Bush Envoy Apologizes for Fatal Sub CrashUnited States special envoy Navy Admiral William J. Fallon (R-Front) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley (R) bow to relatives of those killed aboard the Japanese trawler Ehime Maru, during a meeting at the U. S. Embassy in Tokyo on February 28, 2001.  |  |
Chinese Official on Handling of Falun Gong Cult "China's well-established system of reeducation through labor is fully within the country's legal framework. We use it as a special means to reassimilate law violators into society," Liu said. |  |
Farmers Reaping in Early SpringA restructuring of cropping carried out in Huangchuan Township of Donghai County, Jiangsu Province has helped to guide farmers in strawberry production. Currently, Huangchuan has become China's No.1 strawberry producer. Photo shows farmer Sun Keqin (right) and his wife planting strawberry, which brings them a yearly income of RMB 15,000 yuan. |  |
Win-win Order-Form Agriculture in Vogue Win-win order form connecting individual farmers to agricultural enterprise, locally known as order-form agriculture, it has shown its full vigor by Minzhong Vegetable Food Industry General Factory in Putian, Fujian Province, as a demonstration project having benefited both the farmers and agricultural enterprise in developing China's agriculture. Photo shows farmers are harvesting Japanese-seeded scallion on their land. |  |
Hong Kong's Arterial Railway under ConstructionConstruction of Hong Kong's arterial railway line from Kowloon to northwest New Territories, 30.5km long, has been underway. It is scheduled to be open to traffic by yearend of 2003. Photo shows Tin Shui Wai Viaduct under construction. |  |
Asian Leaders Pin High Hopes on Forum Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Nepalese King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev(L), Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad(R), as well as former Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Filipino President Fidel Ramos, and the forum's Secretary-General Ajit Singh, together with representatives from 25 Asian countries, attended the founding ceremony of the forum. |  |
Seoul, Moscow Agree to Close CooperationSouth Korea and Russia Tuesday agreed to seek close cooperation in various fields for a peaceful and prosperous Northeast Asian region. |  |
Rescue Rork in Full Swing in Quake-Hit Sichuan A 72-year-old Tibetan granny receives medical treatment in a tent in Yajiang county, southwest China's Sichuan province February 27, 2001. An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit Yajiang February 23. |  |
Report on New Stong Age to be issued The remains of a building covering 420 square meters from the New Stone Age about 5,000 years ago in the Dadi Bay Relic site, in northwest China's Gansu Province. Its smooth floor, laid with sand and other materials, looks like the structure of concrete today. The site on the south bank of the Qingshui Valley on loess plateau, is dated back to about 7,800 to 4,800 years. The "Report on the Excavation of Dadi Bay Relic Site of the New Stone Age" is to be issued, and it is edited by the Institute of Archaeology in Gansu Province for 10 years. |  |
Report on New Stone Age to be issued A tripod with pattern of stripes of 7,000 years old is unearthed from the DadiBay Relic site, in northwest China's Gansu Province. The site on the south bank of the Qingshui Valley on loess plateau, belongs to the New Stone Age about 7,800 to 4,800 years ago. The "Report on the Excavation of Dadi Bay Relic Site of the New Stone Age" is to be issued, and it is edited by the Institute of Archaeology in Gansu Province for 10 years. |  |
Former Vice-Minister of Public Security Awaits Trial Former Vice-Minister of Public Security Li Jizhou has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and discharged from public employment, and is now awaiting trial for his role in the Xiamen smuggling case, the most serious smuggling case ever reported in China. |  |
President Jiang Calls for Common Development in AsiaPresident Jiang Zemin Tuesday called for the common development of all Asian countries. Jiang said,"Let us join hands and work vigorously for the common development of all Asian countries, for enhanced exchanges and cooperation between Asia and the rest of the world, and for a prosperous, strong and better Asia." |  |
Soft Rime Appears in Jilin in Early Spring Photo shows trees covered by soft rime in Jilin city, northeast China's Jilin province in early spring. Beautiful scenes of soft rime always appear in coldest days in winter. |  |
