From left: Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states during the first summit of the organization in Shanghai, China: Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan, Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzsatan, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, Jiang Zemin, President of China, Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, and Emomali Rakhmonov, President of Tajikistan signed the Shanghai Convention on Fighting Terrorism, Separatism, and Extremism.15.06.2001#399423
House on piles, specimen of traditional Chinese architecture, in an old area of Shanghai.01.06.1999#41805
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's official visit to China. April 24-26, 1996. President's wife Naina Yeltsin during a visit to the children's palace in Shanghai.26.04.1996#3247068
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's official visit to China. From left: President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.26.04.1996#861848
An official visit by a Russian delegation to the People's Republic of China, May 26-29, 1994, Head of the delegation, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, right, during his meeting with Shanghai top officials.28.05.1994#6305033
Chairman of the RF Government Viktor Chernomyrdin, center, and his wife, after laying flowers at the monument to A. Pushkin, in the background.28.05.1994#859160
An official visit by a Russian delegation to the People's Republic of China, May 26-29, 1994, Head of the delegation, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, signs the honorary guests book after visiting Pudong Special Economic Zone in Shanghai.27.05.1994#6305726
An official visit by a Russian delegation to the People's Republic of China, May 26-29, 1994, Head of the delegation, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, center, and his wife Valentina Chernomyrdina, left, take a walk in Shanghai.27.05.1994#6305722
An official visit by a Russian delegation to the People's Republic of China, May 26-29, 1994, Head of the delegation, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, 4th left, takes a walk in Shanghai.27.05.1994#6305721
Exhibition Fund. View of Shanghai's TV tower "Oriental Pearl" - the second highest in Asia (468 meters). It was built from 1990-1994.05.07.1992#1213107
CPSU General Secretary, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev's official visit to the People's Republic of China. May 15-18, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Gorbacheva at the boarding ramp before flying back to Moscow.18.05.1989#2891827
On this May 17, 1989 file photo CPSU General Secretary, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev's official visit to the People's Republic of China. May 15-18, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Gorbacheva at the boarding ramp before flying back to Moscow. The ex-president of the USSR has died at the age of 91 after a serious and long illness on the evening of August 30.17.05.1989#8263972
The official visit of the CPSU General Secretary, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium Mikhail Gorbachev to the People's Republic of China. 15-18 May 1989. Raisa Gorbacheva during a tour of Shanghai.17.05.1989#2867433
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev greeting a Chinese school student during his official visit to China.14.05.1989#27575
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (left) meeting with Jiang Zemin, Shanghai Communist Party head, during his official visit to China.14.05.1989#27574
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (left) meeting with Jiang Zemin, Shanghai Communist Party head, during his official visit to China.14.05.1989#27573
The official visit of the General Secretary of the CPSU CC, the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council M. Gorbachev to the People's Republic of China. Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev laying a wreath at the monument to A. Pushkin.01.05.1989#782077
The official visit of the General Secretary of the CPSU CC, the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council M. Gorbachev to the People's Republic of China. Raisa Gorbachev on an excursion over the city of Shanghai.01.05.1989#782075
The official visit of the General Secretary of the CPSU CC, the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council M. Gorbachev to the People's Republic of China. Raisa Gorbachev on an excursion over the city of Shanghai.01.05.1989#782074
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev on an official visit to the People's Republic of China. Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev visited elevator and pipe plants.01.05.1989#782073
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev on an official visit to the People's Republic of China. Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev visited elevator and pipe plants.01.05.1989#782072