The tallest tower in China, 492m was opened to the public today; its panoramic observation post, the highest in the world at 474m, gives an unobstructed view of the city.

The visitors of the 6th precious stones festival in Yinchuan could admire a « banquet of stones » with a staggering realism. « Mandchou Han Feast » - 滿漢全蓆 is created entirely of minerals.

Longmatan, Sichuan. While brushing the young kitten of one year, Xu Shaoyuan discovered wings. Since then they have not stopped growing and are today close to 10cm.

Every year in Qinghai, the minority Tu - 土族 people celebrate the end of the harvest. The festivities of « Nadun » - 纳顿, including dances, songs and other performances, were spread out over more than two months.

A customs officer chose to show his olympic fervor by decorating crabs shells. Thus he has painted more than one hundred "olympic crabs" during the 17 days of comptetition.

Google associates Chinese astrology with the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Each animal is accompanied by the Google Chinese stamp which is composed of the characters Gu - 谷 and Ge - 歌