Development of Long-range Attacking Capacity Reveals Splitlist AmbitionAccording to news from Taipei August 22, Taiwan Central University is scheduled to launch a space detecting rocket in southern Taiwan Island in mid-September. This will be Taiwan's first launch of a space rocket. However, Taiwan's development and launch of rockets aims not only at scientific experiment, but also contains the intention of developing long-distance projecting vehicles, and launching specific satellites.  |  |
Lu Bin Wins China's First Gold on Day 2 of Goodwill Games Lu Bin won China's first gold medal in the men's vault at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, on Thursday night with an overall score of 9.556 points. |  |
World Champion Shocked While China Collects Sixth Gold in Athletics China collected its sixth gold from athletics with Li Qiumei's victory in women's discus throw. |  |
China Regains Gold for Women's Singles of Universiade China's top female tennis player Li Na claimed the women's singles title of the Universiade tennis tournament here Thursday, beating Chinese Taipei's Janet Lee, the top seed and rated 87th, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the final. |  |
China Snatches Mixed Doubles Tennis Title at Universiade China's Zhu Benqiang and Li Na reaped the gold for the mixed doubles of the Universiade tennis tournament here Thursday afternoon, defeating Germany's Jan Boruszewski and Claudia Bensch, 6-3, 6-1 in the lopsided final. |  |
Mt Qomolangma Cultural Gala Two lamas from the Tashilhunpo Monastery blow big religious horns at the 1st Mount Qomolangma Cultural and Art Festival in Xigaze, Tibet Autonomous Region, August 30, 2001. Over 7,000 people, including students, lamas and art troupes participated in the performance. |  |
China's First Infant Who Received Heart Surgery 17 Hours After Birth The picture taken Thursday August 30 at the People's Hospital in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, shows the mother holding her one-month-old boy who was born with congenital heart disease and received a successful heart surgery 17 hours after birth. The boy was born on August 2, 2001. It is the youngest child ever in China who received such complicated heart surgery. |  |
China's First Infant Who Received Heart surgery 17 Hours After Birth The picture taken Thursday August 30 shows the one-month-old boy who was born with congenital heart disease and received a successful heart surgery 17 hours after birth at the People's Hospital in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province. The boy was born on August 2, 2001. It is the youngest child ever in China who received such complicated heart surgery. |  |
Protest Made by Arab Young Man An Arab young man protests at a news briefing made by Israeli groups Thursday August 30, 2001 during the on-going NGO Forum in Durban, South Africa. |  |
Grand Commodity Fair Opens in Central China Picture shows a general view of the grand commodity fair opened Thursday August 30 in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. Some 520 enterprises from China, Canada, Japan and Belgium attend the fair, which is an annual event since 1995. |  |
Riding Camel on Clifton Beach Visitors ride a camel on Clifton Beach in Karachi along the north coast of the Indian Ocean while Racy tows his camel August 29, 2001. Visitors pay Racy 100 Palestinian Rupee for one ride. |  |
APEC SME Ministerial Meeting in Shanghai Closed A Chinese participant (3rd R) in the Eighth Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (APEC SME) Ministerial Meeting in Shanghai hands a souvenir symbolising a smooth sailing over to a representative from Mexico, the host country of the next APEC SME Ministerial Meeting, Thursday August 29, 2001. The APEC SME Ministerial Meeting closed today in Shanghai. |  |
Russian Grape Wine Festival Opens Two Armenian girls stand by their exhibition booth at the Russian Grape Wine Festival opened in Moscow August 29, 2001. Some world famed grape wine producers display and promote their brands at the festival. |  |
Israeli Army Control Vital Line in Gaza Palestinians drive a donkey cart under the surveillance of an Israeli tank on the No. 4 highway in the middle Gaza Strip August 29, 2001. Israeli army has controlled this main south-north road and often cut it off since the break of Palestinian and Israeli conflicts over the past 11 months. |  |
Israeli Army Control Vital Line in Gaza Palestinians wait under the scorching sun for Israeli army to reopen the No. 4 highway in the middle Gaza Strip August 29, 2001. Israeli army has controlled this main south-north road and often cut it off since the break of Palestinian and Israeli conflicts over the past 11 months. |  |
Jiang Zemin Meets US Visitors President Jiang Zemin met Thursday with Sy Sternbery, chairman, president and chief executive officer of New York Life Insurance Co. of the United States, and his party. |  |
