Beijing Jan - March 2010 (259 images)

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Beijing,Capital of China, a city.
  • Chinese security personnel march in front of the Great Hall of the People after the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Black-clad SWAT teams patrolled downtown Beijing on Wednesday and an AIDS group was ordered to cancel a seminar as part of China's security clampdown ahead of this week's opening of the national legislature's annual session. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • People skating on the frozen lakes at the former Imperial City in central Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Strong wind and temperature dips up to 12 degrees Celsius are expected in northern and eastern regions in China on Tuesday, the country's Central Meteorological Station (CMS) said on Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A worker cleans the signboard of China's Google headquarters in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Google's threat to end its operations in China over censorship and computer-security concerns could embarrass communist leaders who crave international respect. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Chinese flag flutters beside China's Google headquarters in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Google's threat to end its operations in China over censorship and computer-security concerns could embarrass communist leaders who crave international respect. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Visitors take picture outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Google's threat to pull out of China over censorship is a rare display of defiance in a system where foreign companies have long accepted intrusive controls to gain access to a huge and growing market. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Flowers put by Chinese Google users are seen on its sign outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Google's threat to pull out of China over censorship is a rare display of defiance in a system where foreign companies have long accepted intrusive controls to gain access to a huge and growing market. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Flowers presented by Chinese Google users are seen on its sign outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Google's threat to pull out of China over censorship is a rare display of defiance in a system where foreign companies have long accepted intrusive controls to gain access to a huge and growing market. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • People skate on the frozen lakes of the former Imperial City in central Beijing, China, Jan. 12, 2010. Strong wind and temperature dips up to 12 degrees Celsius are expected in northern and eastern regions in China on Tuesday, the country's Central Meteorological Station (CMS) said on Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • People skate on the frozen lakes of the former Imperial City in central Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Strong wind and temperature dips up to 12 degrees Celsius are expected in northern and eastern regions in China on Tuesday, the country's Central Meteorological Station (CMS) said on Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A man cycles near real estate projects in Beijing's central business district, China, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Communist leaders have been trying for three years to cool a boom in housing costs that they worry could ignite a backlash if the poor are priced out of the market. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Chinese worker arrives at the Google China headquarters building in Beijing on Friday Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Chinese men are seen behind the window at the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Chinese Google user bows in front of Google logo in front of the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Chinese walk near the Google logo in front of the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Xiao Jing, a 2-years-old Chinese girl from Chengdu, looks at the Google logo outside the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Xiao Jing, a 2-years-old Chinese girl from Chengdu, stands in front of the Google logo outside the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Chinese walk near the Google logo in front of the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Chinese Google user presents a book titled "Google Planet" and "What will Google bring?" in front of a Google sign outside Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. China tried Friday to keep its censorship row with Google from damaging business confidence or ties with Washington, promising good conditions for foreign investors but giving no sign it might relax Internet controls. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Chinese Google user presents flowers in front of Google sign outside Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. China tried Friday to keep its censorship row with Google from damaging business confidence or ties with Washington, promising good conditions for foreign investors but giving no sign it might relax Internet controls. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Workers clean inside the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Saturday, Jan.16, 2010. Google Inc.'s threat to shut down its China-based site Google.cn over censorship and e-mail hacking alarmed a Internet-connected public that has tolerated a gap between rapid economic and technological progress and a closed, secretive political system.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A "No Entry" sign stands in front of the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. Google Inc.'s threat to shut down its China-based site Google.cn over censorship and e-mail hacking alarmed a Internet-connected public that has tolerated a gap between rapid economic and technological progress and a closed, secretive political system. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Chinese worker arrives at the Google China headquarters building in Beijing on Friday Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Chinese Google users light up candle outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Google's threat to pull out of China over censorship is a rare display of defiance in a system where foreign companies have long accepted intrusive controls to gain access to a huge and growing market. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • ** RE-TRANS WITH IMPROVED TONING ** A sign, which reads "Google Bai Bai (bye bye)" is seen near flowers, left by visitors outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Google's threat to pull out of China over censorship is a rare display of defiance in a system where foreign companies have long accepted intrusive controls to gain access to a huge and growing market. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, people surf Internet inside an Internet cafe in the town of Luiyuan, in northwest China's Gansu province. For six months now, the 20 million people in China's far western region of Xinjiang have been without the Internet. Every weekend, a few dozen determined commuters pile off the train in Liuyuan, a lonely, sandswept stretch along the ancient Silk Road that's also the first train station outside Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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