A Look at Life in China

A vendor arranges salted dried ducks in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, December 6, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Stone pillars with masks placed on them by students of a university, as a pollution-themed art installation, are seen in the school campus in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, December 12, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) attend memorial ceremony to mark the National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, December 13, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

China holds memorial ceremony to mark the National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, December 13, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Artists work on snow sculptures at an exhibition in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, December 13, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A woman carries persimmon skin in Anxi county, Quanzhou, Fujian province, December 13, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Persimmons dry on rooftops in Anxi county, Quanzhou, Fujian province, December 13, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A live-fire drill using an aircraft carrier is seen carried out in the Bohai sea, China, December 11, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A live-fire drill using an aircraft carrier is seen carried out in the Bohai sea, China, December 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Researchers observe as giant pandas mate in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China, December 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A work paints a furniture at a rosewood factory in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, September 26, 2016. (Photo by Wang Jing/Reuters)

A winter swimmer wearing a Christmas hat swims in a half-frozen lake in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, December 17, 2016. (Photo by Sheng Li/Reuters)

A screen is pictured in smog on a polluted day as a red alert issued for air pollution in Beijing, China December 17, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

Paramilitary policemen wearing masks march in front of an embassy in central Beijing, China as a red alert is issued for air pollution in the capital December 18, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People exercise in a park despite a red alert issued for air pollution in Beijing, China December 18, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A woman wearing a face mask exercises in a park despite a red alert issued for air pollution in Beijing, China December 18, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

An elderly man wearing a mask exercises at a park in Beijing on December 20, 2016. Heavy smog suffocated northeast China for a fifth day on December 20, with hundreds of flights cancelled and road and rail transport grinding to a halt under the low visibility conditions. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)

Snakes hang from a wooden cabinet marked with the Chinese characters “poisonous snake”, at a snake soup shop ahead of the Spring Festival in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Children exercise indoor during a polluted day in Handan, Hebei province, China, December 19, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

People enjoy their time inside the Jiutian Greenhouse in Langfang, Hebei province, as the region goes through the period of extreme air pollution with red alert issued, China December 19, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Chaoyang Guo and his fiancee, Haowen Li, pose for their wedding pictures inside the Jiutian Greenhouse in Langfang, Hebei province, as the region goes through the period of extreme air pollution with red alert issued, China December 19, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People play a board game inside the Jiutian Greenhouse in Langfang, Hebei province, as the region goes through the period of extreme air pollution with red alert issued, China December 19, 2016. According to the staff of the greenhouse, more people visit their environment-friendly project when pollution in the city is higher than usual. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People enjoy their time inside the Jiutian Greenhouse in Langfang, Hebei province,as the region goes through the period of extreme air pollution with red alert issued, China December 19, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People walk under umbrellas decorating the Jiutian Greenhouse in Langfang, Hebei province, as the region goes through the period of extreme air pollution with red alert issued, China December 19, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A woman is getting ready for a wedding photo session at the Jiutian Greenhouse in Langfang, Hebei province, as the region goes through the period of extreme air pollution with red alert issued, China December 19, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A woman wearing a face mask uses her phone while waiting for the bus on an extremely polluted day with red alert issued, in Langfang, Hebei province, China December 19, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Children buy food outside their school as heavy smog blankets Shenfang in Hebei province, on an very polluted day December 20, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People wear face masks as heavy smog blankets Shenfang in Hebei province, on an very polluted day December 20, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Passengers wait as Beijing Capital International Airport suffers a large-scale flight delays during a polluted day in Beijing, China, December 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A woman takes pictures during a chocolate art exhibition at the Museum of the Imperial Palace of “Manchukuo” in Changchun, Jilin province, China December 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A girl visits a chocolate art exhibition at the Museum of the Imperial Palace of “Manchukuo” in Changchun, Jilin province, China December 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A woman takes pictures during a chocolate art exhibition at the Museum of the Imperial Palace of “Manchukuo” in Changchun, Jilin province, China December 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

People takes pictures of the Chinese AC352 after the helicopter made a maiden flight in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China December 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

The Chinese AC352 helicopter is seen before making a maiden flight in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China December 19, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

Dragon Sign kung fu master Wong Yiu-kau, in a black body-hugging motion-capture suit with 99 markers, performs during a recording for the Hong Kong Martial Arts Living Archive at City University in Hong Kong December 6, 2016. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

A cyclist rides along a street in heavy smog during a polluted day in Liaocheng, Shandong province, December 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

An ethnic Uyghur girl waits in a beauty salon to have her hair done before the Corban festival on September 8, 2016 in Turpan County, in the far western Xinjiang province, China. The Corban festival, known to Muslims worldwide as Eid al-Adha or “feast of the sacrifice”, is celebrated by ethnic Uyghurs across Xinjiang, the far-western region of China bordering Central Asia that is home to roughly half of the country's 23 million Muslims. The festival, considered the most important of the year, involves religious rites and visits to the graves of relatives, as well as sharing meals with family. Although Islam is a 'recognized' religion in the constitution of officially atheist China, ethnic Uyghurs are subjected to restrictions on religious and cultural practices that are imposed by China's Communist Party. Ethnic tensions have fueled violence that Chinese authorities point to as justification for the restrictions. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Chinese paramilitary policemen wearing masks for protection against pollution march as the capital city is shrouded by smog in Beijing, Monday, December 19, 2016. Chinese cities are limiting the number of cars on roads and have temporarily shut down factories to cut down pollution during a national “red alert” for smog. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

23 Dec 2016 07:51:00, post received 0 comments