The Nanjing No 4 Yangtze River Bridge on Dec 19. The suspension bridge is 33 meters wide, with twin towers and three bridge spans, and has the standard two-way, six-lane super highway. It looks similar to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, but this bridge has a longer main span - 1,418 meters, third longest in the world. [Zhou Haijun/Asianewsphoto]

Five people were killed and 27 injured after a bus fell into a ravine in Southwest China's Sichuan province Dec 20. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Soldiers train in snow in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Dec 20, 2012. On the day, the lowest temperature dropped to minus 23 degrees Celsius in the city. [Photo/Xinhua] 

Student Li Lunfu shows his performance art creation during the end-of-semester examination at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, Dec 20, 2012. [Photo/CFP]