Relics from SanxingduiOver 200 valuable relics, mainly bronze and jade excavated from the Sanxingdui Site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, will be exhibited later this year, according to a press conference Thursday in Chengdu.  |  |
Jade Relics from SanxingduiOver 200 valuable relics, mainly bronze and jade excavated from the Sanxingdui Site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, will be exhibited later this year, according to a press conference Thursday in Chengdu. |  |
Children Frolic on First Snow in Urumqi Children frolic on snow in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region November 28, 2001, as the city saw the first late snow overnight. |  |
Second East African Community Cultural Festival Held in Tanzania (2)Local artist Rick Basilius Nchimbi shows his traditional works during the second East African Community Cultural Festival at the Natural History Museum in Arusha, Tanzania, November 29, 2001. The festival is held as part of the activities to mark the inauguration of East African Legislative Assembly and East African Court of Justice. |  |
Second East African Community Cultural Festival Held in Tanzania Four local musicians stage traditional performances during the second East African Community Cultural Festival at the Natural History Museum in Arusha, Tanzania, November 29, 2001. The festival is held as part of the activities to mark the inauguration of East African Legislative Assembly and East African Court of Justice. |  |
Fashion Week International Opens in Beijing A model presents a dress designed by Chinese designer Zhang Jicheng at the opening of the '2001 Chinese Fashion Week International in Beijing November 29, 2001. Garment industry has become a pillar and an internationally competitive industry in China, e.g. with a foreign exchange earning of US$ 34.88 billion in 2000. |  |
Hai'er CEO Confident About Future of the Group after China's Entry into WTO Zhang Ruimin, CEO and President of Hai'er Group Corporations, talks about the future of Hai'er Group after China's entry into WTO in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, November 29, 2001. Hai'er, an electronic giant, now boasts eight designing and research branches, nine trade corporations and 12 plants at abroad after 16 years' arduous effort. |  |
Traditional instrument Playing Carried on Mao Yubao, 82, (L) demonstrates the skills when he plays a Suona, a traditional Chinese brass music instrument, while his disciple looks on in Dasongdian village, Yunnan province November 29, 2001. The village, boasting a history of over 100 year's Suona playing, has produced many excellent amateur Suona players. |  |
Tibetan Farmers Shop in Lhasa A Tibetan man buys daily necessities on a local market in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, November 29, 2001. Winter is the season when Tibetan farmers go to city to do some shopping as they are usually very busy with farming other times of the year. |  |
Giant Globe Seen in Campus Students refer to a giant globe in Licheng No. 1 High School, Jinan, capital of eastern China's Shandong province November 29, 2001. The granite globe, with a diameter of 1.6 meters, weighs over 20 tons. |  |
A Man Takes A Close Look at A New Type of Cetron Car A man takes a close look at the latest type of Cetron-Fukang car at Yayuncun Vehicle Mart in Beijing November 29, 2001. The type, priced 98,700 RMB (12,000 USD), hits a record low price of its kind in China market. |  |
First City of Qing Dynasty Performers stage the ceremony of the ancient ethnic Man Emperor's worship for the Heaven in the renovated Hetuala City in the Autonomous Prefecture of Xinbin in northeast China's Liaoning Province November 29, 2001. The city is the birthplace of Nuerhachi, first founder of the Qing Dynasty(1616-1911), and the site where he mounted the throne in 1625. |  |
Appealing for Anti-Cloning Human Law in US Congressman from Florida State Dave Weldon(R, in front) speaks at a congress members' gathering in front of the Capitol Hill, urging the Senate to act on anti-cloning human legislation as soon as possible in Washington November 28, 2001. US public have appealed it is imperative to make a law on anti-cloning human since a Massachusetts research firm announced that first human embryo composing of six cells was cloned last week. |  |
Farmers Surf Internet for Information A couple of young farmers surf the internet to check on-line information about vegetables at Longhe Village, Tianyang County, China's southwest Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, November 29, 2001. Farmers in the region now benefit from the network based on computers. |  |
Bush Meets Spanish Prime Minister US President George W. Bush(R) leads the way for visiting Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar (L) in the White House in Washington November 28, 2001. |  |
Handicrafts Show Held in Santiago A customer studies the straw products displayed at the 28th Latin American Traditional Handicrafts Exposition in Santiago, Chile November 29, 2001. The exposition, runing from Nov. 22 to Dec. 9, 2001, hosts some 150 participants from 17 Latin American nations. |  |
