Collage: China’s Week in Photos, August 15

Qi Ya

2016-08-21 11:57:11

In this Week in Photos, China successfully launches the world’s first quantum communications satellite in the northwestern province of Gansu, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley visits China, and Hangzhou practices cordoning off areas in preparation for the upcoming G-20 summit.

1/7 China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers stand in front of a window before a welcome ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Bayi Building in Beijing, Aug. 16, 2016. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool/Reuters

2/7 The world’s first quantum communications satellite is launched successfully in Jiuquan, Gansu province, Aug. 16, 2016. Jin Liwang/Xinhua

3/7 A man performs the traditional Chinese art of ‘Da Shuhua’ – making fireworks with hot liquid iron – in Wei County, Hebei province, Aug. 17, 2016. IC

4/7 Parents crowd around a notice about their children’s class allocation at Yaqiao Middle School in Jilin, Jilin province, Aug. 20, 2016. The school recently put class allocation under supervision of notary officers to make the process fairer. Ding Dong/IC

5/7 People queue to enter the West Lake Scenic Area in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Aug. 20, 2016. To prepare for the upcoming G-20 summit in Hangzhou, the city is practicing heightened security restrictions in some areas. Long Wei/VCG

6/7 A woman takes a picture of her dog in Chengdu, Sichuan province, Aug. 16, 2016. Wu Xiaochuan/West China City Daily/VCG

7/7 A man and a woman dance in an underpass in central Beijing, Aug. 21, 2016. Thomas Peter/Reuters