Today's PIX!! Wednesday August 1st, 2012
Reply With Quote
A few from China..
China's Yi Siling adjusts her rifle sights during the 10m air rifle women's final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, July 28, 2012. Yi Siling won the first gold medal of the games.
A demonstrator fights with a police officer in front of the local government building during a protest against an industrial waste pipeline under construction in Qidong, Jiangsu Province July 28, 2012. Angry demonstrators occupied a government office in eastern China on Saturday, destroying computers and overturning cars parked outside in a violent protest against an industrial waste pipeline they said would poison their coastal waters. The demonstration was the latest in a string of protests sparked by fears of environment degradation and highlights the social tensions the government in Beijing is having to deal with as it approaches a leadership transition this year. About a 1,000 protesters marched through the coastal city of Qidong, about one hour north of Shanghai by car, shouting slogans against the plan to build a pipeline through the city that would empty waste from a nearby paper factory into the sea.
Protesters and police gather outside the local government offices in Qidong in the eastern China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012. Thousands of demonstrators protested against alleged pollution from a paper factory in this easten China city and clashed with police after they seized bottles of liquor and wine from the offices along with cartons of cigarettes, items which Chinese officials frequently receive as bribes.
Police beat a protestor on the ground (not pictured) outside the local government offices in the coastal city of Qidong, near Shanghai, in the eastern China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012. Thousands of demonstrators protesting against alleged pollution from a paper factory in east China clashed with police, an.
Protesters, right, confront with police officers, left, near the local government office building Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China. Authorities in eastern China dropped plans for a water-discharge project Saturday after thousands of protesters angry about pollution took to the streets.
Protesters destroy a car inside the compound of the local government offices in Qidong in the eastern China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012.
Vehicles damaged by protesters are seen at the local government office building Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China.
Protesters beat a policeman (C) during a protest outside the local government offices in Qidong in the eastern China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012. Thousands of demonstrators protested against alleged pollution from a paper factory in this easten China city and clashed with police after they seized bottles of liquor and wine from the offices along with cartons of cigarettes, items which Chinese officials frequently receive as bribes
Photo taken on July 28, 2012 shows the lauching ceremony of patrol vessel "Haixun 01" in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. The patrol vessel is designed to be 128.6 meters long with a tonnage of 5,418 tonnes. The ship will have room to accommodate 200 people rescued at sea and will be equipped with devices to offer basic treatment and surgery to anyone injured. Aside from rescue missions, the vessel will be able to tow ships as well as put out fires on other boats. (Xinhua/Wan houde)
Policeman Nan Jingtao directs traffic in rain in Beijing, capital of China, July 27, 2012. A new round of torrential rain pelted the capital Friday evening. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)
A woman poses with a People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier during an open day at the PLA Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base on Hong Kong's Stonecutters Island July 28, 2012. The naval base was open to the public on Saturday, four days ahead of the PLA Army Day on August 1.
A Chinese paramilitary soldier walks down a street in Beijing on July 31, 2012.
A Chinese boy eats snack food near the People's Liberation Army tanks on display at the Military Museum in Beijing Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. China marks Aug. 1 as the People's Liberation Army day.
Local officers help a fisherman escape from a fishing boat which is on fire in the sea area of Dongchongkou in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 30, 2012. Seven fishermen in the boat were rescued. One of them suffering from severe burns was sent to hospital. (Xinhua/Yuan Ziyou)
Local officers help fishermen go back to port as Typhoon Saola approaches in coastal regions of Jincheng Village of Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 31, 2012. Typhoon Saola, the ninth typhoon of the year, is expected to reach seas off the northeast coast of Taiwan on Thursday and approach Fujian Province and east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday. Fujian Province has started to prepare to respond to possible disasters brought about by the typhoon, local authorities said Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Originally Posted by bd popeye
