Pandas at Mexico City's Chapultepec ZooXin-Xin, one of three female Pandas at Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo, plays in her enclosure while newly arrived Ling-Ling gets over his long-haul flight from Tokyo, January 30, 2001. Ling Ling, a male Panda on loan from the Tokyo Zoo, is being kept away from the three female Pandas in Chapultepec until he has fully recovered from his journey. Ling-Ling is on loan to Chapultepec in the hope he will mate with the three females and bolster the endangered species' numbers. |  |
Ling Ling's Trip to Mexico City Ling Ling, , a 15-year-old male giant panda born through artificial fertilization in the Beijing Zoo, will be on loan to the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City for three months in an attempt to breed the mammal. Ueno zoo keepers feed sugar cane to him as the panda is loaded on a truck to leave for Narita airport in front of the zoo in downtown Tokyo Monday. |  |
100,000 May Have Died in Indian QuakePeople walk past a building destroyed by the earthquake in the small village of Sukhpar, about six miles from the western Indian city of Bhuj, on January 30, 2001. Up to 100,000 peoople may have died in the earthquake last week in India, the country's defence minister told the BBC late Monday.  |  |
Tragic Experience of a 12-Year-Old Falun GongLiu Siying, a 12-year-old girl burnt in a suicide attempt on January 23 receives medical treatment in Jishuitan Hospital January 30, 2001. 7 Falun Gong practitioners soaked themselves in gasoline and set themselves on fire at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing January 23. One died on the spot, four others injured and two were found and stopped from the suicide attemps. |  |
Burnt Falun Gong Practitioners Receive Medical Treatment Chen Guo, a 19-year-old girl who studied Pipa in Beijing and a Falun Gong practitioner burnt in a suicide attempt on January 23, receives medical treatment in Jishuitan Hospital January 30, 2001. Picture here shows her images before and after the suicidal blaze. |  |
Tragic Experience of a 12-Year-Old Falun GongIn the afternoon of January 23, Liu Siying, fifth-grade pupil of a primary school in central China's Henan Province, led by her mother to Tian'anmen Square with a beatiful dream of entering the "Falun World". There, they set themselves ablaze. |  |
Tourism Sector Booming Up in Guilin Tourists choose souvenirs at a street stand in Guilin, a well-known scenic spot in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In the year 2000, more than 9 million tourists, among which 950,000 are from foreign countries, came to visit the beautiful city. |  |
Burnt Falun Gong Practitioners Receive Medical Treatment Chen Guo, a Falun Gong practitioner burnt in a suicide attempt on January 23 receives medical treatment in Jishuitan Hospital January 30, 2001. 7 Falun Gong practitioners soaked themselves in gasoline and set themselves on fire at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing January 23. One died on the spot, four others injured and two were found and stopped from the suicide attemps. |  |
Burnt Falun Gong Practitioners Receive Medical Treatment Liu Siying, a 12-year-old girl burnt in a suicide attempt on January 23 receives medical treatment in Jishuitan Hospital January 30, 2001. 7 Falun Gong practitioners soaked themselves in gasoline and set themselves on fire at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing January 23. One died on the spot, four others injured and two were found and stopped from the suicide attemps. |  |
Spring Ploughing Kicked off in Ethnic Yi Residence Ethnic Yi men plays suona, a woodwind instrument to mark the commencement of this year's spring ploughing in the west of southwest China's Yunnan province. Ceremonies were held as the ploughing kicked off. |  |
Net Surfing Becomes Fashion Among Tibetans Two Tibetan girls of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunan province, surf on the internet. Net surfing has become a fashion among local Tibetans in recently year, with RMB 3m yuan invested in free training by the local authority. |  |
1st South China Snow and Ice Festival Held in Sichuan Tourists ski on the snow at the 1st South China Snow and Ice Festival held at the Western Mountain in southwest China's Sichuan province during the Spring Festival break, also known as China's Lunar New Year. |  |
Tourists Visit Tian'anmen Square Tourists visit the Tian'anmen Square during the Spring Festival break, also known as Chinese Lunar New Year. |  |
