When there's no grass, what can you give cows to much? Rubbish. At one dump near the Hunan city of Changsha, cattle live off mold, leaves and fruit skins.
China’s first Airbus A380 started flying between Beijing and Guangzhou on Oct 17. The double-decker A380 superjumbo is the world's largest wide-bodied aircraft, with 506 seats; of which 8 are first-class suites and 70 are in business class.
Accused by Chinese media of fleeing to the US to escape his debt, the CEO of glasses manufacturer group Xintai, Hu "Glasses King" Fulin has returned after just 20 days. He is shown here telling journalists that he went to the US simply to raise funds.
Youth in Nanjing celebrate the Xinhai revolution in their own way: gathering together in a "flash mob" - a seemingly spontaneous gathering pre-organised online - wearing Giant masks of the grandfather of the revolution, Sun Yat-sen.
October 9 - a meeting at the Great Hall of the People was held to commemorate the 100 year Anniversary of the Xinhai rebellion. Acted out according to the ideas of Dr Sun Yat-Sen, shown in the portrait, the rebellion ended millennia of imperial rule.
October 8 - On its opening night, Lights flash from the sides of the newly built Longxi hotel, dominating the sky in Huaxi village, Jiangsu province. Worth over 3 billion RMB, this amounts to 10 million yuan per inhabitant.
September 16-Yan Yongxi, the former vice governor of Beijing's Mentougou District, was sentenced to life imprisonment for graft, accepting bribes, and embezzling public funds.