Snapshots
| Calm at night: The world's biggest solar energy-powered plane, the Solar Impulse 2, lands in Chongqing after completing a 19-hour flight on March 31. It is the plane's fifth stop on its trip around the world. Provided to China Daily |
| Above the clouds: Tourists ride hot-air balloons to get a better view of the field of canola flowers in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on March 28. Wang Luxian / For China Daily |
| Lean, mean racing machine: Forty-eight racehorses from the United Arab Emirates, each valued at more than $1 million (932,000 euros) arrive in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on March 26, where they will take part in the International Speed Horse Racing Competition. Provided to China Daily |
| Site for sore eyes: The Mogao Grottoes, listed as a cultural heritage site by UNESCO, were forced to close on March 31 when a sandstorm with level 6 winds hit Dunhuang, Gansu province, covering the city in yellow sand and reducing visibility to less than 20 meters at the storm's peak. Sun Zhijun / China Foto Press |
| Tunnel vision: A man stands inside Chinese artist Zhu Jinshi's art installation at The Rotunda in Hong Kong's Exchange Square on March 14. Zhu made the installation with bamboo, cotton and more than 12,000 sheets of xuan rice paper. Anthony Wallace / Agence France-Presse |
(China Daily European Weekly 04/03/2015 page5)
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