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China Tuesday at 19:22 (Beijing Time), after flying 108 circles around the earth in nearly one week. |  |
"Shenzhou II" Spacecraft ReturnsShenzhou-II, China's second unmanned space shuttle launched on January 10 touched down smoothly in the central part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China Tuesday at 19:22 (Beijing Time), after flying 108 circles around the earth in nearly one week. |  |
"Shenzhou II" Spacecraft ReturnsChina's second unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou II, came back to earth safely Tuesday night in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after circumnavigating the earth 108 times in less than a week. The picture above is a computer generated image of Shenzhou II. (Photo by Simon Zajc) |  |
A Land No Longer Mountain LockedPicture shows a southwest China bound train on newly-laid rails of Neijiang-Kunming Railway whistled and pulled into the Grand Shashapo Valley in Yanjin County, Yunnan Province, attracting a big throng of mountain people from nearby villages. As shown by the train with its designated task for railway construction, the Neijiang-Kunming Railway is to be built into the mountainous heartland of southwest China to link up Sichuan with Yunnan provinces. |  |
Flat Roof in the Air-service for Internet With Broadband Coming out Flat roof in the air-service for Internet with Broad Band came out as the news conference held by China Suangwei Corp on announcement of the beginning of TURBO163 firmly.The service covers high-speed Internet service,database package sending service and multimedia service in the air. |  |
Hainan See Most Visitors in 2000 A family of Westeners enjoy their sunbath in the presence of local pedlars on a beach in Sanya, South China's island province Hainan, Tuesday Jan.16, 2001. A historical record of 10 million visitors have travelled on vacation to the island last year. |  |
Hot-Spring County Turns Winter Resort in Yunnan A lady boils suspended eggs in a hot spring of up to 96.8 degrees Celsius in Tengchong County, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, Tuesday Jan.16, 2001. Tengchong couty is a winter attraction famous for its 60 volcanic craters, and a variety of hot springs and fountains ranging from 25 to near 100 degrees Celsius in temperature. |  |
Chinese President Meets Chinese, Japanese Friendship Envoys Chinese President Jiang Zemin Tuesday met with representatives from 17 Chinese and Japanese organizations, which jointly issued a declaration this morning on promoting unofficial Sino-Japanese friendship in the new century. |  |
China's Second Spacecraft Returns An unidentified official announces Tuesday at the Control Center in Beijing that Shenzhou-II, China's second unmanned space shuttle launched on Jan.10 touched down smoothly in the central part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous region in north China at 19:22 Jan.16, 2001. |  |
Chinese Leader Visits Tech Park, Infosys in IndiaChairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Tuesday visited the International Tech Park and Infosys Technologies in Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley. |  |
Central Inner Mongolia Suffer from Blizzards Mengke (L), buries dead sheep with his wife after blizzards hit Xilin Gol League, an area in the central part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in North China. More than 40 of Mengke's livestocks died from severe cold and at least 30,000 heads of cattle were killed and about 10,000 are missing during the disaster. |  |
Robot Exhibition Held in Fuzhou A five-year-old girl rides a robot as her mother looks at her at the robot exhibition held in Fuzhou, capital city of South China's Fujian province, January 13, 2001. The exhibiton, to be last for 40 days, attracts many residents of the city. |  |
