Dance "propitious peacock", by pretty girls

Those pretty girls were dancing and providing performance for workers and armed policemen, who participated in snow disaster rescue

Beautiful Chinese Police Girls

Horse fight in South China

Visitors watch two horses fighting in Rongshui in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. The folk custom of horse-fighting originated from a solution to a marriage dispute about 500 years ago, according to the local people. Now the ritual is held during festivals as a celebration.


Photographers take shots of two horses fighting in Rongshui in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008


Visitors watch two horses fighting in Rongshui in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. The folk custom of horse-fighting originated from a solution to a marriage dispute about 500 years ago, according to the local people. Now the ritual is held during festivals as a celebration.

Planned skyscraper to dwarf Shanghai Pudong giants

Workers level ground at the construction site for Shanghai Center, the city's planned new skyscraper. Located in Lujiazui, Pudong, the building is expected to soar to 580 meters, dwarfing the 421-meter Jin Mao Tower and the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center in its neighborhood

Free Fireworks Show! Firework warehouse explodes in China

Firework and firecracker explosions light up the sky over a warehouse in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province in the early morning on Feb. 14, 2008


Firework and firecracker explosions light up the sky over a warehouse in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province in the early morning on Feb. 14, 2008.


Firework and firecracker explosions light up the sky over a warehouse in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province in the early morning on Feb. 14, 2008


Firefighters are rushing to a firing warehouse in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province in the early morning on Feb. 14, 2008


Firework and firecracker explosions light up the sky over a warehouse in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province in the early morning on Feb. 14, 2008.


Firefighters are trying to control the fire at a warehouse in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province in the early morning on Feb. 14, 2008. Thunderous explosions destroyed all fireworks and firecrackers in the warehouse, and only two people suffered slight bruises from broken glass. It was reported that the explosion could be felt kilometers away.

Poor Dirdie winterkilled in Hunan Blizzard

Museum of mah-jong to open in Chengdu

Picture taken on Feb. 1, 2008 shows a box of mah-jong displayed in a museum in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, Feb. 1, 2008. The museum, which will be open to the public in March 2008, is the first one in China that combines the country's mah-jong and tea culture together.


Visitors walk on the floor put together with mah-jong tiles in a museum in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, Feb. 1, 2008. The museum, which will be open to the public in March 2008, is the first museum in China that combines the country's mah-jong and tea culture together.

PLA Soldiers battle snow disasters

Exhausted soldiers sleep on an escalator at the railway station in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province.


Soldiers of the armed police force carry disaster-relief resources in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2008. Some 120,000 clothes and quilts were sent to people suffering from severe snowstorm and frost in Hubei province on Friday.


Two soldiers carry a sick girl to a medical aid post in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province.


A soldier helps a little girl at Guangzhou's railway station in south China's Guangdong Province.


A soldier guides femal passengers carrying their children to the platform in advance at the railway station in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province.


Soldiers of the armed police force carry disaster-relief resources out of a train in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province, Feb. 1, 2008. Some 120,000 clothes and quilts were sent to people suffering from severe snowstorm and frost in Hubei province on Friday.

Traffic recovering, relief materials dispatched

Soldiers push a container truck stranded on a snow-plagued stretch of the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway in Shaoguan, South China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 31, 2008.


A police officer cleans ice and snow on railway track in Southwest Chian's Chongqing Municipality Jan. 31, 2008.


Workers clear ice on a closed section of an inter-provincial road in Ziyuan, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 31, 2008.


Winter clothes and other disaster-relief stuff are boarded onto a jet plane of the Chinese air forces in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, before they are transported to snowstorm-affected regions in Southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 31,


Passengers walk to their train in Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 31, 2008. Stranded travelers at this station have all got aboard their trains and trains' arrivals and departures were back to normal after the snowstorm created chaos to the railway and road traffic.

Feel Sick! Some people playing mah-jong in toilet room

This sick scene was taken place in Xi'an City, the capital of Shanxi Province. These people said that they moved into the public toilet room for the snowy weather.

Mother Monkey and her Child in Chilly winter

Heavy snow had killed 24 people and affected 77.86 million people in 14 provinces, including Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan, by 2 p.m. on Monday. The China Meteorological Administration issued a red alert earlier that day for severe snowstorms in the central and eastern parts of the country.

let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!

Photo taken on Jan. 26 shows the collapsed market house in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province. A 3000-square-meter market of farm products was weighed down by heavy snow Saturday, with 8 people trapped in ruins. All of stucked victims were rescued several hours later


Photo taken on Jan. 26 shows the collapsed market shanty in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province. A 3000-square-meter market of farm products was weighed down by heavy snow Saturday, with 8 people trapped in ruins. All of stucked victims were rescued several hours later


Ferry buses are parked at a terminal in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 27, 2008. All the highways in Anhui Province were closed on Sunday due to heavy snow


Trucks block the entrance of a highway linking Hefei and Nanjing near Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 27, 2008. All the highways in Anhui Province were closed on Sunday due to heavy snow.


A man rides on a tricycle in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Jan. 27, 2008. The provincial meteorological observatory issued a yellow warning sign about heavy snow on Sunday


People walk in snow in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Jan. 27, 2008. The provincial meteorological observatory issued a yellow warning sign about heavy snow on Sunday


Multitudes of travelers on the square wait to get into the railway station in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 27, 2008. Some electric trains were delayed after snow and ice damaged overhead power lines a couple of days ago. The railway administrative department is working hard to repair the damaged power lines


Multitudes of travelers on the square wait to get into the railway station in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 27, 2008. Some electric trains were delayed after snow and ice damaged overhead power lines a couple of days ago. The railway administrative department is working hard to repair the damaged power lines

Counter Strike on the top of Train!!

Taken on January 22, in Chongqing Autonomous City, full armed special policemen trained to deal with emergency accident.

Female Armed police receive gesture training

Female entry-exit inspectors receive gesture training from an etiquette coach at frontier inspection station of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 21, 2008.

Chinese Armed Police Training in Snow Field

Stripped to the waist, armed police officers take exercise against the skin piercing wind in Hefei, capital of South China's Anhui Province, Jan. 21, 2008.