Li Peng Arrives in Tunis for VisitChinese Top Legislator Li Peng arrived in Tunis Thursday and started his three-day official visit to this country.  |  |
Jiang meets Russian artistsChinese President Jiang Zemin and Vice-Premier Li Lanqing, along with an audience of more than 2,000 Beijingers, watched Tchaikovsky 's masterpiece "Swan Lake" staged by the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet (MBB) Thursday evening. |  |
Ireland Wins World Cup Berth Despite 1-0 loss to Iran Republic of Ireland's Robbie Keane (C) runs through Iran's Yayha Golmohammadi (R) and Mohd Ali Peyrovani during their World Cup qualifying second leg match at the Azadi stadium in Tehran November 15, 2001. The Republic of Ireland won the first leg in Dublin 2-0. |  |
Earthquake Jolts West China Mountainous Area Picture dated November 15 shows a big crack on top of Kunlun Mountain. An earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter Scale jolted an unpopulated area of the Kunlun Mountain on the border between Qingha province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in west China at 17:26 Wednesday November 14, 2001. Several aftershocks had occured by 11:00 Thursday. Since the quake occured in unpopulated land with altitude of over 5,000 meters, so far no casualties have been reported. |  |
Zhu Inspects State Administration of Taxation Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has called on the country's national tax administration to redouble efforts to carry out the work, known as the Golden Tax Project and to use information technology to crack down on tax evasion during his inspection in the State Administration of Taxation on November 14. |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets PNG Governor-General Li Ruihuan (L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative conference (CPPCC), holds talks with Papua New Guinea (PNG) Governor-General Silas Atopare in Port Moresby Thursday, November 15, 2001. |  |
Heavy Rain Hits Nairobi Cars line up on a downtown street of Nairobi, Kenya, as a downpour hits the city Thursday morning November 15, 2001. Kenya, an East African agricultural country with fertile land, is experiencing a short season of rainfall before a long-expected bounty of harvest. |  |
Tang Gonghong Breaks 3 Weightlifting Natioal Records Tang Gonghong of China's Shandong province lifts to win the title of the women's over 75kg category weightlifting at the 9th National Games in Heshan, Guangdong province, November 15, 2001. Liu broke 3 national records in the event with 137.5kg in snatch, 175kg in clean and jerk and 312.5kg in total, which also exceeded the world records. |  |
Annual Throughput of Tianjin Port Exceeds 100 Million Tons Picture dated November 15 shows the busy container dock of north China's Tianjin Port. By November 15, the throughput of Tianjin port has reached 100 million tons, thus becomes the first port in northern China with an annual throughput exceeding 100 million tons. |  |
(2) 2001 Int'l Robot Exhibition Held in Tokyo An intellectualized robot developed by Bandai company is shown at the 2001 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo November 15, 2001. The robot can be controlled via internet wherever you are. The world's largest exhibition of this type, held from 13th through 16th of November, has brought together about 120 companies and organisations in a display of the latest high-tech robots. |  |
(1) 2001 Int'l Robot Exhibition in Tokyo Humanoid robot Ringservo, being developed by Daihen company, reaches out to the hand of a visitor at the 2001 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo November 15, 2001. The world's largest exhibition of this type, held from 13th through 16th of November, has brought together about 120 companies and organizations in a display of the latest high-tech robots. |  |
Qinzhou Pottery Getting Popular A woman carves flower on a piece of pottery in Qinzhou, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 14, 2001. Qinzhou pottery boasts a 1200-year history and enjoys high fame. It is getting popular in the world as being exported to more than 30 countries and regions including Japan, U.S., Britain and Germany. |  |
Tibet People Enjoy Happy Life A Tibet woman looks herself in the rearview mirror of her truck on a Tibet road, Nov. 14, 2001. Tibet has achieved great progress in economic development since 1950, and the people there enjoy a happy life now. |  |
Tourists To Britain Dropped The once crowded chairs in a garden of London are empty owing to sharp decreasing number of tourists to the city Nov. 14, 2001. British tourist industry suffers greatly from the scourge of foot-and-mouth disease in the country and terrotists attack on U.S. on September 11, 2001. According to statistics, toruists to Britain dropped 250,000 in September compared with the same period of last year. |  |
(1)The Fourth WTO Conference On Ministerial Level Close The Fourth WTO Conference on Ministerial Level comes to close in Qatari capital Doha, Nov. 14, 2001.World trade ministers finally clinched a deal on launching a new round of trade negotiations after nearly six days of arduous negotiations. |  |
(2)The Fourth WTO Conference On Ministerial Level Close Delegates attending the Fourth WTO Conference on Ministerial Level smile at each other as the conference comes to close in Qatari capital Doha, Nov. 14, 2001.World trade ministers finally clinched a deal on launching a new round of trade negotiations after nearly six days of arduous negotiations. |  |
(3)The Fourth WTO Conference On Ministerial Level Close Chinese delegates to the Fourth WTO Conference on Ministerial Level listen carefully as the conference comes to close in Qatari capital Doha, Nov. 14, 2001.World trade ministers finally clinched a deal on launching a new round of trade negotiations after nearly six days of arduous negotiations. |  |
