China, Japan work out solutions to trade disputeChinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (L) meets with Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (R) in Beijing on Friday. The two sides agreed a last-ditch deal to end the eight-month trade row between them.  |  |
Chinese, Pakistani Presidents Hold TalksChinese President Jiang Zemin held talks with visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Thursday, commending the all-weather friendship and fruitful cooperation between the two countries. |  |
Chinese Shops Get Looted in ArgentinaSome grocery shops owned by overseas Chinese as well as Argentinian citizens of Chinese origin had been looted in this week's disturbances in Argentina. The Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires Thursday expressed Beijing's concern at the situation in Argentina and asked the country's government to protect the lives and property of overseas Chinese and Argentinian citizens of Chinese origin there. |  |
Fire Kills Vice-mayor and Two Others in North China City Hohhot's vice-mayor Lin Xuancai was killed in an accidental fire erupting from the Hohhot Hotel at 23:30 pm on December 19 in the capital of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. |  |
Li Peng Discusses Ethical, Cultural Issues with Vietnam GuestSenior Chinese leader Li Peng said Thursday that China and Vietnam, both socialist countries, should increase exchange and cooperation for the promotion of ethical and cultural progress in their countries. |  |
Top Chinese Lawmaker Meets Nigerian Senate PresidentLi Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met Thursday with Anyim Pius Anyim, president of the Nigerian Senate. |  |
28th Ice Lamp Expo Held in Harbin Some visitors watch a newly-finished huge ice lamp during the opening ceremony of the 28th Ice Lamp Expo held in Harbin, capital city of Northeast China's Hei Longjiang Province December 20, 2001. The lamps are all made of ice cubes embedded with different color of lamps to make the huge ice-made construction colorful and brilliant. |  |
Macao Has Brilliant Future: Chief Executive China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) will have a bright future under the principle of "One Country, Two Systems," Chief Executive Edmund HoHau Wah noted Thursday. |  |
Chinese Diplomats Hoist National Flag in Kabul (2)Zhang Min, senior official of the Chinese Foreign Ministry working group to Afghanistan, carries a national flag during the flag-raising ceremony in front of the Chinese embassy to Afghanistan in Kabul December 20, 2001. China's diplomatic mission will resume here after its embassy's closure eight years before. |  |
Chinese Diplomats Hoist National Flag in Kabul Members of the Chinese Foreign Ministry working group hoist a national flag in front of the Chinese embassy to Afghanistan, symbolizing that China's diplomatic mission will resume here after its embassy's closure eight years before, Kabul, December 20, 2001. |  |
China to Deepen Financial Reform, Vice-PremierChinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing has urged governments at all levels to deepen financial reform and to step up the pace of public finance, including reducing government investments in competitive projects to boost fair competition. |  |
Sagging Egypt Tourism (2)The picture shows only several staff men roam over the Abu Simbol Temple, a famous tourism attraction December 19, 2001 since seldom tourists visit the place of historic interest . Tourism used to be one of the pillar industries in Egypt, but "9กค11" attack on the World Trade Center in the States gave it a heavy blow. Local tourism has lost 1.6 billion USD income since September and nearly 500,000 working staff become jobless with the result of tourism recession in Egypt. |  |
Sagging Egypt Tourism (1)A janitor takes a nap beside the Sphinx Corridor in the Luxor Temple, a famous tourism attraction in Egypt December 19, 2001 since seldom tourists visit the place of historic interest . Tourism used to be one of the pillar industries in Egypt, but "9กค11" attack on the World Trade Center in the States gave it a heavy blow. Local tourism has lost 1.6 billion USD income since September and nearly 500,000 working staff become jobless with the result of tourism recession in Egypt. |  |
Macao Marks 2nd Anniversary of the Return of Macao to the Motherland Two honor guards prepare to raise a Chinese flag and a Macau flag in a ceremony marking 2nd anniversary of the return of Macao to the Motherland held in Macao December 20,2001. |  |
Exhibition on Chinese Heritages Opens in New York Doctor Kissinger admires a photo at a photo exhibition titled "World Heritages in China" opened in New York December 20, 2001, as part of activities marking the 30th anniversary of the resumption of China's legitimate seat in the United Nations. |  |
Annan Holds Year-end Press Conference U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks at his year-end press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York December 19, 2001. |  |
Asakusa Temple Fair A foreign tourist tries a kimono at a kimono store in Tokyo during the annual Asakusa Temple Fair. |  |
China Attends the General Council Meeting of the World Trade Organization A photographer of Associated Press photographs members of the Chinese delegation at the General Council Meeting of the World Trade Organization. China attended the WTO conference for the first time as a new member of the World Trade Organization. |  |
