Fu Shihao ran around his grandfather's courtyard proudly displaying a yellow "honor belt", which he had to wrap twice around his tiny waist just to keep in place.
Just a few seconds later, three large rocks, the biggest estimated at more than 10 metric tons, slammed onto the road. The driver avoided them by turning the excavator's enormous arm out of range, before starting once again on his work of breaking the stones and clearing the road.
Most locals seemed indifferent to a railway project currently under way to connect Shangri-La with the tourist paradise Lijiang city, which is equidistant between Kunming, the provincial capital, and Shangri-La and will link the two larger cities. However, those who have taken an interest in the 139-km-long line expect to see plenty of changes.
China will allow the establishment of private banks and other financial institutions funded by private investment on a trial basis.
Some banking industry insiders have raised concerns about equality of competition between State-owned and private banks in China.
Private banking in China began during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) when independent money houses were established to conduct currency exchanges, remittances, deposits and loans.
Yin Zixuan, an 18-year-old high school student in Beijing, started learning English as a child in kindergarten.
In Japan, the college entrance exam is just as competitive as China's gaokao, and the English language examination is of crucial importance. "It's required for all college entrance exams, even the ones that don't require math or Japanese. If you want to get into a prestigious university, it's absolutely necessary that you score high on the English exam," said Ayaka Na, a 29-year-old from Nara in the Kansai region of Japan.
More than 300 people gathered to enjoy a bowl of porridge made from genetically modified food on Saturday, an attempt to quell public fears about the safety of the product.
Jiang Tao is senior engineer at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research at the Chinese Academy of Science.
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