Japanese Octogenarian Apologized for Past War Crimes in ChinaOctogenarian and former Japanese soldier Shioya Tamoyoshi, 83, took a special trip to Chengdu and offered an apology to the Chinese people for past war crimes committed by Japanese aggressor troops in China. Back in the Second World War years, young Shioya Tamoyoshi had been a soldier with No.59 division of the Japanese Imperial Army stationed in Taian Sation of Shangdong Province between 1942 and 1945. Shioya Tamoyoshi is swabbing the Monument of Sichuan Martyrs during the War of Resistance against Japan in Chengdu. |  |
Int'l Donations to Help Needy Chinese StudentsThe 13th Contribution Activity organized by Shanghai Charity Foundation was recently held in Shanghai Hilton Hotel. Among the benefactors are 127 international friends and organizations from 16 countries and regions including the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Malaysia with a donation of 530,000 yuan made to 223 high school and primary school students noted for their good conduct and academic study but under poor family circumstances. Students and teachers of American International School Pudong Sub-school aided five Shanghai students. Kelly (middle), student of Pudong School, is talking with recipient Wang Zhencheng. |  |
Chinese Scientists Succeeded in Long-distance Fish HybridizationScientists in Heilongjiang Aquatic Products Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences have lately succeeded in long-distance hybridization of fish by changing the breeding environment of parent fish, intensifying illumination and changing of plant layout in the ponds. Picture shows successful breeding of hybrid catfish thanks to long-distance hybridization technology used. It has ¡°Huaitou Catfish¡±, the particular catfish in Heilongjiang River valley, as its female parent and common catfish as its male parent. On the right is a common catfish for comparison. |  |
HK Int¡¯l Airport Uses New Runway Tracking SystemA new runway tracking system was lately put into operation in Hong Kong Int¡¯l Airport. Picture shows planes taking off, going to take off and touch down at the airport. |  |
"Photograph Exhibition on Taiwan Issue" Showcased in Beijing "Photographs Exhibition on Taiwan Issue" co-sponsored by Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and Information Office of the State Council was held in China Revolution Museum April 23. vice-premier Qian Qichen attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. |  |
Wang Wei, Devoted and Brave Pilot A file photo of Wang Wei. Wang Wei, a Chinese pilot who was named "Guardian of Territorial Airspace and Waters" by the Central Military Commission for his heroic deeds in tracking and monitoring a US reconnaissance plane April 1, was a devoted and brave serviceman, a versatile talent, and a good husband. He died after his fighter jet was rammed by the US military plane. |  |
Wang Wei, Devoted and Brave Pilot A file photo of Wang Wei and his son. Wang Wei, a Chinese pilot who was named "Guardian of Territorial Airspace and Waters" by the Central Military Commission for his heroic deeds in tracking and monitoring a US reconnaissance plane April 1, was a devoted and brave serviceman, a versatile talent, and a good husband. He died after his fighter jet was rammed by the US military plane. |  |
Wang Wei, Devoted and Brave Pilot A flight training photo shot by Wang Wei just on the day before April 1, 2001. Wang Wei, a Chinese pilot who was named "Guardian of Territorial Airspace and Waters" by the Central Military Commission for his heroic deeds in tracking and monitoring a US reconnaissance plane April 1, was a devoted and brave serviceman, a versatile talent, and a good husband. He died after his fighter jet was rammed by the US military plane. |  |
Wang Wei, Devoted and brave Pilot A file photo of Wang Wei. Wang Wei, a Chinese pilot who was named "Guardian of Territorial Airspace and Waters" by the Central Military Commission for his heroic deeds in tracking and monitoring a US reconnaissance plane April 1, was a devoted and brave serviceman, a versatile talent, and a good husband. He died after his fighter jet was rammed by the US military plane. |  |
Bush Makes Decisions on U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan US President George W. Bush has turned down a request from Taiwan, to sell it the advanced Aegis weapons system, a senior congressional aide said April 23, 2001. AEGIS-equipped US warships are seen in a military exercise in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida in this February 6, 2001 photo.  |  |
China, Belarus Issue Joint Statement China and Belarus issued a joint statement in Beijing Monday amidst Belarussian President Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko's state visit to China. President Jiang Zemin and President Lukashenko signed the statement on behalf of their respective countries. |  |
Premier Zhu Rongji Meets Cuban GuestsChinese Premier Zhu Rongji met Monday afternoon with Cuban Minister of Finance and Price Manuel Millares Rodriguez and his party. |  |
NPC Chairman Meets Tanzanian Delegation Chairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress talks with Philip Mangula, Secretary-General of the Tanzanian Revolutionary Party in Beijing April 23, 2001. |  |
China Beats Canada 3-0 in Table Tennis Worlds World No. 1 table tennis women player Wang Nan returns a ball in women's team opening match at the World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka, Japan April 23, 2001. Wang put China on the 3-0 track against Canada by beating Canadian Chris Xu 2-0. |  |
Northeast China Witnesses Snow in Mid-Spring Three residents walk in a snowfall in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang province April 23. The snow, which lasts about half an hour, improves the air quality of the previously sand-storm hit city. |  |
Solar Power Well Deployed in Tibet Photo shows a solar power water heater on the roof of a resident's house with Potala Palace in the background in Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region. The region with an average sunlight length of more than 3,000 hours per year has developed a electricity generating capacity of over 2,000 kilowatts. |  |
Reconnaissance Work of Qinghai-Tibet Railway Speeds Up Photo shows tents of reconnaissance workers of Qinghai-Tibet Railway at an altitude of some 4,000 meters in northwest China's Qinghai province. The reconnaissance work speeds up as the weather gets warmer on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. |  |
Sculpture "Sewing the Mountain" Sculptors Xue Junqiu(left) and Yan Guoxi discuss the details of their work on the Fenghuang Mountain in the suburbs of Jiaozuo City in central China's Henan Province April 23, 2001. The mountain after more than 100 years of mining, was cut half of its body and leading a severe soil erosion. The two artists tends to build a sculpture with the theme "sewing the mountain" to enhance the public the awareness of environmental protection. First part of their work, a steeless sculpture " surgical needle" has been set up on the top of the mountain. |  |
