Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

16 Couples Get Hitched on Bikes in Beijing



Many blushing brides would undoubtedly agree, it's nice to be surrounded by friends and family on the big day.
But for these newlyweds, there was safety in numbers as they got hitched in mass cycling wedding in Beijing, China.
Sixteen couples donned their wedding finery to take part in the ceremony in the suburban Yanqing county on Sunday.
Although at first glance the couples all looked similar, the brides all picked their own individual wedding dresses, although they all had matching red and pink floral bouquets.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

A Visa to China Can Take You to Europe's Famous Sights


China is China.

If you visit Tianducheng, a day trip from Shanghai in China's Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel tower.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Bride Attempts Suicide After Breakup



A Chinese woman attempted suicide after her fiance abruptly called off their marriage on their wedding day when she was already dressed in her father's house, waiting for the ride that should have taken her to the wedding venue.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

New Chinese Law: Visit Your Parents or Else...



Hong Kong, China -- Lola Wang, a 28-year-old marketing officer in Shanghai, makes a six-hour trip to Shandong to see her parents twice a year -- once during the Lunar New Year and again during the National Day holiday in October. "I feel like I should visit my parents more but having a job in the financial industry means I have to work long hours and sacrifice some of my personal time for work," Wang, an only child, tells CNN.

Monday, July 1, 2013

150 Years After, Looted Statue Returns to China



Two bronze animal heads, returned to China after more than 150 years, will soon be on display in their new home in Beijing's National Museum of China.

The sculptures were bought by the Pinault family, who own French luxury group Kering, and donated to the Chinese government.

The rabbit and rat heads were looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War in 1860.

China had tried to stop their sale when they came up for auction in 2009.