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

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks with residents of Qiuyijiayuan, an affordable housing community, in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2012. Wen inspected the construction of affordable housing in Tianjin on Friday.(Xinhua/Ding Lin)

People stand on large hexagonal columns of volcanic rock on Ninepin Group, also known as Kwo Chau Islands, southeast of Hong Kong in this handout photo released August 30, 2012. An ancient supervolcano that last erupted 140 million years ago, considered as one of the oldest supervolcanos, has been discovered in the southeastern part of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Geological Survey under the government's Civil Engineering and Development Department said on Thursday. It added that this is the first discovery of an ancient supervolcano in southeastern China. REUTERS/Hong Kong Government's Civil Engineering and Development Department/Handou

Silver medallist Zhang Yu Li of China poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's Individual Cycling C1 Pursuit final on day 2 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Velodrome on August 31, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Bruce Leamer bodyguards Kobe Bryant in China. August 2012

Migrant workers' kids say goodbye till next year - China News - SINA English

Liu Haoran, 6, plays finger games with his father through the window of a train at the Beijing Railway Station on Wednesday. After a short reunion, the boy has to leave his father, a migrant worker in Beijing, for his hometown in Maanshan, Anhui province, for the new semester. （Photo/China Daily)

Chinese actress Angelababy Yang pose for photos during a photocall at the 69th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Aug. 31, 2012. The film is presented in the non-official competition during the film festival which runs from Aug. 29 to Sep. 8. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Chinese Hongkong director Stephen Fung (L) and actress Angelababy Yang pose for photos during a photocall at the 69th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Aug. 31, 2012. The film is presented in the non-official competition during the film festival which runs from Aug. 29 to Sep. 8. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Students carry stationery & school supplies in Baochuta Experimental School in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 1, 2012. New semester began in primary and middle schools on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Students from Grade Two stand in line in Baochuta Experimental School in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 1, 2012. New semester began in primary and middle schools on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

New pupil Luo Xuanyi (R) is not willing to leave his mother on the first day of the new semester in Cuitingyuan Primary School in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 1, 2012. Chinese middle and primary schools start fall semester on Saturday. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

Two golden retrievers compete in a jumping contest during the 4th Pet World Dog Carnival at Chaoyang Park in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2012. About 1,000 dogs participate in the carnival on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

A master and her huskies wait for performing during the 4th Pet World Dog Carnival at Chaoyang Park in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2012. About 1,000 dogs participate in the carnival on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

A foreign student registers at a reception of the School of Chinese as Second Language in Peking University in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2012. A total of 3,684 freshmen are enrolled in Peking University this year as new semester began on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a meeting with him in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 2, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

Protesters take part in rally against a new Chinese national education course in Hong Kong September 1, 2012. Three students from the activist group Scholarism began a 60-hour hunger strike on Thursday outside the government headquarters in Admiralty, protesting against the introduction of national education, which they claim could be used to brainwash youngsters.

Suspect Xiong Yi (C) is sent from an airplane under escort in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, on Sept. 2, 2012. Chinese police have seized a suspect who allegedly sent a threatening message which caused a domestic flight to divert on Thursday, sources with the police said Saturday. The 29-year-old man, Xiong Yi, was caught Saturday afternoon in a hotel in Dongguan city in southern province of Guangdong, according to the police of central China's Hubei Province, where Xiong resides. Xiong confessed that he made an anonymous phone call to an airport in Shenzhen, Guangdong at 10:43 p.m. Thursday, claiming that explosives had been planted on Shenzhen Airlines Flight ZH9706, which was in mid-air for Shenzhen from Xiangyang, Hubei. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

A humanoid robot known as "Nao" performs during the 11th China International Equipment Manufacturing Exposition in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 1, 2012. A total of four humanoid robots, which can sing, dance and even demonstrate the popular martial art Tai chi, were displayed during the Exposition. (Xinhua)

A female kendo fighter checks her costume and protective clothing before training in a gym in Fuzhou city, East China's Fujian province, July 3, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

"Three students from the activist group Scholarism began a 60-hour hunger strike on Thursday outside the government headquarters in Admiralty, protesting against the introduction of national education, which they claim could be used to brainwash youngsters."

Pffff...I am more concern with how reality t.v. and video games can brainwashed kids into lazy non-active and less responsible adults than some national education course. By the way if they studied Chinese history completely from start to end it would've take the kids all the way from kindergarten to grad school in college just to finish reading every single events without taking any other courses.

Heavy rain continues in China..

Floods besiege Enyang Town, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 1, 2012. The heavy rainfalls since Aug. 30 caused floods in part of Sichuan Province, forcing 62,600 people to evacuate and destroying 8,500 houses. [Deng Liangkui/Xinhua]

Public security and fire fighters prepare to steer a boat to help transfer residents besieged by floods in Enyang Town, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 1, 2012.

Public security and fire fighters help evacuate residents besieged by floods in Enyang Town, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 1, 2012. The heavy rainfalls since Aug. 30 caused floods in part of Sichuan Province, forcing 62,600 people to evacuate and destroying 8,500 houses. [Deng Liangkui/Xinhua]

Recent floods have inundated more than 7,000 houses and caused power cut in Xide County, Sichuan Province. More than 100,000 have been affected by the floods, with one dead and two missing. In the picture, people stay in a local refugee camp on Sept. 2, 2012.

The floods gradually subside in Xide County, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 2, 2012.

Rescuers work at a traffic accident site in Longhua Village of Jingzhou City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 2, 2012. A bus carrying 34 high school students suffered a traffic accident early Sunday morning, leaving two people dead and 13 others injured. (Xinhua/Hui Bin)

BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- It is called the Gate of the Orient, a new 300 meter high skyscraper with an arc at the top which is due to be completed at the end of this year, but the new structure is already gaining a towering following online after being dubbed the "long underpants". The 69 story building, in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, has been ridiculed by Internet users with more than 3,000 comments mocking the structure.

People wave flags to welcome the arrival of the Chinese Navy training vessel "Zhenghe" at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2012. The vessel "Zhenghe", which is named after a famed Chinese maritime explorer who sailed overseas about 600 years ago, has a scheduled route of more than 30,000 nautical miles, and is expected to pay port calls to 11 countries and working visits to three countries during its global voyage.(Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

Visitors take photos of a cable car crossing the Yangtze River in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, Sept. 3, 2012. The cable car, initially put into service in 1987, resumed operation as a transportation tool for local citizens on Monday. At present, the cable car becomes a new choice to travelers to enjoy the splendid scenery of the mountainous city Chongqing. (Xinhua/Zhou Hui)

Wu Jingyu, left, who won a gold medal in taekwondo at the 2012 London Olympics, issues trophies to students. Beijing No 5 Middle School held its opening ceremony on Aug 31. Olympic gold medalists Chen Yibing, Xu Anqi and Wu Jingyu participated in the opening ceremony. [Photo/Xinhua]

A woman buys flowers at a flower stand in Huangshan, East China's Anhui province, Aug 22, 2012. [Shi Guangdong/Asianewsphoto]

A teacher paints a red spot on a pupil's forehead during a ceremony to mark the start of the school year at Fuzimiao, or Confucius Temple, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Sept 1. New pupils dressed in traditional Chinese costume. [Yang Duoduo/China Daily]

A teacher puts a red dot on a first-grader's forehead in Beijing Leifeng Primary School on Sept 1. The school held a writing ceremony to help the students learn about the traditional virtues and culture of China. [Photo/Xinhua]

A student passes by a LCD screen which shows an advocated hairstyle in Beijing No 171 middle school on Aug 31, 2012. Whenever the school term starts the school shows hair and dressing norms with example photos displayed on large LCD screens. According to the norms, girls should not dye or curl their hair, long hair must be tied back and no makeup or nail polish can be worn. Boy students should not have facial hair, long hair or a shaved head. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Dongfanghong Primary School in Yichang, Hubei province, holds the school's opening ceremony on Sept 1, 2012. [Photo by Liu Junfeng/Asianewsphoto]

A primary school student hands a red balloon symbolizing blessings to his teacher in Kunminglu Primary School in Tianjin on Aug 31. Middle schools and primary schools in Tianjin opened on Aug 31. Kunminglu Primary School asked students to share what they learned during the summer holiday. [Photo/Xinhua]

Vice Principal Gao Manhong of Fuxue Hutong Primary School in Beijing handed out textbooks to students at the opening ceremony. Most middle schools and primary schools opened on Sept 1. Many students got their textbooks for the new semester and started their school life. [Photo/Xinhua]

An ancient supervolcano discovered by geologists in Southeast Hong Kong on Aug 30, 2012. A volcano is defined as "super" when it erupts more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of ash. This supervolcano last erupted 140 million years ago. [Photo/Xinhua]

NBA star Kevin Durant, right, defends an attack from a young basketball player during a basketball camp in Hong Kong, on Aug 30, 2012. Durant shared his experiences and skills of basketball with young players at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Hong Kong is the third stop of Durant's China trip after Xi'an and Shanghai. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Originally Posted by bd popeye

The building does look like pants, don't like the look of it.

It does look kinda weird.

Having said that the Eiffel tower had its detractors when it was built, yet 120yrs later it is still a major draw card for tourists etc.
An architectural student told me the other day that his design tutour said that if a building wins an award, then functionally "its a dog". I wonder how this building will turn out.

Three-year-old Wang Ziqi makes his journey for the first day of preschool in Changchong village, Macheng city in Central China's Hubei province, Sept 1, 2012. Following little Wang are his sister and grandmother carrying the desk and chair he will use to study. Due to a shortage of desks and chairs, students in Nangang and Changchong villages of Shunhe town in Hubei province have been asked to bring their own school furniture. The schools in Shunhe town have a total of 5,000 students, but there are only 2,000 desk and chairs available. The other 3,000 have been provided by the families of students.[Photo/CFP]

A mother rides a motorbike with her daughter and a desk on the back for the first day of school in Shunhe town, Macheng city in Central China's Hubei province, Sept 1, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

A boy sits behind a tea table that has been provided by his family in Changchong village, Macheng city in Central China's Hubei province, Sept 1, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

The first day of school caused teachers at one primary school in Jinan, Shandong province, to do a double take. For the new semester brought five sets of twins in the same grade one class at Dianliu No 1 Primary School on Sept 3, 2012. The ten have become "stars" in their class and teachers find it difficult to distinguish them. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Sun Wenxia, 74, exercises in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Photo by D J Clark / China Daily

Visitors take photos of a transformer at exhibition of China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2012. The 8-meter tall transformer was produced by SANY Goup. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

Members of the investigation team enter the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 4, 2012. An investigation team established by the State Council arrived at the exploded mine to look into the accident on Tuesday. Death toll from last Wednesday's colliery blast at the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine has climbed to 45, with one still missing, authorities said. The mine was struck by a gas blast at around 5 p.m. on Aug. 27, trapping about a third of the 154 miners who were working underground and injuring 54 others, 17 of them seriously. (Xinhua/Deng Liangkui)

Firemen participate in a drill to handle the explosion of some chemicals in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2012. Local fire department held a drill in Yinchuan on Tuesday to examine and improve the response of firemen under emergent situations. (Xinhua/Liu Quanlong)

Performing artist Liu Yan attends the opening ceremony of the 2nd Street Snap Competition in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2012.

Contestants attend the opening ceremony of the 2nd Street Snap Competition in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2012. The competition, which will last for two months, opened in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

Originally Posted by no_name

The building does look like pants, don't like the look of it.

I like it. At least it doesn't have to worry too much about wind load or shear forces acting upon it too much (due to the large opening). It also doesn't cast too big of a solid overcast shadow upon the other smaller buildings.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

More desk toting....this time in reverse!

In Shunhe town, Macheng city of Central China's Hubei province, some students will no longer have to bring their own desks. On Sept 4, 2012, many desks were carried back home. The schools are short of desks and chairs, as the town has more than 5,000 students and 3,000 of them have to bring their own. The city government of Macheng has provided 32,000 sets of desks and chairs for local primary and middle schools and will allocate 5 million yuan ($787,000) to meet the demand of all the students. [Photo/Xinhua]

A classroom equipped with new desks and chairs in Shunhe town, Central China's Hubei province, Sept 4, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

Policemen check a manta ray, weighing over 1,000 kilograms, caught by fishermen in Taizhou, a coastal city in East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 3, 2012. The creature measures about eight meters in width and will be cut into pieces to be sold. Manta rays are typically found in tropical and subtropical waters. They feed on plankton, fish larvae and the like. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Zhou Yongkang (L, front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and secretary of the Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, meets with S.W.A.T. police officers in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 3, 2012. Zhou made a two-day inspection tour in Anhui. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

Volunteers attend inauguration ceremony before Summer Davos Forum in Tianjin - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Volunteers attend an inauguration ceremony before the sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 5, 2012. The sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos Forum, will be held in Tianjin on Sept. 11, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Chaoqun)

A construction site after a cave-in is seen in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 5, 2012. An unknown number of people were trapped following the accident. The city's fire brigade has sent three teams of rescuers with life detectors to search for survivors in the rubble. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

African apprentices practise kungfu under master Yanxiu's instructions at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2012.

African apprentice Ngalle Emmanuel (L) practises kungfu at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2012. Ten apprentices from Africa have practiced kungfu and learned Shaolin culture at the Shaolin Temple since last November. The temple provides them with a five-year training program and accommodation free of charge. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

KFC buckets are put at the entrance of a KFC restaurant by a customer to protest its worker's irregularities during food production in Hankou city, Central China's Hubei province, Sept 4, 2012.

Mr Yang, 30, brought 22 sets of take-out KFC buckets and put them at the entrance of the restaurant in Hankou, Hubei province, on Tuesday.

The man said he has saw the chef of the restaurant making food without wearing gloves, hat and mask as KFC regulations state. Yang refused to eat the food and requested 20 sets of buckets as compensation, but the restaurant's manager refused.

Yang then tried to buy 2,000 family buckets after he didn't get any response from the restaurant and KFC customer hotline, but the KFC restaurant refused to sell the other sets to Yang.

YUM! Restaurants (China) Investment Company Limited, KFC's parent company, responded late Tuesday night, saying they discipline the workers and appreciate Yang's supervision.[Photo/CFP]

By request...More pix of the Africans at the Shaolin Temple.

For a slightly larger image right click and select view image.

African apprentices practice kungfu at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2012. Ten apprentices from Africa have practiced kungfu and learned Shaolin culture at the Shaolin Temple since last November. The temple provides them with a five-year training program and accommodation free of charge. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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Whata waste of food. He bought all that fried chicken just to protest about unsanitary employee practices of food prep?