NPC Chairman Meets Vietnamese Guests Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, met Tuesday afternoon with Pham The Duyet, chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.  |  |
Xiamen Witnesses Great Changes Xiamen, one of the country's five special economic zones (SEZs) that is located in East China's Fujian Province with preferential policy from the central government, is witnessing booming trade, tourism businesses and expanding exchanges with the outside world. During its 20 years of construction as a SEZ, Xiamen has ushered in a complete change in city layout towards modernization. |  |
Muslims in China Celebrate Festival of Fast-breakingAbout 1.89 million Muslims in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Monday celebrated the festival of Fast Breaking. |  |
Chinese Vice-Premier Meets Ukrainian MinisterChinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing met Monday with Vasyl Kremen, minister of Education, Science and Technology of Ukraine. |  |
Beirut in Festive Mood A building is lighted up in the night in downtown Beirut, capital of Lebanon December 17, 2001. The whole city is in a festive mood as the New Year approaches. |  |
"International Green Week" in VietnamAn exhibition-cum-fair titled "International Green Week - Viet Nam" with the theme "For a quality civilized and clean life" opened in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 15. This second annual "International Green Week-Viet Nam" will last until Dec. 20 and includes the participation of more than 500 units of Viet Nam, ten foreign countries, and many international organizations. |  |
Japan's Shares Prices Drop Pedestrians pass before a shares prices board in downtown Tokyo, December 17, 2001. Japan's shares prices dropped 188.30 points to close at 10,323.35 points at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday. |  |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2002 to be Held in GuangzhouOrganisers of the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2002 hold a press conference in Guangzhou on December 17, introducing the procedures of the event, the first to be held on China's mainland. Beauties from more than 20 cities in Thailand, the US, Australia, Singapore, Canada and China will participate in the gala, which will run between January 8 and 28, 2002 in South China's Guangzhou. |  |
Government Staff Favour English learning Tow civil servants exchange their English learning experiences in a park in Shapingba District of Chongqing, December 17, 2001. Most of the civil servants in the municipality are in a fever of English learning as the municipal government calls on the governmental staff to grasp the universally used language in preparation of the potential investment chances after China's entry to WTO. |  |
US Stars and Stripes Rises in Kabul US Marines raise the Stars and Stripes during a ceremony in the American embassy in Kabul on December 17. The United States re-established a diplomatic presence in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday for the first time since its diplomats fled the city on January 30, 1989. A team of six Chinese diplomat is also on a inspection trip to Kabul, mulling resume Chinese embassy there. |  |
Arafat Delivers a Key Adress on TV Picture shot from TV 16 December 2001 shows Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat giving a key address to Palestinians from his office in Ramallah, the West Bank. He called on Palestinians for a halt to all anti-israelis violent attacks, including suicide bombings. |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets Vietnamese GuestsLi Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met Monday with a Vietnamese delegation headed by Pham The Duyet, chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee. |  |
Exhibition of Nanjing Massacre Opens in San FranciscoAn exhibition on the Nanjing Massacre by the invading Japanese troops during World War II opened Sunday evening at St. Mary's Cathedral, the largest church in San Francisco. |  |
CPC Leaders Consult Non-Communist Parties on Agricultural IssueSenior leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) consulted with nine Non-Communist parties, associations and personages with no party affiliationin Beijing Monday afternoon on the development of China's agriculture. |  |
