A smiling monkey

2011-07-12 09:37:37

A stump-tailed monkey "smiles" at the camera at Huangshan Mountain scenic spot in East China's Anhui province, July 10, 2011. The monkey is a species unique to the Huangshan area.

Pet dogs get summer hair cuts

2011-07-11 21:25:02

A woman shaves a dog at a pet store in Suzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province, July 11, 2011. As the weather gets hot, many pets have been taken to pet stores for hair cuts.

Pole dancing is not just for women

2011-07-08 16:09:59

A Tao, a 23-year-old Qingdao native, shows off his pole dancing skills in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province on July 7, 2011.

The blushing bride on a motorbike

2011-07-07 14:17:49

Bride Yu Jinzhe smiles on her wedding day in a sidecar motorbike beside her groom Zhang Jinwu in Jinan, East China's Shandong province on July 6, 2011. Zhang is a motorbike technician and fan who decided to use the motorbikes with sidecars for his wedding fleet.

'Monkey King' scoops 177 million yuan on lottery

2011-07-06 10:17:12

A man wearing a mask of the famous Chinese legendary character Monkey King appears before reporters after scooping 176.9 million yuan ($27.3 million) on the lottery in Chongqing municipality, Southwest China on July 5, 2011.

Microblog helps former diving prince find missing grandma

2011-07-06 12:15:25

The grandmother of the retired Chinese diver Tian Liang receives medical treatment in a hospital in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, July 5, 2011. Tian posted a micro blog at 11:40 am Tuesday saying his grandmother was missing. Less than an hour later, Tian's wife, Ye Yiqian, one of the "Super Girls" in a televised singing contest, said in her micro blog at 12:29 pm that the grandmother was found with a broken leg and sent to the hospital by someone.

The joys of 50 years of marriage captured

2011-07-04 12:03:14

Yao Zhenni plays with her husband Zhang Jing before shooting a video to celebrate their marriage at the Bailuzhou Park in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, July 3, 2011. Yao, 26, and Zhang, 25, got married in February this year, but didn't take wedding photos. Instead they chose to record a video set 50 years in the future where they still enjoyed the subtle happiness of life and constant love for each other.

Every dog has his day

2011-06-26 09:17:05

A man, followed by a dog pulling a cart, walks on a street in Kaili city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, June 25, 2011.

Rainbow appears over desert

2011-06-24 10:17:07

Rainbow appears over the Gobi Desert in Qinghai on Thursday.

Separated from flock, white sparrow gets help

2011-06-22 10:37:42

A white sparrow is found in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, on June 21.

Daredevil farmer wears cloak of bees

2011-06-23 10:21:08

Bees swarm around Zhang Xinglun, a 59-year-old bee farmer,as he prepares for a bee performance in Bishan, Chongqing municipality, on June 22,2011.

Separated from flock, white sparrow gets help

2011-06-22 10:37:42

A white sparrow is found in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, on June 21. A resident surnamed Hao said that he often saw the bird and started feeding it and giving it water, as the sparrow seemed to be sick. A manager at a local zoo said that the unusual white sparrows are often excluded from the flock.