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

A 3D animation of a new highway that crosses some of the most difficult terrains in China. This highway is about to be commissioned.



A relevant article (in Chinese) describing the highway can be found here.

Engineer.. the video is not working for me Something called....

This video contains content from WMG and SME, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Engineer.. the video is not working for me Something called....

Here is the same video from Youku:
雅西高速视频宣ä¼*动画 - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看

It will be great if we can embed videos from 56, Tudou, and Youku.

Thanks for posting that link.

Originally Posted by Engineer

Here is the same video from Youku:
雅西高速视频宣ä¼*动画 - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看

It will be great if we can embed videos from 56, Tudou, and Youku.

Probably not going to happen anytime soon. many of those Chinese based sites have malicious malware from time to time

Originally Posted by Engineer

A 3D animation of a new highway that crosses some of the most difficult terrains in China. This highway is about to be commissioned.



A relevant article (in Chinese) describing the highway can be found here.

I wonder who's gonna do the site survey of the terrain? Can you imagine the surveyors has to basically camped out for weeks or months to get a detailed analyses of the rocks and soil samples?

The video works great for me. It's amazing (the high way). At 3'45", there's a container going up slope and sliding left right. What did they mean for that?

Originally Posted by Equation

I wonder who's gonna do the site survey of the terrain? Can you imagine the surveyors has to basically camped out for weeks or months to get a detailed analyses of the rocks and soil samples?

Surveying has long been done. The highway will be opened to the public soon.

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Originally Posted by SteelBird

The video works great for me. It's amazing (the high way). At 3'45", there's a container going up slope and sliding left right. What did they mean for that?

That is a ramp for retarding runaway trucks.

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 25: Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attends a meeting with South Sudan president Salva Kiir (not pictured) at Zhongnanhai on April 25, 2012 in Beijing, China. President Kiir has had to cut his visit short due to increasing tensions with neighboring Sudan.

China..a land of great contrast.

A stall keeper holds his baby as he waits for customers inside a stationary supplies mall in Beijing on April 25, 2012.

A businessman looks at his mobile phone inside a stationary supplies mall in Beijing on April 25, 2012.

A couple talk as they wait on a street in Beijing on April 25, 2012.

A slogan is displayed on the back of a Jeep in Beijing on April 25, 2012. Automakers are rushing to cash in on China's growing passion for SUVs, with sales up five-fold in the last half-decade, as increasingly affluent urban consumers seek to showcase their wealth.

Buddhist monks escort a bone relic believed to be that of Buddha Sakyamuni, encased in a glass cabinet, as it arrives at the Hong Kong International Airport Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The Buddhist treasure from mainland China will be enshrined for public worship in Hong Kong from April 25 to 30 to celebrate the Buddha's birthday.

A farmer works in her field in front of a residential construction site in Shanghai April 25, 2012. China may introduce preferential policies for first-home buyers to help support the property market, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources.

Villagers carrying bamboo baskets walk on a field after harvesting vegetables at a rural area in Bijie, Guizhou province April 24, 2012. China will invest around 600 billion yuan ($95.1 billion) to improve the efficiency of its farms and boost grain output by 25 million tonnes by 2015, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. Picture taken April 24, 2012.

A girl cries in her mother's arm while receiving a vaccination from a nurse at a hospital in Huaibei, Anhui province April 25, 2012. China's Ministry of Health reported Monday that its 2012 budget will amount to 80 billion yuan ($12.69 billion), showing an average of a 13.3 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) increase each year, Xinhua News Agency reported.

A farmer wades in polluted water as he and his fellow farmers dig a pond to filter the water for their farmlands nearby, in Lagu township of Huize county, Yunnan province April 24, 2012. China's rapid economic growth has been achieved at the expense of its natural environment, as excessive exploitation of natural resources and the expansion of highly polluting industries, compounded with a swelling population, has left deep scars on the country's landscape, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken April 24, 2012.

A girl walks with her goat near polluted water as her parents (not seen) dig a pond to filter the water for their farmlands nearby, in Lagu township of Huize county, Yunnan province April 24, 2012.

Terra-cotta soldiers from the "Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor" display are seen at the Discovery Channel Time Square Exposition in New York, April 24, 2012. The display opens on April 27 with over 200 artifacts and nine intact warriors. Each warrior is completely unique, standing approximately 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 200 pounds; they were built around 200 B.C.

Tibetan women scatter barley flour and offer prayers on the 23rd birthday of Panchen Lama Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the second-highest Tibetan religious leader, at the Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Nyima was named the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama in 1995 by the Dalai Lama, Tibetan's highest figure who is reviled as a separatist by the Chinese government. He and his family, who are from a remote part of Chinese-controlled Tibet, have not been heard from since and Beijing gave another boy the title.

NBA player Jeremy Lin arrives with golfer Yani Tseng of Taiwan to be honored at the Time 100 Gala in New York, April 24, 2012. The Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the last year complied by Time Magazine.

College students dressed as cheerleaders entertain stranded passengers at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport during heavy fog on April 24, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

Actresses of a troupe from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region perform for audience in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on April 25, 2012.

A rescue worker watches the ground as a rescue helicopter prepares to land on Tung Ping Chau island during the Daya Bay Contingency Plan exercise in Hong Kong April 26, 2012. The Hong Kong government conducted a major inter-departmental exercise to test and practice response capability in the event of a serious off-site accident at the nuclear power stations at Daya Bay in China.

A policeman signals student participants evacuees to board a rescue helicopter during the Daya Bay Contingency Plan exercise in Tung Ping Chau island, in Hong Kong on April 26, 2012.

An student participants evacuees is scanned for radiation by a police officer in Tung Ping Chau island before boarding a rescue helicopter during the Daya Bay Contingency Plan exercise in Hong Kong on April 26, 2012.

Student participants evacuees prepare to board a rescue helicopter in Tung Ping Chau island during the Daya Bay Contingency Plan exercise in Hong Kong April 26, 2012.

A rescue worker, wearing a protective suit, scans a girl's hands to check the level of nuclear radiation found in her body during an evacuation drill at Daya Bay Nuclear Plant in Hong Kong Thursday, April 26, 2012.

A man sleeps among boxes at the Auto China 2012 car show in Beijing on April 26, 2012. Carmakers at the Beijing auto show are due to unveil scores of clean energy vehicles as they try to convince Chinese customers to swap gas-guzzling SUVs for cleaner but slower and pricier options.

An elderly cyclist looks at bicycles on display at the China International Bicycle and Motor Fair in Shanghai on April 26, 2012.

A visitor rides a tricycle at the China International Bicycle and Motor Fair in Shanghai on April 26, 2012.

Buckets Blakes, left, Paul Sturgass Handles Franklin of the Harlem Globetrotters teach a girl how to spin the ball with one finger during a drill at Beijing Runfeng School on April 25, 2012. [Yan Weijue/chinadaily.com.cn]

Paul Sturgass of the Harlem Globetrotters watches as a girl passes the ball during a drill in Beijing, April 25, 2012. [Yan Weijue/chinadaily.com.cn]

Students enjoy lessons given by the Harlem Globetrotters in Beijing, April 25, 2012. [Yan Weijue/chinadaily.com.cn]

Harlem Globetrotters bring joy to Beijing kids - Sports News - SINA English

The Harlem Globetrotters and students at Beijing Runfeng School pose for photos on April 25, 2012. [Yan Weijue/chinadaily.com.cn]

By Yan Weijue

The gym at Beijing Runfeng School turned into a sea of jubilation as the faculty welcomed a visit by the Harlem Globetrotters, one of the most well-known basketball teams in the world.

Three of the 29-member exhibition squad, Handles Franklin, Paul Sturgass aka Tiny -- the world's tallest pro baller at 7'8" -- and Buckets Blakes, taught the crowd of more than 100 some skills such dribbling, passing, and layups, in a two-hour training course, the fifth leg of their five-day tour of the capital.

Widely known for their wizardry, the players also provided a fair amount of joy as they picked people in the stands, including a teacher, and asked them to imitate some of their signature tricks on the court.

So it was no wonder the crowd burst into big laughter when a peer said hello to them before he threw the ball behind from between his legs, and another found it impossible to slap a high-five with the giant Tiny, who raised his hand to the sky, and another wagged his behind after circling the ball around his waist and legs.

Yes, the philosophy of the Harlem Globetrotters is that the game could be, and should be, entertaining.

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (L) and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk take part in a meeting of China-Central Europe prime ministers at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on April 26, 2012. Wen Jiabao announced Thursday a $10 billion special credit line for central and eastern Europe to support cooperation projects mainly in the ex-communist region's infrastructure sector.'To boost practical cooperation with central and east European countries, the Chinese government has decided to set up a $10 billion special credit line,' Wen told thousands of delegates at a major China-Central Europe economic forum in Warsaw.

Photo taken on April 26, 2012 shows the destroyed bus at Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Nine people were killed and 36 others injured, including eight seriously, after a coach veered off an expressway section here late Wednesday night. The 44-seat sleeper coach had 46 people on board including two drivers,when the accident happened in Nanhua County, Chuxiong Prefecture, at around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)

Chinese Badminton player Shixian Wang of China returns a shot against Ai Goto of Japan during the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2012 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi on April 26, 2012. Wang beat Goto 21-19, 21-19.

These pictures taken on April 20, 2012 shows Chinese police detectives detaining men in Beijing, after they searched their home for evidence of using the internet to commit various criminal activities using personal information of citizens stolen off websites.

The 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu, the official Lama appointed by Beijing to replace Dalai Lama who was chosen according to the tribe's tradition, attends the The third World Buddhist Forum in Hong Kong April 26, 2012.

Holy cow I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at the image of the old man in the bicycle helmet. It reminds me of my 92 year old grandpa walking to the convenient store with his bike helmet on (without riding the bicycle).

Originally Posted by Equation

Holy cow I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at the image of the old man in the bicycle helmet. It reminds me of my 92 year old grandpa walking to the convenient store with his bike helmet on (without riding the bicycle).

If you a graduated bike rider from China, than you can ride a bike anywhere.

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he Harlem Globetrotters and students at Beijing Runfeng School pose for photos

Are the H.G T's ex NBA/College players or college players who failed to make the next step up?

Originally Posted by bladerunner

Are the H.G T's ex NBA/College players or college players who failed to make the next step up?

Yes.. some are former NBA bench warmers. The HGT show is unique.

Medical personnel inspect a man acting as a patient contaminated with radiation during a nuclear evacuation drill at Tuen Mun Hospital in Hong Kong April 27, 2012. The Hong Kong government and Hong Kong Hospital Authority conducted a major exercise to test response capability in the event of an off-site accident at the nuclear power stations at Daya Bay, just 20 kms (12 miles) east of Hong Kong in China's Guangdong province.

An official from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, wearing a protective suit, monitors a pig, imported from Mainland China at the Food Control Office during a nuclear emergency drill in Man Kam To, the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, April 27, 2012. The monitoring of food imported from Mainland China is part of the two-day Daya Bay Nuclear Plant Contingency Plan exercise held to raise preparedness at handling possible accidents at the nuclear plant at Daya Bay, near Hong Kong.

In this image made on Friday, April 27, 2012, pages of rival Taiwan newspapers Apple Daily, top half, and The China Times, bottom, are seen depicting each other's owners in a fight for ownership of a major chunk of Taiwan's media outlets. Hong Kong's media moghul owner of the Apple Daily and fierce China critic Jimmy Lai is calling foul as Want Want Group chairman Tsai Eng-meng is seeking to purchase a local cable TV network system in a $2.4 billion deal that would significantly bolster his influence in Taiwan. Tsai has big business interests in China and the move could bolster his stature on the mainland.

A visitor looks at model wind turbines at the China (Shanghai) International Wind Energy Exhibition and Conference in Shanghai on April 27, 2012. China’s wind power capacity will increase more than five-fold over the next decade as the country steps up its drive to develop clean energy according to the China Wind Power Outlook report.

A general view shows people outside the US embassy in Beijing on April 27, 2012. Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese lawyer who won global acclaim for uncovering rights abuses under China's 'one child' policy, has escaped from house arrest, his supporters said, amid unconfirmed reports that Chen was currently at the US embassy in Beijing.

A Chinese police car sits parked outside the US embassy in Beijing on April 27, 2012.

A general view shows a makeshift camp for people affected by the 2010 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai province, April 23, 2012. Government officials are threatening to forcibly relocate some 600 people - mostly Tibetans - from what was prime real estate in order to rebuild Gyegu - known in Chinese as Yushu - as what officials billed as an "ecological tourism centre". The move has triggered resentment as two of China's most volatile social issues - land grabs and perceived mistreatment of ethnic minorities - combine to raise tensions and threaten social stability in the region. Picture taken April 23, 2012.

Kanga Ihamo, 3, an ethnic Tibetan girl, stands inside her family tent at a makeshift camp for people affected by the 2010 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai province, in this April 23, 2012 file photo.

Locals drive a vehicle in front of a building damaged by the 2010 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai province, April 22, 2012.

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 26: 3rd placed Li Du of China celebrates after the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final on day eight of the ISSF Shooting World Cup LOCOG Test Event for London 2012 at The Royal Artillery Barracks on April 26, 2012 in London, England.

Rescuers are seen at the site where a colliery is flooded in the Xinsheng Coal Mine in Yanhe county in southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 27, 2012. Rescuers were rushing to pump water out of the flooded coal mine where 11 miners were trapped for over 10 hours since Thursday morning, local authorities said. A total of 22 people were working underground when the flooding occurred at about 10:30 a.m. in the coal mine. Eleven miners managed to escape, but another 11 have remained trapped since the flooding. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

Contaminated medicine are set on fire in Dapugou dump of Urumchi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 27, 2012. More than 50 thousand boxes of medicine using chromium-contaminated capsules were destroyed here on Friday. (Xinhua/Sadat)

The TV grab shows suspect Wang Haijian (1st L, front) on trial in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province, April 27, 2012. Three suspects, namely Wang Haijian, Wang Wei and Wang An'an, went on trial Friday for allegedly bombing a bank in a robbery attempt that killed two people and wounded more than 10 others in Hubei last December. (Xinhua)

Originally Posted by bladerunner

Are the H.G T's ex NBA/College players or college players who failed to make the next step up?

Some are former NBA and college players, they're more like highly skilled performers and stunts. They're dribbling, dunks, and various comedic acts are more for entertainment.