Boeing launches 747-8 to compete with Airbus A380

The photo shows an effect picture of the new Boeing 747-8 passenger airplane. The Boeing Company officially launched the new Boeing 747-8 program aimed to compete with Airbus A380 on Nov 14, 2005. The 747-8 Intercontinental passenger airplane will be stretched 3.6 m compared to the 747-400 to accommodate 34 additional seats in a typical three-class configuration. The only jetliner in the 400- to 500-seat category, it will have a range of 14,815 km.

The 9th China International Fashion Week

A model presents a creation at the 9th China International Fashion Week, which opened in Beijing on Nov 16. Activities such as fashion show, design contest, forum etc will give people a better understanding of fashions in China.

Miao's New Year celebrated in Guizhou

A girl of Miao nationality dressed in traditional Miao costumes celebrates Miao's New Year on Nov 15 in Leishan County of Guizhou Province. The Leishan Miao Culture Week opened that day. During the Culture Week Miao songs contest, traditional costumes exhibition and bullfight will be held. Miao's New Year is one of the most important festivals of Miao people in Leishan County.

The 2nd Beijing Forum opens

Former US president George HW Bush addresses the opening ceremony of the 2nd Beijing Forum. The 2nd Beijing Forum with the theme "harmony of civilization and prosperity for all" opened in Beijing on Nov 16, 2005. More than 500 scholars from 46 countries and regions will discuss subjects in international relations, public health, philosophy, economy, history and culture.

Shandong trials mobile phone TV service

A mobile phone is playing TV program in a mobile phone shop in Jinan, capital city of east China's Shandong Province on Nov 16. The province began to trial the mobile phone TV service as from Nov 14. Six live TV channels, three live radio channels and a couple of VOD services are offered.

Three miners rescued from coalmine floods in Yunnan

Rescuers carried the body of a miner out of the shaft at the Hutou Coal Mine of Yibin, Yunnan Province on Nov 16, 2005. Four miners were trapped by a coalmine flooding that took place at 5:30 a.m. Nov 13. Three of them have been rescued and the other one is dead.

Fashion: from Berlin to Beijing (2)

Models in Thatchers from Berlin, for self-confident urban women have their own style and more than one look, in German Embassy to China on Nov. 15. The two gentlemen on the left are founders and designers of Thatchers: Ralf Hensellek and Thomas Mrozek.Thatchers expresses fun in life, enhance femininity and satisfy the functional needs of a challenging day. An avant-garde German fashion brand, Thatchers has a fresh look at simple forms and visualize an aesthetic dialogue with the present times. Founded in 1995, it has two outlets in Berlin.

Fashion: from Berlin to Beijing

Chinese models in Thatchers from Berlin, for self-confident urban women have their own style and more than one look, in German Embassy to China on Nov. 15. It expresses fun in life, enhance femininity and satisfy the functional needs of a challenging day. An avant-garde German fashion brand, Thatchers has a fresh look at simple forms and visualize an aesthetic dialogue with the present times. Founded in 1995, it has two outlets in Berlin.

China confirms three human cases of bird flu

Photo taken on Nov. 15, 2005 shows the outside scene of the clinic for respiratory fever at the People's Hospital in Tongling, a city of east China's Anhui Province. China's Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed three human cases of bird flu, including two cases in central China's Hunan Province and one in east China's Anhui Province.

World Summit on the Information Society opens

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan gives a speech in the World summit on information society held in Tunis, capital city of Tunisia on Nov. 16, 2005. A UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) aiming at bridging the digital divide between rich and poor nations opened here on Wednesday.

UNESCO's 60th birthday marked in Paris

An artist from Cameroon performs at the the conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held in Paris Nov. 16, 2005. UNESCO was established on Nov. 16, 1945 for the purpose of advancing, through the educational, scientific and cultural relations of the peoples of the world, the objectives of international peace and the common welfare fo mankind.

Chinese vice premier meets Kofi Annan

Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju (L) meets with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on the sidelines of the Tunisia Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis Nov. 16, 2005.

Bush, Koizumi hail alliance

United States' President George W. Bush (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during a joint news conference, in Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 16, 2005. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the visiting US President George W. Bush held talks seeking to reaffirm the Japan-US alliance over issues such as Iraq's reconstruction and the US military realignment in Kyoto on Wednesday.

Chinese president starts visit to ROK

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L2) attends the welcome ceremony held by Roh Moo-hyun (R2), president of the Republic of Korea, in Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea, on Nov. 16, 2005.