Smoke engulfs a logistics base for food and home appliances, which is 1 kilometers away from Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan province, as firefighters try to keep the situation under control, Feb 23, 2012. The fire broke out at 1 am and spread over an area of 5 square kilometers. It was put out by 2 pm. Loses caused by the fire amount to more than 10 million yuan ($ 1.59 million). [Photo / China Daily]

Counselor Le Aimei (left), wife of Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and wives of diplomatic envoys view a piece of porcelain at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Feb 20, 2012. [Photo / China Daily]