Hu Jintao meets Taiwan New Party leader

Hu Jintao (R), general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), meets with visiting New Party Chairman Yok Mu-ming from Taiwan in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday afternoon. (Xinhua photo)

Palestinians hold demonstration against "separation barrier"

A Palestinian woman shouts slogans during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's controversial "separation barrier" at the Israeli checkpoint at Qalandiyah, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah July 11, 2005. Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved final details of a plan to surround Jerusalem with a barrier by Sept. 1.

Rogge unveils Olympic Square in HK SAR

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (C) and president of Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong Timothy Fok Tsun-ting (R) attend the unveiling ceremony of the Olympic Square in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, July 11, 2005.

Meeting commemorates epic expeditions

Chinese vice premier Huang Ju gives a speech at a meeting held in Beijing on July 11, 2005 to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's maritime expeditions. Li Changchu, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China also attended the meeting.

CPC Beijing secretary meets New Party leader

Liu Qi (L), secretary of the Communist Party of China's Beijing Municipal Committee, shakes hands with Yok Mu-ming, chairman of the New Party of Taiwan in southeast China, during their meeting in Beijing Hotel of Beijing, July 11, 2005.

Taiwan youngsters enjoy summer camp in Beijing

College students from southeast China's Taiwan and mainland share the happiness at a joint summer camp held in Beijing July 11, 2005. Over 1,000 youngsters from Taiwan joined in the summer camp. With a theme of Hand in Hand for Future, for Hope, Taiwan students will visit famous historical sites and communicate with college students from some famous universities during their camp time in Beijing.

China, US meet to settle trade disputes

Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi (C) and US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (L) and US Trade Representative Robert Portman (R) attend a meeting on settling their trade disputes ranging from textile to intellectual property rights protection in Beijing July 11, 2005.

Kyrgyzstan's President-elect holds press conference

Kyrgyzstan's President-elect Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks at a press conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on July 11, 2005. Kyrgyzstan's acting President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been elected new president of the central Asian country Monday.

Bronze statue of Zheng He inaugurated in Quanzhou

A bronze statue of Zheng He, the ancient Chinese seafaring hero who lived in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is inaugurated at a ceremony in Quanzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province July 11, 2005.

KMT vice-chairman visits east China's Suzhou

Chiang Pin-kung (R), vice-chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang Party (KMT), tolls bell together with his wife at the Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province July 11, 2005. Jiang made a visit to Suzhou Monday.

Chinese premier meets with US officials

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R), shakes hands with US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez during their meeting in Beijing July 11, 2005. China and the United States held their annual session of the Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Beijing Monday.