2001 APEC SME Ministerial Meeting Opens in Shanghai The Eighth Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (APEC SME) Ministerial Meeting opened at the International Convention Center in Shanghai Wednesday.  |  |
Australian Troops Take Control of Norwegian Freighter Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, says the Norwegian freighter with more than 430 asylum seekers on board is now in the control of Australian Special Air Service troops, ABC reports Wednesday. |  |
China Dunhuang International Cultural, Tourism Festival Opens The first China Dunhuang International Cultural, Tourism Festival opened Tuesday night in northwest China's Gansu Province, attracting more attention to the travel site on the ancient Silk Road. |  |
16.4 Million Pirated Compact Discs Destroyed in ZhuhaiMore than 16.4 million pirated video compact discs (VCDs), compact discs (CDs), digital video discs (DVDs) and CD-ROMs were destroyed in the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone in South China's Guangdong Province. |  |
Zhang Jian Swims Tianchi Lake Zhang Jian, the first Chinese to swim the English Channel, swam across Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain on Tuesday. |  |
China's Su Yiping Wins Women's 100m Hurdles Gold China's Su Yiping clocked 12.95 seconds to win the women's 100m hurdles at the World University Games Tuesday. |  |
Chinese Dong Triumphs in Universiade Women's 10,000m Chinese Dong Yanmei triumphed in the women's 10,000 meters with a winning time of 32 minutes 45.14 seconds at the 21st Universiade on Tuesday. |  |
Vice-President Hu Jintao Meets Lesotho Army Chief Hu Jintao, vice-president of China and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, said Tuesday that China appreciates the one-China policy held by the Government of Lesotho. |  |
Premier Zhu Meets Nigerian President The Chinese government is ready to work with Nigeria to push forward their bilateral ties in the new century, said Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Tuesday. |  |
China Pockets Seventh Diving Title Guo Jingjing and Cai Yuyan captured the women's synchronized 10m platform title Tuesday to make it seven diving gold medals for China at the World University Games. |  |
China Wins 4x100m Medley Relay at Universiade China defeated the United States to win the women's 4x100m medley relay at the 21st World University Games Tuesday evening. |  |
China Wins Table Tennis Men's Doubles Title Chinese pair Liu Guozheng and Zhang Yong won the gold medal of the men's doubles on Tuesday in the Universiade table tennis competitions. |  |
China Reigns in Men's and Women's Team Foil Chinese men and women fencers proved their ability to fight European rivals in fencing competition at the 21st World University Games. |  |
China Reigns in Men's and Women's Team Foil Chinese men and women fencers proved their ability to fight European rivals in fencing competition at the 21st World University Games. |  |
China Gets Eighth Diving Title Wang Kenan and Peng Bo added an eighth title to China's diving medal tally Tuesday when they took the men's synchronized 3m springboard crown at the World University Games. |  |
Funeral for Killed Chinese Held in Manila Relatives of Zhang Zhongqiang, the Chinese kidnapped by Muslim gunmen and killed in a shoot-out between the Filipino army and the gunmen on August 19, mourn at his funeral in Manila August 28, 2001. The two kidnapped and then killed Chinese Zhang Zhongqiang and Xue Xing were employed by the China Electric Power Technology Import and Export Corp to work on an irrigation project in the Philippines. |  |
Xiaowan Hydropower Station to Build in Yunnan A distant view of the Lancang River where the Xiaowan Hydropower Station will be built in southwest China's Yunnan Province August 28, 2001. As a part of the State's Project of power transmission from the west to the east, it is scheduled to start the construction at the end of this year, with an expected installed capacity of 4.2 million KW. |  |
China-Thailand Cooperation in Multilateral Mechanism Needed Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said Tuesday that China and Thailand should strengthen cooperation in various multilateral arenas. |  |
Chinese Top Lawmaker Meets Thai PM Li Peng, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, met Tuesday with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. |  |
CPPCC Head Meets Cypriot Guests Li Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met with a visiting delegation from the Democratic Rally of Cyprus (DRC) led by its president Nikos Anastasiades. |  |
Chinese President Meets HGP Scientists The principle of "owned by all, done by all and shared by all" should be followed in human genome studies, so as to let scientific and technological results benefit the whole humankind. |  |
Chinese President Meets IOC President Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) shakes hands with Jacques Rogge, the newly-elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Tuesday in Beijing, August 28, 2001. |  |
Chinese Premier Meets Delegates Attending Four-Nation Ministers' meeting on Drug Control Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (center in the front row) poses for camera with delegates attending the China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand Ministers' Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation Tuesday in Beijing, August 28, 2001. |  |
APEC SME Business Forum in Shanghai Zhang Zhigang, deputy director of the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC), delivers a speech entitled Innovation and the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) at the APEC SME Business Forum Tuesday in Shanghai, August 28, 2001. |  |
Foreign Ministers of Germany and Macedonia Hold Talks German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (R) speaks while his Macedonian counterpart Ilinka Mitreva listening at a joint press conference after their talks in Berlin August 27, 2001. Mitreva started her visit to Germany yesterday. |  |
Endangered Wild Horses Returned to Nature Neighing loudly, 27 Xinjiang Wild Horses, or Poliakov Wild Horses, dash out to the Kala Maili Nature Reserve at Junggar Basin of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tuesday, August 28, 2001. Experts in Xinjiang returned the world's first batch of endangered wild horses reared in captivity to nature. The wild horse became extinct in China in 1930s'. Today's move is a landmark in protecting China's wildlife, which represents the masterstroke of China's 15-year-old national program to return the wild horse to nature. Xinhua |  |
Notting Hill Carnival in London A team of dancers on the Adults' Day Parade during the 37th annual Carnival in Notting Hill, London August 27, 2001. Over 2 million visitors from across the world have watched the Europe's biggest street party. |  |
Shops Decorated with "Green" in Paris Customers view wheat plants and windmills in a car shop in Elysees Street, Paris August 27. Shops intend to enhance the public awareness of environmental protection through such decorations. |  |
Sniffers for Drunk Drivers Donated in US Colonel W. Gerald Massengill, superintendent of the Virginia State police, explains the use of a sniffer for checking drunk drivers on August 27, 2001. The devices are donated by the Organization of Mothers Against Drunk Driving to 11 law enforcement agencies of Virginia. Some 355 died of drunk driving in Virginia last year, among 16,000 cases of such deaths in the US. |  |
