Snapshots - Asia Weekly

MARCH 20-26, 2015
CHINA DAILY
ASIA WEEKLY
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Snapshots
Branching out: Local government officials and young volunteers plant trees in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, on March 12.
LI LUJIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY
CHEN NING / FOR CHINA DAILY
Musical stairway to heaven: To encourage people to take
the stairs instead of the escalator, stairs in Jinan, Shandong
province, have been transformed into piano keys.
WANG QIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY
The call of duty (right): Liu
Zixi, 8, afflicted with acute
lymphoblastic leukemia, realized
his dream of becoming a
policeman with the help of local
police in Jilin city, Jilin province,
on March 16.
DONG XUMING / FOR CHINA DAILY
Love is big, blind and beautiful
(far right): Nuonuo, a male
elephant from Hangzhou Zoo,
Zhejiang Province, meets
Nanduan, a female from
Hangzhou Safari Park, on a blind
date on March 12.
QIN JIE / FOR CHINA DAILY
Green pastures ahead: Kazak herdsmen drive their livestock through Guozigou in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on March 13.