Central Delegation Attends Tibet CelebrationA delegation of the central government headed by Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao arrived in Lhasa to attend the celebration marking the 50th anniversary of Tibet's peaceful liberation. The photo shows dancing tibetan children . |  |
Putin Holds Ceremony to Welcome Jiang Zemin Chinese President Jiang Zemin (2nd L), his wife Wang Yeping (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and his wife Ludmila (L) listen to national anthems during official welcome ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow 16 July 2001. |  |
Jiang Zemin Talks with Yeltsin Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) talks with Russian former President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (R) during a tea party held by Yeltsin in the suburb of Moscow July 16, 2001. |  |
Jiang Zemin Hugs Putin on The Signing Ceremony Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) hugs Russian President Vladimir Putin during the signing ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, 16 July 2001. Jiang Zemin and his Russian counterpart signed here Monday a good-neighborly treaty of friendship and cooperation. |  |
China, Russia Sign Good-Neighborly Friendship, Cooperation TreatyChinese President Jiang Zemin and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a good- neighborly treaty of friendship and cooperation.  |  |
Trade Fair on Cooperation of Rural Enterprises The 2001 Economic and Trade Fair on Cooperation of Rural Enterprise between Eastern and Western China opened Monday in Xin'ning, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province. |  |
Beijing Holds Exhibition to Expose Evil CultAn exhibition, showing the bloodcurdling incidents caused by the Falun Gong cult opened Sunday morning at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution. |  |
Delegates Arrive in Tibet to Celebrate Peaceful LiberationDelegates of veteran cadres who used to work in Tibet and artists dispatched by the central government, Monday, arrived in Lhasa to join the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet. |  |
Preparations for Peaceful Liberation Ceremony Well DonePreparations for the ceremony of 50th anniversary of Tibet's peaceful liberation have been well ready. The photo shows Lama honor guard is rehearsing. |  |
Chinese College Students Start Journey to Mount Qomolangma The 28 college students and their teachers from Nanjing University, Hongkong University, Macao University, and Tainan Art Institute take a group photo at the foot of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region July 16, 2001. As members of the "Tibetan Plateau Journey--Climbing The World's Hignest Peak ", they will set out to Xigaze County to climb Mount Qomolangma on July 18. |  |
Jiang Zemin Meets with Seleznev Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) shakes hands with Gennady Nikolayevich Seleznev, Chairman of the Russian State Duma in Moscow, Monday on July 16, 2001. |  |
Learning Oral English in Summer Vacation An American tutor talks with Chinese students in English in a Summer Camp activity in Lanzhou, capital city of northwest China's Gansu province, July 16, 2001. |  |
" Banyan Theater" in Yunnan Local residents of ethnic Jingbo rehearse their traditional dance under the centenial banyan, the " banyan theater" as it is called by the local poeple, in Banling Village in the Dehong Dai and Jingbo Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province, Monday July 16, 2001. The nearly 100-year-old tree has grown into the shape of a round house with its branches spreading down into the ground. So local people call it a" banyan theater". |  |
Jacques Rogge elected President of IOC IOC newly elected President Jacques Rogge (front right) waves together with outgoing IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch after awarding him with a medal in Moscow July 16, 2001. Rogge won a landslide victory on Monday to succeed Samaranch as president of the IOC. |  |
Children Perform on Tian'anmen Square Students from the Middle School Attached to the People's University in Beijing give a performance on playing football on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing Monday July 16, 2001. Thousands of children in Beijing staged colourful sports and bodybuilding performances on Tian'anmen Square to celebrate Beijing's success in bidding to host 2008 Olympic Games. |  |
Life Restored in Quake-hit Yunnan Province Farmers manage crops in field in the suburbs of Chuxiong City, the quake-hit area in southwest China's Yunnan Province July 16, 2001. An earthquake measured 5.3 on the Richter scale hit the area July 10, 2001. |  |
Ancient Tombs Discovered in Zhejiang A view of three vessels unearthed from the No. 86 tomb dating back to 5,000 years in the suburbs of Tongxiang City in east China's Zhejiang Province July 15, 2001. The No. 86 is one of 93 tombs discovered, among which 85 tombs belong to the Liangzhu Culture relic site with a total of more than 900 pieces of unearthed jade, stone and pottery articles. |  |
Chinese Hail Beijing's Success in Bidding 2008 Olympic Games in New York Chinese perform a dragon-dance at the China Town in New York July 15, 2001, celebrating Beijing's success in bidding the 2008 Olympic Games. Thousands of Chinese took part in the carnival. |  |
Chinese, Russian Presidents Hold TalksPresident Jiang said Monday in Moscow that the Sino-Russian good-neighborly treaty of friendship and cooperation to be signed by the two sides is a guideline document for the development of Sino-Russian relations in the new century during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. |  |
