Weird and wonderful China (25 images)

Chinese tourists visit Tiananmen Square, featuring a giant portrait of Sun Yat-sen, considered the father of modern China, during the three-day May Day holiday in Beijing on May 2, 2010. Celebrated on May 1-3, May Day, also know as Labour Day, is a major holiday in China. UPI/Stephen Shaver

A Chinese man poses next to an art installation at a popular 'art colony' in Beijing on May 22, 2011. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Chinese tourists pose for a photo in front of a small-scale model of New York's 'Big Apple,' along with the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, while visiting Beijing's World Park, on May 16, 2011. The theme park attempts to give visitors the chance to see the world without having to leave Beijing. UPI/Stephen Shaver

A Chinese woman wears a U.S. President Barack Obama face mask at a temple fair in Beijing January 27, 2009. Tens of millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year, one of the most important traditional holidays. Incense sticks were lit, fireworks were set off and families and friends gathered for meals in Chinese communities to ring in the Year of the Ox. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)