Reply With QuoteNice thread Popeye, China is a mysterious country to allot of us and things like this gives us a view about that country. Keep up the good work
Fifth seed Li got off to a flier in the late night match against Anabel Medina Garrigues, winning the first two games before the Spaniard turned her right ankle in the third, collapsing in agony on the court.
CHONGQING, CHINA - JANUARY 19: A police officer views a bag, which is used to hold bear paws, at the Forest Police Station of Yubei district on January 19, 2012 in Chongqing, China. A cargo inspector found ten bear paws hidden in two cartons with seafood, which would be sent to Shenzhen through a logistics company, at Chongqing Jiangbei Airport on Thursday. The Forest Police have started the investigation.
A dragon lantern is seen in front of beams of blue lights at the Gate of China area along the banks of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, January 19, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken January 19, 2012
A vendor puts unsold garlic cloves into a sack as he prepares to leave a small food market in the village of Xishaoqu, located on the outskirts of Beijing January 19, 2012
Passengers queue up to board a train as a railway official check them at Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, as millions of Chinese make their way home to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, in Shanghai, China on Thursday Jan. 19, 2012.
Pedestrians cross the road near a dragon decoration installed for the upcoming Lunar New Year in Singapore January 16, 2012.
Actors yawn as they take part in a rehearsal for the upcoming temple fair, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, at Ditan Park (the Temple of Earth), in Beijing January 20, 2012.
A girl reacts as she holds up cushions shaped as Hong Kong coins and Euro coins at the Hong Kong Chinese New Year Flower Market on January 20, 2012. The Chinese New Year flower market in Hong Kong is both a flower market and a venue to showcase a large variety of unique products and toys.
Nice thread Popeye, China is a mysterious country to allot of us and things like this gives us a view about that country. Keep up the good work
Thanks for the kind words!
A girl selects a dragon-shaped doll at a shopping mall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 19, 2012.
A customer selects dragon-shaped dolls at a shopping mall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 19, 2012.
A salesman presents dragon-shaped piggy banks at a shopping mall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 19, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 23, marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)
The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 23, marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.
Wen Fuliang carves "Double-Dragon Blessing" on a goose eggshell in Xi'an, Shaanxi province on Jan 12, 2012. [Photo/CFP]
Wen, a wood carver, was laid off and now makes carvings on eggshells. He uses chicken, goose and duck eggshells to carve out places of interest, such as Dayan Pagoda.
A model presents a creation by Indonesian designer Marilena Vlataki during Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2012 Jan 18, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
ATV Miss Asia 2011 winner Feng Xuebing (C), 1st runner-up Wang Ka Man (R) and 2nd runner-up Hong Yi Joo (L) pose for photos during the awarding ceremony in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 19, 2012. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2012 shows Chinese contestant Zhou Shuang (L, front) and South Korean contestant Hong Yi Joo (R, front) during ATV Miss Asia 2011 in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
More "fluff" pix from China..sorry about the watermarks..
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 19: Singer Cindy Yen attends 2011 Beijing Pop Music Awards Ceremony at Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on January 19, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via ***** Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 19: Singaporean girl band By2 attend 2011 Beijing Pop Music Awards Ceremony at Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on January 19, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via ***** Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 19: Singer Zhang Liangying attends 2011 Beijing Pop Music Awards Ceremony at Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on January 19, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 19: (CHINA OUT) Singer Jiang Yingrong attends 2011 Beijing Pop Music Awards Ceremony at Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on January 19, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 21: Chinese people buy pork for the lunar new year's eve dinner in a Wal-Mart neighborhood market on January 21, 2012 in Beijing, China. Chinese people are preparing for the lunar new year of Dragon, which will fall on January 23, 2012. New year celebrations are also refered to as The Spring Festival.
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 20: (L-R) Ms. Wang Min, Consul General Sun Guoxiang from the Consulate General of The People's Republic of China and their son Sun Hao celebrate the Lunar New Year by lighting The Empire State Building on January 20, 2012 in New York City.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: Jie Zheng of China celebrates winning match point in her third round match against Marion Bartoli of France during day six of the 2012 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 20: Chinese passengers wait to board a train to go their hometown at Beijing West Railway Station during the Spring Festival season on January 20, 2012 in Beijing, China. Chinese people are preparing for the lunar new year of Dragon, which will fall on January 23, 2012. New year celebrations are also refered to as The Spring Festival.
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 19: A Chinese couple pass the decorations of dragon for the upcoming Chinese lunar new year at a hotel on January 19, 2012 in Beijing, China.
A Chinese man carries a dragon puppet during Lunar New Year celebrations in downtown Madrid January 21, 2012.
A Cantonese Opera performer holds her hands together in the backstage of the West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre in Hong Kong on January 20, 2012. Cast members celebrated the Chinese New Year by performing a well known Cantonese Opera play called Prime Minister of Six States.
Cantonese Opera performers act on stage at the West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre in Hong Kong on January 20, 2012.
Children sample sweets at a traditional market selling candies and fruits for the upcoming Chinese lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012.
American actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson poses with fans at the premiere of his new film "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.
The acrobatic troop of Shanghai performs during the opening ceremony of the 36th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo in Monaco, on January 19, 2012.
A special edition Year of the Dragon Piaget watch called "Exceptional Piece" worth $1.72 million at a Piaget boutique in Hong Kong on Wednesday. (AFP)
Luxury looks to cash in on Dragon - Lifestyle News - SINA English
BEIJING - The Dragon became a main design element in Western luxury brands at the start of 2012, as their wealthy Chinese customers prepare to celebrate the Year of the Dragon.
The Chinese New Year will start on Jan 23, and the Year of the Dragon usually sees a wave of marriages and births, because the dragon is a traditional Chinese symbol of royalty, fortune and power.
Western manufacturers of luxury goods, ranging from cars and mobile phones to handbags and watches, are also hoping the Chinese New Year will bring an upsurge in their sales to help offset weak demand in the West.
Vertu, a British-based luxury mobile-phone manufacturer that is a division of Nokia OYJ, has launched three phones for the Year of Dragon, complete with hand-engraved dragons - a process that takes around 36 hours for each unit. The handsets cost about 100,000 yuan ($15,831).
A reveller writes the 'Dragon' in traditional Chinese characters and 2012 with fireworks in Beijing on January 22, 2012. China is preparing to say goodbye to the New Year of the Rabbit and welcome the New Year of the Dragon -- which starts on January 23 -- with fireworks and dumplings, in the nation's most important annual, family holiday.
A man watches fireworks explode in an alleyway in Beijing on January 22, 2012. China is welcoming the year of the dragon, a symbol considered to be particularly auspicious because it is the only mythical creature among the dozen animals that represent each year in the Chinese cosmic cycle.
A Chinese performer during his snake act at the Ditan Temple Fair, which is one of the highliights of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 22, 2012.
A hawker wears a mask to attract customers to his stall at the Ditan Temple Fair, which is one of the highliights of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 22, 2012.
Performers take part in a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune, during the opening of an annual fair at the Temple of Earth park in Beijing on January 22, 2012.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd L, front) extends festive greetings to Chinese oil workers who are on duty during the Spring Festival via videoconferencing at a command center of the Changqing Oilfield in Qingyang, northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 21, 2012. Wen Jiabao visited the Longdong area of Changqing oilfield Saturday. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
A newly developed maglev train is seen at a factory of the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd. of China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, Jan 20, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]
Staff members check a newly developed maglev train at a factory of the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, Jan 20, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]
A staff member tests a newly developed maglev train at a factory of the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, Jan 20, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]
A locomotive producer in central China's Hunan province on Friday rolled out a low-cost magnetically levitated (maglev) train that is more environmental-friendly than conventional ones.
The three-carriage train is designed to run at a maximum speed of 100 km per hour and carry 600 passengers, said Xu Zongxiang, general manager of Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd. of China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR).
Xu said the new train was much quieter than conventional ones.
While a conventional train moves forward by using friction between its wheels and the railway tracks, the maglev train replaces wheels by electromagnets and levitates on the guideway.
According to Xu, his company's has minimized the risk of the new maglev train derailing or overturning.
"It's ideal for mass transportation, as it is quiet and environmental-friendly. Its manufacturing cost is about 75 percent of a conventional light-rail train," said Xu.
The maglev train has a minimum turning radius of 50 meters and can easily run in residential communities or on hilly slopes. "It's an ideal public transport option for Chinese cities and major tourist destinations," said Xu.
You won't see many real news photos out of China until the New Years celebration is over..
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) walks out of the residence of army veteran Shao Qicheng (L) in Tianxianyu Village of the Huairou District in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 22, 2012, after extending Chinese lunar New Year greetings to Shao and his family. (Xinhua)
People hold joss sticks to pray for prosperity and well being on the first day of the 'Year of the Dragon' at the Dongyue Temple in Beijing on January 23, 2012.
Two girls watch as fireworks explode on a street in Beijing on January 23, 2012.
Zheng Jie of China wears an ice pack during a break in her women's singles match against Sara Errani of Italy on the eighth day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 23, 2012. Errani won 6-2. 6-1.
A performer known as a "strong man" twirls weights on his shoulder as he performs in front of a crowd during Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing January 23, 2012. The temple is the largest of its kind in northern China for the Zhengyi school of Taoism, and was originally built by Taoist monks in the 14th century. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.
A performer dressed in traditional costume and wearing make-up drinks tea as he and others smoke cigarettes as they prepare to take part in Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing January 23, 2012.
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 22: Children dressed in dragon costumes prepares to perform at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Dragon on January 22, 2012 in Beijing, China.
An entrance to Megaupload's office at a hotel in Hong Kong is seen in this Hong Kong government handout photo released late January 20, 2012. The Hong Kong government said on Friday over HK$300 million ($38.4 million) worth of proceeds from Megaupload were seized in the country in joint operations by Hong Kong customs and U.S. authorities. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) visits army veteran Shao Qicheng in Tianxianyu Village of the Huairou District in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 22, 2012. Hu visited grassroots urban and rural areas in Beijing on Sunday, the eve of the Spring Festival, extending greetings to the people and celebrating with them the Chinese traditional lunar New Year. [Xinhua photo]
Fireworks fill the sky in downtown Beijing before daybreak on Monday. China's New Year firework spree has not only left thousands of tonnes of scraps in Beijing but also driven up the city's air pollution data to "hazardous" level until winds blew them away Tuesday morning. [CFP]
China's New Year firework spree has not only left thousands of tonnes of scraps in Beijing but also driven up the city's air pollution data to "hazardous" level until winds blew them away Tuesday morning. [CFP]
Sanitation workers clean the firecracker residue on a street in Beijing on Jan. 23, 2012. A good deal of firecrackers has been set off on the eve before Spring Festival as a kind of Chinese folk tradition.
The site of a bomb blast at a home in Tielu village, central China's Hunan province on January 23, 2012. New Year festivities in China ended in tragedy for one family when a cousin set off explosives at a table over a land dispute, killing himself and four others, state media said.
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 23: Chinese snake charmers performs at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Dragon on January 23, 2012 in Beijing, China. The woman is swallowing a snake.
A woman brings a live snake back up after she swallowed it as she performs on a small stage showcasing acts of magic and feats of unusual physical abilities at the temple fair in Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing January 24, 2012.
Fireworks light up the sky to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year at Orange Island in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 22, 2012. China embraced its lunar Year of Dragon on Monday. [Xinhua photo]
People gather in a sanctuary at Kaifu Temple to pray in front of Buddhas for divine blessings in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, on Jan. 23, 2012, the first day of the Chinese lunar Year of Dragon. Kaifu Temple was one of the famous Buddhism resort which enjoys over one thousand years of history. [Xihua photo]
People celebrate the Spring Festival in Jiangsu Province on Jan. 22 in Weifang, Jiangsu Province. [Xinhua photo]
People celebrate the Spring Festival with dumplings in Beijing on Jan. 22. [Xinhua photo]
People celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Liaocheng Shandong Province, Jan. 22, 2012. [Xinhua photo]
People celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, Jan. 22, 2012. [Xinhua photo]
People celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shangqiu, Henan Province, Jan. 22, 2012. [Xinhua photo]
Streets are decorated with red lanterns in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, Jan. 22, 2012 to celebrate the Spring Festival. [Xinhua photo]
PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 23: Chinese actress Ni Ni arrives for the Dior Haute-Couture 2012 show as part of Paris Fashion Week as part of Paris Fashion Week at Salons Christian Dior on January 23, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)
A Chinese tatoo artist makes a flag of Equatorial Guinea on January 23, 2012 on the arm of a supporter of the national football team in the center of Bata. Equatorial Guinea will play against Senegal on January 25 in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. AFP PHOTO/ ABDELHAK SENNA (Photo credit should read ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP/***** Images)
Gotta love them Dragons I remember seen a really long Dragon in Melbourne about 100 men carrying it.Originally Posted by bd popeye
Can anyone tell me what the ball on tongue means?
Sorry I did not post any pix today..too many New Years pix. Slowly but surely some real news pix should be coming in soon. I will post tomorrow, 01.26.2012,..for sure!
Don't you worry, popeye, there's no need to apologize. You're doing a great (and time consuming!) job.
I was under the impression that the pearl conected with the dragon sign symbolizes fortune and wealth.
thanks for efforts bd popeye!
Last edited by hator; 01-26-2012 at 04:54 AM.
Thanks gents! let me see what I can find..
A Child stays warm during a visit to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on January 26, 2012. China is welcoming the year of the dragon, a symbol considered to be particularly auspicious because it is the only mythical creature among the dozen animals that represent each year in the Chinese cosmic cycle.
BEAUVAL, FRANCE - JANUARY 25: Yuan Zi, a male giant panda and Huan Huan, a female giant panda, share their life inside their enclosure at Zoo Parc De Beauval on January 25, 2012 in Beauval, France. A pair of giant pandas which have been loaned to the zoo by China, where they hope the pair will reproduce and help boost the world's dwindling panda population.
Ethnic Tibetans walk the streets in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on January 26, 2012. The Tibetan-inhabited region of West Sichuan appeared to be under lockdown after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that Tibet's government in exile condemned as "gruesome".
Ethnic Tibetan women attend a wedding in Danba, Sichuan province January 26, 2012.
Police officers question a taxi driver (2nd R) after stopping him for fetching foreigners in Danba, Sichuan province January 26, 2012.
A worker at a store that sells cooked ducks looks on in Hong Kong on January 26, 2012.
Yu Qiuyan (R) holds her new-born baby girl Li Muhua (C) as father Li Wanhong (L) stands by, at the Antai maternity hospital in Beijing on January 26, 2012. As China welcomes the year of the dragon -- considered to be the most auspicious zodiac symbol in the Chinese lunar calendar -- the country is expecting a five percent increase in the number of babies born in 2012, state-run news agency Xinhua recently reported. Similar increases in birth rates are expected in Taiwan and Hong Kong with would-be parents keen to capitalise on the good fortune, intelligence, and success that dragon-babies are believed to inherit.
China's Wang Ru, Qingdao Shan Dong and Pan Ting Ting race in the women's match series at the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta on Biscayne Bay in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. More than 500 sailors from 44 countries are competing in the stepping stone to the Olympic games.
People form a line of ice chairs while skating on a frozen lake at a temple fair on the third day of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Temple fairs are held in Chinese cities during the week-long holidays after Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China.
In a picture taken on January 23, 2012, a Chinese family enjoys a day out on a frozen lake on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing.
A Chinese man with wings attached to his bike rides past the Tibetan Lama Temple in Beijing on January 25, 2012.
Tourists look at a sign stating that the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car is out of service in Hong Kong on January 26, 2012. Hong Kong suspended its popular cable car after a malfunction left hundreds of tourists dangling during the Chinese New Year holiday.
Ah Leng the dog chews on ice at the Houhai lake during the Lunar New Year holiday at the start of the 'Year of the Dragon' in Beijing on January 27, 2012.
Tourists from Hubei Province pose for photos in Chinese emperors clothing during the Lunar New Year holiday at the start of the 'Year of the Dragon' in Beijing on January 27, 2012.
A Chinese police van is seen on a street in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on January 27, 2012. The Tibetan-inhabited region of West Sichuan appeared to be under lockdown after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded.
An Ethnic Tibetan woman begs for alms on a street in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on January 27, 2012.
Armed Chinese PLA soldiers & police patrol on a street in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on January 27, 2012.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - JANUARY 25: Actors and actresses with the Lao Yi Lai Heng Chinese opera get ready for a show at the Plub Plachai temple on January 25, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The traditional Chinese art form involving music, singing, martial arts and acting has a history of more than 500 years. There are about 30 members working with the group performing the Teochew (Chaozhou) opera doing special shows all week to celebrate the Chinese New year. The Chinese opera is popular in many parts of China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Macau.
A performer dressed as the Chinese God of Wealth stands in front of a large dragon costume outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong on January 27, 2012. In Hong Kong, lion dances are often seen during the Chinese Lunar New Year period.
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - JANUARY 24: In this handout image provided by the Palais Princier de Monaco, The Shanghai Circus Acrobatic Troupe, Cai Yong receives The 'Golden Clown' award from Prince Albert II of Monaco and from Princess Stephanie of Monaco during the Monte-Carlo 36th International Circus Festival on January 24, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
A man holds a dragon balloon outside Longhua Buddhist Temple on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai January 23, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.
Zhou Lixin, a worker at the Tom Dog Pet Center in Hanshan county, Anhui province, takes care of a customer's dog. [Cheng Qianjun / For China Daily]
BEIJING - Some pet owners who headed out of town for the holiday engaged neighbors to tend their animals. Others laid in plenty of food and water and hoped for the best.
Firefighters work to put in chemicals made from dissolved aluminum chloride to neutralize the polluted Longjiang River in Hechi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 26, 2012. Eighty tonnes of aluminum chloride, a neutralizing agent, has been put into the river to eliminate the health risk since excessive cadmium levels was detected in the Hechi section of the Longjiang River on Jan. 15. The incident sparked panic buying of bottled water in Liuzhou, a city that lies at the lower reaches of the river, over the past few days. However, city authorities have taken proper control of the situation by publishing real-time water sample test results via local media and ensuring the supply of bottled water at controlled prices. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Holy crap... That's an environmental disaster of unimaginable magnitude...
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