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A woman crosses a flooded street using a row of tables in Wuhan, a city in central China's Hubei province, on May 29, 2012. China is hit by big summer rainfalls every year, as heavy downpours across large swathes of the country trigger flooding, landslides and other rain-related disasters.
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In this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 3, relatives accompanying freshmen enrolling at Huazhong Normal University sleep in the gym on campus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Many Chinese parents take time off from work to help their children during their college enrollment process.
Parents bunk on gym floor in China while helping children settle in at college
While this doesn't look too comfortable, it looks like a pretty good way to save money on hotel costs. If this option was offered at colleges and universities in the United States for parents who are helping to move their kiddos into school, would you or your parents do it, or would the reservation at the inn a few miles from campus be kept? I have to say I think I'd do it in an effort to relive a bit of the camaraderie of dorm life from my college days, but I am just about positive my husband would not be on board with that plan.
Chinese inventor tests miniature submarine
I guess you have to appreciate his enterprise, but what are the odds this thing is safe?
Jason Lee / Reuters
A worker polishes the surface of an unfinished miniature submarine at a workshop of Zhang Wuyi, a local farmer who is interested in scientific inventions, in Qingling village, on the outskirts of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province Aug. 29. Zhang has successfully tested his self-made miniature submarine "Shuguang Hao", which is 12 feet long, 6 feet high, has a maximum diving depth of 65 feet, can travel at a speed of 20 km per hour for 10 hours underwater and is shaped as a dolphin. "I hope to sell my submarine as a civil product with the price of about 100,000 yuan ($15,670) after safety tests, and a merchant has decided to order one in this month", Zhang said.
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Assistants working for Zhang Wuyi, a local farmer who is interested in scientific inventions, put an oxygen tank into his self-made miniature submarine "Shuguang Hao" before Zhang carries out a safety test on it at Moshui Lake in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province August 29.
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Zhang Wuyi, a local farmer who is interested in scientific inventions, operates his self-made miniature submarine "Shuguang Hao" during a safety test at Moshui Lake in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province.
Desperate protest against demolition of homes in Wuhan, China
Disputes over land are increasingly common in China. On Wednesday, an operation to demolish illegally built shelters on a former dump site in the city of Wuhan led to an impassioned protest by one woman. EPA reports that the city plans to demolish illegal buildings at over 200 sites this month.
Soaring property prices are a major source of official and consumer concern in China with apartment costs rising out of the reach of many people and threatening to spark social unrest, AFP reports.
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A protester being held by enforcement officers as a group of illegal buildings is demolished in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province, on July 20. Soaring property prices are a major source of official and consumer concern in China with apartment costs rising out of the reach of many people and threatening to spark social unrest in the country of more than 1.3 billion.
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Enforcement officers watch a woman, right, protesting against the demolition of a group of illegal buildings in Wuhan on July 20.
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A law enforcement officer stands guard during a mission to demolish illegally built shelters on a former dump site in Wuhan on July 20. The city plans to demolish illegal buildings at over 200 sites this month to kick off a facelifting "revolution of urban administration" which will last through 2013.
See more images of China on PhotoBlog.
A surreal scene plays out amid China's floodwaters
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Students in graduation robes stand on a stone bridge submerged by water at the flooded Donghu Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on June 21.
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Students stand on a stone bridge submerged by floodwaters at Donghu Lake on June 21.
I asked Reuters for the story behind these photos, and their Beijing bureau kindly supplied more information:
These students are from Wuhan University. They just had their graduation ceremony, then came to Donghu Lake in their robes for a special graduation photo.
Wuhan is an inland city, but heavy rainfall last Saturday broke down the city: roads were submerged, cars were stranded, lots of people were trapped and couldn't go home [See Saturday's images on PhotoBlog].
So after a while people online started to spread a sarcasm: "If you love him/her, take him/her to Wuhan to see the sea."
Related content:
- Slideshow - Flooding in China
- China's epic flooding - 40 miles of dikes near breach
- China image stream on PhotoBlog
Heavy rain has triggered floods across eastern and southern China, causing nearly 200 fatalities and forcing the evacuation of half a million people. NBC's Adrienne Mong reports.
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The urban area of Wuchang is seen through a sculpture on the roof of the Gate of the Wuchang Uprising, which is under renovation, on April 19 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911 that started the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, led by Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen, which dethroned the feudal domination of the Qing Dynasty.
100th anniversary of China's Wuchang Uprising
See images of the 1911 Wuchang Uprising on the China Defense Blog.
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Gay couples kiss during their ceremonial 'wedding' as they try to raise awareness of the issue of homosexual marriage, in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province on March 8. Homosexuality was considered a mental disorder in China until 2001. Today, gays face crushing social and family pressure and many remain in the closet as a result, despite gradual steps towards greater acceptance.
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Thousands of passengers carrying their belongings walking out of a railway station as they return to work after the Lunar New Year holidays in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on Feb. 9. The Lunar New Year holiday is the most important annual celebration in China, when the nation largely shuts down as families gather together for reunions and feasts. More than 2.5 billion passenger trips by air, rail, bus or sea will be taken around the holiday, the government says, as China's army of migrant workers, business people and students return home for the festivities.
Passenger blur at railway station in China
Transit scenes can make for lovely motion shots.
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Swimmers jump into Han River in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province July 2, 2010. Temperatures reached over 36 degrees Celsius during the day.
Swimmers beat the heat in Wuhan
36 degrees Celsius = 97 degrees Farehheit.