Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2012!!!

Very cool bladerunner..very cool! was it a speaking part? I worked in the motion picture TV industry for a little more than a year as a security guard on set in 2000 & '01..

You should post that in the Movies in General thread.

For equation...he can pick his new girlfriend out of this lot!

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CHANGSHA, CHINA - MARCH 14: Volunteers hold sex products during a demonstration of how to spot fake and inferior sex products at a shopping mall on March 14, 2012 in Changsha, China. China marks World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on March 15 each year, aiming to protect consumer rights and interests. The theme for WCRD 2012 is 'Our money, our rights: campaigning for real choice in financial services'.

A Chinese traffic policeman mans the junction to the Communist Party provincial headoffice in Chongqing on March 15, 2012, the office of Bo Xilai, until now a rising political star known for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals. Bo, the charismatic former head of China's Chongqing city, attracts fascination and scorn in equal measure, and had been seen as a leading contender to access the top rungs of power in China, but in a dramatic reversal of fortune, he was sacked as Chongqing head after being embroiled in a rare public scandal.

This photo taken on March 14, 2012, shows Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai during the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Bo Xilai, the charismatic but controversial Communist Party leader of China's Chongqing metropolis, has been removed from his post, the state news agency Xinhua said. The move, which comes ahead of a major leadership transition in China's ruling party later this year, follows weeks of intense speculation about Bo's future after a key aide reportedly tried to defect to the United States.

An official with the Food and Drug Administration covers his nose from the unpleasant smell from over 50 tons of confiscated fake medicine to be destroyed during a campaign to mark World Consumer Rights Day in Beijing, Thursday March 15, 2012. (AP Photo)

Workers attach milking machine cups to cows in the milking shed of the 35-hectare farm managed by New Zealand dairy export giant Fonterra Co-operative Group in Hangu County, near the city of Tangshan around 250km (155 miles) east of Beijing March 15, 2012. With more than 3,000 cows imported from New Zealand, the farm now produces nearly 100,000 litres of milk per day and around 28 million litres of milk per year for the domestic market. The farm is a feedlot system with the animals housed in barns and feed bought from local farmers. Fonterra, which controls 30% of the world's dairy exports and is New Zealand's largest company, has shifted to direct production in China after formula sold by its Chinese partner was found in 2008 to be laced with melamine, an industrial chemical added to low-quality or diluted milk to give misleadingly high protein readings.

This photo dated June 29, 2011 shows a Chinese woman carries a protrait of Bo Xilai, until now a rising political star known for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals, after one of the 'red' culture sessions where workers gather to sing revolutionary songs. Bo, the charismatic former head of China's Chongqing city, attracts fascination and scorn in equal measure, and had been seen as a leading contender to access the top rungs of power in China, but in a dramatic reversal of fortune, he was sacked as Chongqing head on March 15 after being embroiled in a rare public scandal.

IUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 14: Officers of Administration for Industry and Commerce destroy fake cigarettes on March 14, 2012 in Liuzhou, China. China marks World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on March 15 each year, aiming to protect consumer rights and interests. The theme for WCRD 2012 is 'Our money, our rights: campaigning for real choice in financial services'.

HEIHE, CHINA - MARCH 14: Law enforcement officials destroy fake cigarettes on March 14, 2012 in Heihe, China.

A Chinese woman poses for photos near a sculpture depicting the Chinese yuan note at an art district in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 15, 2012. The head of China's central bank said Monday it has room to ease lending curbs to support economic growth but any changes would be gradual.

XUCHANG, CHINA - MARCH 15: Firefighters destroy illegal fire extinguishers on March 15, 2012 in Xuchang, China. China marks World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on March 15 each year, aiming to protect consumer rights and interests.

Police officers escort a man who protests with his iMac outside an Apple store on Consumer Protection Day in Shanghai, China, Thursday, March 15, 2012. The man claimed the store had refused to repair a claimed fault with his iMac under warranty, and demanded Apple recall the iMac and offer consumers an apology. China marks Consumer Protection Day on March 15.

Li Na of China returns a shot to Angelique Kerber of Germany during their women's single quarterfinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 14, 2012 in Indian Wells, California.

Hong Kong chief executive candidate and former Hong Kong chief secretary Henry Tang poses for a picture with a young supporter while greeting people in the streets of Hong Kong on March 14, 2012. Thousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong earlier this month demanding universal suffrage and expressing anger at the city's system of choosing its chief executive. The election will be held on March 25, 2012.

Rescuers search for the missing people after a passenger ship (Ferry) sank in the Xunjiang River in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 15, 2012. A cargo ship loaded with porcelain clay collided with a passenger ship on the Xunjiang river on Sunday. The death toll has risen to 14 after one more body was retrieved Thursday. A total of 28 people were rescued following the accident, although six remain missing, the local government said. Four people have been detained in connection with a Sunday boat collision that left 14 people dead and six missing in the city of Guiping in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, local authorities said Thursday. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

Yao Chen, Gao Yuanyuan co-cover Bazaar magazine

Originally Posted by bladerunner

O.T talking about films.
Just Kidding Ya, shes not my daughter thank goodness. Id have to buy a shotgun to keep all the young bucks away.

Hey I gotmy self a job as a movie extra $180 a day in a Hollywood Film thats being filmed here in NZ. iIts called"The Emperor" about japan in the final days of the war. Its got "Tommy Lee Jones" in it

Last week I played a senior army officer and this coming Saturday A Senior Naval officer Im in a scene meeting and greeting the americans at the air force base not too far away from where im living. Boy theres gonna be a lot of CG work

Now as an ex officer of the Japanese military circa 1945 i can give their P.O.V. in these military threads

Oh wow...congratulation Bladerunner! A friend of mine did that once and play an extra in the movie "Pearl Harbor" by Micheal Bay. He played as a Kamakazi pilot (although he only see his body running towards the plane on the final cut). He told me it was fun and feels like a paid vocation for a week. All the cast member that played Japanese military went on a charter bus from Houston to Corpus Christi on board the retired USS LEXINGTON (ironic it's background is used as a Japanese Imperial Fleet carrier). They film crew treated everybody nice and the get fed for all meals and hotel rooms are paid for. They have to sign a contract that says they can not talk or even take pictures regarding about the movie, so no cell phones, and cameras. At the final day of shooting they get to eat steak dinner catered to them, plus Michael Bay was nice enough to meet them and making sure they were taking care of. Man if I knew about it, I would have done it.

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Very cool bladerunner..very cool! was it a speaking part? I worked in the motion picture TV industry for a little more than a year as a security guard on set in 2000 & '01..

You should post that in the Movies in General thread.

No speaking .Actually not quite sure what im doing on SAt. Im bound by the same secrecy obligations so ill talk about my experiences when the movies released.

For equation...he can pick his new girlfriend out of this lot!

He cant make up his mind so he loves them all.


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In these photos released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's patrol ship "Haijian 50" cruises in waters near the offshore oil and gas fields in East China Sea Saturday, March 17, 2012. The patrol by China Marine Surveillance, the country's maritime law enforcement authorities, was carried out by two patrol ships "Haijian 50" and "Haijian 66", which arrived here Saturday to join three other CMS vessels and a helicopter to conduct a collaborative drill, Xinhua said.

Chen Ruolin of China dives as she competes in the 10m Platform final in the FINA Diving World series at the Hamdan Bin Mohammad Aquatic Centre in Dubai on March 16, 2012.

Qin Kai of China competes in the Men's Synchro 3m Springboard during the FINA Diving World Series 2012 final at the Hamdan Bin Mohammad Aquatic Centre in Dubai on March 16, 2012.

Wu Minxia and He Zi of China, winners of the first place of women's 3m Synchro Springboard, compete in the FINA Diving World Series 2012 final at the Hamdan Bin Mohammad Aquatic Centre in Dubai on March 16, 2012.

Businessman An Yanshi, right, stands on a truckload of panda droppings collected to be used as fertilizers for his tea farm in Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday March 17, 2012. An is promoting his green tea which he fertilized with the panda droppings and wants to sell 21 commemorative sets packaged with 50 grams of the tea, panda themed tea sets and his own art works for the price of around 22,000 yuan or US$ 3,500. (AP Photo)

A homeless man collects firewood before cooking his lunch under a highway viaduct where he lives in Hefei, Anhui province March 16, 2012. China must embrace slower growth and bolder political reform to keep its economy from faltering and to spread wealth more evenly, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday, vowing to use his last year in power to attack mounting discontent that he warned could end in chaos.

disgusting!

Trash clogs up a polluted canal at the edge of Beijing on March 16, 2012. China said that two-thirds of its cities currently fail to meet new air-quality standards introduced this week that are based on the pollutants most harmful to health. Under pressure from a worried Chinese public, the government this week issued revised air-quality targets based on the smallest particulates, which make up much of the country's air pollution.

Staff from a hair salon dance before they start their workday in Beijing on March 16, 2012.

Chinese migrant workers leave their factory construction site for a lunchbreak in Beijing on March 16, 2012.

A staff member stands in front of the new Airbus A320 family final assembly line at its assembly plant in Tianjin municipality in this file photo. China has suspended the purchase of 10 more Airbus jets, two people familiar with the matter said on March 15, 2012, raising the stakes in a potentially damaging trade row over European Union airline emissions charges.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 15: An officer of Beijing Health Inspection inspects food at a McDonald's restaurant at Sanlitun after the restaurant was found to have sold expired food on March 15, 2012 in Beijing, China.

Elderly women sit at a park in downtown Shanghai March 16, 2012. China's National Social Security Fund, which manages the country's biggest pension fund worth 869 billion yuan ($137.2 billion), made a 5.6 percent return on investments last year, it said on Thursday, up from the prior year's 4.2 percent.

No equation you cannot be her assistant!

Ms. Zhuang, a Hotel Test Sleeper, checks the bed of a business chain hotel in Beijing March 6, 2012. Zhuang was selected as one of three final winners out of 7,800 candidates and started working for Qunar as a Professional Hotel Test Sleeper in March 2010. At present, she has slept at more than 200 hotels."My job is to role-play travelers of different types, different ages and genders at different scenarios, and see how each hotel fits their particular needs." Zhuang said. Her reviews help travelers make smart hotel picks and bring them a more pleasant experience on the road. Qunar, a Chinese online travel platform, started to recruit Professional Hotel Test Sleepers in 2010. The requirement for this new profession is to sleep at selected hotels without disclosing their real job and write expert reviews about the facilities, location, dining, services and prices of the hotels, in order to provide an independent third-party evaluation and an authoritative guide to travelers, according to the company.

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Ewww...recyle needs to be implemented more.

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LOL...but she can be MY assistance and check my bed...with me on it.

Man equation I'd love to see what's stored on your hard drive!..just kidding..

More photos of equations new girlfriend!! I think the eye glasses are a prop to make her look more studious.

Ms. Zhuang, a Hotel Test Sleeper, checks the facilities of a Beijing traditional hotel with courtyard houses, known as "Siheyuan" in Chinese, in central Beijing March 6, 2012. Zhuang was selected as one of three final winners out of 7,800 candidates and started working for Qunar as a Professional Hotel Test Sleeper in March 2010. At present, she has slept at more than 200 hotels."My job is to role-play travelers of different types, different ages and genders at different scenarios, and see how each hotel fits their particular needs." Zhuang said. Her reviews help travelers make smart hotel picks and bring them a more pleasant experience on the road. Qunar, a Chinese online travel platform, started to recruit Professional Hotel Test Sleepers in 2010. The requirement for this new profession is to sleep at selected hotels without disclosing their real job and write expert reviews about the facilities, location, dining, services and prices of the hotels, in order to provide an independent third-party evaluation and an authoritative guide to travelers, according to the company. Picture taken on March 6, 2012.

Popeye "Man equation I'd love to see what's stored on your hard drive!..just kidding.."

LOL...so do Hugh Hefner (creator of Playboy)...J/K!

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LOL...whatever honey! I'm not "manscaping"!

Hong Kong chief executive candidate Albert Ho (R) gestures as Henry Tang (C) and Leung Chun-ying (L) look on at a chief executive candidates forum in Hong Kong on March 16, 2012. Thousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong earlier this month demanding universal suffrage and expressing anger at the city's system of choosing its chief executive. The election will be held on March 25, 2012.

Policemen create a perimeter on a street after the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Debate in Hong Kong on March 16, 2012. Thousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong earlier this month demanding universal suffrage and expressing anger at the city's system of choosing its chief executive.

Police officers take an activist away as he protests against the Taiwan government's plan to allow beef imports from the United States in front of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei March 16, 2012.

A woman walks past a Boshiwa store in downtown Shanghai March 16, 2012. Trading in shares of Boshiwa International Holdings Ltd was suspended on Thursday afternoon, the Hong Kong stock exchange said, without giving details.

A worker at the Hong Kong Apple Store ties up a shopping bag with a new iPad near a display of new iPads on March 16, 2012. Gadget lovers in Australia, Japan and Hong Kong became the first people to snap up the new iPad with Apple looking to tighten its grip on the tablet market with its third generation launch.

A worker at the Hong Kong Apple Store hands a shopping bag with the new Apple iPad in it to a customer on March 16, 2012.

A customer looks at the new iPad at an Apple store in Hong Kong March 16, 2012. The Apple branch in Hong Kong was the first in the region to open for online orders to avoid queuing confusion.

A man walks past a rare pair of gold screens by Chinese artist Qi Baishi, during an auction previewed for the press, in Hong Kong Thursday, March 15, 2012. The work is estimated at US$1.9 to 2.6 million and will be auctioned as part of a spring sale on April 3.

Copies of The Complete Collection of Murals Unearthed in China displayed at a launching ceremony in Beijing, capital of China. The book, compiled by a 230-strong team since 2007, contains 10 volumes, collecting murals of various historical periods unearthed in various parts of China.[Photo/An Wei,China.org.cn]

He Zi of China competes in women's 3m Springboard during the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Series final at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum sports complex in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on March 17, 2012.

In this photo taken Saturday, March 17, 2012 and released by Freetibet. org, Tibetan monks gather to pray in front of the charred body of Sonam Thargyal placed with ceremonial scarves and portraits of the Dalai Lama after the latest self-immolation attempt in Tongren, a monastery town in Qinghai province, western China. The London-based rights group said the funeral for Sonam Thargyal, 44-year-old farmer who set himself on fire Saturday turned into a protest march, with thousands calling for freedom and the return to Tibet of the Dalai Lama, their exiled spiritual leader.

Residents gather around a dead whale found beached along the coast of the Yellow Sea in Binhai county of Yancheng city in eastern China's Jiangsu province on Saturday, March 17, 2012. Fishermen found four whales stranded on the beach on Friday but all the whales were dead by Saturday. (AP Photo)

Firefighters work to rescue victims of a pileup in heavy fog in Xuzhou in east China's Jiangsu province Saturday, March 17, 2012. At least six people have been confirmed dead and 30 others injured in four separate multi-pileup accidents involving more than 60 vehicles on an expressway in east China city of Xuzhou Saturday morning, according to the state media. (AP Photo)

A migrant worker washes his head in front of a shipping container which serves as his accommodation near a residential construction site in Hefei, Anhui province March 18, 2012.

A traditional craftsman demonstrates his art of a slideshow inside a box as he sings a tale entitled "Journey to the west" during a spring fair at a park in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 18, 2012.

Children play in the snow in Beijing on March 18, 2012. The Chinese capital was blanketed by spring snow after a day of heavy fog that grounded hundreds of flights in the country's north.

A boy practices T'ai chi before snow-covered trees in Beijing on March 18, 2012. T'ai chi is a popular form of internal Chinese martial art practiced for its defence training and health benefits.

Stranded passengers wait for their flights as almost 250 flights were cancelled, including some 15 international services, while more than 180 flights were delayed, including about 20 international services at the Beijing Capital International airport as visibility was at less than 200 metres (650 feet), official state news agency Xinhua said, blaming 'widespread fog' for the disruption, in Beijing on March 17, 2012. More than 400 flights to and from Beijing airport, including around 35 international services, were cancelled or delayed due to thick fog and strong air pollution covering the city, which the US embassy own measuring system, said pollution in Beijing had reached the 'hazardous' level early March 17, before dropping one notch to 'very unhealthy' later.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Maurice Greenberg, former chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG), at a meeting with entrepreneurs from various countries during the China Development Forum at the Great Hall Of The People in Beijing March 19, 2012.

Chinese actress Deng Jia Jia poses on the red carpet during the 6th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 19, 2012.

A young Chinese boy outside the Tiananmen Gate which is the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing on March 19, 2012.

A women sells traditional Chinese headwear outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on March 19, 2012.

Chinese Paramilitary soldiers train outside their barracks in Beijing on March 19, 2012. Military spending in Asia will top that in Europe for the first time this year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in its annual assessment of the strength of the world's armies. China leads the way in Asia and is engaged in a modernization programme of its forces and military hardware financed by its rapid economic development.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Shi Baikui stands trial Monday, March 19, 2012 for stealing art pieces from the Forbidden City last year, at the Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing. The court sentenced the 27-year-old Chinese farmer to 13 years in jail on Monday for stealing art pieces from the Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former imperial palace in China's capital. The sign reads "Defender."

A paramedic opens the backdoor of an ambulance at the Queen Mary Hospital where Tongan King George Tupou V died in Hong Kong on March 19, 2012. Tonga's King George Tupou V, who relinquished absolute power to bring democracy to the South Pacific nation, died at the age of 63 on March 18 in Hong Kong.

Yani Tseng, of Taiwan, poses with the trophy after winning the LPGA Founders Cup golf tournament Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Phoenix.

Lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung, protests against Hong Kong Chief Executive candidates, demanding universal suffrage, during a debate organized by the election committee members in Hong Kong March 19, 2012. Despite Beijing's promise to grant Hong Kong full democracy as the "ultimate aim", the people of Hong Kong have no direct say in their next leader, who will be chosen on March 25 by a 1,200-member election committee stacked with Beijing loyalists.

Smoke rises from the Zhongcai Mansion in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 18, 2012. Fire fighters try to extinguish the flames after a fire broke out at the mansion around 3:00 p.m. local time on Sunday. The casualties of the fire is unknown by far. [Xinhua]

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HONG KONG - MARCH 19: Hong Kong actress Yumiko Cheng attends the 6th Asian Film Awards, celebrating excellence in cinema, at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on 19 March 2012 in Hong Kong, China The event honours specifically filmmakers achievements in the field of Asian cinema, bringing together the best cinematic talent in Asia.

HONG KONG - MARCH 19: Hong Kong actress and model Ankie Beilke and her mother Ankie Lau Heung-ping pose at the red carpet during the 6th Asian Film Awards, celebrating excellence in cinema, at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on 19 March 2012 in Hong Kong, China

HONG KONG - MARCH 19: Hong Kong model and actress Jessica Cambensy poses at the red carpet during the 6th Asian Film Awards, celebrating excellence in cinema, at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on 19 March 2012 in Hong Kong, China

Excellent...I don't see a ring on Deng Jia Jia or Jessica Cambensy, so that means, they're available!

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How come they dont tell us who Yukimo Chengs partner is? I wonder if he's just a renta boy then

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How come they dont tell us who Yukimo Chengs partner is? I wonder if he's just a renta boy then

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She could have "rented" me for free!