A clever robot who can ride bicycle

A robot who can ride bicycle met the public on October 4 near Tokyo, which is able to not only move forward but stop or draw back upon obstacles.

Cellphone targeting Muslim consumers

A Muslim model presents a cellphone able to display the Koran (R) and local worshiping time (L) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 6. This cellphone targeting Muslim consumers can display the Koran in Arabic and English. It can also report the worshiping time of all places and its compass points to Mecca precisely. The cellphone is priced at about 358 US dollars.

From Shenzhou-1 to Shenzhou-5

China's first manned space flight was launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Oct 15, 2003. At 9 a.m. sharp the Shenzhou-5 manned spaceship blasted off.

NTT DoCoMo presents FingerWhisper

A staff displays NTT DoCoMo's FingerWhisper in Makuhari, Tokyo on Oct 4, 2005. FingerWhisper is a receiver that applies bone conduction receiving mechanism. By inserting the finger wearing the FingerWhisper into the ear canal, user can hear sounds. The company believes FingerWhiper is the first of its kind in the world.

Traveling birds in autumn

A bird-watcher observing on the beach of Beidaihe, a summer resort in the northern Hebei province neighboring the nation's capital Beijing, October 8. As autumn comes large amounts of birds began to migrate, attracting many bird watchers from both home and abroad.
Combining ecological features of ocean, forest and wetland, Beidaihe is home to more than 400 bird species including stork, egret and red-crested crane.

Hunan, Guangdong advance to women's team final

Hunan and Guangdong advanced into the women's team finals at the Tenth National Games. Guangdong's eternal fame Xie Xingfang defeated Jiang Yanjiao of People's Liberation Army (PLA)2 - 0 in the semifinals on Oct. 8, 2005. Guangdong crushed PLA's dream for champion at 3 - 0. The final is slated for Monday.

The art of science museum

The City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, shines in the night scene Sept.7. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, it opens on Sept. 8. (Xinhua/AFP photo)

Old couple in Hebei celebrates the 80th anniversary of their marriage

Zhang Jiuyu (L), feeds his wife Guo Changlan in their home at Fangbei district of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province Oct. 8, 2005. The couple, both born in 1909, celebrated the 80th anniversary of their marriage Saturday.

Chinese embroidery's strong appeal to Hungarian

Visitors admire the exquisite works of Chinese embroidery at an exhibition at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest of Hungary, Oct. 7, 2005. The exhibition, titled Threads of Light, opened here Friday and will last until Dec. 4.

NY tightens security on public transportation system

A policeman checks a passenger's bag at the entrance to the Penn Station where a faulty scare happened because of a suspicious package in New York on the morning of Oct. 7, 2005. Numbers of policemen were deployed at major transportation hubs to insure the security of the public transportation system after city and federal officials announced a "specific" terror threat at mass transit on Tuesday.

DPRK ready to mark 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party

Workers hang a banner bearing the badge of the Workers' Party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on the railway station of Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which falls on this Oct. 10, in Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, on Oct. 5, 2005.

Eggshell painting highlighted in Lianyungang

A kid displays two eggs painted with the image of Monkey King Sun Wukong, a figure in the Chinese classical novel "A Pilgrimage to the West", in Lianyungang, a coastal city in east China's Jiangsu province, on Oct. 7, 2005. More than 1,000 pieces of art works relating to the novel were on display.

China's first "gene clinic" opens in Hangzhou

A patient's relatives consult an American medical expert Zheng Xuande (R1) in China's first "gene clinic", in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province Oct. 8, 2005.

Chinese dance drama premieres in Washington

China's Central Ballet Troupe performs a dance drama "Raise the Red Lantern" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, capital of the United States, on the evening of Oct. 7, 2005. The premiere of the drama was a part of the "Festival of China" launched in Washington.

Thousands feared dead after quake jolts south Asia

Rescuers carry an injured man out of a building collapsed in the earthquake in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 8, 2005. A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale jolted most of Pakistan Saturday morning. More than 1,000 people feared dead, according to a government official.

Kim Jong Il meets Chinese Vice Premier

Kim Jong Il (Front R1), general secretary of the Central Committee of Workers' Party and chairman of national Defence Commission of the DPRK, meets visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (Front L1), in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Oct. 8, 2005.