Snapshots
| Cuteness overload: Visitors to a panda breeding center in Ya'an, Sichuan province, view giant panda cubs during their public debut on Aug 21. Heng Yi / For China Daily |
| Splashdown: Flooding in Shanghai made for what appears to be a water landing at Hongqiao International Airport on Aug 24. Yin Liqin / For China Daily |
| On a pole, not so old: A woman, 70, checks her cell phone while practicing pole dancing at home in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Many Chinese women her age join groups that dance in public squares for exercise. Chen Yuxiao / For China Daily |
| Say it with clay: Young people from the Tujia ethnic group smear colored clay on each other to celebrate the Moni Festival in Guzhang county, Hunan province, on Aug 23. Tradition has it that the more clay people put on someone of the opposite sex, the more they like them. Xu Xing / For China Daily |
| Split classes: Students from Kenya get a lesson in basic acrobatics on Aug 23 in Wuqiao, Hebei province, the homeland of Chinese acrobatics. Twenty-one African students are in a one-year training program sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. Zhu Xudong / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 08/28/2015 page5)
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