Crowds of people are seen on the bathing beach in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province, July 28, 2007. A heat wave hit the city on Saturday, with the temperature rising to 34.5 degrees centigrade, the highest temperature of Dalian in the corresponding period in 8 years. Local citizens and tourists thronged the beachside to cool themselves.(Xinhua Photo)
    

Crowds of people are seen on the bathing beach in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province, July 28, 2007. A heat wave hit the city on Saturday, with the temperature rising to 34.5 degrees centigrade, the highest temperature of Dalian in the corresponding period in 8 years. Local citizens and tourists thronged the beachside to cool themselves. (Xinhua Photo)