Bush Calls Iraq, Iran, DPRK Major Diplomatic ChallengesU.S. President George W. Bush is applauded as he speaks before a joint session of Congress, in Washington January 28, 2003. Vice President Dick Cheney (L) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) join a standing ovation. Bush said "tonight I have a message for the brave and oppressed people of Iraq: Your enemy is not surrounding your country - your enemy is ruling your country. And the day he and his regime are removed from power will be the day of your liberation." (Xinhua/Reuters)  |  |
Zhu Extends New Year's Greetings to Foreign Experts Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji shakes hands with a foreigner in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, Jan. 29, 2003. Zhu meets foreign experts, who have been devoted themselves to the Chinese revolution and construction for a long time, and their relatives, here on Wednesday. (Xinhua) |  |
Jia Qinglin Stresses Prosperity for All Ethnic Groups Jia Qinglin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee, sits together with four members of a family in Niujie Street, in which lots of Muslims live, in Xuanwu District, Beijing, Jan. 29, 2003. Jia visits residents here on Wednesday. (Xinhua) |  |
Spring Festival Shopping in LhasaThe picture taken on Jan. 29, 2003 shows a Lhasa Shopping Mall decorated with lots of lanterns, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. With the Spring Festival coming, Lhasa is in the festival mood. (Xinhua) |  |
Pupil's Loving Care for Aged PeopleXue Tingting (C), a primary school student of Jing'an District of Shanghai, sings blessing songs on a dinner for the aged people in her community before the Spring Festival in Jan. 29, 2003. This is the second time that Xue used her pocket money to invite the aged people to dinner before the Spring Festival, and in other holidays she also bought gifts for the old people to show her loving care for the old. Xue said, caring for the aged should start in early age and Young Pioneers should be active to send their loving care to them. (Xinhua) |  |
Discounts for Chinese Spring FestivalA girl walks past a window of a shopping center providing discounts in Beijing, Jan. 27, 2003. With the Spring Festival coming closer, waves of discounts have appeared in shops of the city. (Xinhua) |  |
Villagers Prepare to Perform for Spring FestivalVillagers of Taihu Town in Tongzhou District prepare to perform to welcome the coming Spring Festival, Beijing, Jan. 29, 2003. Local residents here have made preparations to celebrate the festival. (Xinhua) |  |
Children Prepare to Perform for Spring FestivalStudents of Taihu Center Elementary School prepare to perform on an activity to welcome the coming Spring Festival, sponsored by villagers of the town in Tongzhou District, Beijing, Jan. 29, 2003. Local residents here have made preparations to celebrate the festival. (Xinhua) |  |
Villagers Greet Spring Festival in ChinaAn actor wearing theatrical costume performs on an activity to welcome the coming Spring Festival, sponsored by villagers of Taihu Town in Tongzhou District, Beijing, Jan. 29, 2003. Local residents here have made preparations to celebrate the festival. (Xinhua) |  |
China, Norway 1-1 in Four-nation Women's Soccer Chinese football player Teng Wei celebrates after she scores the first goal against Norway during the final round of the Four Nations Women Soccer Championships in Shanghai, Jan 29, 2003. China draws with Norway 1:1. (Xinhua) |  |
Science and Technology Museum Becomes a Hotspot for ChildrenXing Yichun and her mother from east China's Jiangsu Province play a jigsaw puzzle in the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, Jan. 29, 2003. The museum has become a hotspot for tourists visiting Beijing, and especially for children. (Xinhua) |  |
Information Channel in the Metro Stations Two residents walk under an electronic clock and screen showing information in a metro station in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Jan. 29, 2003. Advertisements, TV shows and computers in the metro stations have made the metro system an information channel. (Xinhua) |  |
China Greets Auspicious Year of SheepA pedestrian walks past a paper-cut goat pasted on a shop window in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 29, 2003. With the coming Spring Festival, the whole city is in the festival mood. (Xinhua) |  |
Greeting Auspicious Year of Sheep in Taipei Photo taken on Jan. 29, 2003 shows the 100-year-old Dihua Street with colorful decorations in Taipei in southeast China's Taiwan Province. The street is a large market for local residents to buy goods for the Chinese traditional Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1. (Xinhua) |  |
New Year Call from SanyaNavy officers and men of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, stationed on the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea, pay a New Year call to the people of the whole country here, on Jan. 28, 2003. (Xinhua) |  |
