Chinese Daily Photos, 2011 to 2019!

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe (L) speaks with China's counsellor Xia Jingge before the special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation in Syria, in Geneva August 22, 2011. The session was postponed due to technical problems.

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A worker makes knives from empty bomb shells, used during Chinese attacks on Taiwan in the civil war period, on Taiwan's Kinmen Islands on August 22, 2011. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou plans to preside over a high-profile ceremony in Kinmen on August 23, a Taiwanese-controlled fortified island group off China's southeastern Fujian Province, to honour hundreds of people killed in the 1958 Chinese artillery bombardment.

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Chinese tourists wave from a tour boat on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of a massive bombing campaign towards Taiwan's Kinmen island, Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. The Communist government forces on mainland China on August 23, 1958, resumed a massive artillery bombardment on Taiwan's outlying islands of Kinmen (formerly Quemoy) and Matsu, and threatened invasion, the event widely known as the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, which continued until October.

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Chinese diners crowd the Yaoji Chaogan restaurant, after the restaurant's popularity soared due to US Vice President Joe Biden's impromptu meal there last week, in Beijing, on August 22, 2011. Chinese diners are flocking to a restaurant in Beijing whose house speciality is pig intestine in soup after US Vice President Joe Biden lunched there last week. Biden took time out from official talks in the Chinese capital to eat at the small, family-run eatery in downtown Beijing, earning plaudits from netizens and headlines in China's state-run newspapers praising his 'noodle diplomacy'.

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A government official stands in front of a wall of speakers that formerly blasted propaganda messages back to mainland China on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of a massive bombing campaign on Taiwan's Kinmen island, Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

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This photo taken on the August 21, 2011 shows Chinese migrant workers resting at their makeshift tents near a construction site in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. Many migrant workers suffer from discrimination in cities where more affluent residents often look down on them, sparking rising concern over the potential for this urban-rural divide to trigger unrest.

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Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin poses in front of his work at the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, August 22, 2011. The memorial to the American civil rights leader will be officially dedicated on August 28, the 48th anniversary of King Jr's "I have a dream" speech on the Washington Mall.

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Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed house at Qingzhen City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 22, 2011. Two trapped workers were saved 30 minutes after the accident happened on Monday noon, as the three-story building was under illegal expansion for one more floor. (Xinhua/Li Xueguo)

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Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin poses in front of his work at the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, August 22, 2011. The memorial to the American civil rights leader will be officially dedicated on August 28, the 48th anniversary of King Jr's "I have a dream" speech on the Washington Mall.

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Chinese diners crowd the Yaoji Chaogan restaurant, after the restaurant's popularity soared due to US Vice President Joe Biden's impromptu meal there last week, in Beijing, on August 22, 2011. Chinese diners are flocking to a restaurant in Beijing whose house speciality is pig intestine in soup after US Vice President Joe Biden lunched there last week. Biden took time out from official talks in the Chinese capital to eat at the small, family-run eatery in downtown Beijing, earning plaudits from netizens and headlines in China's state-run newspapers praising his 'noodle diplomacy'.

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Chinese police check the accident scene after a fire engulfed a four-story building of the Shengfeng Ceramics Factory in Foshan, in southern China's Guangdong province on August 23, 2011. At least 15 people were killed when the blaze ripped through the dormitory building on early August 23, the local fire department said.

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GUANGZHOU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A fire at a ceramics factory killed 15 people and seriously injured one Tuesday morning in the south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities said.

The fire broke out at 6:18 a.m., engulfing a building of the Shengfeng Ceramics Company in Sanshui District in the city of Foshan, said Sun Jiangmin, an official with the provincial fire department.

Among the casualties, 13 were killed in the fire and another two died after jumping from the four-story building, said Sun.

The building has both dormitories and offices inside, he said.

According to Sun, the fire started on the second floor and quickly spread to other floors but it is so far unclear how it started.

Sun blamed the large number of casualties on the building's poor fire alarm system and flammable interior decorations materials.

Over 100 firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the blaze which was put out about two hours later.

The factory's legal representative is now in police custody, said Sun.

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (L) shakes hands with her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi (R) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing August 24, 2011. Reuters/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

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Rescuers dangle from a helicopter during a maritime and aerial joint emergency drill at Waigaoqiao dock in Shanghai August 24, 2011. Seven Chinese vessels and three helicopters took part in the drill, organised by the International Maritime Rescue Federation and China's Ministry of Transport, local media reported. Reuters/China Daily

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In this photo released by Japan Maritime Safety Agency, a Chinese vessel sails in waters off the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Japan says it has protested to China Wednesday after two Chinese patrol boats entered waters near islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries

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China's Zhu Guirong (up) fights against Uzbekistan's Shoira Masharipova during their qualifier match, in the - 57kg category at the Judo World Championships, on August 24, 2011 in Paris.

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Zhong Hua, CFO of CNOOC Ltd. , Yang Hua, Vice Chairman & CEO, Wang Yilin, Chairman and Li Fanrong, President, pose for photo during the company's 2011 Intreim Result Announcement in Hong Kong Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Chinese offshore oil and gas producer said Wednesday that rising output and higher prices helped boost its profit by 51 percent in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, the Beijing-based company apologized for oil spills in China's Bohai Bay linked to an oilfield operated by partner ConocoPhillips.

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Visitors look at railway products designed by China Railway Construction Electrification Bureau Group (CRCEBG) on display at the China International Rail Transit Exhibition in Shanghai on August 23, 2011. China's high-speed rail network -- the world's biggest -- is a key political priority but last month's train crash, combined with teething problems on the Beijing-Shanghai link, has been a major embarrassment for the government.

Chinese rail authorities said they would stop more high-speed rail services, just as a magazine published claims that a big safety flaw had been discovered on a bullet train made by a state-owned firm. On August 22, the respected Caixin Century Magazine reported that workers found a 7.1-millimetre-long (0.28-inch-long), 2.4-millimetre-tall crack last month on the axle of a train made by China CNR Corp -- a claim the firm promptly denied.

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Rescuers carry pipes to pump out water during a rescuing operation at Hengtai Coal Mine in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang province August 23, 2011. Twenty-six miners remain trapped underground after an illegal coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province flooded on Tuesday, according to the local government. The flood occurred while 45 miners were working in a pit belonging to Hengtai Coal Mining Co. , Ltd. in the city of Qitaihe, a spokesman with the provincial work safety administration said, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken August 23, 2011.

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Two women walk past a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Hong Kong on August 24, 2011. Two former senior executives of Chinese banking giant ICBC were found guilty of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars, bottles of wine and a watch as bribes, Hong Kong's anti-graft watchdog said and will be sentenced later on August 24.

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Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen speaks to the foreign press in Taipei on August 23, 2011. The Taiwanese opposition's candidate in presidential polls said that China is actively exerting its influence to prevent her from getting elected in January.

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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (2nd R) and visiting guests ring a bell made partially from artillery shells from the 823 artillery war in 1958 at the Kinmen Peace Memorial Park August 23, 2011. Kinmen, meaning "Golden Door" or "Golden Gate", is a small archipelago of several islands administered by Taiwan which is near Xiamen, China - no more than 2 km (1 mile). Taiwan commemorated the 823 artillery war in 1958 between China and Taiwan where half a million artilleries were fired at Kinmen. The bell is a symbol of a peaceful cross-strait relation according to the government officials.

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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (C) joins hands with two children during a peace bell sounding ceremony to mark the Centennial Peace Day in Kinmen, islands between Taiwan and China, on August 23, 2011. President Ma Ying-jeou will preside over a ceremony on Kinmen to honour hundreds of people killed during a Chinese artillery bombardment more than half a century ago

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A woman uses a mobile phone at a bicycle repairing shop in central Beijing August 21, 2011. China, the world's largest mobile phone market, saw a 1.08 percent monthly increase in total number of mobile subscribers to 916.53 million in July, data from the country's three telecom operators showed. Picture taken on August 21, 2011.

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A mudslide caused by rainstorms blocks the Beijing-Kunming expressway in Ya'an, Sichuan province, on August 23, 2011. The expressway is expected to be out of use until August 28.

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A boy sported loving logos on his head is seen at a tourist spot of Wenzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, on Aug 21, 2011. A heart shape is shaved into his hair on the front of his head, while a five-point star logo and the letters L-O-V-E are shown on the back.

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Residents collect water from a tank truck in Shuitang Village of Zhaotong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 23, 2011. A lingering drought has withered up almost 220,000 hectares of crops and dried up 15 rivers in Zhaotong, leaving at least 190,000 people and 28,000 livestock short of drinking water. [Xinhua/Chen Haining]

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Newly-married couples take part in their group wedding at a construction site of a subway tunnel in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 21, 2011. A group wedding for subway construction workers was held here on Sunday. [Xinhua/Hao Tongqian]

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 25: Chinese president Hu Jintao attends talks with his counterpart French president Nicolas Sarkozy (not pictured), held in the Great Hall of the People on August 25, 2011 in Beijing, China. The talks with Hu are expected to be focus on the Euro zone debt crisis and the ongoing conflict in Libya.

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Miss Universe China 2011 Luo Zilin carries a child with a cleft lip at a hospital during the "Operation Smile" event in Sao Paulo August 25, 2011. Operation Smile aims to provide free surgery for about a hundred children inflicted with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities.

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Paramilitary policemen practice the twisting of joints at the Imperial Ancestral Temple of Forbidden City, in central Beijing, August 25, 2011.

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Ng Kin Ming (L-R) from Hong Kong, Feng Tun Xian from Beijing, China, Tang Leung Tong from Hong Kong and Matthew Sze Ho Wai from Hong Kong wait to be evacuated by the International Red Cross from the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 24, 2011

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, a man looks at a motorcycle figure made of lobsters' shells created by Taiwanese food carving artist Huang Mingbo during his lecture in Fuzhou in southeast China's Fujian province. (AP Photo)

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