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Reconnaissance Work for Qinghai-Tibet Railway Continues in Tibet Two field reconnaissance workers work at Sidaoliang area of Tibet Autonomous Region, at an altitude of some 5,000 metres Friday April 14, 2001, in preparation for Qinghai-Tibet railway. The Qinghai-Tibet railway is the first railway linking Tibet to the rest of the country. China plans to complete the project in six years. |  |
Kenya Food Festival Opens A visitor talks with a stall-man while a woman looking on at the Kenya Food Festival opened in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, April 13, 2001. Traditional agricultural and proccessed products were displayed and sold at the 4-day festival . |  |
Kenya Food Festival Opens Two Kenyan girls received milk drink from a distributor at the Kenya Food Festival opened in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, April 13, 2001. Traditional agricultural and proccessed products were displayed and sold at the 4-day festival. |  |
Universiade kindling Arrives at Beijing Sun Kanglin (Front Right), head of Beijing Sport Bureau takes the the kindling collected from Torino of Italy, the site of first universiade, from George E. Killian(Front Left), president of the Supervision Committee of the International University Sports Federation saturday in Beijing, April 14,2001. The torch of the Beijing Universiade will be lighted May 4th, 2001. |  |
Green Barrier Being Built At The Foot of The Great Wall People of all walks of life of Beijng plant trees at the foot of relics of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty Saturday in Beijing, April 14, 2001. More than 350 people participated in the building of "the Green Great Wall" initiated by the FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Company Ltd of China. |  |
Yi Girl Tour Guide of the Stone Forest Site A girl tour guide of ethnic Yi nationality, wearing Yi traditional dresses, poses for photographors Friday in the famous Stone Forest sightseeing site in Shilin, southwest China's Yunnan province April 13, 2001. The huge stone named as "Ashima" at the upper right of the photo is described as a Yi girl with a basket on the back in the folk tale. |  |
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