A couple collapse from fatigue during a kissing contest in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, Feb 18, 2012. More than 50 couples took part in the event. The winners, after kissing for two hours and 43 minutes, were awarded a diamond ring worth 50,000 yuan ($7,950). [Photo /China Daily]

Retired basketball superstar Yao Ming pets a bear at the Longqiao Bear Rescue Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Feb 18, 2012. The center rescued the bear from a factory that extracts bile from live captive bears to make traditional Chinese medicines. [Photo /China Daily]