Chinese laborers demand Tokyo's apology

A group of 41 Chinese surviving laborers and family members of the dead demanded Friday that the Japanese government apologize and compensate for Japan's deadly cruelty during their hard labor days in World War II.

First Farmers' Festival in NW China

A farmer displays his calligraphy work on a fan in the First Farmers' Art Festival of Lanzhou in the town of Yongdeng near Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, July 2, 2004. Many kinds of activities including artistic performances and exhibitions of handicrafts will be held during the festival, opened on Friday. Films about rural areas will also be shown in the festival.

Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty insribed on World Heritage Lis

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee on Thursday inscribed 16 sites on the World Heritage List, including one new site and two extensions from China. The Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang was included in the list as an extension of the Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Beijing, capital of China, which was inscribed on the list in 1987.

Athens Olympic flame in Helsinki

Famous men's 5000-meter champion in 1972 and 1976 Olympics starts the torch relay in Helsinki on July 2. The Olympic flame was passed from Stockholm, Sweden to Helsinki on that day. 120 people participate the 51.5-kilometer-long torch relay there.

Unexploded missile found at Chinese Embassy to former Yugoslavia

Missile fragments unearthed from the Chinese Embassy to former Yugoslavia in Belgrade. Defense Minister of Serbia and Montenegro Prvoslav Davinic said on July 1 that an unexploded missile has been dug out from the ruins of the Chinese Embassy. At midnight May 7, 1999, the NATO led by the United States launched a missile attack on the Chinese Embassy, with five missiles hitting the embassy, leaving three Chinese reporters dead, more than 20 diplomats wounded and the embassy building devastated. One of the missiles did not exploded.

Carnival in Beijing

People are screaming and laughing while playing games in the Beijing International Sculpture Park as the Carnival tour began here at night in Beijing, July 3, 2004.

Chinese Foreign Minister meets Powell

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (1st L) meets with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell (1st R) in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2, 2004.

Sino-Kazakh Cooperation Committee holds 1st meeting

Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi (R) shakes hands with Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Akhmetzhan Yesimov after signing the summary of the first meeting of the Sino-Kazakhstan Cooperation Committee in Beijing, China, July 2, 2004. Wu and Yesimov, co-chairpersons of the committee, jointly presided over the meeting on July 2.

Premier, CPPCC chairman visit exhibition of int'l service industries in Beijing

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks with a chef with Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant during a visit to an exhibition of international service industries in Beijing July 2, 2004.

CPPCC chairman meets Kazakh Deputy PM

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Akhmetzhan Yesimov, deputy prime minister of Kazakhstan, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing July 2, 2004.

CPPCC chairman meets Djibouti guest

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, shakes hands with Idriss Arnaoud Ali, general-secretary of the Popular Rally for Progress of Djibouti, in Beijing July 2, 2004.