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Tour guides practise various techniques to improve their etiquette at the Slender West Lake scenic spot in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 12, 2017. Wednesday marks the first day of the dog days, which means the three periods of the hottest season each year. Tour guides here practised their deportment even in the intense heat of summer. (Xinhua/Meng Delong)

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Workers use their muscles at a well at the Tarim oilfield in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, July 8, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A traffic policewoman drinks water while on duty in Hengshui, Hebei province, July 12, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A staff member stands on duty at Shilonglu station of metro line 3 in Shanghai, July 12, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A railway worker welds tracks at Yancheng railway station, Shandong province, July 12, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A worker stays hydrated after completing construction under the scorching suns in Ji'nan, Shangdong province, July 12, 2017.[Photo/VCG]

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The newlyweds, who attended a group wedding, get on the bullet train G2028, one of the first groups of trains to operate on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed line, as the departs Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, July 9, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A man rests under an umbrella on an electric power cart on a street in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, July 10, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

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People take shelter from sun in a passageway of a subway station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, July 7, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

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Wu Zheng drives a new energy bus to her wedding in Qingdao's Huangdao district on Sunday. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

Forget the romance of a horse-drawn carriage — this couple in eastern China decided to go green and drive to their wedding in a new energy bus.

Wu Zheng and Sun Hai tied the knot in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Sunday.

"I actually met my husband on the bus," said Wu, who works as a bus driver in the coastal city. "I love my job. The bus I drive is like a friend, so I wanted it to be a part of my wedding."

Wu drove one bus while five others followed behind with the wedding guests.

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The couple enjoy a special moment with family and friends in front of the buses. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

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Dubbed the heaviest man in China, Huang Jiaxin, from Central China's Hubei province gets ready to go home after dropping from 265 kilograms (580 pounds) to 198 kilograms, thanks to treatment at a Chengdu hospital, July 13, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

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Children receive cupping treatment for asthma at a hospital in Beijing's Huairou district on Wednesday, the first day of the hottest period of the year, according to the lunar calendar. During this period, people flock to traditional Chinese medicine hospitals because it is believed that winter illnesses can be warded off in summer by TCM procedures such as acupuncture, cupping and scraping. PU XIANGDONG/ FOR CHINA DAILY

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As the temperature hits 39 degrees, two cheeky boys use lotus leaves to shield themselves from the sun in a pond in Wuhu, Anhui province, July 26, 2004. [Photo/VCG]

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A mother and her son take cover from the sun's rays under a towel in Shanghai, Aug 2, 2015.[Photo/China News Service]

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Tourists brave the heat to visit Tian'anmen Square in Beijing as the maximum temperature tops 36 C, July 10, 2017.[Photo/China News Service]

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Reuters / Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Liu Xiaobo makes a point during a March 1995 file photo. Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was being treated for late-stage liver cancer, died on Thursday of multiple organ failure at age 61, the government said, having not been allowed to leave the country for treatment as he wished. Liu was being treated in a hospital in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, having been admitted in June after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer. REUTERS/Will Burgess/Files

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A pro-democracy activist cries over the death of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, outside China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, China. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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Reuters / Thursday, July 13, 2017
Pro-democracy activists mourn the death of Liu Xiaobo, outside China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, China July 13, 2017. Despite being given multiple forms of treatment, his illness had continued to worsen, the Shenyang Bureau of Justice said in a statement. Rights groups and Western governments had urged China to allow Liu and his wife, Liu Xia, to leave the country to be treated abroad, as Liu had said he wanted. But the government had warned repeatedly against interference and said Liu was being treated by renowned Chinese cancer experts. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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A couple attend a celebration of golden marriage in the Shuangluan District of Chengde City, north China's Hebei Province, July 14, 2017. Thirty couples who are in marriage for 50 years or longer celebrated their golden marriage together in Chengde on Friday. (Xinhua/Bai Zijun)

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A couple attend a celebration of golden marriage in the Shuangluan District of Chengde City, north China's Hebei Province, July 14, 2017. Thirty couples who are in marriage for 50 years or longer celebrated their golden marriage together in Chengde on Friday. (Xinhua/Bai Zijun)

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People play with water at the Jinluanwan Bay of Dongshan County in southeast China's Fujian Province July 13, 2017. Summer heat has driven people to the seaside to enjoy the coolness in Dongshan County. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)

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A visitor passes by a set of illuminated paintings at Taipei Palace Museum, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, July 13, 2017. The special exhibition "Teacher Exemplar for a Myriad Generations: Confucius in Painting, Calligraphy and Print Through the Ages" is held from July 1 to Sept. 28, 2017 at Taipei Palace Museum. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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A medic provides free body check for citizens in the air-raid shelter in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality July 12, 2017. A heat wave expanded in many parts of China on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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A worker fills water into a train in Shanghai south railway station in Shanghai, east China, July 12, 2017. A heat wave expanded in many parts of China on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

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A vendor gives soft drinks to a customer in Shanghai, east China, July 12, 2017. Shanghai upgraded its heat warning on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

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Rescuers transfer injured persons in Yongji County, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 14, 2017. Heavy rain caused waterlogging in Yongji County from July 13 to 14. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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Rescuers expel water in Yongji County, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 14, 2017. Heavy rain caused waterlogging in Yongji County from July 13 to 14. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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Vehicles are damaged by flood water in Yongji County, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 14, 2017. Heavy rain caused waterlogging in Yongji County from July 13 to 14. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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