China's Daily Life (25 images)

Vendors rent wooden ice sleds to visitors at a frozen-over park lake in Beijing, China on January 4, 2007. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

Holiday crowds visit a temple fair to pray during the Chinese New Year, full of both toy and food vendors, on February 09, 2008. China welcomed in the Year of the Rat Thursday with a bonanza of fireworks and festivals, but the celebrations for many were subdued due to ferocious cold weather that kept them from their families. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

A water delivery man peddles past a massive power plant on the outskirts of Beijing, China on March 27, 2007. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao this month pledged that his government would honor its international responsibilities and reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

Chinese businessmen walk past the cutting-edge designed China Central Television complex under construction in downtown Beijing, China on September 10, 2007. The Chinese Academy of Social Science, a top thinktank in China, has warned of the potential danger of declining property values in China. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)