Snapshots
| All bases covered: An umbrella 18 meters tall, 23 meters in diameter, and weighing 5.7 tons broke a Guinness World Record for the biggest umbrella in Xingzi county, Jiangxi province, on Aug 3. The umbrella created a shelter area of 418 square meters. Wei Dongsheng / For China Daily |
| Burnt fingers lead to a firesale: A man in Kunming, Yunnan province, on July 28 advertising his pet alpaca for sale. On the animal's body hangs a sign that reads: "Got caught by stock market. Selling my mythical creature". Zhai Jian / For China Daily |
| Not to be sneezed at: At a show in Shanghai on Aug 2, a model wears a wedding dress made of tissues. Works by the designer Lan Yu and students from the Fashion and Art Institute at Donghua University were on display. Gao Erqiang / China Daily |
| After the freeze: Fishermen sell their catch at Tanmen Port in Qionghai, Hainan province, on Aug 1. Nearly 9,000 fishing boats were expected to set sail from Hainan when a 10-week annual fishing ban was lifted that day. Huang Yiming / China Daily |
| Automatic choice: A robot serves customers at a restaurant in Haikou, Hainan province, on Aug 3. The robot has become popular with customers since it began operating in the restaurant on July 30. Huang Yiming / China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 08/07/2015 page5)
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