A woman washes a statue at an outdoor workshop in the town of Dangcheng in Quyang county, 240 km (150 miles) southwest of Beijing Dec 7, 2011. Dangcheng applied the traditional stone-carving skills of this rocky party of Hebei province to boom as an exporter of ornate statues, busts, fountains and friezes to Europe and north America. Now this corner of northern China is struggling with the international slump and financial turmoil in formerly big markets, especially Italy and other euro zone countries. Picture taken Dec 7, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] 

A teddy bear dog named Coke walks on two legs with its owner in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, Dec 7, 2011. Coke is one and a half years old and has been trained to walk with two feet since a few months old. "It can keep walking for several kilometers and climb up and down with two legs," said the owner. [Photo/CFP]