Staff members of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in Beijing protest in front of the company's office building on Friday demanding "consultation on an equal footing". [Provided to China Daily]

Fans hold posters of NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant as they wait for a promotional event in Guangzhou, Guangdong province Aug 17, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

A worker dries the mussel meat in the sun in Shengshan township of Shengsi county, East China's Zhejiang province, Aug 17, 2012. As the harvest season of mussels falls in August, local fishermen started to dry the mussels in the sun. More than 80 percent of the overall production of mussels in Zhejiang are out of Shengsi county. Selling mussels also became one of the key business for local residents. [Photo/Xinhua]