Crystal Industry Booming in DonghaiDonghai, a coastal county in Jiangsu Province, east China has seen the crystal industry booming in the past several years. Donghai's reserves of crystals and quartz accounts for more than half of the country's total. The county now has hundreds of firms engaged in mining, production and processing. |  |
China Win Women's Volleyball Grand Prix Harbin Tournament The Chinese volleyball team completed their perfect record in the world women's volleyball Grand Prix Harbin tournament after beating Brazil 3-1 on August 12.  |  |
Chen Lu Crowns at Women's Singles Figure Skating Veteran Chen Lu once again showed she was the Queen of the Ice when she claimed the victory in the women's singles figure skating finals of the Chinese Ninth National Games in Beijing on August 12. |  |
National Dragon-boat Race Kicks off The national dragon-boat race kicked off Sunday in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou province, August 12, 2001. 36 teams from all over China, including Hong Kong and Macao, took part in the 2-day event. |  |
Li Chengjiang Wins First Figure Skating Gold at National Games Li Chengjiang from Jilin won a tough free skate and took the coveted men's figure skating gold at the Chinese Ninth National Games in Beijing on August 12. |  |
China Expects Panda Baby BoomA Chinese veterinarian looks at a newborn panda cub resting inside an incubator at Chengdu giant panda centre in southwestern Sichuan province, in this July, 2001. Thirteen pandas in Sichuan are likely to give birth in the next few months. |  |
13 Pandas Expected to Give Birth Thirteen pandas being raised in southwest China's Sichuan Province are likely to have babies this fall, experts at Giant Panda Breeding Technology Committee of China (GPBTCC) said Saturday. |  |
Duck Raising Booms in Shandong TownZhang Tao, specializing in duck raising, drives ducks to the coop in Linpan, Linyi County, Shandong Province. The town, with 733 hectares of saline-alkali land, encourages villagers to transform the land and develop a breeding industry. At present, 500,000 ducks raised in 518 reformed pools produce 25,000 kilograms of eggs daily and are sold in Beijing and Tianjin. |  |
Exhibition on China's Aviation Opens in Zhengzhou A father and his son squat down to have a rest while visiting the aviation exhibition Sunday in Zhengzhou, the capital city of China's Henan province, August 12, 2001. Pictures and plane models shown in the exhibition presented the 90- year development in China's aviation industry. |  |
Shanghai Int'l Ballet Competition to Start Monday Ballet dancers from 14 countries pose for camera Sunday in Shanghai, August 12, 2001, prior to the starting of the 2nd Shanghai International Ballet Competition scheduled from August 13th through 18th. The Shanghai International Ballet Competition is the only world-level ballet competition in China and will be held every two years from now on. |  |
Chongqing Resettlers Start their Journey to Yantai Five friends with identity cards of resettlers on pose for camera before leaving their hometown Chongqing August 12, 2001. They are among the 815 fresh resettlers of the Three Gorges dam area of Chongqing Municipality who started their journey Sunday to Yantai of east China's Shandong province. |  |
Millennium Bridge Under Renovation for Reopening A couple watch the Millennium footbridge with scaffolds on the south bank of the Thames in London August 11, 2001. The 320-meter-long footbridge, which links St Paul's Cathdral with the new Tate Modern art gallery, once opened on June 10, 2000, but was closed two days later for complaints that the bridge moved excessively under the weight of thousands of visitors. The bridge is expected to reopen to visitors at the end of this year. |  |
Palestinians against Israel to Take over Orient House A Palestinian debates with Israeli policemen in front of the Orient House, the Palestinians' unofficial representative office in the disputed East Jerusalem on August 11, 2001. Palestinians including some influential personals hold demonstrations against the Israeli police taking over the House and other offices in East Jerusalem. |  |
Palestinians against Israeli's Taking over Orient House Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Palestine Legislative Council and a noted activist, at the rally in front of the Orient House, the Palestinians' unofficial representative office in the disputed East Jerusalem on August 11, 2001. Palestinians including some influential personals hold demonstrations against the Israeli police taking over the House and other offices in East Jerusalem. |  |
China's Dong Yanmei Finishes 4th in 5,000 Meter Final China's Dong Yanmei (front) runs during the women's 5,000 meter final at the World Championships in Athletics, in Edmonton of Canada, August 11, 2001. Dong finished the fourth in 15 minutes, 10.73 seconds. |  |
