Breakthroughs Made in Red-crowned Cranes StudiesThe Yancheng State-level Nature Reserve of Rare Birds in Jiangsu Province is a most important wintering ground for red-crowned cranes, an endangered species in the world. Local research fellows have reportedly solved the knotty scientific problem concerning this rare bird's reproduction and its winter life by overcoming high temperature, high humidity, short-time sunshine, and other unfavorable factors. At present, the nature reserve has received financial aid from the Human and Biosphere Committee under UNESCO, which is used for systematical studies on the species gene, distribution, disease control and artificial reproduction of red-crowned cranes. The picture here shows an artificially incubated red-crowned crane seeking food. |  |
HK's Retail Sale Noticeably Edged UpAccording to latest statistics from the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, HK's total value and volume of retail sale had registered a 4% and 8% growth over the previous year for an overall recovery of economy and a boom of tourism in 2000. Automobiles and auto accessories had achieved the biggest growth in the year, up 22%. Picture shows a new roadster on display in a car shop on Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. |  |
China to Build Qinghai-Tibet RailwayThe Chinese government has approved the construction of the first railway linking the Tibet Autonomous Region with the rest of China. The 1,118-kilometer railway will extend from Lhasa in Tibet to Gormo in Qinghai province in northwest China. It will be the longest and most elevated railway built on highlands in the world.  |  |
Motorcar Bar With Unique Style Coming out in Beijing Street Motorcar Bar with unique style came out in Beijing street, which attracted so many motorcar fans. |  |
Seven Executed for Making Counterfeit Bank NotesThe seven principle criminals involved in the large-scale production of counterfeit bank notes were executed Thursday, February 8, in Shanwei, south China's Guangdong Province. |  |
Swimmer Sets Record for Stamina After a two-hour rest following his arrival at King George Island, Wang began his adventure at 4:40, Thursday (Beijing time)Wang originally planned to realize his dream on the early morning of January 24 (China's lunar New Year's eve), to celebrate the coming of the country's first traditional new year of the new century. |  |
Swimmer Sets Record for Stamina Wang Gangyi, a 44-year-old doctorate student from Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, swam for 52 minutes, setting a world record for swimming in 1.4 C water. |  |
Swimmer Sets Record for Stamina Man's desire to swim in the South Pole waters was realized as a Chinese swam freestyle for more than 1,500 metres in a bay near China's Great Wall Station. |  |
51st Berlin Film Festival Opens Chinese famous director Xie Fei (1st from left) and the other 8 judges of the 51st Berlin Film Festival are shown to the audience at the opening ceremony held Thursday at Berlin, Germany, February 8, 2001. |  |
Annan Meets Rwandan President U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) holds talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the U.N. headquarters Thursday in New York, February 8, 2001. |  |
Science and Technology Brought to Yunnan Countryside Members of the publicity team, on their trip to western regions, launched scientific and technological activities in the rural areas of Simao Prefecture, the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province between February 3 and 7. The publicity team was organized jointly by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Science and Technology. Team members who are experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences went deep into the fields, held forums on technology and gave on-the-spot demonstration there, providing local farmers with agricultural information and passing on practical know-how. Pictured here is the Simao Pine-Moth Prevention and Control Experimental Zone where Peng Huiyin (left), researcher of the Wuhan Virus Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is briefing agro-technicians on how to use bio-technology to prevent and control insect pests. |  |
Survivors of Falun Gong Suicide Incident Receiving Good Care In the course of that treatment, it was determined that Chen Guo has AB negative blood, a rare blood type the blood bank of the hospital had only in limited supply. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Health was contacted and immediately transferred 10,000 milliliters of blood plasma and several thousand milliliters of blood to the hospital. |  |
Survivors of Falun Gong Suicide Incident Receiving Good Care In the burn unit of Jishuitan Hospital, three survivors of the Falun Gong suicide incident late last month were fast asleep after undergoing skin-graft operations Thursday, February 8. Here is Liu Siying . |  |
Notebook Computer Rented on the Train Two young people play computer games with notebook computers in NO. T7/8 passenger train on their way to Beijing from Chengdu February 8, 2001. The train rented computers, Vedio CD Players, etc. as a kind of new service to enrich the life of passengers on the train. |  |
Winter Universiade Opens in ZakopaneUnder a bright round moon, five performers who held lightings in their hands skiied down the Large Skiing Hill piste in the shape of a trapezia as the 20th Winter Universiade raised its curtain in Zakopane, Southern Poland on Wednesday. |  |
