China's youngest city glistens under palm trees

Pedestrians walk down Beijing Road, some 2,680 kilometers from the capital, in a street flanked with palm trees in Sansha, Hainan province, on July 8, 2013. Sansha, the youngest and southernmost Chinese city, oversees the island groups and territorial waters in the South China Sea. The prefecture-level city has a whole new look as massive construction projects have been going on since it was established on July 24, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

A new and bigger hospital is being built to replace two clinical rooms, shown on the left, that serve Yongxing island of Sansha, Hainan province, on July 8, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]