Chinese, DPRK Leaders Held TalksVisiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin held talks on Monday with Kim Jong Il, general- secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).  |  |
GDP Growth Tops 8.5 Percent in Western Region in First HalfLi Zibin, deputy director of the Western Region Development Office, answers questions on Monday in Xi'an prior to the second Western Forum of China. The forum opens on Tuesday and will end on Friday in Xi'an, the capital of northwestern China's Shaanxi Province. |  |
Beijing Police On Duty to Show ID Beginning October Starting October 1 this year, Beijing's criminal police will be required to show a special badge and their own ID card to members of the public they have dealings with while on duty. |  |
Premier Zhu Rongji Meets Irish President Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji met with Irish President Mary McAleese at the Irish presidential palace on Monday. Both believed that the two countries should have more contacts and exchanges to enhance mutual understanding. |  |
Chinese, DPRK Leaders Vow to Further Bilateral TiesVisiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin held talks on Monday with Kim Jong Il, general- secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). |  |
Top Lensman Dies in Helicopter Crash Celebrated aerial photographer Zhao Qunli (R)died on Sunday after his plane crashed in Yongjia County in East China's Zhejiang Province. |  |
Australian troop transport refugeesThe Australian troop ship HMAS Manoora sails near the Norwegian ship "Tampa" off Christmas Island, Australia, Monday, Sept. 3, 2001. The Australian navy ship HMAS Manoora is prepared for an operation at sea to unload hundreds of asylum seekers from the Norwegian cargo ship that has been banned for the past week from docking on Christmas Island. The 438 refugees, mostly from Afghanistan, were to be transported Monday to Papua New Guinea, north of Australia, before continuing on to New Zealand or the Pacific island state of Nauru. |  |
Li Peng Meets Former U.S. President Carter Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, shakes hands with former U. S. President Jimmy Carter at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 3, 2001. Jimmy Carter led a delegation to China at the invitation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC Standing Committee. |  |
Shanghai Airport Witnesses Rapid Progress An aircraft of Virgin Atlantic Airlines is shown on the tarmac at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, September 2, 2001. With an increase of 21.9% in flights, 20.7% in passengers and 16.4% in cargo and post between January and July of 2001 in Pudong and Hongqiao airports, the Shanghai Airport (Group) Company is expected to have a passenger flow exceeding 20 million in 2001. |  |
HK Photo Exhibition Arouses Anti-cult Sentiment Despite pouring rains, more than 1,000 people from all walks of life in Hong Kong headed for the "Oppose Evil Cult and Uphold Civilization" photo exhibition Sunday and found the exhibition a perfect learning place to see the evil side of the notorious Falun Gong cult. |  |
HK Photo Exhibition Arouses Anti-cult Sentiment Despite pouring rains, more than 1,000 people from all walks of life in Hong Kong headed for the "Oppose Evil Cult and Uphold Civilization" photo exhibition Sunday and found the exhibition a perfect learning place to see the evil side of the notorious Falun Gong cult. |  |
Preparations Completed for Western China Forum Wu Linhua, the designer of the emblem of the second international forum on the development of China's western region, points at the emblem when introducing his idea of the emblem in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi province September 3, 2001. The three-day forum will open on September 4 and preparations for it have been completed. Over 600 Chinese and overseas participants, including ranking government officials, business magnates from Fortune 500, diplomats, leaders of major Chinese enterprises and economists will participate the event. |  |
Uygur Model with Car A model of Uygur ethnic group, dressed in the typical Uygur ethnic clothes, poses with a white Buick car presented during a foreign economic relations and trade fair in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region September 3, 2001. |  |
Chinese Navy Ships Sail across the Indian Ocean Two ships of Chinese Navy, Shenzhen missile destroyer (L) and the Fengcang support vessel (R), sail across the Indian Ocean while the Fengcang supplies food and fuel to the Shenzhen destroyer September 3, 2001. The two ships are on the way to Germany, Britain, France and Italy for a goodwill visit. |  |
Chinese Navy Ships Sail across the Indian Ocean Some sailors in the Shenzhen missile destroyer try to put the soft petroleum pipeline of the Fengcang support vessel into the petroleum receiver when the Fengcang support vessel supplies food and fuel to the Shenzhen destroyer on September 3, 2001. The two ships were sailing across the Indian Ocean on the way to Germany, Britain, France and Italy for a goodwill visit. |  |
Thousands-Meter-Long Dining Table in Germany People sit shoulder to shoulder by a 3,200-meter-long dining table in Sankt Englmar Town, Germany September 2, 2001. It failed to break the world record of 3,582-meter-long dining table crowded by people in Bad Blankenburg Town in 1992. |  |
Appeal for Peace Several Muslims and Jews attending the World Conference against Racism (WCAR) hold placards with inscriptions of "End of Zionism=Peace" etc. outside the conference center in Durban, South Africa, on the evening of September 2, 2001. They called on peace-loving people try efforts for peaceful resolution of Israel-Palestine conflicts to realize the regional peace. |  |
National Week Starts in Brazil Brazilian soldiers stand in front of the Monument to the Second World War II during the military review in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil September 2, 2001. The National Week unveiled here for the celebration of the 179th anniversary of Brazilian Independant Day which falls on September 7. |  |
National Week Starts in Brazil The military parade attracts citizens in front of the Monument to the Second World War II in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil September 2, 2001. The National Week unveiled here for the celebration of the 179th anniversary of Brazilian Independant Day which falls on September 7. |  |
Chinese President Arrives in PyongyangChinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Pyongyang at noon on Monday, starting a three-day official goodwill visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). |  |
