Senior Chinese Leader Visits Expo on Reproductive HealthSenior Chinese leader Li Ruihuan Thursday visited the country's first exposition on new technology and products for family planning and reproductive health. | |
China, DPRK Determined to Cement RelationsThe determination was expressed by DPRK President Kim Jong Il and visiting vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress Jiang Chunyun during their meeting here. | |
China's Top Lawmaker Meets Venezuelan Judge Li Peng (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, gestures as he meets with Ivan Rincon Urdaneta, president of the Venezuela Supreme Court at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 12, 2001. Urdaneta is here at the invitation of China's Supreme People's Court. | |
China's Top Lawmaker Meets Panama Visitor Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, talks with Hector B. Aleman, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the Legislative Assembly of Panama at the Great Hall of the People July 12, 2001. | |
Japanese Court Orders Government to Compensate for Forced Chinese Laborer Holding a portrait of his father Liu Lianren, who was forcibly brought to Japan as slave laborer during World War II, Liu Huanxing (R) waves to supporters outside the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo as his attorney (L) looks at him July 12, 2001. The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to pay 20 million yen (159,616 U.S. dollars) in compensation to Liu Lianren's family. | |
Beijing 2008 Bid Committee Gives Press Conference in Moscow Beijing bid committee members Liao Xiudong, Wang Wei, Tu Mingde, Deng Yaping and Lou Dapeng (from left to right) share a smile at the press conference in Moscow July 12, 2001. The 112th IOC session will choose the host city of the 2008 summer Olympics Friday. | |
Rescure Work Goes on Smoothly in Landslide-stricken Area Some rescure workers try to find more survivals buried under the fallen roof of residential house in the mining area of Yinmin Township of Dongchuan District in Kunming, capital of southwest China's YunnanProvince, July 12, 2001. A landslide occurred on Monday morning has caused 14 deaths, 22 injured and 4 lost up to now. The rescure operation goes on smoothly under the direction of the provincial and local authorities.�� | |
New English-teaching Method Extended in Xiaogan Li Qiang (front right), a 4-year-old boy, answers the teacher's questions in English in a class of a kindergarten in Xiaogan, a city of Hubei Provinve Thursday, July 12, 2001. To lead children to express themselves in not only Chinese but also English, imaginal teaching methods of English is extended in kindergartens in Xiaogan. | |
Enjoying Life in Dangqiong of Depupulated Area in Tibet The local women wash the highland barley for parched flour in Dangqiong Village of Nima County, Naqu Area of Tibet Autonomous Region, July 11, 2001. Lying in the remote depopulated area of North Tibet at an elevation of 4,500 meters, Dangqiong has developed into a good residential region since the exploiture in the 1970s. �� | |
First Russia-China Internet Website Opens Picture shows a projected information board of the website of www.ruschina.net in Moscow July 11, 2001. Informations about Sino-Russian exchanges in culture, economics, science as well as politics will be presented on this websitet to the Chinese and Russian cyberbrowsers. | |
Entertainment Facilities on Show in Hong KongA three-day Asia Entertainment and Theme Parks Exhibition Wednesday opened in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Put on display at the exhibition is a multivariate gallery of entertainment facilities numbering several scores from ROK and Japan. Unique is a ��musical director�� being seen among the exhibits on show. | |
China Aids Gabon Developing Food ProcessingKnown to local people was a Cassava Food Processing Factory, an aiding item of China to Gabon. Officials including Jean Francois Ntoutoume Emane, Prime Minister of Gabon, and Guo Tianmin, China��s ambassador to Gabon, recently attended a hand-over ceremony of the aiding project held in the recipient country. Picture shows Guo Tianmin (right) shaking hands with Fabien Owono Essono (left), minister of Agriculture of Gabon, after signing the hand-over documents. | |