Chinese Tourism Promotion Caravans in AmericaChina National Tourism Administration has organized 25 Chinese tourism companies to launch a promotion activity along the eastern coast of America since June 14. It is a large-scale tourism promotion that is in direct touch with the local people in USA. Photo shows the delegation of Chongqing Municipality is handing out tourism materials and brochures. |  |
New Look in Old Revolutionary Base AreasSignificant achievements have been made in Hong'an County and Macheng city, the world-famous old revolutionary base areas located at the southern foot of Dabie Mountains, Hubei Province. The areas used to be the birthplace of the fourth red army where staged the Huangma Uprising and nurtured more than 200 generals of China. Nowadays the place has taken a turn for the better towering with blocks of new buildings and easy traffic and communications and the people there are enjoying a happy life. Now the people in the old liberated areas, by displaying their revolutionary spirit and working hard, are ready to meet with the new opportunities and challenges with an utterly new feature. |  |
New Look in Old Revolutionary Base AreasSignificant achievements have been made in Hong'an County and Macheng city, the world-famous old revolutionary base areas located at the southern foot of Dabie Mountains, Hubei Province. The areas used to be the birthplace of the fourth red army where staged the Huangma Uprising and nurtured more than 200 generals of China. Nowadays the place has taken a turn for the better towering with blocks of new buildings and easy traffic and communications and the people there are enjoying a happy life. Now the people in the old liberated areas, by displaying their revolutionary spirit and working hard, are ready to meet with the new opportunities and challenges with an utterly new feature. |  |
China, Britain, India Save Tibetan Antelopes China, Britain and India will co-operate in an international campaign to save endangered Tibetan antelopes by cracking down on the trade in shahtoosh wool. This international effort seeks to halt the trade at the sites of capture, production and sale.  |  |
Kindergarten Children Draw Party FlagA kindergarten of an armed police has lately carried out a series of activities, including singing national anthem, drawing the flag of the Party, performance and the like for celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). By so doing it is to enliven among the children the enthusiasm of "Love the Party, the country and the homeland". Photo shows women solider are exchanging experience of drawing the Party flag with little "drawers". |  |
Xigaze Witnesses Historic ChangeXigaze, the world highest city at an altitude of 3,850 meters in Tibet Autonomous Region, has made significant achievements after 50-year construction and development. The city has been expanded ten times as it was before with its population increased to more than 10,000. It has basically turned into the second large city in Tibet with modern farming and tourism industry. Photo shows beautiful scene in the suburban areas of Xigaze. |  |
Annan Nominated to Top UN Post for Second TermUnited Nations Secretary- General Kofi Annan wan unanimously nominated by the 15-member Security Council on Wednesday to his current post as the world's top diplomat for a second five-year term beginning January 1, 2002. |  |
Argentina defeated China 2-1China's Qu Bo (R) battle and Argentina's Fabricio Coloccini for control of the ball during their second round clash of the FIFA World Youth Championship played at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires, June 27. |  |
Northwest Shaanxi Province Holds Trade Fair in HKChina's northwest Shaanxi Province hosts the Investment and Trade Fair on June 27-19 in Hong Kong, as a step to further strengthen cooperation with outside world amid the implementation of the western region development strategy and China's upcoming accession to the WTO. |  |
Philippine Ex-President Appears in Court for Arraignment Ousted Philippine president Joseph Estrada appeared in the anti-graft court Wednesday for his arraignment on perjury charges. This was the first time Estrada appeared in court since he was arrested and incarcerated on a plunder complaint on April 25. |  |
Senior Trade Union Official Meets Barbados VisitorsWei Jianxing, chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, met Wednesday with Leroy Trotman, president of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Association of Barbados, and his delegation. |  |
Senior Trade Unions Official Meets Vietnamese VisitorsWei Jianxing, chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), met Wednesday with Cu Thi Hau, president of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor. |  |
A View of Nowaday Shigatse Some tourists paying a guided visit to the famous Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, are shown in an unidentified photo. Tourism has boosted in the past few years and played a pillar role in the revenue of Shigatse. |  |
A View of Nowaday Shigatse Lamas of Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, make phone calls with IC cards in front of the temple. Telephone boothes are widely distributed in Shigatse with the rapid progress of telecommunication. |  |
Watching "Monkey King", Longing for China Local children enjoy the fancy dances of "Monkey King", a legendary character in China, in Orlando, Fla June 26, 2001. China National Tourism Administration has organized 25 Chinese tourism companies to launch a promotion activity along the east coast of America since June 14. A method of travelling in caravans was adopted for better communication with local residents. |  |
Officials Under Supervision of People Three employees view the announcements about the officials' duties made by the officials of the Municipal Gas Company in Taiyuan, capital of northwest China's Shanxi Province June 27, 2001. The action aims to accepting supervision by the people. |  |
Paying Respect to The Hero of Israelis An unidentified woman presents flowers to the tomb of Yonatan Netanyahu, elder brother of former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, in Jerusalem June 27, 2001. Many Israelis have gathered here to mourn for Yonatan, who died in rescuring the 105 Israeli hostages entrapped at Entebbe Airport in Kampala, Uganda on July 4, 1976, and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the hostage event. |  |
Brazil Burnt Drugs A staff member from the Rio de Janeiro State's Police Bureau displays drugs they seized to journalists and the public in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 26, the International Drug Control Day, 2001. The bureau destroyed three tons of drugs. |  |
Brazil burnt Drugs The Rio de Janeiro State's Police Bureau burn a total of three tons of drugs to the public in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 26, the International Drug Control Day, 2001. |  |
It is Cool Some youngsters invent a new method to produce scarce coolness by pouring water on the head in downtown Moscow, June 26, 2001. Roasting heat has overwhelmed Moscow as the temperature keeps on rising. |  |
Dachuan-Wanzhou Railway Opens to Traffic The Dachuan-Wanzhou Railway has been opened to traffic at 9:00 on June 26. The railway linking Dachuan, Sichuan Province, and Wanzhou, Chongqing Municipality, is 158 kilometers long, with a population of some 15.28 million along the line. |  |
Vice President Meets Guinean GuestVice President Hu Jintao met Wednesday with Moussa Solano, minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security of Guinea. |  |
