Chinese Daily Photos, 2011 to 2019!

ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 18: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen (L) and Chief of the General Staff of People's Liberation Army of China General Chen Bingde (R) speak to the media during a news briefing May 18, 2011 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. General Chen is on a week-long visit, the first by a Chinese top military leader in seven years, to the United States. He will visit Norfolk Naval Station on Thursday and a few more U.S. military facilities for the reminding of his trip before he returns home on Sunday.

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In this photo taken Tuesday, May 17, 2011, a cadre of the community office grabs 22 year-old woman after she tried to kill herself by jumping out of a window of a seventh floor building in Changchun city in northeastern China's Jilin province. The bride surnamed Li cut her wrists and tried to commit suicide after her boyfriend broke up with her just before the marriage. (AP Photo)

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Pansy Ho, chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings Ltd speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong on May 19, 2011. MGM Resorts International started marketing an initial public offering for its Macau unit with plans to raise as much as 1.5 billion USD ahead of a Hong Kong listing next month.

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Workers dismantle a giant advertisement display modeling a Louis Vuitton suitcase outside a Louis Vuitton branch on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Shanghai, China. Massive advertisements are being torn down because they violate various city's regulations, according to a local newspaper.

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A Tibetan woman and her daughter are seen at the entrance to their tent which serves as a grocery store near the Nyenchen Tonglha mountains, Tibet Autonomous Region, May 10, 2011. China rescued Tibet from thousands of years of feudal serfdom, the region's Chinese-appointed governor said on May 19, 2011 ahead of commemorations marking six decades of Communist Party rule. Picture taken May 10, 2011.

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A couple ballroom dance at a park in Beijing on May 19, 2011. Ballroom dancing, often done outdoors in parks or squares and public spaces, is increasingly popular in China, particularly with the elderly in the morning as exercise and the middle-aged in the evening for relaxation.

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A Chinese paramilitary police man reacts as he poses for photos with a model and a police motorcycle at an exhibition on police equipment and anti-terror technologies held in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 19, 2011.

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Unmanned autonomous aerial vehicles are displayed at the booth of state-owned Aviation Industry Corp. of China or AVIC during an exhibition of police equipment and anti-terror technologies held in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 19, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 18: An air-power test vehicle is displayed during the 14th China Beijing International High-tech Expo (CHITEC) at the China International Exhibition Center on May 18, 2011 in Beijing, China. The 14th CHITEC will be held in Beijing from May 17th to 22nd, 2011, with the theme of 'innovation driving development, science and technology leading transformation'.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 18: People look at dancing robots during the 14th China Beijing International High-tech Expo (CHITEC) at the China International Exhibition Center on May 18, 2011 in Beijing, China.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 18: Contestant compete during the 2011 Bosch Power Tools Asia Cordless Race China Qualifying Race at Shanghai Yuanshen Arena on May 18, 2011 in Shanghai, China. Following the success of the 1st 'Cordless Race' Competition in 2010 in China, Bosch Power Tools launched the 2nd 'Cordless Race' Competition on March 21. And Bosch Power Tools expands it to an international event covering five countries in Asia, including China, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea.

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A woman pulls a cart carrying her daughter and her son past a garbage dump site in Hefei, Anhui province May 18, 2011. China faces acute environmental and resource strains that threaten to choke growth unless the world's second-biggest economy cleans up, the nation's environment minister has said. Picture taken May 18, 2011.

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NINGHAI, CHINA - MAY 18: A farmer does carpentry at the Qintong village on May 18, 2011 in Ninghai, China. Various activities in local famous historic sites are being held to mark the day 'China Tourism Day' on May 19.

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A 22-year-old woman in a wedding gown is grabbed by Guo Zhongfan, a local community officer, as she attempts to kill herself by jumping out of a seven-storey residential building in Changchun, Jilin province May 17, 2011. According to local media, the woman tried to commit suicide after her boyfriend of four years broke up with her, just as they were making plans to get married. The woman did not sustain any injuries during the incident. Picture taken May 17, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 17: Firefighters battle a fire at a chemical plant in the Tongzhou district on May 17, 2011 in Beijing, China. The fire spotted at about 3:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday and was put out three hours later. No casualties except the loss of more than 200 thousand RMB (about 30,000 USD) in damages.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 17: An employee introduces the GE Vscan to a visitor at the GE Healthcare Vscan launch at 798 Art Zone on May 17, 2011 in Beijing, China. GE Healthcare launched its Vscan, a pocket-size visualisation tool, for China's market in Beijing.

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A laborer scoops rice as he gets his lunch from the window of a temporary canteen at a construction site in Shenyang, Liaoning province, May 18, 2011. Some analysts said it could be tough for China to achieve its 4 percent inflation target this year given increasing labor costs and rising commodity and fuel prices.

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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 17: (3L-R) Producers Florence Low Sloan,Wendi Deng Murdoch and Gianna Jun attend the Marche du Film China Night at the Majestic Beach Pier during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011 in Cannes, France.

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40 arrested in China for child trafficking
Posted: 13 May 2011 1204 hrs

BEIJING : Police in China have arrested a gang of 40 people suspected of buying at least 22 children in the nation's southwest and trafficking them to a wealthier region, state press said on Friday.

The suspected trafficking ring allegedly bought young children -- 22 of them have so far been recovered -- in impoverished areas of Yunnan province and sold them in coastal Fujian province in the southeast, the Beijing Times said.

More than 200 police were involved in the Wednesday arrests that took place in the two provinces, it said.

Human trafficking remains a serious problem in China, with many sociologists blaming the nation's "one-child" family planning policy for fuelling the crime.

Wednesday's arrests come after an investigation was launched this week in the central province of Hunan into the suspected involvement of family planning officials in the abduction and sale of babies into overseas adoption.

According to state press reports, about 20 children were forcibly taken away from families who were allegedly in violation of the birth control policy, and put up for adoption abroad.

Under the "one-child" policy, aimed at controlling the world's largest population of 1.3 billion, people who live in urban areas are generally allowed one child, while rural families can have two if the first is a girl.

This has put a premium on baby boys, while baby girls are often sold off or abandoned as couples try for a male heir.

-AFP/ck

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This news about child trafficking in PRC is a little bit dated. The issue of child and human trafficking in PRC is murky at best. Don't think anyone is sure of the real extent of child/human trafficking in PRC.

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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 17: Producer Wendi Deng Murdoch and actress Gianna Jun attend the Marche du Film China Night at the Majestic Beach Pier during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011 in Cannes, France.

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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 17: Actress Bing Bing Li attends the Marche du Film China Night at the Majestic Beach Pier during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011 in Cannes, France.

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Chinese actress Fan Bing Bing arrives for amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2011 event in Antibes during the 64th Cannes Film Festival May 19, 2011. Picture taken May 19, 2011.

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A gongfu tea ceremony master performs at a tea exhibition on Friday, May 20, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

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Models wear creations by graduates of Wuhan Textile University in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, May 18, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

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Taiwan pop singer Cyndi Wang Xinling appears as her same sweet self in her upcoming new album "Sticky Cyndi", which will be released on May 27.

The singer is now busy shooting music video for the album's title song "Miss you miss you."

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Smoke rises as police, fire fighters and onlookers stand near at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, Sichuan province, May 20, 2011 in this still image taken from a video grab. Apple Inc is investigating an explosion that killed two people, injured 16 and forced a production halt at a Foxconn International Holdings Ltd factory in China said to produce the popular iPad 2. Foxconn, part of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industries group and Apple's main manufacturing partner, said in a statement the explosion happened at about 7 pm local time (1100 GMT) on May 20.

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An injured man from a Foxconn factory, on a stretcher, arrives at a hospital in Chengdu in China's Sichuan province on Friday, May 20, 2011. Chinese media reports say two people have died following an explosion at the factory in southwestern China belonging to electronics maker Foxconn Technology Group, the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer. (AP Photo)

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The blast occurred about 7 pm at a workshop in Hongfujin Precision Electronics (Chengdu) Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, located in the provincial capital of Chengdu, said a spokesman with the city's government.

The 16 injured workers were rushed to hospital where three of them were being treated for serious wounds, said the spokesman.

The cause of the explosion remained under investigation, said an officer with the city's public security bureau.

Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contractor, opened the $2 billion Chengdu plant in October last year to manufacture laptop computers.

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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, center, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a photo session at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo Saturday, May 21, 2011. The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea gathered Saturday to demonstrate their shared desire for Japan's earthquake and tsunami recovery and to smooth out differences over Japan's handling of its nuclear crisis.

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The car driven by IndyCar driver Ho-Pin Tung, of China, slams into the wall in the first turn as attempted to qualify on the opening day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 21, 2011.

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Pedestrians wait in a subway station during an air raid drill in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Taiwan held its decades-old annual air raid drill Tuesday, despite warming ties with China, the exercise's designated adversary. The Wan-an, or "safety for everyone" exercise, is an island-wide drill premised on widespread Chinese air attacks.

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A Shaolin Temple member performs during the performance at a tea exhibition on Friday, May 20, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

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Models dressed evening gowns stand next to a security guard, center, and firemen during the Equestrian Beijing International Grand Prix at China's National Stadium, also known as "Bird's Nest," in Beijing Friday, May 20, 2011.

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From left to right, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Chairman Wan Jifei, Japan's Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Federation of South Korea Industries Chairman Huh Chang-soo pose for photographers during a business summit luncheon in Tokyo, Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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A conductor leads as participants sing revolutionary songs during a celebration for the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Jinan, Shandong province May 22, 2011. Nearly 10,000 local residents take part in the celebration on Sunday for the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, which was founded on July 1, 1921, local media reported.

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Migrant workers sit near a police electric car patrolling around Shanghai train station on Sunday, May 22, 2011 in Shanghai, China. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, whose rare foreign trips are cloaked in secrecy, was traveling to Yangzhou, west of Shanghai Sunday, the Yonhap news agency and broadcaster YTN said, citing diplomatic sources.

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MALIPO, CHINA - MAY 20: Head of government relations for Airbus SAS, Rainer Ohler, attends Airbus A380 Garden inauguration ceremony at Malipo County Middle School on May 20, 2011 in Malipo County, Yunnan Province of China. Airbus SAS donated 170,000 RMB (26,000 USD) to build an Airbus A380 Garden in Malipo County Middle School.

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Schalke's Chinese midfielder Hao Junmin (R) lifts the trophy after winning the DFB German Cup final football match MSV Duisburg vs FC Schalke 04 at the Olmpic stadium in Berlin on May 21, 2011. Schalke won the match 0-5 winning the German Cup for the 5th time.

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Chinese superstar pianist Lang Lang performs with 100 young British pianists on 50 Steinway grand pianos during 'Lang Lang Inspires', a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in Southbank Centre in central London on May 22, 2011.

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Cubical & Cage home residents in Hong Kong on May 20, 2011. Amid rising inflation many cage or cubicle home dwellers risk being subjected to rent increases despite paying a similar price per square foot as some of the city's luxury apartments. Inhabitants of the tiny units, usually around 60 square feet in size and costing around 3000 Hong Kong dollars (385 USD) for a three person family, can face waiting times of between five and ten years for public housing to become available during which time rental hikes of as much as 20 percent per year are not uncommon.

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This file photo shows a submersible under construction at an undisclosed location. [File/China Daily]

BEIJING - The Jiaolong, China's manned deep-diving submersible, will attempt a 5,000-meter dive in July following last year's successful 3,759-meter dive, a senior official said Friday.

Liu Cigui, head of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), said the Ministry of Science and Technology and the SOA will choose an appropriate area for the manned dive.

The Jiaolong, designed to reach a depth of 7,000 meters, completed 17 dives in the South China Sea from May 31 to July 18 last year, with the deepest reaching 3,759 meters with three crew members on board.

It makes China the fifth country, following the United States, France, Russia and Japan, to have the technology to send a manned dive over 3,500 meters below sea level.

Liu revealed the plans for the 5,000-meter dive during a symposium on oceanic development in Beijing on Friday.

He also said China will launch its second marine remote sensing satellite, HY-2, at an appropriate time this year.

The Jiaolong vessel is the world's first manned vehicle designed to reach 7,000 meters below sea level and it can used in 99.8 percent of the world's sea areas, according to Xu Qinan, the vehicle's chief designer.

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, greets Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie during their meeting at the Presidential Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday May 23, 2011. Aquino said he will talk to Guanglie about how to prevent territorial spats in the South China Sea that could trigger a larger conflict, including the need for a stronger accord to restrict aggression in the region.

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China's Jie Zheng hits a return to Czech Republic's Sandra Zahlavova during their Women's first round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium, on May 23, 2011, in Paris.

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NANJING, CHINA - MAY 22: Work continues on the construction site of the Nanjing South Station of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed railway line on May 22, 2011 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. The rail link between Beijing and Shanghai is forecasted to begin operation in June 2011.

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This photo taken on May 23, 2011 shows a gold tiara inlayed with 228 Akoya pearls, 1,880 diamonds, and a 15mm-diameter pearl as the tiara is priced at nearly four milliion yuan (620,000 USD) and is on display at a jewellery shop in Beijing. China will be the world's biggest luxury goods market by 2020, a report said , as its economy booms and an emerging middle class spends a growing chunk of their cash on high-end items.

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ZOUCHENG, CHINA - MAY 22: Chinese singers sing 'Red Songs' on May 22, 2011 in Zoucheng, Shandong Province of China. All over China people are celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China.

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Chinese parents assist their children to wear a paper clothes as they take part in an environment-friendly fashion show at a school in Beijing on May 22, 2011. Beijing -- one of the world's most polluted cities -- launched a five-year action plan on Tuesday that aims to improve the environment by phasing out coal-fired boilers and reducing bad air days.

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Hong Kong businessman William Louey poses in his floral hat during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011, London May 23, 2011.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 21: (L-R) SunZhe, FanXin, Yuxing Wang, Zhu Zhu pose at a celebration of the global tour of the Range Rover Evoque at the Waterhouse on May 21, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

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Photos taken on May 22, 2011 shows the site of a road accident in Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province. Five were killed and several others injured when a coach crashed into a truck. [Xinhua]

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