Chinese Daily Photos, 2011 to 2019!

To my fellow SD brothers: Equation, Steelbird, t2Contra, et al…….

If Popeye has indeed truly left us we need to carry this thread and others in his name. Not only bring a quality of posting, but uplifting subject material. We need to be vigilant of forum infractions and report them to the appropriate moderator.

Who will stand with me in this endeavor to help maintain the quality of this forum?



The bottling of Malbec will stop until Popeye returns

Oh no, can't believe this is happening.

Cao Hong, a folk artist from Taicang, Jiangsu province, demonstrates the art of eggshell lacquer at the 8th China Folk Handicrafts Festival, Suzhou, Nov 2.
[Photo by Wang Jiankang/asianewsphoto.com]



Lin Yi, a folk artist from Shandong province, demonstrates an inside-painted bottle she made at the 8th China Folk Handicrafts Festival, Suzhou, Nov 2.
[Photo by Wang Jiankang/asianewsphoto.com]



A child holds a straw plaited toy at the 8th China Folk Handicrafts Festival, Suzhou, Nov 2.
[Photo by Wang Jiankang/asianewsphoto.com]



A visitor shows decorative art bought at the 8th China Folk Handicrafts Festival, Suzhou, Nov 2.
[Photo by Wang Jiankang/asianewsphoto.com]



Cai Jinxing, a folk artist from Suzhou, presents stone carving art at the 8th China Folk Handicrafts Festival, Suzhou, Nov 2.
[Photo by Wang Jiankang/asianewsphoto.com]



Attendees of an etiquette training program for female students pose for photos in the Jiangsu Normal University in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province. The program arranged special orientation courses for those students including etiquette, embroidery and tea art.
[Photo/ China News Service]




The bottling of Malbec will stop until Popeye returns

Young people enjoy the Color Run event in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, on Nov 1. The 5-kilometer, untimed paint race has attracted thousands of participants, who take the opportunity to demonstrate their individuality.
[Photo provided to China Daily]







Participants wear costumes while competing in the Shanghai International Marathon Nov 2, 2014.
[Photo/IC]



Glamorous actress Zhang Jingchu covers fashion magazine. [Photo/Xinhua]



The bottling of Malbec will stop until Popeye returns

solarz said:

It's pretty amazing that a bamboo bridge can support that many people and vehicles!

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Bamboo actually has a stronger compression weight strength than steel.

Equation said:

Bamboo actually has a stronger compression weight strength than steel.

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It’s great for cleaning under fingernails

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An abandoned cement mixer is stranded on a mud island at a construction site in Hanyang, central China's Hubei Province. According to the construction company the vehicle doesn't belong to them and has been parked on the lot for the past month, stopping their work. It has now been left stranded on an island of earth after the company dug out around it to create access roads to the site.
Picture: HAP/Quirky China News/REX



Newly-wed grooms lead camels carrying their brides during a mass wedding in Yuli county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China
Picture: REUTERS/China Daily



Red bush seashore, Panjing, Liaoning Province, China
Picture: HAP/Quirky China News/REX



China's test lunar orbiter, nicknamed "Xiaofei" on Chinese social networks, lands in Siziwang Banner of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region early Saturday morning, Nov 1, 2014.
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Warriors in Pit 1 at the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. After 40 years of careful and extensive excavation, archaelogists are still discovering new figures, and more facts about one of China's premier historical sites are coming to light.
[Photo by Lin Mingfang/Xinhua]



Chinese actress Liu Yifei poses during a photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar magazine.
[Photo/Xinhua]



In honor of Popeye bottling has stopped for the week and labels are at half mast

Miragedriver said:

China's test lunar orbiter, nicknamed "Xiaofei" on Chinese social networks, lands in Siziwang Banner of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region early Saturday morning, Nov 1, 2014.
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What's with the big police, or paramilitary?, presence. I don't recall similar police presence even in previous manned missions.

Quickie said:

What's with the big police, or paramilitary?, presence. I don't recall similar police presence even in previous manned missions.

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Who knows. But cute little space capsule though. It looks like it was built for little people as astronauts.

Small version of anything is always cute.

Looking at the smiling operation personnel, he might as well be looking at some kind of animal that came back alive.