Ibis Increased to Over 300 in ChinaA 51.6g crested ibis was hatched out from the incubator in Shaanxi Province on June 4, chalking up the record number of artificial and natural propagated ibis to over 300 in China this year. Photo shows this year's first artificial propagated crested ibis born on April 8. |  |
Giant Inkslab Completed A Lanzhou company in Gansu Province has lately succeeded in making "Oriental Lion Awakened" through three years' meticulous chiseling, a giant inkslab, weighing 2200kg, in marking the oncoming 80th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China. |  |
Yishui Reaps Rich Cherry YieldAs things are now with Yishui County in east China's Shandong Province, people are being bountifully rewarded by nature these days with a good yield of cherries. Photo shows farmers picking cherries in a cherry garden over an area of 10,000 mu of land. |  |
Blair Re-elected to Parliament British Prime Minister Tony Blair with his wife Cherie are shown after being declared winner of the Sedgefield constiuency at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Center, in the northeast of England, Friday June 8, 2001.  |  |
Jiang Zemin Meets Turkish Chief of General StaffPresident Jiang Zemin Thursday spoke highly of the profound development of China-Turkey friendly contacts and cooperative ties since the two countries established diplomatic relations 30 years ago. |  |
Chinese Top Legislator Meets Mexican President China is willing to promote friendly cooperative ties with Mexico, Chinese top legislator Li Peng said Thursday. |  |
Chinese Premier Meets Mexican President Premier Zhu Rongji met Thursday afternoon with visiting Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada. |  |
Green Beijing A technician watches spraying irrigation over poplar seedlings at a greenhouse in the State Tree Seedlings Model Base in Beijing June 7, 2001. The fast growing species of trees cultivated in greenhouse will replace the old ones in north China. |  |
Treasures from Palace Museum Shown A man looks at the helmet of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty at the ongoing Exhibition of Treasures and their Packages from Beijing Palace Museum, in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province on June 7, 2001. One hundred pieces of precious relics from the Palace Museum are on show at the exhibition, which started from June 5. |  |
