Chinese Photos 2012(non-military)

[IanSolo]

China is such an enchanting country, indeed....but I am not sure if I could never live there; it's very nice to see that they are shortly regaining back their folk traditions that, I think, are the soul of China.

[bd popeye]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

More PIX! Enjoy!

2011 French Open Champion China's Li Na gives a press conference on February 6, 2012 at the Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, on the sideline of the Paris' WTA tennis tournament.

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An artist applies makeup on a folk performer before a "Blood Shehuo" parade, to celebrate the Lantern Festival on the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, at Chisha village in Baoji, Shaanxi province February 6, 2012. "Shehuo" is common name of Chinese traditional activities consisting of folk performances in Northern China. The "Blood Shehuo" performers wear facial makeup to appear as being pierced by objects including axes, scissors and knives, featuring scenes of horror in traditional stories like Water Margin. This activity is held only in Baoji county and performed only during leap years.

Air China planes are parked at the terminal building of Beijing's International Airport February 6, 2012. The Chinese government said on Monday it has barred the country's airlines from joining a European Union scheme to charge for carbon emissions from flights into and out of Europe and prohibit airlines from charging customers extra because of the EU plan.

WENLING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 05: Two lanterns, 20.08 meters in height, are installed in Shangwang village to greet the Lantern Festival on February 5, 2012 in Wenling, Zhejiang Province of China. The Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, will fall on February 6, 2012.

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: A Chinese employee dresses as gods of fortune to attract customers while distributing discount vouchers at the entrance of a shopping mall during the Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012 in Beijing, China.

Exiled Tibetans participate in a protest vigil to remember Tibetans who self-immolated in Tibet last year, in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Tibetans have set themselves on fire since March to protest Chinese rule over their homeland.

Local residents burn incense and offerings as they pray for good fortune outside Dafo Temple on the Lantern Festival, the last day of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Zhengding County, Hebei province, February 6, 2012.

A Cambodian-Chinese worshipper cuts his tongue as he takes part in a procession featuring Chinese deities in Phnom Penh February 6, 2012. The event is celebrated annually by the Cambodian-Chinese community in the region

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A building in downtown of China's capital caught on fire late Monday afternoon, fire fighters said.
A fierce blaze engulfed a building near a bus stop in Gongzhufen, Haidian District in western Beijing, disrupting traffic in the region, fire fighters and witnesses said.
More than 15 fire trucks have been dispatched to fight the blaze

Employers of socks factories hold job advertisement to look for workers in Datang Township of Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 3, 2012. After the Spring Festival in January 2012, socks factories in Datang met a shortage of labor recently. Some employers believed that most of the migrant workers went back home for family reunion during the festivals, while some hoped that migrant workers may return after the Lantern Festival on Feb. 6, 2012. The socks industry plays an important role in local economy in Datang Township of Zhejiang Province. According to statistics, in 2011, about 8.2 billion pairs of socks produced in Datang took 65 percent of the overall socks production in China and one third of the socks production of the world, which attracted more than 100,000 workers, most of whom were migrant workers. [Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi]

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Representatives of Chinese embassy in Khartoum and the Sudanese Red Crescent signed the document of handing over the body of the Chinese worker in a hospital of Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 7, 2012. (Xinhua/Shao Jie)

The Sudanese authorities on Tuesday handed over to the Chinese side the body of a Chinese worker who was killed following a rebel attack on a camp of a Chinese company operating in South Kordofan State.

China's Na Li returns to Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova during their first round match on February 7, 2012 at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, during the Paris' WTA tennis tournament.

JINPING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: A woman paints the face of a girl during a Lantern Festival celebration on February 6, 2012 in Jinping County, Guizhou Province of China. The Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, takes place on February 6th.

Chen Yibing of China celebrates after the men's rings final at the World Gymnastics Chmapionships in Tokyo on October 15, 2011. Chen won the gold medal.

A man touches on a statue of charging bull which is a similar version of his Wall Street Bull, on Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 in Shanghai, China. Mainland Chinese shares lost ground Tuesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.68 percent, or 39.23 points, to 2,291.90 after dipping more than 2 percent earlier in the day.

Chinese police officers, right, monitor Tibetan residents attending a religious ceremony in Jiuzhaigou, in northwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. China on Tuesday said clashes last month between Tibetans and security forces in Sichuan province were the work of criminals and were instigated by overseas groups advocating for Tibetan independence.

TAIJIANG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: Chinese folk artists perform a dragon dance as sparks fly from fireworks to celebrate the Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012 in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province of China.

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: Ice sculpture exhibition at Yanqing Ice Festival also for the Chinese Lantern Festival which falls on February 6 and traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations on February 6, 2012 in Beijing, China. The Lantern Festival also known as the Yuanxiao Festival or Shangyuan Festival in China.

Taiwanese actress Shu Qi listens to questions during a media event in the lead up to the premiere of her new film entitled "Love" in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The romantic drama "Love" opens on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2012.

Taiwan's new Premier Sean Chen (R) speaks during a press conference in Taipei on February 6, 2012, while President Ma Ying-jeou looks on. Chen succeeds Wu Den-yih, who will take office as the vice-president in May.

A dragon-shaped lantern is on display in front of Taiwan's landmark building Taipei 101 during Lantern Festival celebrations February 5, 2012.

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Released Chinese hostages who were abducted in Sudan arrive at Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 7, 2012. Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday evening that the 29 Chinese workers kidnapped last month by Sudanese anti-government forces have been released and arrived in Nairobi safe and sound. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Altogether 100 new school buses for 32 primary schools in the city's Liuhe district will roll into operation. The bus, with the chassis extending out from the front of the vehicle over the wheels, is said to have the highest safety rating of all school buses in China. In December last year, a school bus overturned and fell into a ditch in Jiangsu province, killing 15. Another school bus accident in the western Gansu province killed 21 people in November.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the end of a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Harper was on a five-day trip to China.

Tibetans offer prayers near mock coffins to represent the victims of self-immolation during a rally in Siliguri on February 8, 2012. China said February 7 it would 'resolutely crack down' on any attempts to instigate violence in Tibetan-inhabited areas, where authorities have launched a deadly clampdown on protesters.

Tibetan activists take part in a candle vigil at the India Gate monument in New Delhi on February 8, 2012.

This photo taken February 7, 2012 shows a Chinese fisherman smoking on his boat at the harbour in Haikou, south China's Hainan province. As China's rapid urbanization expands, these fishing villages for Chinese Dun minority people are fast dissappearing.

This photo taken February 7, 2012 shows a Chinese fisherman resting in his boat at the harbour in Haikou, south China's Hainan province.

This photo taken February 6, 2012 shows children playing on the bank of a harbour in Haikou, south China's Hainan province.

An employee changes a price board at a Sinopec gas station in Yichang, Hubei province February 8, 2012. China will raise the ceiling for retail prices of gasoline and diesel by 3 to 4 percent from Wednesday, the first hike in 10 months and a move that lifts prices to record highs and can help refineries improve margins. The increase, at 300 yuan per tonne or roughly 4 cents a litre, was much anticipated by the market and offset a previous price cut last October.

Job seekers sleep outside an entrance to the Yiwu Human Resources Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province February 7, 2012.

A customer looks at the empty shelves of bottled water at a supermarket in Nantong, Jiangsu province February 7, 2012. A South Korean ship anchored in Zhenjiang is suspected to be leaking the chemical phenol into the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, sparking the rush to buy drinking water in Zhenjiang and neighbouring cities, China Daily reported. Picture taken February 7, 2012.

A Chinese worker fixes pipes at a construction site in the capital Khartoum on February 2, 2012. Africa, where China has emerged as a major funder of infrastructure projects, is growing particularly attractive for migrant workers seeking to earn good money, but the work does not go without its share of risks, as was illustrated last week by the abduction of the road-builders in Sudan and the technicians and engineers working for a military-owned cement factory in Egypt.

Hong Kong actors Sean Lau, recipient of the best actor award for the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards (L) and Nicholas Tse, recipient of the best actor award for the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards (R), pose for photos in Hong Kong on February 8, 2012. The two actors presented the nominations for the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony, one of the most prestigious annual events of Hong Kong's film industry to be held on April 15, 2012.

Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2012 shows the scene of the traffic accident on the expressway between Nanning and Guilin cities, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)

Four people died after a coach carrying 55 people rear-ended a truck which was parked at the road side for reparation early Wednesday morning on the expressway.

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China's President Hu Jintao (R) speaks during a bilateral meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 9, 2012. China and Canada on Wednesday signed a series of deals to boost modest levels of bilateral trade and finished negotiations on a foreign investment protection pact after 18 years of talks.

Flares burning off excess gas at a natural gas extraction rig known as Kashi in Japan, Tianwaitian in China, are seen near what Tokyo claims to be the median line between the overlapping exclusive economic zones of Japan and China, in the East China Sea, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 9, 2012. Japan protested against China possibly drilling for natural gas in a field in the East China Sea, arguing that the move violates their agreement to jointly develop gas resources in the disputed area, local media reports. Mandatory Credit.

A vendor watches as shoppers browse a market in Beijing on February 9, 2012. China's inflation rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the highest level in months, official data showed, as the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday boosted consumer prices.

A local resident carries vegetables bought at a market in Beijing on February 9, 2012.

This photo taken on February 8, 2012 shows a Chinese woman walking three men like dogs with steel chains along a street in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, as they campaign against male chauvinism and raise more awareness for equal rights for Chinese women.

A security guard stands in front of a hamburger advertisement outside a fast food restaurant in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, and provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, workers level coal onto a train in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province. The Nanchang Railway Administration and Shanghai International Port (Group) Company have given priority to coal transportation to ensure power generation during this continuous cold weather period, according to Xinhua News Agency.

A group of Chinese workers freed by insurgents from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), hold up the national flag as they arrive back in Beijing on February 9, 2012. A group of 29 Chinese workers taken by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago has been freed in good health, after Beijing protested their capture.

One of the Chinese woman worker freed by insurgents from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), receives a bouquet of flowers as she arrives back in Beijing on February 9, 2012.

A man gets on an escalator near an advertisement of Lenovo computer at a shopping center in Hong Kong Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Lenovo Group Ltd. , the world's second biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday that quarterly profit grew by more than half but warned hard drive costs would remain high amid a global shortage.

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When searching for Chinese photos a lot of "fluff" is found. Like these!

Students wait to apply for registration at Beijing Film Academy, Feb 8, 2012. The annual enrollment registration for Beijing Film Academy kicked off Wednesday and will go for four days. The college, known as the cradle of China's filmmakers, plans to recruit 455 students this year. More than 25,000 students have registered on the Internet. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

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Peng Chuan, who was just rescued from abduction in Sudan, hugs his daughter Branch 5 of Sinohydro Bureau 7 Co., Ltd. in Pengshan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 9, 2012. A total of 47 Chinese were caught in the attack, which occurred in a southern Sudanese state 13 days ago. Twenty-nine of them were abducted by the assailants while the other 18 managed to flee. One of the latter went missing and has been confirmed dead. Among them, 24 Sichuan workers have all come back to Pengshan County safe and sound. [Xinhua]

Workers who were just rescued from abduction in Sudan have dinner at the dining hall of Branch 5 of Sinohydro Bureau 7 Co., Ltd. in Pengshan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 9, 2012.

Xia Wenqiong (R), who was just rescued from abduction in Sudan, hugs her relatives Branch 5 of Sinohydro Bureau 7 Co., Ltd. in Pengshan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 9, 2012

Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper and his wife visit a local noodle restaurant "Yiwanju Old Beijing Noodles" to sample the distinctive Beijing food, Feb. 9, 2012. [Photo/ifeng]

Actor Huang Xiaoming recently portrayed men's style in a group of new photo shoot on Elle Men magazine. [Photo: sina.com]

Chinese workers go about their chores at a textile factory in Huaibei, Anhui province in China on February 10, 2012. China's trade activity fell in January from a year earlier, as a domestic slowdown, overseas turmoil and factory closures during the Lunar New Year holiday hit demand.

A man walks in a shipping container area at the Port of Shanghai February 10, 2011. China's exports and imports shrank in January from year ago levels, the customs office said on Friday, massively exceeding the slowdown expected. by financial markets already poised for data heavily skewed by Lunar New Year holidays.

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 and released by a person with contacts in China's Tibetan community, Tibetans gather on the side of a main street in Nangqian county, China's Qinghai province, to protest Chinese rule and to call for independence for Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama from exile. Two Tibetan brothers on the run since taking part in anti-government protests two weeks ago have been shot dead in southwest China's Sichuan province, a U.S.-funded broadcaster reported Friday, Feb. 10.

Local residents clear away deep snow in Mainpu Township in Nyalam County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Wen Tao)

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 09: Model Angelababy attends UGG 2012 spring summer product launch at the Central Academy of Fine Arts on February 9, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress

MACAU, MACAO - FEBRUARY 09: (CHINA OUT) Model Lynn Xiong attends Victoria's Secret store opening ceremony at the Venetian Macau Resort Hotel on February 9, 2012 in Macau, Macao. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress )

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - FEBRUARY 08: A model walks the catwalk during the La Perla lingerie fashion show on February 8, 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress )

[Seek]

Kinney's gonna rub one out when he sees this...




Thanks for keeping this great thread updated Popeye!

[bd popeye]

Thanks for keeping this great thread updated Popeye!

Thank you..!!

[IanSolo]

Girl...it's dangerous to go around dressed like this....

[Seek]

how come none of the asian chicks at my Uni have legs like that?

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Zhang Ze of China (R) and teammate Zhe Li (L) take a break during their lost to Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione of Australia in their Davis Cup doubles match, in Geelong on February 11, 2012. Hewitt and Guccione won the match 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 to give Australia an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the tie.

An assistant helps two recently born Bornean Orangutan twins, Wahwah (L, female) and Wunwun (male), displayed at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens on February 10, 2012. Wahwah and Wunwun, born in July 2011, are being presented to the public for the first time. Experts say there are about 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, 80 percent of them in Indonesia and the rest in Malaysia. They are faced with extinction from poaching and the rapid destruction of their forest habitat, driven largely by palm oil and paper plantations.

A labourer welds a steel frame at a residential construction site in Hefei, Anhui province February 11, 2012. China's third-tier city of Wuhu, in eastern Anhui province, has relaxed restrictions on purchases of homes, easing limits on multiple home buyers and raising cash subsidies, the official China Securities Journal reported on Friday.

A Chinese soldier stands in front of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plane in Beijing February 10, 2012.

Chinese police pose with their new motorcycles & patrol vehicles at an early morning parade after receiving their new vehicles in Beijing on February 10, 2012. Beijing authorities are stepping up security ahead of the annual parliamentary session, the National People's Congress (NPC) next month.

Chinese actress Huo Siyan pose for photographers on the red carpet at the premiere of the film Farewell my Queen (Les adieux à la Reine) on February 9, 2012 in Berlin.

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New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin, front right, lays up for two of his 20 game points on a shot in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Minneapolis. Timberwolves' Wayne Ellington, left, and J.J. Berea, right, defend. The Knicks won 100-98.

Jeremy Shu-How Lin[1] (traditional Chinese: 林書豪; simplified Chinese: 林书豪; pinyin: Lín Shūháo; born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal with his hometown Golden State Warriors. Lin is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American player in the league to be of Chinese or of Taiwanese descent

China's Qian Qin (R) figths with South-Korea's Na Young Kim (L) during the women's over 70kg category final match at the World Cup Judo tournament in Budapest on February 12, 2012. Qin won gold medal of the event

Tibetans and their supporters demonstrate in front of the White House February 12, 2012 in Washington, DC to coincide with China’s Vice President and heir apparent Xi Jinping's first official visit to the US on February 14. Xi's visit comes as the Chinese government has sealed Tibet off to foreigners and journalists after security forces opened fire on protesters calling for freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama. Twenty-one Tibetans have set fire to themselves in Tibet since 2009, eight since January 2012, in an unprecedented show of defiance to Chinese rule.

Protestors at a protest against allowing mainland Chinese drivers into Hong Kong, at a demonstration in a park in Hong Kong on February 12, 2012. A few hundred protesters attended the demonstration, organised on social networking websites, to show their dismay at the Hong Kong government's plan starting in March to allow small groups of mainland Chinese to drive their private vehicles into the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). Despite Hong Kong's return to Chinese control in 1997, cross border traffic is severely restricted since Hong Kong motorists drive on the left and mainlanders drive on the right. The protest is the latest in a slew of incidents suggesting mounting anger in Hong Kong about the political and economic influence of mainland China in local affairs.

A hawker sells candied fruit to tourists in the Qianmen Lake area of Beijing on February 12, 2012.

This photo taken on February 11, 2012 shows a Chinese policeman (L) reprimanding a villager who is looting a truck filled with household goods after it was involved in an accident along a highway in Chongqing.

Malaysian Chinese devotees shake a deity statue while leaving the Johor Bahru Old Chinese Temple during an annual Chingay parade in Johor Bahru, southern Malaysia, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Many festival goers turn out in the city to watch the religious procession which goes on for five days.

A boy licks icicles hanging on rocks aside a road between Gaopo Township and the county seat of Longli in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2012.(Xinhua/Wu Dongjun)

Actresses Fanny Shu (R) and Zhao Wei attend a press conference for the premiere of the movie LOVE in Beijing, China, Feb. 12, 2012. The movie will debut on Feb. 13, 2012. (Xinhua)

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It was easy for me to resist the urge to try some of the things sold by street vendors in china, because the food was exposed to traffic exhaust fumes for hours...

BTW, i was totally unaware of the problem with traffic compatibility between Hong Kong and mainland China. Chinese traffic is madness, so i can understand HK residents are concerned...

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Thanks for responding to this thread seek!

i was totally unaware of the problem with traffic compatibility between Hong Kong and mainland China. Chinese traffic is madness, so i can understand HK residents are concerned...

I've been to Hong Kong and I can't imangine adding mainland "drivers" to the mix. It would be like a demolition derby.

Actress Yang Mi poses for "Cosmo Bride" magazine. [Photo/Sina]