Fuzhou phosgene exposure

People crowd a hospital in Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian Province on June 16, 2004 for treatment after a phosgene gas leak accident. One person was killed and more than 260 are hospitalized after being exposed to phosgene, a major industrial chemical used to make plastics and pesticides. (newsphoto)

Xibaipo spirit tour exhibition opens in Beijing

On June 15 as veteran Party member Xia Tongtong at Xibaipo Village, national advanced worker Zhao Guozhong and middle school student Li Yishan at Beijing Yuying School cut the ribbon, the Beijing first show of Keeping Firmly In Mind the "Two Must's" and Preserving the True Political Qualities - Xibaipo Spirit Tour Exhibition was declared open at the National Museum of China.

Exhibition of Russian Modern Medical Technologies and Equipment kicks off

The Exhibition of Russian Modern Medical Technologies and Equipment is held at the Beijing Exhibition Center from June 15 to June 17.

Detroit Pistons take NBA title

Detroit Pistons Rasheed Wallace holds up a championship sign after Game 5 of the NBA Finals at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan June 15, 2004. (Reuters photo)

Chinese folk arts exhibition in Cairo

Two paper-cut handicraftswomen from east China's Fujian Province show their skills to the visiting president of Helwan university (first, R) at the Fujian Folk Arts Exhibition (FFAE) in Cairo, capital of Egypt, June 14, 2004. The 7-day FFAE, which opened here on Monday, highlights paper-cuts and rural folk paintings. (Xinhua photo)

Excavation of Liangzhu relic site

The photo taken on June 14, 2004 shows a general view of the excavation of Liangzhu relic site, a Neolithic site in Lindai town of Pinghu city, east China's Zhejiang Province. About 2,400 pieces of potteries, jade articles and horn implements were unearthed from the graves, some animals' skeletons were also found which were buried as funerary objects. (Xinhua photo)

Al-Qaeda threatens to kill US hostage

This image posted on an Islamic website on June 15, 2004 shows a blindfolded US hostage being held in Saudi Arabia. On Saturday, al Qaeda said it was holding Paul Johnson, a US engineer and the first Westerner to be kidnapped in a wave of militant attacks in the kingdom that began more than a year ago. The website said they would kill Johnson if the Saudi government failed to free jailed militants within 72 hours. (Reuters photo)

Bird Island of Qinghai Lake

The photo taken on June 4, 2004 shows a cormorant standing on a rock on the "Bird Island" of Qinghai Lake, northwest China's Qinghai Province. The "Bird Island", which wins the title "kingdom of birds" by providing home to some 120,000 birds of 164 breeds, attracts over 100,000 visitors from China and abroad every year.(Xinhua photo)

Guangdong foreign trade brisk

The photo taken on May 2004 shows a workshop of a mainboard manufacturing plant in Shenzhen city, south China's Guangdong Province. According to the custom statistics, the total import and export trade volume of Guangdong from January to May this year was 129.82 billion US dollars, with the favourable balance of 4.7 billion US dollars. (Xinhua Photo)

Nanjing plum rains

Bicycle riders dressed in colorful poncho cloths are seen from a window of car filled with beads of rain on a street of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, June 15, 2004. Beginning from Monday, the city has come into the annual rainy season, usually known as the season of plum rain since it coincides with the plum harvest, according to the local observatory.

Bosten Lake, paradise for water birds

Some egrets stay on the bank of the Bosten Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region June 13, 2004. As China's largest inland freshwater lake formed of melting snow of the Tianshan Mountain, the Bosten Lake is a paradise for water birds including egret, hern, red-billed gull and widgeon.(Xinhua photo)