Chinese President Meets Japanese Guests Chinese President Jiang Zemin met Thursday afternoon with "two old friends of China" -- former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Muraya and JCFA President Ikuo Hirayama. They held friendly talks on common concers and diplomatic relations normalization.  |  |
Chinese President Meets US Guests Chinese President Jiang Zemin met Thursday afternoon with the head of the US Coca Cola Corporation, one of the first companies to enter China after it opened to the outside world. |  |
Spanish King Meets Chinese Vice-President Spanish King Juan Carlos I met with visiting Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao at the king's palace Wednesday in Madrid after Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Hu met and conferred over bilateral relations and international issues of common concern. |  |
(2) Replacing Old Engine with New One Technicians of the Maintenance Service of China Eastern Airlines Inc. disassembly old engine from a airbus-320 before replacing it with a new one Thursday November 8, 2001, in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province. Airline safety has been put on a paramount importance by China Eastern Airlines Inc. |  |
(1) Replacing Old Engine With New One Technicians of the Maintenance Service of China Eastern Airlines Inc. fix a new engine onto an airbus-320 Thursday November 8, 2001, in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province. Airline safety has been put on a paramount importance by China Eastern Airlines Inc. |  |
China Int'l Tourism Fair in Kunming The 2001 China International Tourism Fair,which opened Thursday in Kunming, the provincial capital, is a pageant to show off the province's rising tourism industry. |  |
China Vastly Important to America: Bush Senior Former U.S. President George Bush speaks at the the World Productivity Congress in Hong Kong November 8, 2001. The event, running from November 5 to 10, is expected to attract 1,500 international speakers and delegates in all sectors of industry, commerce, academia and public service from over 40 countries. (REUTERS/Kin Cheung) |  |
China, UN Sign Agreement on Human Rights CooperationChinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya toasts United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson (L) after they signed an agreement on human rights cooperation in Beijing November 8, 2001. |  |
Bush Addresses Nation on Terror War US President Bush give the thumbs-up as he prepares to address the crowd at the Georgia World Congress Center Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001 in Atlanta. Bush urged an uneasy nation Thursday night to meet "our great national challenge" to win the war against terrorism and protect America against future attacks. He said Washington was doing its part. |  |
Zhu Rongji Stresses Need to Upgrade Bilateral Trade-Economic TiesVisiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said Thursday in Jakarta that the economic cooperation and trade between China and Indonesia as well as other ASEAN countries should be constantly upgraded. |  |
China Values Relations With Latin America: Li Peng China attaches great importance to its ties with Latin American countries and is willing to make unremitting efforts towards building a long-term and stable relationship of all-round cooperation and mutual benefit with them, Chinese top legislator Li Peng said Thursday in Buenos Aires. |  |
French PM Meets Israeli Foreign Minister French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin(R) and visiting Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres pose for a picture in Paris November 7, 2001. The two sides exchanged views on solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts and the resumption of peace talks in the Middle East. |  |
Belgian Airline Files for Bankruptcy Several airliners of the Belgian Airline ground on a parking apron at the Brussels Airport November 7, 2001. The Belgian Airline, founded in 1923 and with nearly 9,000 employees, filed for bankruptcy the same day. |  |
Chinese Govt Delegation Arrives in Doha Shi Guangsheng(C), head of the Chinese Government Delegation and Chinese minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, arrives at the International Airport in Doha, November 7, 2001, and being welcomed by Chinese Ambassador to Qatar Zhou Xiuhua(L) and a Qatari official. Shi and other members of the Chinese Government Delegation will attend the 4th Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organization to be held here this week. |  |
Bush Meets Blair Visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair(L) speaks as US President George W. Bush listening at a press conference after their meeting in the White House in Washington November 7, 2001. |  |
