Benevolent Music Teacher
Deng Xiaolan, a volunteer music teacher in a remote, poverty-stricken village, is in the spotlight of China's media for her selfless deeds
Champion Discus Thrower
Chinese athlete Li Yanfeng won the gold medal in the women's discus final at the 2011 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu, South Korea
Top Nurse Honored
Zhang Liyan, Director of the Nursing Department of the General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, is among the eight Chinese laureates of the 43rd Florence Nightingale Award given by the International Committee of the Red Cross

"Securing the stability of the global economy and the financial market is an important prerequisite for the success of the Cannes summit."

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, speaking on August 26 when he met with French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Francois Baroin in Beijing

"Given the progress of science and technology, it's normal for the Chinese army to develop and renew some weapons and equipment ...China demands that the U.S. views China's military development in an objective and fair manner."

China's Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun, in a statement on a newly-released annual report by the Pentagon on China's military in Beijing on August 26

"China supports the Palestinian people and their cause. We also support the Palestinians' having United Nations' recognition of a Palestinian state on the lands occupied in 1967 with Jerusalem as capital."

Wu Sike, China's special envoy to the Middle East, in an interview with Xinhua News Agency during his visit to Ramallah, Palestine, on August 26

"The UN Security Council should play a leading role in handling the Libyan issue at the next stage, while other countries, international mechanisms and conferences should also play a supplementary role."

China's UN Ambassador Li Baodong, speaking after a closed-door consultation on Libya of the Security Council in New York on August 30

"We are afraid that the resolution could push the most radical Syrian opposition forces to more active operations to topple the government. Just because of that, we categorically do not accept the aims our Western colleagues try to attain with that resolution. We offer the alternative."

Russian ambassador to the UN Vitali Churkin, in Moscow on August 29, opposing a UN resolution on Syria

"After 2014, the term of the agreement [about leasing the Manas air base near Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan] will expire and there must be a civilian hub. There should not be any military base."

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev, talking to Russian reporters in Moscow on August 30
 
A LONGSTANDING MEMORY A volunteer helps a boy put a memorial postcard for the first China-Eurasia Expo in a post box in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on August 28. The expo was held in the city on September 1-5 (JIANG WENYAO)
A Special Orbit
China's second lunar orbiter, Chang'e-2, entered the orbit of the second Lagrange Point (L2) on August 25 after a 77-day journey away from its previous orbital path around the Moon
Crackdown on Hackers
Chinese hackers, including those who steal information from foreign computers, are facing tougher penalties after a new judicial interpretation came into effect on September 1
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FESTIVAL MEETING
A Beijing Muslim talks to a foreign tourist in Niujie Mosque after an Eid al-Fitr (Festival of Fast-Breaking) prayer on August 31, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan (CUI XINYU)
GOOD WISH
A fisherman hangs a flag to pray for harvest at a port in Weihai, Shandong Province, on August 30, just before a three-month fishing ban expired on September 1 (WANG FUDONG)
SALVAGE OPERATION
Rescuers carry a survivor out of a flooded pit in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang Province. Twenty-two of 26 miners trapped underground for a week were rescued as of August 30 (WANG SONG)
BEAUTY OF HARMONY
A Portuguese horse rider and a Chinese dancer perform at the opening of the First International Horsemanship Festival in Erdos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on August 26 (WANG YONGJI)
 
EARLY HARVEST Villagers reap rice in Xuan'en County of central China's Hubei Province on August 29. Output of early-season rice reached 32.76 million tons this year, a slight growth of 4.5 percent from a year ago, said the National Bureau of Statistics on August 30 (TIAN DAN)
Selling CCB Shares
Bank of America Corp. announced on August 29 it had agreed to sell 13.1 billion Hong Kong-listed shares of China Construction Bank Corp. (CCB) for $3.3 billion to raise capital to meet new international banking standards
Food Acquisition
Shanghai-based Bright Food (Group) Co. Ltd. signed a strategic partnership agreement with Food Holdings Pty Ltd. (Manassen Foods) on August 29 in Sydney, under which Bright Food will acquire a 75-percent equity stake in Manassen Foods
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PMI Rebounds
The purchasing managers index (PMI), a barometer of manufacturing activities, stood at 50.9 percent in August, reversing four consecutive months of declines
Banking Euphoria
China's "big four" state-owned commercial banks have experienced a surge in profits as their interest income continues expanding
Funds' Gloom
China's 763 funds operated by 61 fund management companies racked up combined losses of 125.4 billion yuan ($19.6 billion) in the first half of 2011
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  • NIGERIA
    Rescue workers evacuate a wounded person from the UN building in Abuja on August 26. A bomb blast rocked the building earlier that day, killing at least 23 and leaving many others trapped (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THE PHILIPPINES
    Filipinos inspect a site after a retaining wall at a landfill in Manila collapsed, causing a garbage-slide, due to heavy rains brought on by super-typhoon Nanmadol on August 28 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • JAPAN
    Newly elected Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (left) receives applause from his predecessor Naoto Kan in Tokyo on August 30. Noda is the sixth head of the Japanese Government in the last five years (XINHUA/AFP)
  • PAKISTAN
    Railway and security officials gather around a train wreck after two trains collided in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on August 30. At least five people were killed in the accident (XINHUA/AFP)
  • ANGOLA
    Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos (center) attends the opening ceremony of the newly renovated Benguela-Huambo Railway in Huambo on August 30. A Chinese company recently completed a renovation of the railway (WANG BINGFEI)
  • SPAIN
    Revelers splatter squashed tomatoes during the annual Tomatina Festival in Bunol in eastern Spain on August 31 (XINHUA/AFP)
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