Fireworks Blasts Leave 9 Dead, Over 60 Injured (2)According to the latest reports, nine people were killed and over 60 others were injured in a string of explosions Sunday at a fireworks plant, located in Huangmao township, Wanzai County of east China's Jiangxi Province.  |  |
Fireworks Blasts Leave 9 Dead, Over 60 InjuredAccording to the latest reports, nine people were killed and over 60 others were injured in a string of explosions Sunday at a fireworks plant, located in Huangmao township, Wanzai County of east China's Jiangxi Province. |  |
Dalian Shide Wins CFA Cup Title Chinese league champions Dilian Shide won the title of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) Cup for the first time after beating Beijing Guo'an 2-1 in the second leg in Dalian Sunday. Dalian snatched the title 3-1 in aggregate. |  |
Children at KindergartenChildren from the Xining Welfare House of Qinghai Province arrive at the Xinle Kindergarten in the city on December 30. They were invited to celebrate New Year with kids at the kindergarten. The 74 children in the house, establish in 1998, are showered with love and affection by citizens. |  |
Improve Party Work Style, Push Higher Education Reform: Vice-PremierChinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged that the work style of the CPC be improved and reform of the country's higher education sector promoted. |  |
Chinese Leaders Attend Beijing Opera ConcertA Beijing Opera (Peking Opera) concert was held Sunday evening at Zhongnanhai, site of China's central authorities, to celebrate the upcoming New Year's Day. |  |
Half Residents Own TV in Kabul An Afghanistan man carrying an antenna for TV receiver cycles back home December 30, 2001 in Kabul. In the recent two months many of the local families have obtained TV sets which are believed to be the second handed ones from Pakistan. |  |
Shopping Items Priced in Euro in Lisbon A man stands before a shopwindow labeled with euro price December 30, 2001 in Lisbon. Many items in department stores are priced in euro that is to be launched January 1, 2002. |  |
Celeb Postcards Sold in Kabul Afghanistan boys gather December 30, 2001 around a stand selling postcards featuring photos of celebrities and beauties which was impossible under the Taliban rule. |  |
"I Am really Grateful" Mrs. Wu expresses her grateful feeling to the local community officials for their long time help in her house at East Nanjing Road, Shanghai, Sunday December 30, 2001. Her husband, Wu Cunyun (L), a retired school teacher, has been suffering from uraemia for years. The local community has offered the couple about a million RMB yuan for medical aid. |  |
Large Mongolian Boots Mongolian woman Rige Jima(C) poses for an undated photo with a pair of huge boots featuring embroderies, which were made by herself, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region prior to the New Year. This 1.5m-long and 2.5m-high shoes encapsule traditional Mongolian costume culture. |  |
Newspaper Industry to Be on Track in Kabul A man shows two issues of newspaper "Kabul Times" published separately by the former Taliban regime (left) and the current intermin government in Kabul December 30, 2001. Big difference between the two can be seen in that no human images could be published in newspapers during the Taliban ruling period. |  |
Wang Nan: One of Top Ten Athletes of China for 2001The table tennis player notched up titles in women's team, singles and doubles events at the 46th World Table Tennis Championships in April and grabbed both women's singles and doubles titles in November's Ninth National Games. |  |
