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Mideast Peace Dominates Talks
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| Resolving the long-standing disputes in the Middle East can help root out the origins of terrorism and achieve peace in the world, President Jiang Zemin said Wednesday during a meeting with visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. |
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China's "Silicon Valley" Keeps Growing
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| West Beijing's Zhongguancun area, known as China's "Silicon Valley," has reported steady growth, bucking the trend among the world's slump-ridden high-tech businesses. |
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China's Afforestation Reported
First in World
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| China now ranks first in the world in forest area preserved through afforestation, Zhou Shengxian, director of the State Forestry Administration, told a working conference on forestry Tuesday in Beijing. Zhou said that by the end of 2000, China had set up 909 nature reserves, occupying about 10.63 percent of China's territory. |
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Premier Urges Still Closer Ties
With Norway
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| China and Norway should tap the great potential for bilateral economic and trade cooperation, although the two countries have already had fruitful cooperation in a wide range of fields, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji told his Norwegian counterpart in Beijing Monday. |
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Yunnan Starts Hydopower Project
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| Construction work began on Sunday on what will be China's second largest hydropower station on the international Lancang-Mekong River. Situated in the middle reaches of the river in Dali Bai Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province in Southwest China, Xiaowan Hydropower Station will have a total installed generating capacity of 4.2 million kilowatts. It will be second only to the Three Gorges project on the Yangtze River. |
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China Begins Three Gorges Reservoir Bed Clean-up
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| A series of detonations demolished in a matter of seconds the Yong'an Township Government building Sunday in the reservoir area of China's Three Gorges Project, marking the start of the countdown to water storage and power generation at the Three Gorges Project. |
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China, Belarus Greets Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his Belarussian counterpart, Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko, exchanged congratulatory telegrams on Sunday on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. |
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Teapot Exhibition Tells of Chinese Tea Drinking History
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| An exhibition entitled “A Story About Teapots”, currently held in Hong Kong by the SAR’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department, allows visitors not only to view a fine selection of teapots and tea ware, but also to appreciate the diversity of the tea art across several dynasties in Chinese history. |
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Jiang Meets With Visiting Jordanian King
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin said in Beijing Thursday that economic cooperation between China and Jordan has been developing rapidly in a parallel way with their political ties increasingly being strengthened. |
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Glory and Dreams
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| For his "To Our Readers" message in China Today’s commemorative 50th anniversary issue, Huang Zu'an, president and editor-in-chief of the magazine, chose as his title, "Glory and Dreams." I think it appropriate to use the title once more for this article as today’s China prospers and the magazine celebrates its 50th birthday. |
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Blair Lauds “Fruitful Ties” With China
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| British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke highly of bilateral relations between China and England Thursday during talks with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. Tang’s visit to London is the first in five years by a Chinese foreign minister. |
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Ice Flood Devastates Wuhai
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| For the people of Wuhai, in the western part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, December 17, 2001 was the night they lost their city to the Yellow River. In a matter of 15 minutes, an ice flood caused by melting ice and strong winds crushed dams and pummeled the area. Two hours later, five villages were left destroyed. |
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