China Kicks off Drilling into Earth Crust Project Known as "Telescope into the Earth", with drilling started at Maobeizhen, Donghai County, Jiangsu Province on August 4, the project is the first of like major geological scientific endeavor ever carried out in China.  |  |
China Kicks off Drilling into Earth Crust Project Known as "Telescope into the Earth", with drilling started at Maobeizhen, Donghai County, Jiangsu Province on August 4, the project is the first of like major geological scientific endeavor ever carried out in China. |  |
Central Government Investigates Mine Accidents An investigation team from the central government headed by Li Rongrong, head of the State Economic and Trade Commission, went to Nandan County in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region earlier this week to investigate the disasters which occurred in two coal mines in the county. |  |
Zhouzhuang dedicated to Protection of Cultural RelicsZhouzhuang, known as "No.1 watery country in China", has vowed to promote cultural relic protection and economic development of the town. |  |
Disaster Investigation to be Sped up, Media's Role ConfirmedLi Rongrong, minister in charge of the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC), urged Saturday in Nandan county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, that the victims of a tin mine accident should be sped up and efforts should be made to rescue possible survivors. |  |
Disaster Investigation to be Sped up, Media's Role ConfirmedLi Rongrong, minister in charge of the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC), urged Saturday in Nandan county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, that the victims of a tin mine accident should be sped up and efforts should be made to rescue possible survivors. |  |
Rainstorms flooded ShanghaiHeavy rainfalls of record high in the past ten years began to hit Shanghai August 5 afternoon and kept many of the city's areas still in water today, according to eastday.com. |  |
Seven Billion Yuan to Be Invested in Ameliorating Qinghai Lake As learnt from related department in order to turn the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve into a unique tourism area on the Qinghai Plateau, Qinghai Provincial government has decided to invest 7 billion yuan for ameliorating the Qinghai Lake within a period of 30 years. |  |
Wangguo Festival in TibetA procession of farmers carrying bundles of barley give thanks for good weather and healthy crops during the annual Wangguo Festival in Shannan prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. |  |
Seven Billion Yuan to Be Invested in Ameliorating Qinghai Lake As learnt from related department in order to turn the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve into a unique tourism area on the Qinghai Plateau, Qinghai Provincial government has decided to invest 7 billion yuan for ameliorating the Qinghai Lake within a period of 30 years. |  |
China Recovers Form with a 3-0 Win over Trinidad and Tobago China inflicted a convincing 3-0 defeat on outsiders Trinidad and Tobago after dominating their second match in four-nation soccer tournament Sunday in Shanghai. |  |
Special Mall for Electrical Household Appliances Opened in Xining A general view of the mall for electrical household appliances in Xi'ning, capital city of northwest China's Qinghai Province August 4, 2001. Invested by Hualian Supermarket, the 5,000-sqm mall provides space for nearly 10,000 various types of appliances under the brands of more than 300. Customers will enjoy a unique service combining those of supermarket and special technical market as well. |  |
"Vivid Science 2001" Exhibition Opened in Beijing A child visitor taps some bamboo tubes for rhythmical sounds at the "Vivid Science 2001" Exhibition of Sound Exploration opened in Beijing Sunday, August 5, 2001. The exhibits from England, which are designed for children and teenagers of 6 to 16 years old and their parents or teachers, show physical and mathematical principles in some mysteries. |  |
Palestinian Security Force Headquarter Attacked The headquarter of Palestinian security force in Gaza was attacked by Israeli missiles in the morning of August 5, 2001. No one was wounded in the attack, but the three missiles fired by the Apache helicopters destroyed two rooms in the post. |  |
Hu Jintao Meets Japanese Visitors Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao shakes hands with Hiromu Nonaka, former secretary-general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party in Beidaihe, Hebei province August 5, 2001. |  |
