Yao'an Economically Fast Recovered From EarthquakeFrom a restructuring of farm production according to market demand as having early vegetable species grown in winter and spring and the like there has brought Yao'an County in Yunnan a fast recovery of economy in spite of unexpected catastrophe of earthquake early last year. Statistics of the year showed that 4m yuan had accrued to local revenue and a growth of 100 yuan in people's per-capita income in the region. Photo shows peasant woman Gong Shuhua (right) watering her four mu of vegetables promising an estimated 5,000 yuan to reward her toil. |  |
Party Publicity Chief Stresses Development of Internet News ServiceDing Guangen, head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said that China should accelerate the development of the Internet news service and build a large, influential on-line publicity system as soon as possible.  |  |
Mainland Reporters Leave for Taiwan for Routine News CoverageFan Liqing (female) and Chen Binhua, both from the Xinhua News Agency, are the first group of mainland correspondents assigned to the island province for a set period of time for routine news reporting. They are flying to Hong Kong on flight CA 101, and then taking another flight to Taiwan. |  |
Man With Gun Shot Outside White House in US CapitalThe wounded man was Robert Pickett, a 47-year-old accountant who lived by himself in Evansville, Indiana State. Evansville police said Pickett did not have a criminal record. They said his father had filed a missing-person report on his son in 1993, but it was suspended when the son returned. |  |
Chinese Leaders Attend Lantern Festival PartyChinese leaders Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao, Wei Jianxing and Li Lanqing joined Beijing intellectuals to celebrate the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival at a gathering Wednesday evening. |  |
Two Killed, Over 60 Injured in Blizzards in XinjiangTwo herdsmen have been reported dead and more than 60 injured as a result of the continuing blizzards, which has hit northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since last October |  |
Free Surf the Web in the Computer Shopcity Some customers surf the web at a computer shopcity in Guangzhou, capital of southeast China's Guangdong Province February 6, 2001. Many computer traders here provided free access to the Internet to attract more customers. |  |
Pupils Denounce Falun Gong Cult Tang Huashao of Hefei Liu'an Road Primary School writes down "Be Far Away from Cult" Wednesday, February 7, 2001, the capital city of Anhui Province. Pupils of this school denounced Falun Gong cult, which is a source of terror threatening the lives and property of the general public and social stability. |  |
Lantern Festival Celebrations Residents of Xinhua district of Shijiazhuang perform in front of a big character "Fu", which means good fortune, during a gathering to celebrate the Lantern Festival, February 7, Hebei Province. The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on the 15th of first lunar month. |  |
New Directions in the Nanjing Massacre Memorial HallNew directions in Chinese, English and Japanese replace the old ones in the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, Jiangsu province. |  |
Colin Powell Meets with British CounterpartColin Powell, secretary of state of the United States, meets British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook Tuesday in Washington. |  |
Lantern Festival Celebrated in XinjiangCelebrations were held for the Lantern Festival, also known as Yuanxiao Festival, across China on February 7, the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month. The photo shows singing and dancing people in Yumin county, northern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,a place suffering snowstorms in the past three months,celebrated the festival. |  |
Lantern Festival CelebratedCelebrations were held for the Lantern Festival, also known as Yuanxiao Festival, across China on February 7, the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month. Picture here shows people in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, celebrated the festival. |  |
