Remnants of Mir Space Station Splashes into the South PacificRemnants of the Russian Mir space station plunged into the pre-set waters of the South Pacific at 14:00:12 (beijing time) between Australia and Chile, a zone that centers roughly around 44 degrees south latitude and 150 degrees west longitude. |  |
U.S. Seventh Fleet's Command Ship Arrives in ShanghaiThe U.S. Seventh Fleet's command ship docked in Shanghai Friday afternoon for a four-day visit. The Blue Ridge, with 1,010 officers, sailors and marines, was welcomed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers and sailors. This is the Blue Ridge's third China visit following previous visits in 1989 and 1998.  |  |
President Jiang Zemin Meets Thai FMPresident Jiang Zemin is meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat Sathirathai Friday afternoon. Surakiat is here on a four-day working visit, his first China trip since he assumed the post of foreign minister, as guest of his Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan. |  |
President Jiang Meets Washington Post Managing EditorPresident Jiang Zemin met Friday morning with three senior journalists of the Washington Post of the United States and answered their questions on Sino-US relations, the Taiwan issue and China's political restructuring. |  |
Annan Seeks a Second Five-Year TermUnited Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks at U.N. headquarters Thursday, March 22, 2001. Annan announced that he will seek a second five-year term at the helm of the world body. |  |
U.S. President Bush Meets Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday that China is a great country with vast potential and it is in Washington's best interests to develop good relations with Beijing. President Bush made the remarks at a photo opportunity with visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen just before the two leaders met at the White House for talks Thursday afternoon. |  |
Tokyo Toy Exhibition: Intelligent Dinosaur Pet Tokyo Toy Exhibition was unfolded in Japan this Thursday. Intelligent dinosaur is one of the pet toys which will be promoted to the market at the price of 14800 yen per one. |  |
Macedonia Vows No Compromise in Its Fight Against "Terrorism"Macedonia vowed Thursday its fight against an ethnic Albanian insurrection in the northwest would be "uncompromising," branding guerrilla attacks on its security forces an "aggression." Picture shows Macedonian forces fight against ethnic Albanian insurrection in March 23. |  |
Indian Currency in JamWasim Ahmed, a lawmaker of India's main opposition Congress party, shows a mock Indian currency notes during a protest against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies outside parliament building in New Delhi March 23, 2001. India's parliament adjourned on Friday for a three-week recess amid uproar as the opposition kept up its relentless hammering of the coalition government over an arms pay-off scandal. |  |
Remnants of Mir Space Station Splashes into the South PacificRemnants of the Russian Mir space station plunged into the pre-set waters of the South Pacific at 14:00:12 (beijing time) between Australia and Chile, a zone that centers roughly around 44 degrees south latitude and 150 degrees west longitude. |  |
UK Foot-and-Mouth Cases to Reach 4,000 by JuneBritain was heading for a "very large epidemic" of foot-and-mouth disease with a total of 4,000 projected cases by June, a government report warned on Friday. |  |
Green Hong KongHong Kong, a small plot of land with a population 6.86 million the environmental protection bear equal importance as its brisk economy. The picture here shows some Hakka farmers are gathering in spinach on a farmland in Hong Kong. |  |
Adjustment in Agricultural Structure Benefits Tibetan FarmersRecent years have seen Tibet actively adjusting its agricultural structure to secure a stable increase of rural output value and raise the earning of farmers and herdsmen. This shows the Tibetan farmers are working in their greenhouse. |  |
Priority Given to Investment in EducationWhile the economy is booming in Zhidan County, Shaanxi Province, an old revolutionary base area before the founding of new China, the local government has given priority to education by improving the conditions for running schools. Over the past three years, the county allocated more than 43 million yuan to build or reconstruct 28 buildings for teaching and pupils' dormitories. Here is the corner of a teaching building in a primary school. |  |
Tianjin Makes Best Use of SewageTianjin Municipality, known as a city seriously short of water resources, has recently tried to tap for sewage resource with an innovative technology. This is in the biggest sewage treatment plant of this city---some technicians are monitoring the quality of the recycled water. |  |
