Scientific & Technological Museum Opens in Shanghai The Scientific and Technological Museum in Shanghai was opened on December 24, 2001. The museum, covering 68,000 square meters, has shown key scientific findings and scientific and technological results from ancient to modern times. |  |
Exhibition on Bacteriological War in Tokyo Four Japanese people visit the exhibition held in Tokyo on bacteriological war against China by the Japanese Invaders in the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibiton will be open till December 26. |  |
Afghan Refugees Ready to Live Winter An aged afghanistani(L) and his son load firewood on a handcart in the Internal Displace People Center, the largest refugee camp, in Kabul Decemer 24, 2001. International relief organizations provide each family in this refugee camp 100-Kilogram firewood to help them live though the cold winter. |  |
Exhibition on Gifts Opened (2)Picture taken Monday 24 December 24, 2001, shows a staff display a mahogany sculpture given as a present to China by a Vietnamese leader. The sculpture is one of the selected presents displayed at an exhibition to be opened to the public on December 26 in Beijing. The presents were given by foreign guests to Chinese leaders since the founding of the People's Republic of China. |  |
Exhibition on Gifts Opened (1)Picture shows a porcelain sculpture named "A Bird for Peace" given as a present to Mao Zedong by former U.S. President Richard Nixon when he visited China in February 1972. The porcelain sculpture is one of the selected presents displayed at an exhibition to be opened on December 26 to the public in Beijing. The presents were given by foreign guests to the Chinese leaders since the founding of the People's Republic of China. |  |
Extinguisher Show Held in Guiyang A fireman demonstrates in the Extinguisher Show held in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou province December 24, 2001. A total of fire fighting equipment worth over one billion yuan is needed in the province in the upcoming 5 years as the province is in pace with the national project to develop the country's western regions. |  |
Super Elevator Erects in Zhangjiajie A technician is dwarfed by an elevator installed in Zhangjiajie, a well-known scenic spot in central China's Hunna province. The 336-meters high elevator able to carry 150 visitors a time, planned to be an alternative to the existing cable system, is to open to the public soon. |  |
NPC Standing Committee Holds 25th Session The Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, began its 25th session here Monday in Beijing.  |  |
New Metro Line to Be Tested Soon A worker examines the equipment in the tunnel for the Line 5 of Beijing metro December 24, 2001. The subway line, an important part of a project to relieve Beijing's heavy traffic, is to be put into testing operation in recent days. |  |
Brussels in Festival Mood A group of children with their teacher pose for a picture with the famed bronze statue "No. 1 Citizen in Brussels" who is dressed as Santa Claus in Belgium December 24, 2001, prior to Christmas. |  |
Golden Jewelry Exhibition Opens in Kuwait A latest pattern of jewelry is showcased at the opening of the Golden Jewelry Exhibition in Kuwait December 23, 2001. About US$100 million worth of Jewelries from 30 companies are displayed at this session. Kuwait is the largest jewelry consumer market in the Gulf Region. |  |
12-Story Building Demolished in Xining A 12-story building collapses as dynamite is detonated in Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai province December 23, 2001. The local construction authorities decided to pull down the building due to its poor quality. |  |
Torch for 2002 Winter Games Arrives in New York A grand ceremony is held to welcome the Olympic flame at Rockefeller Center in New York December 23, 2001. Some 11,500 torchbearers participate in moving the Olympic flame which lasts 65 days across the US for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. |  |
Ice Sculpture Festival Opens in Moscow A replica of Russian Theatre is displayed in the All-Russia Exhibition Center at the opening of the annual ice sculpture festival in Moscow December 23, 2001. |  |
