H.E. Mr. Yang Youming, Chinese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, met with Mrs. Kwailan La Borde, a famous Trinidadian sailor and adventurer of Chinese descendent, at his Residence on Feb. 11, 2011.

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, wearing headphones, sits in the cockpit of a firefighting plane in Ryazan region August 10, 2010.

October: Liang Congjie dies Photograph: Sun jun/Imaginechina