Former air-raid shelters opened to citizens

Three kids are absorbed in playing a paper-card game outside a former air-raid shelter in Chongqing of southwest China, July 7, 2004. The local government has decided to open 19 former air-raid shelters in good condition to citizens in the hot summer. Safety measures have been strengthened one month before the operation to guarantee a sound environment for those seeking the coolness. Chongqing is claimed as one of the "hot stoves" in China owing to the torridity and humidity in summer.

An elderly man leisurely enjoys his long-stemmed tobacco pipe outside a former air-raid shelter in Chongqin of southwest China, July 7, 2004. The local government has decided to open 19 former air-raid shelters in good condition to citizens in the hot summer. Safety measures have been strengthened one month before the operation to guarantee a sound environment for those seeking the coolness. Chongqing is claimed as one of the "hot stoves" in China owing to the torridity and humidity in summer.