If I didn't know any better I would swear they were standing in front of some sort of painting.

Mugato: And so many of them had cameras, what are the odds?

they do this every year, so yeah, people bring a camera to take a picture.

Me Chinese, me play joke, me fark up the environment because my citizens are cattle.

Most of those pictures look like he should be standing in them.

Di Atribe: What is that guard guarding against? He's watching the water.

He is a member of the Peoples Armed Police.

Wikipedia does a better job of explaining it, but they stand around and guard the stuff that the Chinese Government feels is especially important. They have the manpower to put as many guards as they want out there 24/7/365.

The PAP have equipment and training that is much better than the police forces, and they will fark you up if you screw around with them. I had the opportunity to watch them beat down protestors and other malcontents several times.

Their presence means that China looks at major infrastructure protection as a matter of national security. Given that the current General Secretary of the party has a Civil Engineering degree, this makes a lot of sense. Most of the upper leadership have engineering backgrounds, which is a great argument to cite when an engineer mentions how much better everything would be if engineers ran it all.

This reminds me of the guy that got killed by 10 million pounds of sludge from New York & New Jersey.

jtown: I wonder how many toxins those people are inhaling/ingesting. China doesn't exactly have a great track record for keeping their rivers clean. That sediment's probably chock-full of nasty stuff.


still might be better than breathing the air...

cool abstract images if you isolate the h2o away from the other stuff in the pics

Dammit man, I'm a doctor, not a civil engineer.

I wonder how many toxins those people are inhaling/ingesting. China doesn't exactly have a great track record for keeping their rivers clean. That sediment's probably chock-full of nasty stuff.