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

In these photos released by China's Xinhua News Agency, hooded and hand-cuffed suspects are escorted to get off a plane after arriving in Beijing Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Chinese authorities said 37 Chinese nationals were extradited from the southwestern African country Angola, where they are accused of crimes against fellow Chinese citizens such as kidnapping, robberies, extortions and forcing them into prostitution.

China's top three winners of 2012 Miss Tourism International pose for pictures after the final in Manghe scenic sport in Yangcheng County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 24, 2012. The champion, the second place and the third place went respectively to Liu Yanjun (C), Xu Yaoyao (L) and Yuan Jiayi. (Xinhua/Dai Linlin)

Labourers work at a coking plant of a steel factory in Hefei, Anhui province August 25, 2012. China's steel mills have defaulted on supply contracts or deferred shipment of up to 4 million tonnes of iron ore this month, traders said, the latest evidence that a slowdown in the country's economy is hurting the world's top steel market.

All the photos I saw were pictures of more senior persons. Where are the young persons?

Residents hold a protest at the Japanese consulate in downtown Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 24, 2012. Some 200 Chinese Canadians on Friday protested against the encroachment of Japan to the Diaoyu Islands. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)

Rescuers transfer an injured tourist in Shizuishan city of northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Aug. 25, 2012. A flash flood triggered by torrential rains in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region washed away nine tourists at a mountain ravine in the Dawukou district of Shizuishan city at 12 p.m. Saturday. Six were killed so far and the three injured have been sent to a hospital for emergency treatment. (Xinhua/Wang Yannan)

Children play at Mickey fun house in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 24, 2012. The fun house brought out by Disney set up various entertaining events, which attracted a good many of children. (Xinhua/Zhang Ming)

Counsellor Cao Xiaolin (R) talks to a Kenyan student receiving the scholarship granted by the Chinese government at the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 24, 2012. This year China awarded scholarships to 64 Kenyan students to pursue their bachelor's and master's degrees in China. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

A bronze mirror of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) is displayed in an exhibition at the Jilin Provincial Museum in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 24, 2012. A total of 163 ancient bronze mirrors from the Shaanxi History Museum in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, were on display in the 55-day exhibition opening at the Jilin Provincial Museum on Friday. (Xinhua/Lin Hong)

Middle school students visit an exhibition on people's daily items in past time at a museum in Zhoujiajian Town of Zizhou County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 22, 2012. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin (3rd R) of the Houston Rockets talks to his fans during a promotional event in Hong Kong, south China, Aug. 24, 2012. (Xinhua/He Jingjia)

Pupils eat eggs in Koujiayuan Township of Wubao County in Yulin, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 23, 2012. The government of Shaanxi has implemented "egg and milk project" since 2009, enabling rural children covered by compulsory education to have a bag of milk and an egg every day. More than 2.2 million students had benefitted from this project by the end of 2011. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

Death toll in NW China road accident rises to 36

YAN'AN, Shaanxi, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from an expressway accident in northwest China has risen to 36, local police said Sunday.

The accident occurred at around 2 a.m. Sunday in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, when a bus and a methanol-loaded tanker collided and caught fire.

Only three out of the 39 people aboard the bus have survived the accident, but they all suffered injuries, police said. Full story

RIP. I'm wondering whether the frequent serious accidents involving large vehicles is simply due to China's size or whether there really is something to be improved for heavy vehicle drivers.

Perhaps the problem is the speed in which these bus and truck drivers are driving. Plus, apparently, following tooooo closely. Are any sort of Commercial (professional) Driving License required to operate large vehicles required in China?

NBA basketball player LeBron James of the NBA Champions Miami Heat attends a promotional event in Shanghai, August 24, 2012.

NBA Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo walks on a court during a short basketball clinic with young Taiwanese players in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.

Taiwan soldiers help residents to clean areas affected by floods brought on by Typhoon Tembin in Hengchun Township in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan on August 25, 2012. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau warned that tropical storm Tembin could return early next week after triggering the worst downpour in over a century on the island's southernmost tip.

Residents clean flood damaged goods brought on by Typhoon Tembin in Hengchun Township in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan on August 24, 2012. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau warned tropical storm Tembin could return early next week after triggering the worst downpour in over a century on the island's southernmost tip.

Fishing boats are moored at a port to avoid risks brought by approaching typhoon in Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 26, 2012. Bolaven, the 15th typhoon of the year, was expected to bring gales to the East China Sea and heavy rain to the northeast coast of Zhejiang. (Xinhua/Jia Ce)

Horsemen stage an equestrian performance at the opening ceremony of the second Ordos Dalate International Horse Culture Festival in Dalate Banner of Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2012. Some 60 horsemen from 15 countries and regions gave performances at the festival's opening ceremony Saturday night. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)

A musician from Mongolia performs during the 8th annual Vibrant Nine Festival in Podvini Park in Prague, Czech, Aug. 25, 2012. The multicultural festival offers an opportunity for people from different countries to get together and share their music, dance and culture. (Xinhua/Wang Yi)

New Silk Road model contest kicks off in Taiwan - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Contestants take part in the 2012 New Silk Road Taiwan Model Contest in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 25, 2012. Forty-nine models competed for crowns in Saturday's contest. The winners will be qualified for the 2012 New Silk Road World Model Contest. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Thanks for your insight equation! I learn something new everyday!

In other words that bridge suffered from shoddy construction technics.

" ..........According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Yangmingtan Bridge was the sixth major bridge in China to collapse since July 2011. Chinese officials have tended to blame overloaded trucks for the collapses, and did so again on Friday.

Many in China have attributed the recent spate of bridge collapses to corruption, and online reaction to the latest collapse was scathing.

“Corrupt officials who do not die just continue to cause disaster after disaster,” said one post on Friday on Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging service similar to Twitter.

Another Internet user expressed hope “that the government will put heavy emphasis on this and investigate to find out the real truth, and give both the dead and the living some justice!” A third user was more laconic, remarking, “Tofu engineering work leads to a tofu bridge.”

Chinese news media reported that the bridge had cost 1.88 billion renminbi, or almost $300 million. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/wo...erns.html?_r=1

Originally Posted by no_name

RIP. I'm wondering whether the frequent serious accidents involving large vehicles is simply due to China's size or whether there really is something to be improved for heavy vehicle drivers.

According to a sourced list on wikipedia on road-related death rates, China actually has a rather moderate amount in comparison to other countries, namely those with poorer infrastructure and traffic systems. For example, China has less deaths per 100,000 automobiles than Russia, though China has twice as much deaths per 100,000 automobiles than the U.S. The worst road-related death rate came from the country of Togo, where over 14,000 people per 100,000 automobiles die per year. There's probably a population and economic reason for that huge statistic, but a much richer and larger nation, Ethiopia, came in second with over 11,000 people per 100,000 automobiles die per year.

A reason why China's automobile fatality rates are so high might actually have to do with their size, not from the statistically probability of eventually having more accidents than other countries, but rather from the coverage each accident gets (also probably have to do with the sheer number of accidents). I honestly haven't heard of automobile accidents in Togo, but I'd suspect it's because most won't echo to my part of the world.

An investor checks stock information at a brokerage house in Hefei, Anhui province August 27, 2012. Shanghai shares suffered their worst day in two weeks on Monday as investors lowered expectations of policy easing measures by China, with non-banking financial firms falling the most.

Chinese tourists pose for photos beside a promotional billboard showing NBA basketball star LeBron James who plays for Miami Heat, in Beijing on August 27, 2012.

In this photo released by Ford Motor Co. , workers assemble a car at a new Ford/CFMA Chongqing Plant after its launching ceremony in Chongqing, China, Monday Aug. 27, 2012. Ford Motor Co. is building a sixth plant in China as part of an effort to increase its sales in the world's largest auto market.

People pose for photos in front of a huge chair displayed in a shopping mall in Shanghai on August 27, 2012. China's leaders will have more room to further loosen monetary policy after recent data showed inflation at its lowest in two and a half years while industrial output and retail sales also eased.

Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma (R) shakes hands with Chinese Commerce Minister Deming Chen prior to a meeting in New Delhi on August 27, 2012. Commerce ministers of India and China met during the 9th Session of India-China Joint Group on Economic Relation, Trade, science and Technology (JEG) meeting.

Workers upgrade surveillance equipment in Tiananmen Square as the city prepares for the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that will see a change in the countries leadership, in Beijing on August 26, 2012. Xi Jinping is widely expected to be named head of the ruling Communist Party and become president in the country's once-in-a-decade leadership transition.

The giant paper statue of Chinese deity "Da Shi Ye" or "Guardian God of Ghosts" is burnt during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Kajang outside Kuala Lumpur August 26, 2012. The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items such as televisions, refrigerators and sport cars are burnt to appease the wandering spirits. It is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the dead ancestors return to visit their relatives.

A protester from Occupy Central poses for a picture at the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong August 27, 2012. The protesters said they would not leave the site despite a court order requiring them to clear out from the ground floor of the HSBC headquarters by 1300 GMT on Monday. Occupy Central has on the grounds since October 15, 2011, echoing similar anti-Wall Street demonstrations in the United States. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu.

A fan holds a board pasted with cover pages of magazines with photos of NBA star Jeremy Lin during a fan meeting in Hong Kong Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Lin will move to Yao Ming's former team Houston Rockets next season on a three-year deal.

Three people were killed and four others injured after a female retiree set fire to an office belonging to a tap water company in central China's Hunan province Monday morning, local sources said.

Around 10:00 a.m. Monday, employee Shi Yanfei rushed into a meeting room where company heads were gathered, spilling gasoline in the room and igniting it, the government press office of the city of Shaoyang said.

Shi jumped out of one of the room's windows after igniting the blaze.

One general manager and two vice general managers were killed, while another three company heads were injured. Shi and the three injured have been sent to a local hospital for treatment.

It is believed that Shi's motivation may have been her dissatisfaction with the position given to one of her children, who also works for the company. Shi is one of the company's early retirement workers.

Damaged vehicles are removed after an expressway collision in Yan'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 26, 2012. A 39-seat bus and a methanol-loaded tanker collided and caught fire on an expressway in Yan'an early Sunday morning and 36 people were killed in the accident. Only three people aboard the bus survived the accident, but they all suffered injuries, said the local police. (Xinhua)

Fishing vessels enter a harbor to avoid Typhoon Bolaven in Zhoushan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 27, 2012. Bolaven, the 15th typhoon of the year, entered the East China Sea on Monday, bringing gales and downpours to eastern coastal areas. National meteorological authority continue to issue yellow alert late Monday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Local officers help fishermen arrange fishing net as a preparation to avoid typhoon in Zhoushan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 27, 2012.

August 2012...Zhang Yuqi poses for magazine cover

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Whata crazy woman! Well at least the fire sprinkler system works, other wise it could've been worse.


Chinese actress - Imgur

Whoa..MAMA!

A reason why China's automobile fatality rates are so high might actually have to do with their size, not from the statistically probability of eventually having more accidents than other countries, but rather from the coverage each accident gets (also probably have to do with the sheer number of accidents). I honestly haven't heard of automobile accidents in Togo, but I'd suspect it's because most won't echo to my part of the world.

Don't discount driving behavior either. In my experience in East Asia, people drink very heavily after work and don't have the public transit options to get home that Europeans or Japanese do. Drunk driving is widely tolerated and laws against it are poorly enforced. Penalties against drunk driving are so tiny as to not deter people. Only when a drunk driver kills someone does the legal hammer fall on them. China would do well to change the culture of drunk driving as the United States has done since the 1980s.

East Asians have a culture of "Binge Drinking"?

Originally Posted by bladerunner

East Asians have a culture of "Binge Drinking"?

Definitely. After work, South Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese will hit the bars and streetside restaurants to drink for hours with their colleagues. They often start late in the night around 8 or 9 PM and continue till midnight. You can see beer cans piled up on, below, and beside their tables. Drunks are sometimes seen resting on the sidewalk or being helped along by their friends. Nobody thinks much of it, it's part of the culture. They think "men will be men". Moreover, drinking beer is part of the business culture. Many business deals and partnerships are negotiated during alcohol binges. This is the case with blue collar or white collar workers, rich and poor, urban and rural. And it leads to a huge drunk driving problem in East Asia.

If I'm not mistaken, I remember reading news reports of alcohol consumption per capital in East Asian countries and probably more so in South East Asian countries being markedly lower than those in Western countries.

Originally Posted by Quickie

If I'm not mistaken, I remember reading news reports of alcohol consumption per capital in East Asian countries and probably more so in South East Asian countries being markedly lower than those in Western countries.

More have to do with economics, alcohols are more expensive in the East base on the earning power, so not that much people drink proportionally. However those that do drink, they drink a lot. There is definitely a drinking culture in East.