China Score Second Straight Win in World Cup Quallifying Tourney China braved humidity and heat to beat pesky Oman 2-0 in Muscat on Friday, pulling off their straight second win in their seventh World Cup campaign.  |  |
China Score Second Straight Win in World Cup Quallifying Tourney China braved humidity and heat to beat pesky Oman 2-0 in Muscat on Friday, pulling off their straight second win in their seventh World Cup campaign. |  |
Investigation Unveils Cause of Tin Mine Flooding Accident Investigators dispatched by the Chinese State Council have ended their probe into the cause of the tin mine flooding accident in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on July 17 that led to 80 deaths. |  |
United States Wins Gold Medal in Women's BasketballThe United States stamped their domination in the women's basketball competition by beating China for the second time, 87-69, to win Friday the gold medals in the Universiade. |  |
Jiang Zemin on Theoretical Innovation Chinese President Jiang Zemin Friday urged senior military officers to study the scientific methods of Marxism based on the actual issues to steadily push forward reform, opening up, and the socialist modernization drive. |  |
World Conference Against Racism Opens in S. Africa The third World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) was officially opened Friday morning at the International Convention Center in Durban by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. |  |
World Conference Against Racism Opens in S. Africa The third World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) was officially opened Friday morning at the International Convention Center in Durban by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. |  |
Chinese Vice-Premier Meets U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing meets with Robert Kripowicz, deputy secretary of the Department of Energy of the United States at Zhongnanhai in Beijing Friday, August 31, 2001. |  |
New Minister of Agriculture AppointedLi Peng (C), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress delivers a speech at the 23rd session of the Standing Committee of Ninth National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, August 31, 2001. The top legislature appointed Du Qinglin as Minister of Agriculture Friday, replacing Chen Yaobang. |  |
South Korea beats China 5-4 in Men's Soccer Third Place Play-off South Korea beat China 5-4 on penalties Friday to take the bronze medal in the men's soccer competition at the 21st University Games. |  |
Dafosi Bridge Sees Closure A general view of Dafosi Bridge which saw a closure of the two ends on August 29 in Chongqing. Dafosi Bridge, 1176 meters long and 30.6 meters wide, crossing over Yangtze River, is one of the main projects in the expressway from Chongqing to Guizhou Province. |  |
Li Xuemei Wins Women's 200 Meters TitleChina's Li Xuemei won the gold for the women's 200 meters by the record of 22.36 seconds in the 21st World University Games on August 31. |  |
The Thinnest and Lightest Computer in the World The lightest and thinnest notebook computer in the world by Sharp Corp. is shown in the International Audio-Visual Technology Fair in Berlin, Germany Thursday, August 30, 2001. The computer is 16.6mm thick and weighs only 1.13 kg. |  |
Tourism Booms in Ancient Capital Kaifeng Models of facial makeup in operas stand in a park in Kaifeng City in central China's Henan Province August 31, 2001. The city as an ancient capital of seven dynasties has fully utilized its tourism resources in recent years. |  |
Shipping Resumes Across South China Strait Shipping services across Qiongzhou Strait in south China resumed Friday after 66 hours of suspension due to rainstorms. |  |
Milosevic Says ICTY 'Fatally Flawed'The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is fatally flawed, with "disastrous consequences for the human quest for peace, the rule of law, democracy, truth and justice", Slobodan Milosevic said in a statement issued Thursday in The Hague. |  |
Annan Meets Arafat in Durban UN Secretary-General Koffi Annan (R) and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat pose for a photo during their meeting in evening of August 30, 2001 in Durban, South Africa. Koffi Annan and Yasser Arafat attend the World Conference Against Racism opened today till September 7. |  |
