Chinese President Jiang Zemin Meets PowellPresident Jiang Zemin met Saturday afternoon with visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Great Hall of the People.  |  |
Vice Premier Qian Qichen Meets with PowellChinese vice Premier Qian Qichen met with visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell Saturday afternoon at the Great Hall of the People. |  |
Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan Meets Powell Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan(L) shakes hands with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in Beijing July 28, |  |
Luo Wins Second Gold Medal at World Swimming Championships Luo Xuejuan of China won her second world title when she took the women's 50 meters breaststroke swimming gold in a time of 30.84 seconds at the 9th FINA world swimming championships Friday in Fukuoka. |  |
First US Warships Arrive in HK since Spy Plane Row The USS Patriot docks against the Hong Kong skyline on Thursday, July 26, 2001. The USS Patriot is one of two anti-mine vessels that arrived in territory for the U.S. Navy's first port call since a spy plane crisis raised tensions between Washington and Beijing. |  |
Cycling to Lhasa Five students, members of Bicycling Association of Peking University, gesture as they arrive at the square in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region July 26, 2001. They cycled over 1200 kilometers to Lhasa from Gormo of northwest China's Qinghai province. After a ten-day break, they will go on with their trip to Qomolangma Feng. |  |
New Injected Contra-Endotoxin Medicine Developed in Tianjin Two technicians work on a newly developed contra-endotoxin medicine in a workshop at the Xianling Medicine Institute in Tianjin, China July 27, 2001. This injected contra-endotoxin medicine, developed over 8 years on a cost of 20 million yuan or 2.5 million U.S. dolars invested by Miao Dawei, is derived from traditional Chinese medicine herbs. |  |
Yuan Hua Captures A Gold in World Judo Championship Chinese Yuan Hua jubilates after defeating Japanese Midori Shintani in the women's 78kg-category final of the World Judo Championship in Munich July 26, 2001. |  |
Beauty Contest for Married Ladies in Moscow Malina(R) who wins the beauty contest for married ladies gestures to the audience in the Youth Palace of Moscow July 26, 2001. Dozens of married ladies participated in the event. |  |
Shadow Over Mexican Aboriginal Children An Indian mother and her child beg outside a snack bar in downtown Mexico city July 27, 2001. Carol Bellamy, executive director of United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF), revealed that 40,000 aboriginal children in Mexico die of preventable diseases yearly, three quarters of the children could not finish their primary education and aboriginal baby's mortality is twice the national average level. |  |
Powell Arrives in Beijing US Secretary of State Colin Powell (L), is greeted by Chinese ambassador to US Yang Jiechi, at Beijing airport, July 28, 2001. |  |
