Weekly Photos: Oct 31 - Nov 6

Updated: 2011-11-07 15:59

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Weekly Photos: Oct 31 - Nov 6

A 24-meter stone statue of Soong Ching Ling (1893-1981) is going up in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province, on Nov 3, 2011. Soong Ching Ling is former vice-president of China and wife of Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the 1911 Revolution that toppled the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), China's last dynasty. The statue's base is designed as a meeting hall with an area of 800 square meters and construction is expected to be completed by the end of this month, according to construction workers. One of the workers said the statue belongs to the Henan Provincial Soong Ching Ling Foundation. [Photo/CFP] 


Weekly Photos: Oct 31 - Nov 6

Students practise singing during a training session in Peking Opera at an art school affliated to Shenyang Normal University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, Nov 3, 2011. The art school's Peking Opera department has more than 200 students aged 4 to 17-years-old. Students are required to complete 12 years of training before they are able to take the national college entrance examination to attend art colleges, according to local media. [Photo/Agencies]