EU Commissioner Liikanen visits People's Daily Online

EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society Erkki Liikanen visited People's Daily Online on the evening of June 22.

Athens Olympic flame back to Europe

Belgian Roelants Gaston, 3000-meter steeplechase champion in 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, starts the relay of Athens Olympic torch in Belgium on June 21. 2004 Olympic flame arrived in Antwerp, Belgium on June 21, continuing its global trip.

Beckham's wife and sons in Euro 2004

Brooklyn Beckham, son of David Beckham, sits near his mother Victoria as he watches from the stands ahead of the England and Croatia Euro 2004 Group B soccer match at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon, June 21, 2004. (China Daily/Reuters photo)

Syrian Cultural Week kicks off

Syrian Cultural Week and Syrian Comprehensive Art Exhibition kicks off in Beijing on June 22. Oil paintings, pictures, handicrafts, handwritings and music from Syria are on show. The two countries hope to expand the cultural exchanges. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Beijing for a state visit.

Israel-China Business Cooperation Conference kicks off in Beijing

Ehud Olmert, Deputy Israeli PM addresses the plenary session of the Israel-China Business Cooperation Conference on June 22 in Beijing.

People in Taipei celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

People in Taipei of China's Taiwan participate in celebrations for Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival of Chinese people, in Taipei, June 20. People make "fragrance bag" , color dragon boats, make Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, and chant ancient poems.

Giant panda Ohama arrives in Beijing

Giant panda Ohama arrives at Beijing International Airport. Ohama,a giant panda born in Japan but of China's nationality, arrived in Beijing in a plane of Japan Airlines on June 21. Ohama will stay in Beijing one night for animal immunity check and then go to Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on June 22 by air.

England advance to quarterfinals in Euro 2004

Michael Owen (L) from England and Robert Kovac (R) from Croatia jump for a head. Determined England crushed Croatia 4-2 here on Monday in their last group match of the European soccer championship, entering the quarter-finals with six points from three matches.

Miss Tourism International contest to be held at Qiandao Lake

One of the finalists attending the Miss Tourism International 2004 celebrates her catch of fish with local fishermen at the Qiandao Lake in east China's Zhejiang Province June 21, 2004.

Dragon Boat Festival

A girl of Yao Nationality in Longhui County of Central China's Hunan Province Monday prepares Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. It is traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar.

Prehistoric fossils back home

Australian Minister for Justice and Customs Christopher Ellison (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Australia Fu Ying check illegally imported prehistoric dinosaur eggs during a ceremony in Canberra, June 21, 2004. The Australian government handed back to China confiscated fossils believed to be millions of years old, including 25 dinosaur eggs, three dinosaur egg pieces, three fish slabs and one sinohydrosaur fossil Monday.

Chinese premier, Thai PM hold talks

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with his Thai counterpart Thaksin Shinawatra as they attend the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Meeting in the port city of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 21, 2004.

China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Informal Meeting held in E. China

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) speaks at the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Informal Meeting in Qingdao, a port city in east China's Shandong Province, June 21, 2004.

Asia Cooperation Dialogue held in E. China

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with his Thai counterpart Thaksin Shinawatra as they attend the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Meeting in the port city of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 21, 2004.

CPC official meets President of Kazakhstan

Nursultan Nazarbayev (R), president of Kazakhstan, shakes hands with Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, during a meeting in Alma-Ata June 21, 2004.

Chinese Vice President meets Tunisian PM

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong (L) shakes hands with Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi before they hold talks in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, June 21, 2004. Zeng is on an official visit to Tunisia.