Mag-Lev Line Starts in Shanghai Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji speaks to visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) during an unveiling ceremony at the Shanghai Maglev Transrapid Project in Shanhai's Pudong district November 2, 2001. Schroeder is on the last day of a three-day visit to China, part of a week-long Asia trip that included stops in Pakistan and India.  |  |
Windows XP Available in Hong KongAfter introducing its new product Windows XP to the world on October 25, Microsoft started to sell the products in the Hong Kong on Friday. So far, it has developed editions of 15 languages. |  |
Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao Visits France University of Central LyonChinese Vice-President Hu Jintao paid a visit to France University of Central Lyon. |  |
Sino-Algerian Economic Cooperation PromisingAt a meeting with Algerian Prime Minister Ali Benflis Thursday in Algiers, visiting Chinese top legislator Li Peng said that there are great potentials for trade and economic cooperation between China and Algeria, singling out energy and telecommunication as favorable areas in this respect. |  |
Burundi Transitional Govt. InauguratedA transitional government was inaugurated Thursday in Burundi, a step regional leaders say will pave the way for an end to the Central African nation's eight-year civil war. |  |
