Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The view of xianggelila(香格里拉) in China

















Landscape of China


Located in the east on the Asian continent on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, the People's Republic of China has a land area of about 9.6 million sq km, and is the third-largest country in the world, next only to Russia and Canada.
From north to south, the territory of China stretches from the center of the Heilong River north of the town of Mohe to the Zengmu Reef at the southernmost tip of the Nansha Islands, covering a distance of 5,500 km. From east to west, the nation extends from the confluence of the Heilong and Wusuli rivers to the Pamirs, covering a distance of 5,200 km. With a land boundary of some 22,800 km, China is bordered by Korea to the east; Mongolia to the north; Russia to the northeast; Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the northwest; Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan to the west and southwest; and Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to the south. Across the seas to the east and southeast are the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia.
China's mainland coastline measures approximately 18,000 km, with a flat topography, and many excellent docks and harbors, most of which are ice-free all year round. The Chinese mainland is flanked to the east and south by the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China seas, with a total maritime area of 4.73 million sq km. The Bohai Sea is China's continental sea, while the Yellow, East China and South China seas are marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean.
Some 5,400 islands dot China's territorial seas. The largest of these, with an area of about 36,000 sq km, is Taiwan, followed by Hainan with an area of 34,000 sq km. The Diaoyu and Chiwei islands, located to the northeast of Taiwan Island, are China's easternmost islands. The many islands, islets, reefs and shoals in the South China Sea, known collectively as the South China Sea Islands, are the southernmost island group of China. They are called the Dongsha (East Sandbar), Xisha (West Sandbar), Zhongsha (Middle Sandbar) and Nansha (South Sandbar) island groups according to their geographical locations.

51 North Road, Fuzhou, a 1-year-old boy was drowning in a bucket

By yesterday evening, 6 pm, 51 North Road, Fuzhou, a dormitory on the 28th floor, the bottom of the Mahjong Museum, a 1-year and 4-month-old boy, head into a large iron bucket, the death due to drowning.

8 pm last night, reporters received info and arrived on the scene and saw the scene is the ground floor dormitory, half of which area is a room for rent, and the other half refit into a mahjong.
The old boy's grandfather told reporters in tears, they were a six workers from Sichuan arrived in Fuzhou, mahjong on the rental in the next half of the house, son and daughter-in-law gave birth to two children, daughter is 3-year-old and son named Shuangshuang, only 1 year and 4 months, just learn to walk , smart and cute, did not expect this kind of accident occurred. Normally, the old couple and son and his wife had to go out to work, They take turns to take care of two children at home. Yesterday evening, is the turn of daughter-in-law take care of their children at home. 7 pm, his daughter-in-law call him that the grandson was drowning, he immediately rush back, just arrived the door, with grandson, daughter-in-law rush out of the door, ran towards the hospital, crying and run. Then in the hospital, doctors declared dead, his son and his wife to stay in the hospital now to deal with his funeral.

A share renter with the family of told to reporter that when he saw at the scene, the big bucket is used to flush toilets, about 80 centimeters high, nearly one-third of containing water. We can see that when Shuangshuang, bruising his face has not moved.When the Child’s mothers with children went to hospital,the owner of mahjong drained the water and closed the bathroom door. the reporter would like to ask about the situation, the people inside refused and shut doors and windows to keep reporters out.
2009-8-20