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REUTERS/Stringer ShanghaiYellow cabs line a viaduct in Chongqing, China, while waiting to get their tanks filled during a shortage.
REUTERS/Jason LeeA snowy scene in Beijing’s Forbidden City, photographed several days ago.
REUTERS/China DailyA 32-meter (or 105-foot) statue of a youthful Chairman Mao is under construction in Hunan province, China.
REUTERS/David GrayActually, we’re not sure there was a wedding—but at the very least, a woman in a bridal gown poses for photos on a section of the Great Wall of China.
The Atlantic’s former China correspondent reflects on the health issues he faced as an expat amid the “ochre skies and suspect sanitation of China.” The air quality there can be so bad, one doctor told Fallows, “I encourage people with children not to consider extended tours in China. Those little lungs.”
What will future air quality be like in China? In Beijing, at least, it’s already improving.
REUTERS/China DailyDiners sit at a table in an ice restaurant in Harbin, in north east China. The temperature in the restaurant is about 25 degrees.
REUTERS/David GrayTourists look south over the Forbidden City from Beijing’s Jingshan Park.
REUTERS/Aly SongA passenger jet cruises past the setting sun in Shanghai yesterday.
In a powerful column, Jan Wong, the author of Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now looks back on her complicated love affair with China—from studying abroad in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution to covering the Tiananmen Square massacre from a hotel room uncomfortably nearby. As the country celebrates its 60th anniversary this week, it’s good to see some thoughtful reflection on the dark times in China’s past, too. (Via @DougSaunders)

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