• MSN
  • Hotmail
  • More
    • Autos
    • My MSN
    • Video
    • Careers & Jobs
    • Personals
    • Weather
    • Delish
    • Quotes
    • White Pages
    • Games
    • Real Estate
    • Wonderwall
    • Horoscopes
    • Shopping
    • Yellow Pages
    • Local Edition
    • Traffic
    • Feedback
    • Maps & Directions
    • Travel
    • Full MSN Index
  • Bing
  • NBCNews.com
  • TODAY
  • Nightly News
  • Rock Center
  • Meet the Press
  • Dateline
  • msnbc
  • Breaking News
  • Newsvine
  • Home
  • US
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Travel
  • Local
  • Weather
Advertise | AdChoices
  • Recommended: 25,000 guests show up for lavish Jewish wedding
  • Recommended: Peek inside Jodi Arias' jail cell
  • Recommended: Little girl clutches flag during her father's funeral at Arlington
  • Recommended: The Week in Pictures: May 9 - 16

Conversations sparked by photojournalism. Follow us on Twitter to keep up-to-date.

  • ↓ About this blog
  • ↓ Archives
    • Icons Email E-mail updates
    • Icons Twitter Follow on Twitter
    • Icons Feed Subscribe to RSS
  • 16
    Jul
    2012
    9:18am, EDT

    Pull up a landmine, have a drink in former communist leader's HQ

    David Gray / Reuters

    A room decorated with military maps and old propaganda posters in a cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao, located in mountains on the outskirts of Beijing July 16.

    David Gray / Reuters

    A gas mask hangs next to a poster of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in a cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao, July 16.

    David Gray / Reuters

    Grenades and a tank mine sit atop ordnance boxes in a cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao, July 16.

    David Gray / Reuters

    Old parachutes hang above tables in a cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao,

    David Gray / Reuters

    The entrance to a cave, shaped in the form of an aeroplane, can be seen under a mountain that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao located on the outskirts of Beijing July 16.

    Reuters reports: A cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao, has been turned into a ‘Military Bar’ using old military ordnance as furniture including sandbags, helmets, artillery shells and land mines. Marshal Lin Biao used the cave as his military headquarters in 1968 shortly before he died in a plane crash in Mongolia, following what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Chairman Mao. Shortly after his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor by the Communist Party of China.  The cave, located in mountains on the outskirts of Beijing, has an entrance in the form of airplane.  If you're one of the few to make the trip to see it, bring a jacket as the cave is cold inside.  

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: travel, china, military, beijing, world-news, bar, communism, mao
  • 18
    Jun
    2012
    12:18pm, EDT

    Looking at blue skies on an overcast day in China

    Alexander F. Yuan / AP

    A security guard stands near a painted wall showing blue sky and white clouds on a hazy day in Beijing Monday, June 18.

     

    Comment

    When I was young, I can see a blue sky above my head,and I also can see a sky with full stars at night, but now, they are gone.

    Show more
    Explore related topics: weather, china, beijing
  • 3
    Jun
    2012
    4:33pm, EDT

    Feng Li / Getty Images

    Policeman stands guard at Tiananmen Rostrum ahead of Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary

    A Chinese paramilitary policeman guards on the Tiananmen Rostrum, June 3, in Beijing, China, on the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Hundreds of students died in the Tiananmen Square area of Beijing in June 1989 when the Chinese government sent in troops to crush a pro-democracy uprising and preserve one-party rule in China.

    Related story: China fails to halt Tiananmen book's HK release

    2 comments

    What is he guarding.. the hedges?

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, beijing, world-news, tiananmen
  • 18
    May
    2012
    6:54am, EDT

    David Gray / Reuters

    A small-scale protest in China

    A police officer stands in front of three men holding letters, one of which (right) was addressed to the "Leaders of China", outside a building housing the United Nations World Food Programme office in central Beijing on May 18, 2012. The men were ushered into a police van shortly after.

    Read more about China's haves and have-nots:

    • NYT: Chinese 'princelings' use family ties to state to gain riches
    • Hospital becomes gathering point for protesters in Beijing
    • Woman leaps to her death as housing disputes surge in China

    2 comments

    Watch this scene be reenacted all over America this December if the pretender manages to again secure the keys to the Oval office this November. Please don't make me say I TOLD YOU SO !

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, asia, protest, beijing, world-news
  • 2
    May
    2012
    6:48am, EDT

    First picture of escaped Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng at Beijing hospital

    Jordan Pouille / AFP - Getty Images

    Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is seen in a wheelchair pushed by a nurse at the Chaoyang hospital in Beijing on May 2, 2012.

    Diego Azubel / EPA

    A man holds a sign that reads 'Free Chen Guangcheng, Democracy, China', outside an entrance to Chaoyang Hospital on May 2, 2012.

    Ng Han Guan / AP

    Human rights activist Jiang Tianyong speaks to journalists outside Chaoyang Hospital after his failed attempt to see Chen Guangcheng on May 2, 2012.

    NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services report — A blind Chinese legal activist at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Washington and Beijing left the U.S. Embassy Wednesday to receive medical care in Beijing and be reunited with his family.

    China demanded an apology from Washington over Chen Guangcheng's stay at the U.S. Embassy,according to the government's news service Xinhua.

    An unnamed U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters that Chen had not asked for asylum in the U.S. and would be staying in China. Read the full story.

    U.S. relations with China are being put to the test over the fate of Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese dissident who escaped from house arrest in China and is believed to be in the U.S. embassy or another safe site. NBC's Ian Williams reports.

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: human-rights, china, asia, activist, beijing, world-news, chen-guangcheng
  • 24
    Apr
    2012
    3:38pm, EDT

    Automakers unveil new models at Beijing show

    

    Diego Azubel / EPA

    A model poses next to a Lexus ES 300h at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing on April 24.

    How Hwee Young / EPA

    A model poses next to a Mini Cooper at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in China on April 24.

                               

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    A model stands next to a Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe at Auto China 2012 in Beijing on April 24.

    China's leading car show opened in Beijing on April 23 with automakers from around the world presenting more than a thousand car models. The automobile exhibition, also known as Auto China Show 2012, will run until May 2. Associated Press reports that automakers are looking to China to drive revenue amid weakness in the United States and Europe. But explosive sales growth that hit 35 percent in 2010 fell to just 2 percent in the first quarter of this year.

    Related MSNBC.com stories on Auto China 2012

    Autos on MSNBC.com

    Tech and gadgets

    

    Vincent Thian / AP

    The latest BMW concept vehicle i8 Spyder is on display during the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Chinca on April 24.

    Alexander F. Yuan / AP

    A Fiat 500C is on display at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing on April 24.

    Alexander F. Yuan / AP

    A Cadillac CIEL is on display at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition on April 24 in Beijing, China.

     

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, beijing, auto-show, auotmobiles
  • 25
    Mar
    2012
    9:40pm, EDT

    Chinese suffering from a rise in "nobleman diseases"

    David Gray / Reuters

    A diabetes patient has his mouth photographed for records before seeing diabetes specialist at the Guanganmen Chinese medicine Hospital in Beijing.

    In 30 years, the Chinese people have gone from having barely enough to eat to worrying about spreading waistlines, leaving the healthcare system struggling to keep up with an exponential rise in "nobleman diseases" like diabetes.

    "In the last 20 years, diabetes has developed a lot, but it's only now showing up in the medical system," said Dr Tong Xiaolin, vice director of the Guanganmen Hospital in Beijing, who sees dozens of patients during Monday office hours.

    Diabetes afflicts nearly 10 percent of Chinese adults - roughly the same proportion as in the United States - up from 1 percent in 1980.

    --Reuters

    Related links:

    • China diabetics raise stakes for healthcare reform

    David Gray / Reuters

    A diabetes patient has her blood pressure taken as another patient is checked by diabetes specialist Doctor Tong Xiao Lin at the Guanganmen Chinese medicine Hospital in Beijing on March 19.

    David Gray / Reuters

    A diabetes patient sits in a wheelchair, under a drawing of an old Chinese medical scholar, as she waits in a corridor of the Guanganmen Chinese medicine Hospital to see a diabetes specialist.

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, health, beijing, world-news-diabetes
  • 17
    Mar
    2012
    11:46pm, EDT

    Fog and air pollution disrupt travel in Beijing

    AFP - Getty Images

    The new China Central Television (CCTV) tower hardly visible as fog covers most of Beijing on Saturday. More than 400 flights to and from Beijing airport, including around 35 international services, were cancelled or delayed due to thick fog and strong air pollution covering the city, which the US embassy own measuring system, said pollution in Beijing had reached the "hazardous" level early March 17, before dropping one notch to "very unhealthy" later.

    AFP - Getty Images

    Vehicles make their way along a highway as fog covers most of Beijing on Saturday.

    AFP - Getty Images

    Passengers wait for their flights as almost 250 flights were cancelled, including some 15 international services, while more than 180 flights were delayed, including about 20 international services at the Beijing Capital International airport as visibility was at less than 200 metres (650 feet), official state news agency Xinhua said, blaming "widespread fog" for the disruption, in Beijing on Saturday.

    See more pictures from Beijing in PhotoBlog.

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: travel, china, air, air-pollution, pollution, beijing, world-news, fog
  • 16
    Mar
    2012
    3:26pm, EDT

    'Hotel test sleeper' checks rooms for quality in China

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Ms. Zhuang, a Hotel Test Sleeper, checks the bed of a business chain hotel in Beijing on Monday, March 6. Zhuang was selected as one of three final winners out of 7,800 candidates and started working for Qunar as a Professional Hotel Test Sleeper in March 2010. At present, she has slept at more than 200 hotels. "My job is to role-play travelers of different types, different ages and genders at different scenarios, and see how each hotel fits their particular needs." Zhuang said. Her reviews help travelers make smart hotel picks and bring them a more pleasant experience on the road. Qunar, a Chinese online travel platform, started to recruit Professional Hotel Test Sleepers in 2010. The requirement for this new profession is to sleep at selected hotels without disclosing their real job and write expert reviews about the facilities, location, dining, services and prices of the hotels, in order to provide an independent third-party evaluation and an authoritative guide to travelers, according to the company.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Ms. Zhuang checks a glass as part of her job as a Hotel Test Sleeper at a boutique hotel in central Beijing.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Ms. Zhuang takes a picture of slippers in the bathroom of a boutique hotel.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Ms. Zhuang, a Hotel Test Sleeper, checks the network speed of wifi on her iPad at the public area of a Beijing traditional hotel with courtyard houses, known as "Siheyuan" in Chinese.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Ms. Zhuang sleeps on the bed as she shows a part of her job as a Hotel Test Sleeper.

    See more images of China in PhotoBlog.

    1 comment

    I think I saw a bed bug in the first photo .... Not real sure though ....

    Show more
    Explore related topics: travel, china, hotel, beijing, world-news
  • 15
    Mar
    2012
    12:55am, EDT

    Bubble shaped electric tricycle in Beijing

    David Gray / Reuters

    A woman and her son sit inside the capsule of an electric tricycle as they drive along a main road in central Beijing March 15, 2012.

     

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter

    1 comment

    I like it .... She's wearing a mask , I see .... Her son must smell funny ....

    Show more
    Explore related topics: travel, china, beijing, electric-tricycle
  • 9
    Mar
    2012
    8:50am, EST

    David Gray / Reuters

    Tea ladies fill cups before the arrival of delegates to hear Chairman and Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Wu Bangguo deliver the government's work report during the third plenary meeting of the NPC in Beijing on March 9, 2012.

    China's tea party

    China's National People's Congress is not renowned for dramatic speeches or vigorous debate — the highlight Friday was a far-from-headline-grabbing reaffirmation that the government will not deviate from its socialist path.

    At times this week, the annual session of China's parliament has seemed like one big yawn for the 3,000 hand-picked delegates. But as they settle in for the next plenary meeting, they can at least be assured that there are gallons of tea to sustain them in the days ahead.

    Read more about the Congress in The Economist and at Time's Global Spin blog.

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, asia, politics, beijing, tea, world-news, national-peoples-congress
  • 8
    Mar
    2012
    5:48am, EST

    Delegates, cops sleep easy as China parliament unveils dissident detention powers

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Delegates of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) yawn and sleep in the gallery during explanations of the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law at the second plenary meeting of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 8, 2012.

    Reuters reports from Beijing — China's parliament unveiled legislation on Thursday solidifying police powers to hold dissidents in secret criminal detention, prompting an outcry from artist Ai Weiwei and rights advocates caught in a surge of clandestine detentions last year.

    "Detainees' families should be notified within 24 hours, except when impossible, or when they are involved in crimes concerning state security or terrorism, and notification could obstruct investigations," the government said in a provision on detention in legal amendments issued to delegates and reporters.

    The secret detention powers drew criticism of the Communist Party's sweeping controls to stifle dissent. The party-controlled parliament more or less automatically approves legislation proposed by the government. Read the full story.

    Ng Han Guan / AP

    Traffic police officers with neck support pillows given to them as a reward from their commander during the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 8, 2012.

     

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: human-rights, china, asia, politics, police, justice, crime, beijing, world-news
Newer postsOlder posts

Browse

  • world-news,
  • us-news,
  • featured,
  • sports,
  • weather,
  • protest,
  • politics,
  • asia,
  • india,
  • china,
  • europe,
  • space,
  • religion,
  • afghanistan,
  • middle-east,
  • environment,
  • travel,
  • london,
  • germany,
  • military,
  • animal-tracks,
  • tech-science,
  • jwoods,
  • japan,
  • fire,
  • south-asia,
  • conflict,
  • israel,
  • new-york,
  • russia,
  • pakistan,
  • cosmic-log,
  • snow,
  • egypt,
  • animals,
  • images,
  • entertainment,
  • business,
  • spain,
  • england,
  • africa,
  • earthquake,
  • flood,
  • libya,
  • syria,
  • economy,
  • winter
Also
Advertise | AdChoices

Archives

  • 2013
    • May (103)
    • April (172)
    • March (186)
    • February (195)
    • January (251)
  • 2012
    • December (262)
    • November (281)
    • October (371)
    • September (319)
    • August (406)
    • July (387)
    • June (386)
    • May (422)
    • April (425)
    • March (458)
    • February (451)
    • January (502)
  • 2011
    • December (452)
    • November (464)
    • October (441)
    • September (409)
    • August (507)
    • July (439)
    • June (456)
    • May (443)
    • April (403)
    • March (421)
    • February (508)
    • January (651)
  • 2010
    • December (634)
    • November (360)
    • October (188)
    • September (159)
    • August (110)
    • July (89)
    • June (146)
    • May (89)
    • April (71)
    • March (46)
    • February (43)
    • January (54)
  • 2009
    • December (54)
    • November (46)
    • October (36)
    • September (40)
    • August (31)
    • July (39)
    • June (32)
    • May (57)
    • April (41)
    • March (38)
    • February (44)
    • January (45)
  • 2008
    • December (72)
    • November (38)
    • October (40)
    • September (40)
    • August (75)
    • July (36)
    • June (37)
    • May (44)
    • April (34)
    • March (52)
    • February (45)
    • January (26)
  • 2007
    • December (36)
    • November (32)
    • October (72)
    • September (60)
    • August (40)
    • July (23)
    • June (25)
    • May (31)
    • April (43)
    • March (38)
    • February (35)
    • January (47)
  • 2006
    • December (64)
    • November (77)
  • 2000
    • October (1)

Most Commented

  • Before and after: Tornado cuts devastating path through Oklahoma (97)
  • Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia ... but New York? Not yet (77)
  • Morehouse graduates, alumni brave driving rain to hear Obama's commencement address (111)
  • Peek inside Jodi Arias' jail cell (20)
  • Panoramic view of Oklahoma tornado destruction (17)
  • Unhappy Italian climbs onto dome of St Peter's in protest — again (19)
  • Aerials show path and destructive force of the Oklahoma tornado (18)

Other blogs

  • The Body Odd
  • Cosmic Log
  • Red Tape Chronicles
  • US News
  • Open Channel

NBCNews.com top stories

3147,10
© 2013 NBCNews.com
  • News photos on NBCNews.com
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Site map
  • Careers
  • Closed captioning
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Advertise