Shenyang imperial palace

An unidentified tourist checks the broadsword of a worker at the imperial palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province September 8, 2004. To attract visitors, the administration of this Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) palace, asked some its staff to wear clothes as housecarls to patrol the palace and provide services to visitors. (Xinhua Photo)

Meeting marking Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet highways' open to traffic

The photo taken on Sept 8 shows representatives from the armed police and transportation departments that work on the Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet highways at a meeting marking the 50th anniversary of the highways' open to traffic in Lhasa. The construction of the two highways completed in 1954. Over the past 50 years, more than 200 million tons of materials from the inland are transported to Tibet through the two highways.

China sends two satellites into space

China successfully launches two "shijian-6" space environment probe satellites with Long March 4-B rocket carrier at 7:14, Sept. 9, 2004, fromthe Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, north China. (Xinhua photo)

Champions meet HK fans in show games

Wang Nan (R) plays table tennis with Zhang Yining for sports exhibition during their visit to Hong Kong, Sept. 8, 2004. The Olympic gold medallist delegation from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong on Monday morning for a three-day visit.

China beat Malaysia in World Cup qualifier

China's Li Ming (C) vies with Malaysia's players during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. China beat Malaysia 1-0.

Chinese living in Russia mourn for victims of the school hostage crisis

A Chinese girl living in Russia offers flowers for hundreds of victims of the Beslan school hostage tragedy in front of the office of North Ossetia Republic in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 8, 2004. More than 330 people were killed in the siege in Beslan, North Ossetia last week.

Afghans commemorate national hero

Wreaths are laid in front of the huge poster of the late head of Afghan Northern Alliance Ahmad Shah Masood, to mark the third anniversary of his assassination in Kabul's National Stadium, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2004. More than 20,000 Afghans gathered here to commemorate the national hero Masood, who was assassinated on September 9, 2001.

Video unveils Russian school siege terror

A video taken by the terrorists inside the besieged Russian school last week, aired Tuesday on Russia's NTV television, shows more details of the horrorible scenes.
About 1,200 people, mostly children, were taken hostages in the 48-hour siege at the No.1 Middle School in Russia's North Ossetian town of Beslan on Sept. 1. The crisis was ended after fierce exchanges of gunfire on Sept. 3 between Russian security forces and the militants leaving over 350 dead and hundreds wounded. (Xinhua/AFP photos)

CPPCC Chairman meets Spanish King

Jia Qinglin (L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with Spanish King Juan Carlos I in Madrid, Spain, Sept. 7, 2004.

Eighth China International Fair of Investment and Trade opens in Xiamen

Vice-Premier Wu Yi holds up a gold key to open the Eighth China International Fair of Investment and Trade in Xiamen of Fujian Province, Southeast China. The fair is known for serving overseas investors coming to China and Chinese businesses going abroad.

NASA space capsule crashes in Utah desert

A NASA space capsule returning solar ions to Earth crashed in the Utah desert Wednesday after its parachute failed to deploy during an attempted mid-air recovery. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Fire in pharmaceutical workshop kills three in Zhejiang

Flames are seen at a pharmaceutical workshop of Lixin Chemicals and Pharmaceutics Co. Ltd. in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province Sept. 7, 2004. A blast occurred at around 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday in the workshop and started a fire that burnt for nearly two hours, killing three workers and injuring four others.

65 nanometer(nm) process technology

Intel President Paul Otellini introduces their 300mm wafer of silicon using 65 nanometer (nm) process technology during the Intel Autumn Communication Technology Summit in San Francisco, United States, Sept. 7, 2004. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, said recently that it has built fully functional 70-megabit static random access memory (SRAM) chips with more than half a billion transistors using 65 nanometer(nm) process technology.

Brunei rolls red carpet for crown prince's wedding

Dayangku Sarah Pengiran Salleh Ab Rahaman (C), the bride-to-be of Brunei's Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, has powder paste and herbs applied according to Malay traditional marriage custom by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (R) at the palace in Bandar Seri Begawan on September 5, 2004. The crown prince will marry Sarah on Wednesday.