Jackie Chang in Shanghai for Movie Stage SetKung-fu legend Jackie Chan visited Shanghai Wednesday to set the stage for seven Hong Kong films that will be screened during the upcoming 5th Shanghai International Film Festival. He also delivered a brief morality lesson. |  |
China Beat South Korea to Face Denmark in Sudirman Cup SemifinalsDefending champion China overpowered South Korea 5-0 to top Group A in the Sudirman Cup badminton mixed team championships Wednesday to set up a semifinal clash with an understrength Denmark, who finished second in Group A after losing to Indonesia 2-3. World number two Zhou Mi, in the place of Olympic champion Gong Zhichao, played her first match here and defeated Jun Jae Youn 11- 5, 13-10, extending the lead for China to 2-0.  |  |
PLA Navy Favors Missile Destroyer 112Missile Destroyer 112 is a new generation time-honored warship developed by China on its own. It has successfully accomplished over 1300 scientific research tests, 20-odd big drills, training and visits through its seven-year-long history. Topping the others for its 15 first��s in technological performance in Chinese navy, it has been sent on a visit mission to many countries and ports abroad. |  |
Xinjiang Closed Down Small Mine Pits Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, bountiful in coal mine resources, has recently closed down all small mine pits engaging in illegal coal mining, according to a circular issued by the State Council. |  |
Singaporean Donation Helping Tibetan School ConstructionMay 30 saw a delegation of 60 young Singaporean donators taking part in the renovation work of primary schools in Songduo Village, Kongpo Gyamda County, Ningchi Prefecture of Tibet. |  |
Real Estate Fair Opened in KunmingThe 10-day 2001 Kunming Real Estate Fair is ongoing like a raging fire. Photo shows residents flocking to the fair in order to have a look at a sample apartment. |  |
Electron Beam Large-angle Deflection System Passed InspectionA new electron beam large-angle deflection system with high-quality flat pipe lately passed the appraisal of experts after two years�� research in Shanghai Communication University. This is a system measuring up to those world advanced. Picture shows research fellow Wang Miaokang with the new system. |  |
China to Build Artificial Island for UAE, Said to be discernible from Moon China Railway Engineering General Corporation signed a contract with the Dubai government of the United Arab Emirates for the construction of an artificial island, being the first ever project undertaken totally by a Chinese company in the Middle East, which is estimated to cost US$10bn. |  |
Israel, Palestinians Talk Security Amid Violence Police investigate the scene where a Palestinian car bomb exploded near a school in the Israeli town of Netanya May 30, 2001, hours after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he would stick to a limited ceasefire he announced last week. A doctor at a local hospital said an elderly man and a young boy had been taken to the hospital with light injuries and six other people had been treated for shock from the blast. |  |
Old Man Organizes Shadow Boxing Association on Qinghai-Tibet PlateauShi Yunsheng, 70, organized a shadow boxing associations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at his own expense ten years ago. Now the number of members of his association has shot up from 40 to 5,000. The photo shows the old man teaching a Tibetan how to practice shadow boxing. |  |
Li Peng Meets PM of PNG Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, meets with Mekere Morauta, prime minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in Beijing, May 30, 2001. |  |
Songhua River Dried Due to Lack of Rain Two unidentified people pass along the dried up riverbed of the Songhua River in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Due to the shortage of rainfall in this summer season, the water level is 20 cm lower than the record of the same period. |  |
Safty Production in Coal Mine Workers take electromobiles into a mine shaft at the Daliuta Mine in northwest China's Shaanxi Province May 30, 2001. The mine with an annual production of 14 million tons of coal has run safely for 550 days without any accident. |  |
Tibetan Kids Study English Kids have their English class at the Tibetan Experimental Kindergarten in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Today, there have been 3,900 primary and middle schools built in the region, with over 350,000 students studying at school. |  |
Landslide Victims Back to School Pupils of the Luojuesi Village Primary School in the Gaqnzi Tibetan Autonomos County, Sichuan province, have an open air class. A severe landslide devasted their old school last year and the students have had to study in tents ever since then. With a fund of 350,000 RMB yuan raised from all walks of life, the new school is about to finish and open to the local students. |  |
New School building Teachers and pupils visit their new school building happily in Daofu County in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province May 30, 2001. The local authorities and people from all walks of life raised 350,000 yuan for its construction as the former was demolished by landslide. |  |
Fuxian Lake to Undertake Underwater Archaeological Survey An underwater archaeological survey, focusing the attention of world archaeologists, will be carried out on the bottom of Fuxian Lake, Yunnan Province. An investigation team, formed of experts from the National Museum of Chinese History, Yunnan Museum and Fujian Museum, has lately begun to make preparations for this underwater survey. |  |
