Selected Works of Jiang Zemin published

A man reads The Selected Works of Jiang Zemin in a bookstore in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui Province, August 10, 2006. The Selected Works of Jiang Zemin are distributed to the country's bookstores on Thursday. The three volumes comprise 203 of Jiang's reports, speeches, articles, letters, inscriptions and decrees from August 1980 to September 2004.

Overloaded truck in Shandong

An overloaded truck is stuck in Shen County, East China's Shandong Province August 9 2006. Nobody was injured in the accident. Ministry figures show that the number of major road accidents, where at least five people are killed, reached 180 in the first half of the year, up 8.4 per cent over the same period last year.

Contest in Hongze Lake

Men smear each other with mud during a contest in Hongze Lake, East China's Jiangsu Province August 9 2006. Aquatic sports events were held for residents surrounding the fourth largest freshwater lake in China.

Ceramics named "Fu Gui Hong" displayed at Jinjiang Museum

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2006 show a piece of ceramics named "Fu Gui Hong" during the opening of an exhibition for this precious ceramics at Jinjiang Museum in Jinjang, southeast China's Fujian Province. "Fu Gui Hong" is a kind of red vitreous enamel fired in high temperature. It has a high value for appreciation and collection because of its beautiful appearance and its low rate of finished product.

Younger sister of Siamese twins leaves hospital healthily

Chen Jingni, younger sister of the Siamese twins, gets well and leaves Pediatrics Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 9, 2006. The 11-month-old Siamese twins from Taizhou in east Chian's Zhejiang Province, was seperated successfully on July 6. Chen Jingni survives, but her sister died on July 10.

Root sculpture trainning in summer vacation

A girl polishes her root sculpture in a root sculpture training class in Jiyuan, a city in central China's Henan Province, Aug. 9, 2006. Wei Yang, a folk artist of the city's Weihe Village has opened a free root sculpture training class for local students in the summer vacation.

SE China braces for typhoon Saomai

Residents evacuate to safe places before the coming of Typhoon Saomai in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug 9, 2006. Typhoon Saomai is expected to land on the coast from the north of southeast China's Fujian Province to central Zhejiang late Aug. 10.

Women's Water Polo World Cup held in China

Canada's Christine Robinson (R) vies with a Hungarian player at the 14th Women's Water Polo World Cup in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 9, 2006. Hungary beat Canada 10-9.

Thangka exhibition opens in Xi'an

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2006 shows a 16-meter-tall and 10-meter-wide thangka - a large piece of silk embroidery - of the Past Buddha displayed at the Guangren Temple in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. A month-long thangka exhibition was opened at the temple on Aug. 8. Thangka, a kind of art form of China's Tibetan ethnic group, has a history of more than 1,000 years.

Buddha statues show in Beijing

A girl looks at a Buddha statue at a show in Beijing August 7 2006. Some 200 Buddha statues of different periods were displayed in the show jointly organized by National Museum of China and China Cultural Heritage Information & Consultation Center.

Federer, Nadal advance in Toronto

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a backhand during his match against Nicolas Massu of Chile at the Toronto Masters tennis tournament in Toronto August 8, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Nice sunset glow in Fuzhou

A girl bathes in the sunset glow in Fuzhou, capital city of southeast China's Fujian Province, on Aug. 9, 2006. Gorgeous sunset glow appeared Wednesday in Fuzhou as Typhoon Saomai, the eighth to hit China this year, is drawing near.

Artworks made by mentally-retarded people for Special Olympics

Children view clay artworks made by mentally-retarded people on an exhibition for the Special Olympics in Shanghai in 2007, east China, Aug. 8, 2006. About 100 artworks made of materials in favor of environmental protection or wastes displayed on the exhibition were all created by mentally-retarded people.

View in capital of Syria

Syrian vendors sell a poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Damascus, capital of Syria, Aug. 8, 2006. Syrian government constantly called for an immediate ceasefire and the Israeli withdrawal beyond the blue line in south Lebanon, which showed its support for Lebanon against Israeli attacks. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said that Damascus was ready for regional war and will respond "immediately" to any Israeli attack.

Pray for peace but war continues

A Lebanese woman lights a candle on August 8 in the downtown of Beirut, capital of Lebanon, to mark the died during the military conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah. Around 1,000 Lebanese and more than 100 Israelis have been killed since the conflict erupted on July 12. (Xinhua/Dayoo Photo)

Israel OKs expanding ground operations in Lebanon

People inspect a Hezbollah member's house in the eastern Lebanon Aug. 9, 2006.The Israeli security cabinet on Wednesday approved expanding the army's ground operations in south Lebanon.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)