Chinese President Meets Experts in National Defense and Social Sciences Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) meets with experts in the national defense technology and those in social sciences Tuesday in Beidaihe of north China's Hebei province, August 7, 2001. |  |
Chinese President Meets Experts in National Defense and Social Sciences Chinese President Jiang Zemin delivers a speech while meeting experts in the national defense technology and those in social sciences Tuesday in Beidaihe of north China's Hebei province, August 7, 2001. |  |
China Int'l Folk Art Exposition Opens in Beijing A visitor tries on a handknit amice at the second China International Folk Art Exposition which opened Tuesday in Beijing, August 7, 2001. These cotton and linen clothes are designed by famous knitter Wang Hongyan from Shenyang of northeast China's Liaoning province. Thousands of handicrafts are on show at the exposition. |  |
China Int'l Folk Art Exposition Opens in Beijing Yao Jianping, a folk artist from Suzhou of south China's Jiangsu province, performs embroidering for visitors at the second China International Folk Art Exposition which opened Tuesday in Beijing, August 7, 2001. Thousands of handicraft are on show at the exposition. |  |
Enjoy Lotus Culture A visitor have a close look at fans decorated with lotus paintings and lotus-eulogizing poems at the Lotus Culture Festival in Beishan park of Jilin city, northeast China's Jilin province, August 6, 2001. |  |
Life in New Home A woman doctor of Daotian hospital auscultates for 87-year-old resettler Tian Xiumao (L) August 7, 2001, in Shouguang city of east China's Shandong province. Tian Xiumao is one of the resettled residents who arrived hereTuesday from the Three Gorges dam area of Chongqing Municipality. |  |
Minority Students Summer Camp Closes Students coming from Taiwan province learn traditional ethnic Dai dances from Dai girls in traditional costume August 7, 2001 in Kunming, the capital city of south China's Yunnan province. A 10-day summer camp aiming at cultural exchanges between ethnic students of Yunnan and Taiwan closed here Tuesday. |  |
Port Under Rapid Development in Fujian A container ship works at Xiuyu Port in east China's Fujian Province August 7, 2001. Xiuyu, the so called "natural harbor", reached a handling capacity of 1.5362 million tons and container handling capacity of 8,267 containers in the first half of this year, up 67.3 percent and 89.1 percent respectively than the same period of last year . |  |
Hair Exhibition in Paris A girl tourches a model of hair's cross section at a popular science exhibition "Probing into the hair" held in Paris August 7, 2001. The exhibition introduces the structure of hair, its physical features, hair's difference of various human races, and how to protect hair etc. |  |
Hair Exhibition in Paris Two visitors observe different color hairs of various human races using a magnifier at a popular science exhibition "Probing into the hair" held in Paris August 7, 2001. The exhibition introduces the structure of hair, its physical features, hair's difference of various human races,and how to protect hair etc. |  |
Middle East Tourism Affected by Israel-Palestinian Conflict Several foreign tourists stroll in front of the Al Khazneh Palace in the ancient City Petra in Jordan August 6, 2001. The tourism revenue of Jordan declined by eight percent in early this year due to Israel - Palestinian conflict which has lasted for nearly one year. |  |
Middle East Tourism Affected by Israel-Palestinian Conflict A foreign tourist with an Arabic scarf on his head chooses a piece of souvenir in the ancient City Petra in Jordan August 6, 2001. The tourism revenue of Jordan declined by eight percent in early this year due to Israel-Palestinian conflict which has lasted for nearly one year. |  |
Light-Rail Train Resumes Operation in Mexico Two policemen direct a light-rail train passing through the Tlalmanalco Intersection in Mexico City August 6, 2001. The train has resumed its running here after nearly one month of safety check because a series of grave accidents occured at the crossing,leaving two people dead and several injured. |  |
