China Issues Indexes for Evaluating Information Service The Ministry of Information Industry issued here Sunday 20 indexes for evaluating the popularization of the information services.  |  |
Japan Airlines Official Apologizes to Chinese Passengers A final settlement on the airlines service dispute that occurred in January was signed and notarized Sunday in Beijing between Japan Airlines (JAL) and representatives of dozens of passengers who claim they were mistreated during an emergency stopover at Osaka Airport. |  |
Alpine Flowers Hopeful to Local TibetansMaking the most of local advantages in geography and climate, the local Tibetans in Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, at an elevation of over 3300 meters on Deqen Plateau in Yunnan Province, have developed an alpine flower industry. More than 40 varieties of flowers are planted over thousand mu of land. Enjoying a wide ready market in many parts of China as Beijing, Shanghai and Shandong, the flowers are helping local Tibetans out of poverty. |  |
Jolly Camp LifeOn the eve of August 1, an interesting sports meet was held on the camp of a rear-service armed police unit locally stationed to mark the founding day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Beijing. Picture shows a three-party wrestling over a tire. |  |
Chinese Tian Liang Wins Gold of Men's Platform China's Tian Liang dives on his way to win gold in the men's platform final competition at the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, July 29, 2001. Tian won the event with a total of 688.77 points. |  |
Fear of Mad Cow Disease Fades Away A cook bakes minced beef at a restaurant during the Libamont Agriculture Expo in Brussles July 29, 2001. The beef burgers made by the restaurant were popular to the Expo goers, which indicates that the public fear of mad cow disease is fading away in Belgium. |  |
Largest Base for Crude Oil Transfer Put into Use in Qingdao A view of the petroleum storage tanks at Qingdao Port in China's Shandong Province. Boasting a total tank capacity of 1.8 million cubic metres, this storage complex built on a cost of 120 million yuan has been put into use recently as this country's largest base for crude oil transfer. |  |
Chinese Premier Inspects General Administration for Industry and Commerce Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (2nd,L) gestures while delivering a speech during a recent inspection to the General Administration for Industry and Commerce in Beijing. This photo is undated. |  |
Zhang Jian Crosses English Channel Teacher of the Beijing Physical Education University Zhang Jian reached the beach of Calais in France after he swam across the English Channel starting from Dover in England, July 29. Zhang Jian is the first Chinese man who has crossed the Channel. |  |
