Beijing Striving for Best Ceremonies on 21st Universiade Under the theme of "Youth, Friendship, and Peace", Beijing has vowed to stage best performances of both Chinese style and international level on the opening and closing ceremonies of the 21st Universiade (World Universities Games), to be held August 22. The photo shows the rehearsal. |  |
League Leader Shanghai Ended Unbeaten RecordLeague leader Shanghai Shenhua suffered its first defeat in 13 outings as they when down to Liaoning Fushen 4-2 in a upset of the 13th round of the Chinese soccer first division on Thursday.  |  |
Lammergeiers Found in North TibetNorth Tibet Plateau Depopulated Zone Scientific Expedition Thursday discovered lammergeiers (Gypaetus barbatus), a kind of rare birds only living on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in Nam Co, north Tibet. The lammergeier, also named as "sweeper", feeds merely on animal cadavers. There are only about one thousand lammergeiers in China. It is one of the rare bird species on the brink of extinction. Picture shows a lammergeier feeding its nestling (right). |  |
Tibetan Pharmacology/Medicine BoomingTibetan pharmacology and medicine, one of the Chinese heritages rooting in the snowy plateau for a thousand of years, has shown unprecedented vitality under the concern of the Communist Party and the Central Government since peaceful liberation of Tibet. Since most of the materials are locally drawn at an altitude of over 3000 meters above sea level, pure and processed by unique means, free of pollution, Tibetan medicines give a strong medical effect. Picture shows some patent medicines produced by Tibetan pharmaceutical factories. |  |
Going to Leave Varsity CampusChina University of Science and Technology held a graduation ceremony in honor of 2494 doctors, masters and bachelors June 28, wishing them greater success in their future study and work. Seen in the picture are graduates in academic costumes waiting for the great moment of taking their degrees. |  |
Paying a Visit to ShaoshanchongShaoshanchong of Hunan Province, birth place of late Chairman Mao Zedong, so far has not only become a national education base of revolutionary tradition and a famous tourist site but has also been one among those places where people have come to enjoy a better-off life. Some 80 percent of farmers in the place have built two-storied buildings of their own. Pictured here is a pleasant scene showing the spacious room of a hotel to the name of farmers in the place. |  |
Paying a Visit to ShaoshanchongShaoshanchong of Hunan Province, birth place of late Chairman Mao Zedong, so far has not only become a national education base of revolutionary tradition and a famous tourist site but has also been one among those places where people have come to enjoy a better-off life in China. Picture shows visitors descending at the former residence of the late Chairman in Shaoshanchong on eve of July 1, the 80th birthday of the Communist Party of China. |  |
Lee Teng-hui's Visit to Cornell Draws Protest from Chinese StudentsSome 500 Chinese students and scholars gathered at Cornell University Wednesday to protest against Lee Teng-hui's visit to the school which threatens to endanger relations between China and the United States and between both sides of the Taiwan Strait. |  |
Glorious CPC History, Successful Communism Practice: Russian InstituteRussia-China Friendship Association and head of the Russian Science Academy's Far East Research Institute hosted a meeting Wednesday to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 80-year history of CPC is a glorious chronicle of the successful practice of the Communism theory. |  |
Glorious CPC History, Successful Communism Practice: Russian InstituteRussia-China Friendship Association and head of the Russian Science Academy's Far East Research Institute hosted a meeting Wednesday to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 80-year history of CPC is a glorious chronicle of the successful practice of the Communism theory. |  |
Former Yugoslav President Handed Over to War Crimes TribunalFormer Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic has been handed over to officials of the Hague- based U.N. war crimes tribunal Thursday, a government spokesman confirmed. |  |
US Fed Cut Rates for Sixth Time The Federal Reserve, seeking to add impetus to an apparent tepid US economic recovery, cut key interest rates Wednesday for the sixth time this year, but disappointed some by easing rates only a quarter-point. |  |
World's 1st Two Artificially Inseminated Dolphins Born in HKThe Hong Kong Ocean Park and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) jointly announced Thursday the successful birth of the world's first two bottlenose dolphin calves conceived by artificial insemination (AI). |  |
FIFA World Youth Championship Chinese Ma Yi (R) struggles for the ball with Leonardo Ponzio of Argentina during their second round game of the FIFA World Youth Championship played at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires, June 27, 2001. Argentina wins 2-1. Teams from 24 countries are competing in the junior World Cup which takes place in six Argentine cities. |  |
Li Peng Meets President of Vietnam News Agency Li Peng (R) , a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, talks with Ho Tien Nghi (L), a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and presidnet of the Vietnam News Agency, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 28, 2001. |  |
Jiang Zemin Meets with Japanese Guest Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) shakes hands with Soshi Sen (L), hereditary successor to the Grand Tea Master, Urasenke Tradition of Tea Ceremony of Japan, who led a 350-member delegation on a visit to China, in Beijing on June 28, 2001. |  |
Chinese Vice-President Meets Norwegian FM Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao shakes hands with visiting Norwegian Minister of Foreigh Affairs Thorbjoern Jagland at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 28, 2001. |  |
Longtan Hydropower Station Project to Start Construction A view of the constructive site of the Longtan Hydropower Station Project in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region June 28, 2001. The project will formally begin construction on July 1. |  |
Longtan Hydropower Station Project to Start Construction A full view of the constructive site of the Longtan Hydropower Station Project in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region June 28, 2001. The project will formally begin construction on July 1. |  |
Sharing Joy with Family Chang Chao (L), who was conferred Science Doctorate by Chinese University of Science and Technology, shares the joy with his family after a celebration gathering with others on the campus of the university in Hefei, Anhui Province, June 28, 2001. The university presented honor to 2,494 graduates entitled Master or Doctor of 2001 during the celebration. |  |
Decomposing Rubbish with Help of Earthworms An employee of Xijiao Refuse Dump of Hohhot, capital city of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, inspects the waste decomposed by earthworms, June 27, 2001. An experiment on rubbish decomposing is carried out in the Xijiao Refuse Dump which features the work of earthworms. About 1,000 kg of special earthworms have been imported from Japan, and it is estimated that earthworms of 1 kg will eat up to 0.75 kg of rubbish, and produce ordure of 0.375 kg as manure to the farmland. |  |
Technicians check the pasture in Nagqu Technicians inspect the conditions of the planted grass in Nagqu County, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 27, 2001. To develop stockbreeding only on the basis of ensuring the expansion of pasture, people on Qiangtang Meadow are trying all means to protect the environment as well as to stimulate the livestock industry. |  |
Home of Respect for Veterans Lai Lunhai(left) and Lai Yuanyuan, whose fathers were soldiers of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (1927-1937) led by the Communist Party of China, chat at the welfare house for the aged in Ruijin City in south China's Jiangxi Province June 28, 2001. Some 56 people at an average age of nearly 80 who made contributions to the Chinese revolutionary cause are living a happy life here. |  |
Former Residence of Zhou Enlai in Paris The Chinese who works in Paris looks at the plaque inlaid with the profile of Zhou Enlai, Late Chinese premier, at the former residence of Zhou Enlai when Zhou had engaged in part-work and part-study in Paris from 1922 to 1924. |  |
