National Women Soccer Team Arrives in TaipeiChinese national women soccer team arrived in Taipei, capital of Taiwan Province for the ninth Asian Women's Soccer Championships, which were kicked off Tuesday in Taipei.  |  |
Shanghai Satellite TV Operator Licensed to Telecast in JapanThe Shanghai Broadcasting Network, a satellite TV service, was licensed to telecast programs in Japan, according to an agreement reached Tuesday. |  |
Southwest Gateway to the Sea Opens for TrafficThe end of November saw China complete the 14-year construction of an expressway that runs through southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou, and south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region and ends at the sea area, being the first ever high-standard expressway of its kind open to traffic in west regions. |  |
Chinese Top Legislator Meets Chinese American DelegationLi Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met Tuesday with an American delegation from the "Committee of 100," whose members are all Chinese Americans. |  |
Chinese Vice Premier Meets US Guests Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing met Tuesday with Benjamin Cayetano, governor of Hawaii State of the United States, and his party. Li and Cayetano exchanged their views on Sino-US relations and other issues of common concern. Cayetano and his delegation are visiting here at the invitationof China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. |  |
Afghans Reach Partial Deal at Bonn Talks: U.N. U.N. spokesman Ahmad Fawzi speaks to journalists during a news conference in Koenigswinter near Bonn December 4, 2001. Fawzi said that all four Afghan groups meeting in Germany reached a partial deal on Tuesday over power sharing in post-Taliban Afghanistan. |  |
Senior CPC Official Meets Finnish Guests Wei Jianxing, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met Tuesday with a Finnish delegation headed by Hannele Pokka, governor of Lapland Province, Finland. |  |
Chinese Top Legislator Meets Lesotho PMLi Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met Tuesday with visiting Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. |  |
Long Yongtu Delivers Speech at The Meeting of UNIDO Long Yongtu, Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and head of Chinese delegation, addresses participants at the ninth meeting of United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna, Austria December 3, 2001. |  |
Chinese Premier Meets German Visitors Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji met Tuesday afternoon with Sigmar Gabriel, minister-president of Lower Saxony of Germany, and his party. |  |
Chinese Premier Meets Cote d'Ivoire Minister Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji met Tuesday with Aboudrahamane Sangare, minister of state for foreign affairs of Cote d'Ivoire. |  |
Chinese Premier Meets U.S. Committee of 100 Chinese Premier Zhu rongji (C) poses for a picture with members of a visiting delegation from the United States' Committee of 100 Tuesday December 4, 2001, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. |  |
First National Law Promotion Day in Lhasa Some Tibetan passers-by view the law publicity placards installed by the local judicial department in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region December 4, 2001, the first National Legality Promotion Day launched across the country. |  |
Snowfall in Beijing A resident against light snow takes his bike at a residential community in Beijing December 4, 2001. The snowfall will alleviate the drought in north China. |  |
Artwork in Memory of "September 11" An art installation depicting rescue work on victims after the " September 11" terror attack on US is displayed by an American artist at the Union Station in Washington recently. Part of the work material was taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Twin Towers in New York. |  |
Beijing to Spend Christmas A structure decorated with models of Santa Claus is shown eracted in Xidang Mall in Beijing prior to Christmas December 4, 2001. |  |
Huge Christmas Tree Lit Up in Rio De Janeiro A huge Christmas tree measuring 82 meters high is lit up in Rio De Janeiro, December 3, 2001. Made up of 2.6 million lanterns and decorated with 300 golden balls and 500 five-pointed stars, the tree is said to be the world's largest Christmas tree. |  |
Israel Seizes Gaza International Airport A file photo shows the terminal building at Gaza International Airport. Several Israeli tanks and bulldozers drove into the airport, destroying the sole runway in early morning of December 4, 2001, to limit the taking off and landing of the special plane for Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. Occuption of Gaza airport is another Israeli revenge following raids on Gaza and Janin in the evening of December 3. |  |
Israeli Raided Palestinian Targets Again (3)A Palestinian security person shows a splinter of missile after an attack near the site of the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza city, December 4, 2001. Israeli aircraft raided Palestinian targets in Gaza City and West Bank again on Tuesday, killed at least 2 and wounded about 200 people. |  |
Israeli Raided Palestinian Targets Again (2)Picture shows the body of a Palestinian killed in a missile attack in Gaza city, December 4, 2001. Israeli aircraft raided Palestinian targets in Gaza City and West Bank again on Tuesday, killed at least 2 and wounded about 200 people. |  |
Israeli Raided Palestinian Targets Again (1)A Palestinian flees from the headquarters' remains of the Palestinian early warning army after a missile attack in Gaza city, December 4, 2001. Israeli aircraft in Gaza City and West Bank again on Tuesday, killed at least 2 and wounded about 200 people. |  |
Israeli Helicopters Raided Yasser Arafat's Headquarters (2)Picture shows the remains of Arafat's special aircraft at the site of the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, after Israeli Apache helicopters raided Palestinian targets in the north of Gaza City on Monday, December 03, 2001. The number of casualties remains unclear. |  |
Israeli Helicopters Raided Yasser Arafat's Headquarters Picture shows the remains of Arafat's special aircraft at the site of the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, after Israeli Apache helicopters raided Palestinian targets in the north of Gaza City on Monday, December 03, 2001. The number of casualties remains unclear. |  |
China Fashion Week Closes in Beijing Chinese model Wang Wenqin shows off a skirt by local designer Wu Xuekai during the "Alternation 21st Century" fashion show hosted by China's Firs Limited Liability Company on the last day of the China Fashion Week in Beijing December 3, 2001. |  |
