Centenarian woman in Jiangsu Province has 108th birthday

Zhou Yunmei (R), a centenarian woman, talks with her 84-year-old daughter-in-law. Zhou Yunmei celebrated with her offspring during her 108th birthday dinner in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province Feb. 9, 2005. The hale and hearty centenarian now has great-grandchildren.

Snow adds Spring Festival joy in east China

Four local girls are enchanted with dancing snowflakes in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 10, 2005. The first snow in the Year of Rooster, which started on Feb. 9, kissed the capital city on Wednesday, adding jubilant aurae to the Spring Festival.

German Chancellor meets Chinese visiting pupils

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (2nd L Front) poses for a photograph with ten pupils from Beijing Zhichunli Primary School and some Germany pupils at his office in Berlin, capital of Germany, on Feb. 9, 2005.

Romanian president celebrates Spring Festival with Chinese embassy staff

Rumanian President Traian Basescu with Chinese knots leaves a message on VIP visitor��s book at Chinese Embassy to Romania in Bucharest, capital of Romania, Feb. 9, 2005. Traian Basescu is the first Rumanian president to celebrate Spring Festival with Chinese embassy personnel to greet Chinese New Year.

New York city enjoys Chinese Lunar New Year holiday

An American carries his daughter dressed in traditional Chinese clothes on his shoulders to watch performance in Chinatown during the Spring Festival celebration in New York city, the United States, Feb. 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of people inclduing Chinese and American people joined the celebration Wednesday. This is the first Chinese lunar new year after the New York State legislated it as a state holiday.