Friday, September 17, 2004

News

11th China Art Exposition held in Beijing (More pictures here.)

"Garden of gardens" to undergo revamping: Work to rehabilitate the beauty of Yuanmingyuan, China's great imperial garden, has achieved initial success as the western part of the garden has been excavated from the dust of ages.

China diary—Compound comforts: Former BBC Beijing correspondent Tim Luard is back in China, 25 years after his first visit, to write a series of articles for BBC News Online on how much the country has changed. He will also be writing a diary during his trip, and this is his third instalment.

Profile—Hu Jintao: Even close followers of Chinese politics can say little for sure about Hu Jintao, the man who took over as China's Communist Party leader in 2002 and is now the country's president.


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