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- Naked tradition helps tourism
- Feast of tea
- An old poem chanted by 1,000 young voices
- A scantily-clad model daubed in body paint strikes a pose in a provocative campaign highlighting morals
- Precious Jade Dew Tea faces risk of disappearing in Hubei
- Xi'an to welcome crowd for huge plant exposition
- “Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival” - VIDEO
- Flying their dreams high
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal treatments will be outlawed in European Union (EU)
- First International Bronze Drum Festival
- A traditional alleyway, or hutong, in central Beijing
- Groundbreaking ceremony of Shanghai Disneyland
- SHANGHAI - China is closing in on having 1 million millionaires.
- In Xinjiang, Exploring a Changing Story
- Qingming Jie
- Local opera and global drama
- Artificial beach debuts in Shanghai
- China Fashion Week
- Tibet's achievements celebrated
- Calligraphy on a grand scale
- Tibet through the Lenses-Potala Palace
- The famous temple fair in Daokou, Central China
- Praying to the sun at the Temple of the Sun
- Ethnic groups in Xinjiang set for spring
- People invited to share their climate change ideas
- A bridge filled with prayers
- Chengqi lou, a 17th-century tulou, or earthen building, in Yongding
- 1st National Intangible Cultural Heritages Expo
- A photographer telling China's story
- A visitor holds a snowball at the snow-covered Temple of Heaven park in Beijing
- Firecrackers are prepared for a sacrificial sea ceremony at a harbor in Yantai
- Students read excerpts of Confucius' analects
- Ancient text marks modern Lantern Festival
- Dragon Dance
- WSJ - China, No2 Economy
- Centenarian couple celebrates Valentine’s Day
- "Du Fu has a nice residence in Chengdu. On the Day of Humans, I come to worship the poet."
- Trains - China cf India
- Bian Pao - Chinese New Year Fireworks
- Cultural Exhibition China
- Fire Display
- China - Young Village Head
- Lantern Festival
- New Year Shopping
- 8,000 Dishes for a Grand family Feast
- Chinese New Year 2011
- Puppet Masters
- Newly built residential community in Shanghai.
- The Golden Highway
- Prayers at Shanghai temple
- Laba Festival
- Arts in Tibet, gifts from Heaven
- Jade a romance of the stone
- Jambhala: Tibet Buddhism influences photography
- People trying to buy a ticket home crowd the railway ticket hall of Xi'an Railway
- Harbin Ice Festival
- 91-year-old veteran reunited with family
- Shanghai Evening Rush Hour
- Chinese kong fu, culture on the way
- Moat in E China's Jinan opens to navigation
- China Daily - My Christmas and New Year's holiday photos
- Fast trains come to remote regions
- Yellow River freezes up
- Bridge reaches across the sea off Qingdao
- Little room for bikes in traffic plan, critics say
- ROK to hold 'largest drill'
- New problems for crested ibis
- The Yichang-Wanzhou Railway - China's most-difficult-to-build railway to open
- Boom Times for Opera in China
- Asian Para Games in Guangzhou
- Slideshow: Asian Para Games ends in Guangzhou
- A Li ethnic minority with tattoos on her face
- Highway tunnel to Tibet's Metok completed
- Snowfall sweeps many parts of China
- China commemorates Nanjing Massacre victims
- 230,000 people face water shortage in E China
- Zhang Lixin (R) andZhang Haiyuan cooperate to pass torch during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou
- Slideshow: Para Games opening ceremony performance
- 2,400-year-old soup found in NW China
- China’s Army of Graduates Struggles for Jobs - NYT
- Tourists walk along a section of the Great Wall shrouded in mist at Simatai, located in the outskirts of Beijing
- 34 years on remote delivery route in Urumqi
- Home alone, China's elderly need better care and support
- Growth threatens water supply
- Race against time
- Home-made food from the pot
- 1.4m sit China's civil service exam
- Record-breaking train on track
- Wind can't blow away Beijing's pollutants
- Slideshow: Great Wall shrouded in mist
- Bringing a Softer Side to Policing in China
- First cross-sea bridge in Fujian opens - SLIDESHOW
- Economy Laboring for US citizenship
- Solar power supply in remote areas
- Fireworks are seen during the closing ceremony at the 16th Asian Games at the Haixinsha Island in Guangzhou, China
- Chinese art troupe dances in New Zealand
- Ma Weidu and his timeless collection
- China - Economy In a calligraphic style, a copy sold $46 million
- Student finds roots on the farm
- A craftman attending the Third China International Copyright Expo in Beijing demonstrates on Thursday how to make a brush pen
- MOF adds 10.5b yuan to support rural education
- Giant pandas eat carrots at Chimelong Giant Panda Center in Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park, Guangdong province
- Bao'ensi / Temple of Gratitude, Buddhist Pagoda known as The Porcelain Tower
- A performer takes part in a dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province
- 16th Asian Games
- Chinese vase fetches record $69m in UK auction
- Singles Day in China - 11th of November (1111)
- 'Raise the Red Lantern' in Sao Paulo
- Eighth Shanghai Biennale Offers Wide Range of Art Concepts
- A student applies make up at a Yuju Opera training center in Zhengzhou in Central China's Henan province
- Golden autumn in Beijing attracts visitors
- China's youth embrace Sinology
- China I really love your tiger feet for heat
- 488km railway in Xinjiang to be put into use
- Kungfu show for Asiad opening ceremony
- Ancient art of papermaking
- New looks of the Three Gorges Reservoir
- Well-salt production are seen in Markam county of the Qamdo
- Slide: Beauty of Wensu Grand Canyon
- Society Three Gorges raises water to full capacity level
- Elderly people's smiles light up Expo
- Can you pour a cup of tea like this?
- Autumn scenes from upper reaches of Yellow River
- Qamdo in Tibet marks 60th anniversary of liberation
- Welcome guests with martial arts
- Dictionary defines an era
- Reclaiming the Badges of Cultural Identity
- Savoring the real taste of rural life
- Fishing boats stay in port in Haikou
- Belated wedding photos capture a lifetime
- Golden couples celebrate festival
- Ancient Qing Dynasty vase smashes auction record
- A lighter lights the flame for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games in Beijing
- Confucius' birth anniversary marked across China
- Forbidden City's Wumen Gate
- China sets world record in traditional dance
- China Daily 2010 National Day holiday photos
- Forbidden City overwhelmed by holiday visitors
- Expo music fountains fly on National Day
- Beijing's Chang'an Avenue is illuminated by the lights of cars stuck in traffic at 6:50 pm
- Tibet railway extension under construction
- Share the Moonlight - Mid-Autuman Festival pictures of the full moon in China
- Relics and Realities: Stories from the Hump Route
- China Guizhou sees good corn harvest - A villager walks past corn hung on the walls of her house in Danzhai county, Southwest China's Guizhou province
- China Tiananmen Square blooms with flowers
- Weekly Photos - Students wave flags during an event to celebrate the upcoming National Day on Oct 1 at an elementary school in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province
- Luxury Projects Seize on Shanghai's Lane Houses Even as high rises spread, the traditional shikumen style is proving to be a sales feature
- Cycle of misery on congested roads, Commuting on two wheels is getting perilous.
- Skilled laborer makes the most of a good harvest
- 42kg 'mooncake king' costs 4,680 yuan
- A Teacher and his boat
- Peng Zixuan performs with a sword in spring water in Xianning
- Good harvest is around China this autumn
- Fishermen offer sacrifice to the sea
- Dongping International Dragon Boat Festival
- Tibetan students educated away from hometown
- The beauty of the hanfu in Confucius Temple
- Construction workers eat their lunch at a site in Beijing
- Feature - Shenzhen witnesses 30 years of change
- China may allow farms as collateral - The Australian
- 'Tashi Delei' at Shanghai Expo
- Primary students at Taipei serve tea to their grandparents during an event on the first day of school in Taipei, Taiwan
- Chinese students hold candles during a ceremony to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Heihe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province
- Tibet Pavilion attracts 6 million Expo visitors
- A life of lacquer- Qiao Shiguang (CCTV Story Board Documentary)
- A Parkour fan practices side flips at the Bund in Shanghai
- Beijing's tallest skyscraper open for business
- Pupils in traditional costumes attend a ceremony at the Confucius temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province
- Students fond of Peking Opera
- Beijing Opera, a Historical Treasure in Fragile Condition - WSJ
- Mad about Mooncakes - WSJ
- When the land caves in
- Ancient Buddhist center offers blessed relief
- Fishers return home
- Goose is master's shadow
- Tibet's best-kept secret
- Mongolian medicine recovers
- Yungang Grottoes (Slide Show)
- Body painting competition in Dalian
- Brides and prejudice in China
- Traditional game of bridge crossing in Guangxi
- World artists show their works in Beijing
- The Deshengmen Embrasure Watchtower is lit by colored lights in Beijing,
- The 6,830 pairs of shoes represent the number of Chinese who were brought to Japan for forced labor during World War II
- Mongolian Aobao Festival kicks off in NE China
- Internet addiction therapy the Tao way
- Elderly feel cozy in cave-style houses
- Workers continue to clean polluted areas after an oil pipeline explosion in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, August 6, 2010
- Xi'an Wedding Expo
- Life Stories of Beijingers - Multi Media (Click on the Image): Great Insight well worth visiting
- The 6th Yi ethnic group International Torch Festival opens
- Pandas get a taste of the sweltering summer
- Members of the Russian summer camp to China
- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro meets China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) in Havana August 1, 2010
- Danxia landform recognized as world natural heritage
- Melting glaciers in NW China
- Dark clouds shadow Yangtze before flood crests arrive
- A Tibetan girl searches for cordyceps sinensis,
- Women of a dance club practice modeling in Tanggu district, Tianjin.
- Sky lanterns to mark July 7 Incident of 1937
- Ethnic Dragon Canoe Festival held in SW China
- Spectators observe the desilting process at Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River
- Water Ballet Troupe of the Russian Far East Olympics Center performs at the Zuohai Sea World in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province
- A woman walks on a pedestrian bridge in front of a residential building in Beijing
- A bird's eye view of terraced paddy field in Fengshang county, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region
- History in Black & White 历史用黑白色的照片
- A couple dances at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijin
- Two ancient tombs unearthed in Central China
- A local flood victim rides on his ox along a flooded street in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province
- A flooded village in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province.
- An archaeology staff member unearths the feet of a terracotta warrior
- History in Black & White 历史用黑白色的照片
- Lijiang
- Dragon boats race in Daoxian county, Hunan province
- History in Black & White 历史用黑白色的照片
- Snake Wrestling, Tiger Tchotchkes, and Family Fun at a Chinese New Year Temple Fair
- Villagers attend a dragon boats race in Daoxian county, Hunan province
- People take part in Zongzi-wrapping competition
- Wang Qingdong and his wife herd ducks in a field to pick up the falling wheat after harvest in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province
- An autistic child draws on her face during an event at Mo Box Books shop in Beijing
- Performers from North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region dance at Shanghai Expo in Shanghai,
- Octogenarians compete to wrap zongzi
- Snow Blankets Beijing
- Growing up in the country in China
- Giant panda before its journey to Australia, Chengdu city of Sichuan province
- Heavy fog shrouds Wuhan, capital of Hubei province
- A kite flies over West Lake during a kite-flying competition in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province
- Peace lovers from home and abroad lit candles which form two Chinese characters meaning "Peace"
- Monks in costumes perform at a religious ceremony
- Shanghai Expo giant pandas enjoy fresh bamboo shoots in Shanghai
- Villagers perform a fire dragon dance to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang county, S.W China's Guizhou province
- A dragon dance in Rongshui, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region
- Worshippers pray with incense at Wuquanshan temple in Lanzhou
- A visitor looks at calligraphy works at an exhibition in Beijing
- Two children watch villagers performing during a rehearsal for the Spring Festival celebrations
- Fisherman cut holes in the frozen river in Linyi, East China's Shandong province
- Folk artist Chen Jianquan gives a storytelling performance that combines narration and singing in Yulin, North China's Shaanxi province,
- Employees at a tourist site read the classic "Three-Word Chant,"
- A performer from the Buyi ethnic group performs in Guiyang, soutwhest China's Guizhou province,
- A herdsman rides a horse on the snow-covered field in Xi Ujimqin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
- A man fishes with multiple lines after digging holes in a frozen canal in central Beijing
- Furongwang photo story
- Water township shines at Expo Park
- Traditional "dikeng" wedding in Henan
- People set up statue of Laozi, founder of Taoism
- Farmer dancers from Changli county, Qinhuangdao of North China's Hebei province
- A performer of the Laoshe Teahouse
- Fog shrouds West Lake in Hangzhou
- Beijing International Auto Show
- A terraced paddy field in Hechi, Southwest China's Guangxi
- Net-Boat Fair along the bank of Liansidang Lake of Jiaxing
- A rescuer from the the Wangjialing coal mine
- People fish through holes in a frozen river in Harbin
- Monks collect tea leaves on the outskirts of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province
