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bd popeye · 06-16-2009

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L to R: Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, Hu Jintao of China, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shake hands during a group picture shoot in Yekaterinburg on June 16, 2009 at the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) leaders summit. Leaders from the world's top emerging economic powers met for their first summit to plot a strategy to increase their clout amid the global crisis.

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A new Acer smartphone DX900 is displayed during a news conference in Taipei June 16, 2009. Acer will launch between three to four smartphones in China this year using the WCDMA platform, as it rides on the back of the growing popularity of these feature-jammed mobile phones.

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Construction workers stand outside a real estate project in Beijing on June 16, 2009. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said over the weekend that shrinking fiscal revenues along with unemployment and falling exports were preventing a solid economic recovery from taking root, state media reported.

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Chinese police escort to an ambulance a protester who wearing a t-shirt comdemning a corrupt Heilongjiang provincial official after he slashed his wrist and jumped from a bridge onto a firefighters' cushion, at a railway station in Beijing on June 15, 2009. China's top law official has warned social stability is under increasing threat from labour and business disputes in the midst of the global crisis, and that security forces need to step up their efforts to quell unrest and protect people's lives and property.

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Twenty one year-old Chinese waitress Deng Yujiao (centre L) exits the court in Badong, in central China's Hubei province on June 16, 2009. The waitress convicted of killing an official who demanded sex has walked free from court after a nationwide Internet campaign hailed her as a heroine for standing up to government sleaze. In a case that sparked widespread outrage, Deng Yujiao was put on trial for stabbing to death a local official in central China in May, in what she said was self-defence after he tried to force himself on her sexually.

Criminals sentenced to death in Beijing are to be killed by lethal injection, not by gunshot, by year's end, state media said on June 16, 2009 in China, the nation that executes more convicts than any other.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Deng Yujiao is seen at a local court in Badong County, central China's Hubei Province, Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Deng Yujiao, left, exits a local court with her mother, in Badong County, central China's Hubei Province, Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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NANCHANG, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Traffic on the expressway in east China's Jiangxi province resumed on Monday night after hundreds of furniture makers and dealers blocked the road to protest over a proposed tax crackdown, said local police.

Most of the protesters have left by 11:45 p.m., and order was restored in the Nankang section of 105 national high way and the expressway linking the northeastern Heilongjiang province and the southern Guangdong province.

According to an unnamed official with the provincial government, cause of the incident was the new tax rule which was to take effect on Monday, as the city planned to tighten up tax enforcement on furniture makers and dealers.

"Protesters believed it increased their burden," he said.

Hundreds of furniture makers and dealers gathered along the road in the Nankang city, which was four hours drives from the provincial capital Nanchang, cutting traffic and smashing and overturning at least nine police cars at about 10 a.m..

Also, nearly 100 dealers went to the city government building to complain about the rule.

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Chinese police investigate a murder scene after a man was attacked and killed by two assailants on a Beijing street on June 15, 2009. China's top law official has warned social stability is under increasing threat from labour and business disputes in the midst of the global crisis, and that security forces need to step up their efforts to quell unrest and protect people's lives and property.

bd popeye · 06-17-2009

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) gestures while meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (2R) at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 17, 2009. The leaders of China and Russia hailed flourishing ties which they said were defying the economic crisis, after Cold War-era relations marked by mutual suspicion.

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Multi-Grammy winning US musician Quincy Jones, left, is introduces by Chinese American television personality Yue-Sai Kan, right, at an talk event Wednesday June 17, 2009 in Shanghai. China. Jones is in Shanghai to attend the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival.

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Chinese director Feng Xiaogang (L) and Taiwanese directors Hou Hsiao-hsien (C) and Chen Kuo-fu speak during a news conference for a cross straits film exhibition in Taipei June 17, 2009. The Chinese comedy "If You Are the One" by Feng has earned $50 million in six months, the second highest in China's film history, but it's showing for free this week in ethnically Chinese Taiwan. Taiwan and China have been separated for decades over political friction but as relations improve under Taiwan's Beijing-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou, each side is suddenly scoping out the other's films this summer to learn a bit more.

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Chinese police remove protesters trying to prevent (their) homes from being demolished in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin province on June 16, 2009. China's top law official has warned social stability is under increasing threat from labour and business disputes in the midst of the global crisis, and called for the security forces to step up their efforts to quell unrest and protect people's lives and property.

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A bulldozer demolishes a home after protesters trying to block the destruction were taken away by Chinese police in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin province on June 16, 2009.

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A group of protestors including a lawyers concern group call for the release of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng (seen at 2nd L on poster) and other, as they protest in Hong Kong on June 17, 2009. In December 2006, Gao was convicted of subversion and given a suspended sentence of three years in prison, immediately placed under house arrest and put on probation for five years. Mainland Chinese State security personnel took Gao from his home village in the northwestern province of Shaanxi on February 4 and he has not been heard from since, according to the New York-based Human Rights in China.

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Chinese vintage car fanatic Yang Yi-Jun cleans a stretched car that former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong owned that is now on display at the Beijing classic car museum June 17, 2009. The private museum, which opened to the public earlier this month, showcases over 160 of the earliest "made-in-China" cars.

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A farmer walks his cow past village housing near a wind power plant in Zhangbei, northwest of Beijing near Inner Mongolia on June 16, 2009, in northern China's Hebei province. China is the world's second-largest energy consumer and according to state media recently, with installed total capacity of 12 million kilowatts, China has become the world's fourth largest country in wind power-installed capacity. Wind power has become a main force in China's new energy development cause with more than 200 wind power plants built as of 2008, and the two northern provinces of Hebei and Inner Mongolia, given their geographic location, have exploited wind energy earlier than other regions in the country. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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A man takes care his dog which is receiving treatment at an animal hospital in Changzhi, Shanxi province June 17, 2009. Raising dogs was banned under the rule of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong as a bourgeois pastime and was only made legal a few years ago as living standards rose.

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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 16: (CHINA OUT) Passengers leave a smokey bus during an emergency drill on June 16, 2009 in Beijing, China. The drill is in the wake of a freak bus blaze on June 5 in Chengdu that killed 27 passengers, leaving another 63 injured. (Photo by Zhang Bin/JHSB/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 06-18-2009

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Chinese shoppers near decorations outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 18 , 2009. The World Bank raise its 2009 economic growth forecast fro China from 6.5 percent to 7.2 percent due to its stimulus-driven investment boom but cautioned Thursday it was too soon to say a sustained recovery was on the way.

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An unidentified American student from the private Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad, California, left, celebrates by posing for photos with a Chinese nurse after he was released from quarantine in Yichang, central China's Hubei province Thursday June 18, 2009. The students who were quarantined in the central Chinese city after some of their classmates were diagnosed with swine flu have been cleared for release, an employee of the city's swine flu command center said Thursday. (AP Photo)

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A labourer smokes while taking a rest at a cinder dump site in Changzhi, Shanxi province June 18, 2009. China will step up inspections of coal mines in coal-rich provinces after a series of accidents in coal mines run by state-owned firms, which are normally believed to be safer than smaller private mines.

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Visitors look at one of the cars former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong owned that is now on display at the Beijing classic car museum June 17, 2009. The private museum, which opened to the public earlier this month, showcases over 160 of the earliest "made-in-China" cars.

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President of China Minmetals Corporation Zhou Zhongshu (R) and MMG Ltd Chief Executive Officer Andrew Michelmore pose for photographers after a news conference in Melbourne June 18, 2009. Minmetals launched its newly-formed MMG Ltd Australian arm in Melbourne on Thursday after buying assets from OZ Minerals Ltd including Century mine, the world's second-largest zinc mine, and a copper and gold business in Laos.

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Security guards, each carrying a pair of rainboots, march in formation across a street in Beijing on June 18, 2009. China will impose even tougher security measures for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic in October than it did for last year's Beijing Olympics, state media said recently, after nearly 100,000 commandos, police and army troops were deployed to ensure security during last summer's Olympic Games.

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Los Angeles Lakers' Sun Yue of China rides a bus as he and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team celebrate their 15th NBA Championship with fans by parading down Figueroa street on the way to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for a rally in Los Angeles, California June 17, 2009.

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The offspring of female panda Lin Hui lies on a mattress at Chiang Mai Zoo, north of Bangkok, June 18, 2009. Lin Hui, a female panda on loan from China, gave birth to the baby panda in Thailand on May 27 after being artificially inseminated with her partner's sperm for a second time.

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A worker lays bricks inside a manhole on a pavement undergoing refurbishment on June 18, 2009 in Beijing, where many city streets and sidewalks are being refurbished. The World Bank has raised its forecast for economic growth in China this year to 7.2 percent from 6.5 percent, citing massive government spending as the main reason for the revised figure. China, the world's third-largest economy, started to be heavily impacted by the global financial crisis in the second half of last year, and unveiled an unprecedented 580-billion-dollar package as an antidote and the World Bank said that without the massive government input into the economy, its growth forecast for this year would have been little more than one percent.

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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) arrives to meet Slovakia's President Ivan Gasparovic at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on June 18, 2009. Hu arrived from Moscow for his first-ever visit to Slovakia, the former communist country will be his only European stop.

bd popeye · 06-19-2009

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A Chinese model poses near a giant tire from a Chinese manufacturer displayed at a materials fair in Beijing, China, Friday, June 19 , 2009. The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a ruling Thursday against China's tire manufacturers, saying their increased exports are damaging U.S. tire makers.

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Vendors sleep on their truck while waiting to sell watermelons at a street in Hefei, Anhui province June 19, 2009.

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A vendor naps while waiting for customers at her clothing stall in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province June 19, 2009. China is not likely to see inflation this year because of excess capacity and the threat that unemployment may sap domestic demand, a senior statistics official said in remarks published this week.

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Students participate in a Tibetan language class at the Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, China, Friday, June 19, 2009. Tibetan students at the school are taught Mandarin Chinese and Tibetan, while Han Chinese students learn Mandarin and are given the option of studying Tibetan. On the blackboard in the background is the Chinese national flag.

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Chinese 104-year-old twins Cao Xiaoqiao (R) and her elder sister Cao Daqiao look at each other on the outskirts of Shiqiaozi town in Zhucheng, Shandong province June 18, 2009. Born in 1905, they are now the oldest pair of twin sisters in China, local media reported. Picture taken June 18, 2009.

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JUNE 18: Taiwanese actress Ariel Lin attends a press conference celebrating Uni-president Bread 30th anniversary as brand ambassador at Grand Formosa Regent Taipei on June 18, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JUNE 17: Hong Kong actress Hsu Chi is on TV program Cook at SETTV studio on June 17, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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HONGKONG, CHINA - JUNE 18: Hong Kong actor and singer Raymond Lam (R) performs on stage with his guest Vincy Chan during his first concert at Hong Kong Coliseum on June 18, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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A man walks past a display of the mascot for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, named Haibao or "treasure of the world", along a street in Beijing on June 18, 2009. The World Bank has raised its forecast for economic growth in China this year to 7.2 percent from 6.5 percent, citing massive government spending as the main reason for the revised figure. China, the world's third-largest economy, started to be heavily impacted by the global financial crisis in the second half of last year, and unveiled an unprecedented 580-billion-dollar package as an antidote and the World Bank said that without the massive government input into the economy, its growth forecast for this year would have been little more than one percent. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 06-20-2009

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Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and his Croatian counterpart Stjepan Mesic applaud as they participate at a Croatian - Chinese economic forum in Zagreb on June 20, 2009. The two presidents are expected to sign several bilateral agreements, including one on economic cooperation. Over the past five years, Croatia has grown to become China's biggest trading partner from the former Yugoslavia. Jintao is on the two day official visit to Croatia.

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Chinese workers dismantle scaffoldings used during an event to promote sports near the Bird Nest stadium in Beijing, China, Saturday, June 20, 2009. Beijing Olympic organizers said Friday they made a profit of $176 million out of hosting last year's Summer Games.

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Tourists walk through the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, China, Saturday, June 20, 2009. The Potala Palace was the former home of the Dalai Lama before he fled Tibet after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. Foreign tourists have had sporadic access to Tibet in the past 16 months since China imposed a security clampdown following large protests against Chinese rule in March 2008, but in recent months the region has been opened to foreign tourists again.

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Chinese workers set up an event to promote a new KIA car model in Beijing, China, Saturday, June 20 , 2009. China is one of the few automobile market still growing despite the global financial crisis.

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A man surfs the internet in the street in Beijing on June 20, 2009. Internet giant Google promised to work harder to eliminate pornography from its Chinese Web pages as state media reported authorities had shut down some of its search services.

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This file handout photo received from New Zealand police on September 18, 2007 shows An An Liu (R), mother of "Pumpkin" Qian Xun Xue (L), and father Nai Yin Xue (C) posing in Auckland. Chinese-born Nai Yin Xue, 55, of New Zealand, who was at the centre of an international manhunt after abandoning his three-year-old daughter at an Australian railway station, was found guilty on June 20, 2009, of killing his wife. He faces a mandatory life sentence in prison.

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DALIAN, CHINA - JUNE 20: A computer-designed model shows the layout for the Xiaopingdao Development Project on June 20, 2009 in Dalian of Liaoning Province, China. Dalian Shengdao Real Estate Development Company gained the development right of the Xiaopingdao with the investment about 2.2 billion yuan in 2003 and will spend another 5 billion yuan to develop it into a complex real estate projects. Xiaopingdao locates at the southwest coast of Dalian which covers 1,276 thousand square meters. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20: Actor Hu Jun during filming of "Bodyguards and Assassins" at the biggest 1:1 scale set of Hong Kong at Shang Qiang studios during the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 20, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Andrew Ross/Getty Images)

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SANTAI COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 20: Children dressed as a figure of Chinese fairy tales attends the traditional folk parade during Qijiang Temple Fair at the ancient Qijiang Township on June 20, 2009 in Santai County of Sichuan Province, China. The Qijing Township held the annual temple fair on the 28th day of the fifth lunar month each year to worship Emperor Zhenwu, one of the most influential gods in Taoism. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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SANTAI COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 20: People dressed as figures of Chinese fairy tale attend the traditional folk parade during Qijiang Temple Fair at the ancient Qijiang Township on June 20, 2009 in Santai County of Sichuan Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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OBERSCHLEISSHEIM, GERMANY - JUNE 20: (L-R) The Chinese Women's LightweightQuadruple Sculls team poses for the media after winning the final during day 3 of the FISA Rowing World Cup at the Ruderregattastrecke on June 20, 2009 in Oberschleissheim, Germany. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Bongarts/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 06-21-2009

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British actor Ewan McGregor, right, gives autographs after a press conference of U.S. movie "Angels and Demons" as part of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival Sunday June 21, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Actor Ewan McGregor says the Vatican's criticism of the religious thriller "Angels & Demons" was muted compared to the previous Robert Langdon adventure "The Da Vinci Code" because the newer film doesn't challenge the Catholic faith.

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China Zheng Bo, left, and Ma Jin, right, reacts after beating South Korea's Lee Yong Dae and Lee Hyo Jung during their mixed double final at Indonesia Open badminton championship at Istora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, June 21, 2009. China won the match 21-17,8 -21, and 21 - 16.

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In these photos released by Xinhua News Agency of China, debris is seen after a blast at the workshops of Jingxin Mining Ltd. Co. in Fengyang, a county of east China's Anhui Province Sunday, June 21, 2009. The explosion at the factory in eastern China killed at least 16 people and injured dozens early Sunday, authorities said.

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Chinese workers repair the display near a life size model of the bumblebee character from the upcoming sequel to a movie, "The Transformers" to be screened in Beijing, China, Sunday, June 21 , 2009. A limited number of foreign movies are allowed into the Chinese market each year and going to the cinemas can still be a novelty for some Chinese.

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A Chinese delegation member makes picture of the newly placed Parthenon frieze fragment at the Parthenon hall of the new Acropolis museum during its official opening on June 20, 2009 in Athens.

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Taiwanese actress Shu Qi poses for a photo during a news conference to promote her new movie "If You Are the One", by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, in Taipei June 17, 2009.

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Participants wait to perform a dragon dance during a mass fitness programme outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing June 20, 2009.

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A Taiwanese coastguard stands on look out as a 498-tonne oil tanker sits grounded off the island's south in Pingtung on June 21, 2009. Coastguards rescued nine crew after the "Colombo Queen" ran aground while sailing from Japan to Singapore. The coastguards said they were keeping a close eye on the ship, fearing 39,000 litres (10,300 gallons) of fuel contained in the ship may spill and threaten the fragile ecology of the Lungkeng coastal reserve at the scenic Kengting national park. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 06-22-2009

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Blast victims recover at a hospital after they were injured in a blast at the Jingxin Mining company which produced and processed quartz sand in Fengyang, in eastern China's Anhui province on June 22, 2009. Chinese police have detained a company boss for illegally storing up to seven tonnes of explosives in an office building that triggered a blast at the factory in eastern China leaving 16 people dead and 43 people injured.

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GOME's Chairman and President Chen Xiao attends a news conference in Hong Kong June 22, 2009. GOME Electrical Appliances, a top China electronics retailer, on Monday announced that U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital has agreed to take up to a quarter of its shares under a plan to raise $418 million or more.

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China's Zheng Jie returns a ball to Germany's Kristina Barrois during their first round match of the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on June 22, 2009. The event, the third Grand Slam tournament of 2009, runs from June 22 to July 5, 2009.

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Chinese villagers examine damaged crops after Typhoon Linfa struck Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian province on June 22, 2009. Typhoons regularly hit China, Taiwan, the Philippines and Japan in the second half of the year, gathering strength from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean or South China Sea before weakening over land.

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Chinese dancers Guan Wenting and Xing Liang rehearse before the final concert of laureates of the XI International Ballet Competition at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow June 20, 2009. About 120 of the top aspiring dancers from across the world are vying for top honours in the competition, held every four years since 1969.

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Women take part in an audition called "Go, Eastern Angel" to be selected as flight attendants for China Eastern Airlines, in Beijing on June 21, 2009.

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A vendor eats from a lunch box, next to her umbrella stall in front of a Taipei train station June 22, 2009. Taiwan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate swept to a new record high of 5.84 percent in May, the government said on Monday, with the rising trend expected to persist due to more job losses in the recession-hit economy.

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Drivers gather at a petrol station to demand the return of their petrol fee in Beijing on June 21, 2009 after it was found that pumps had been adding up costs even before the attendants had filled up their vehicles. China raised gasoline and diesel prices from June 1 by almost seven percent following the recent increase in the cost of international crude oil.

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BEIJING - JUNE 21: Taiwanese group S.H.E attend a press conference to promote their new song 'Long Live Lovely' at Orange Plaza on June 21, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)
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An operation to rescue 10 babies from the clutches of kidnappers is being planned by police in Hubei province.

Officers investigating human trafficking on cross-provincial trains said they suspect the children are being held in Shexian county.

A rescue plan involving 30 police officers attached to the Wuhan Railway Administration is to be launched in the next few days, they said.

It is the biggest operation since the Ministry of Public Security launched a nation-wide crackdown on the abduction of women and children on April 9.

The railway probe began on June 11 after police rescued several babies on four separate occasions aboard the K111 train from Kunming in Yunnan province to Wuchang, Hubei, between May 31 and June 9, highlighting a major human trafficking route from Yunnan to Hebei province via Hubei.

Police told Wuhan Evening News four of the alleged smugglers were detained as they disembarked or tried to transfer to another train. Officers had been alerted by the suspects' odd behavior, as well as the fact they did not appear to have proper food or equipment for a baby.

"Abductors tend to choose the railway as means of cross-provincial transport because trains are crowed with people from various backgrounds, which is the best cover," said Li Biao, an officer from the public security bureau in Guiyang, Guizhou province.

"Railway police on the train have the advantage of being able to act quickly when they see something suspicious."

Wuhan rail officers have rescued 23 children, some as young as 15 days, and detained 18 suspects and 21 illegal adopters since May 31.

Three baby girls rescued on June 9 were to be sold in Handan, Hebei, a Wuhan railway official said. Blood samples have been taken from the children to help track their real parents using the new national DNA database.

In recent years, more than 100 infants have been snatched in Yunnan by gangs looking to sell them in the central and eastern provinces of Hunan, Hubei and Shandong.

A child can cost 7,000 yuan to 40,000 yuan ($1,000-6,000) depending on gender and age, Wuhan Evening News reported.

The Ministry of Public Security said about 3,000 cases of women and child abductions are investigated each year.

However, experts estimate the number of the kidnapped each year could be as high as 20,000.

bd popeye · 06-23-2009

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People take pictures of the first China-assembled Airbus A320 jet on display at the Airbus Tianjin plant in Tianjin municipality June 23, 2009. Airbus delivered its first plane assembled outside Europe to its Chinese owner on Tuesday, as the world's largest plane maker and rival Boeing seek growth in major developing markets to combat weak demand at home.

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Security guards stand under the tails of an Airbus A320 aircraft under construction at the Airbus Tianjin plant on June 23, 2009.

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Students pray before lunch at the Christian Zheng Sheng College, a drug rehabilitation centre, at a remote area on Hong Kong's Lantau island June 17, 2009. The use of psychotropic drugs has soared in Hong Kong, particularly in recent years with social workers and academics encountering addicts as young as nine years of age. Picture taken June 17, 2009

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U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy (L) shakes hands with Lieutenant-General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of General Staff of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), before their meeting in Beijing June 23, 2009. China and the United States begin two days of military talks on Tuesday, and are likely to discuss issues including North Korea and tensions in the South China Sea.

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Advisors and other representatives of the U.S. and Chinese military prepare to participate in a meeting with U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and Lieutenant-General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of General Staff of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), in Beijing June 23, 2009.

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An armed policeman stands guard as illicit drugs are burnt during a campaign to crack down on drugs ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Chengdu police destroyed 21 kilograms (46 pounds) of drugs confiscated recently on Tuesday. June 26th marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT.

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China's Na Li returns a ball to Kazhakstan's Galina Voskoboeva during their first round match of the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on June 23, 2009. The event, the third Grand Slam tournament of 2009, runs from June 22 to July 5, 2009.

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Hong Kong media mogul and and anti-Beijing campaigner Jimmy Lai (C) leaves the high court in Hong Kong on June 23, 2009 where he came face-to-face with a man accused of plotting to shoot him, and telling the court he had no idea why anyone would want to harm him. Lai appeared on the second day of the trial of Huang Nanhua, a mainland Chinese man accused of plotting to attack Hong Kong targets, probably Lai and leading democrat Martin Lee.

bd popeye · 06-24-2009

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Bartenders work around a bottle of Shanghai White on display during an event launch party in Hong Kong June 24, 2009. Diageo Plc, the world's biggest spirit drinks group, said on Wednesday it had teamed with Chinese white spirit producer Shui Jing Fang to produce a premium vodka in China.

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China's Zheng Jie looks up after loosing against Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova during their second round match in the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on June 24, 2009. The event, the third Grand Slam tournament of 2009, runs from June 22 to July 5, 2009. Hantuchova won 6/3,7/5.

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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) stands together with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 24, 2009. Vejjajiva visited China to reassure Beijing that a key Asian summit postponed due to unrest and rescheduled for October will be secure and to to encourage Chinese investment in Thailand.

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Migrant workers rest after a day's work at a construction site Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. China's biggest city began taking applications Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from non-Shanghainese seeking permanent residency, a first step in a reform that has angered natives who say the city already is too crowded and others who complain the rules are too restrictive.

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Workers load cargo containers onto trucks at a dock in Tokyo June 24, 2009. Japan's exports slumped for the eighth consecutive month in May on an annual basis, with even shipments to China showing little sign of improvement, suggesting hopes for a quick recovery in global demand may be premature.

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Liu Xia, the wife of prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, wipes away tears at a lawyers office in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Liu Xiaobo, who co-authored the "Charter 08" manifesto calling for sweeping reforms to China's rigid political system, has been arrested for activities allegedly aimed at overthrowing the country's socialist system, state media said Wednesday

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A troupe member puts on her headgear before a rehearsal for "Many Faces of Chinese Opera" in Singapore June 24, 2009. The one-day performance by the Chinese Opera Institute will take place on Thursday.

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Taiwan-born sex worker Niko, 47, poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters inside a brothel in Taipei June 24, 2009. Taiwan began a process of legalising prostitution on Wednesday making the island the latest place in the world to decriminalise the world's oldest profession. In six months, authorities will stop punishing Taiwan sex workers after prostitutes successfully campaigned to be given the same protection as their clients, a government spokesman said.

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HANSHAN COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 24: Students show their body paintings on campus in an effort to fight against drug abuse on June 24, 2009 in Hanshan County of Anhui Province, China. The United Nations' General Assembly has designated June 26 as the International Anti-Drug Day. (Photo by Cheng Qianjun/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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WUHAN, CHINA - JUNE 24: (CHINA OUT) Graduates from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology attend the graduation and degree conferral ceremony at the Optics Valley Gymnasium of HUST on June 24, 2009 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China.. About 6,800 graduates attended this three-hour ceremony. Chinese college graduates witnessed a drop in both their employment rate and salary last year compared with 2007, according to a report on their employment situation in 2008 released on June 10. (Photo by Zhou Chao/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

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FOSHAN, CHINA - JUNE 23: (CHINA OUT) Police arrest 13 suspected thieves in a street on June 23, 2009 in Foshan of Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Xie Zhibiao/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Taiwanese police stand guard as supporters of Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian wave opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) flags outside Taipei District Court on June 23, 2009. Chen is due to appear in court on June 23 on corruption charges in a case that has implicated him and his family. AFP PHOTO/SAM YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK - JUNE 24: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks at the United Nations conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis at the United Nations June 24, 2009 in New York City. The three-day summit of world leaders is aiming to identify emergency and long term responses to lessen the impact of the crisis on vulnerable populations. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A.Man · 06-25-2009

This is a county (Jiashan County, Zhijiang Province) TV station news.

YouTube - chinese news segment - jiashan

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bd popeye · 06-25-2009

A.Man..Thanks for posting the videos! . However this thread is for recent events. Recent being >> less than a week old. Feel free to post videos but post recent events. Thank you.

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Turkish President Abdullah Gul (L) walks with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 25, 2009. Gul is visiting China on a week long tirp in a bid to boost bilateral ties and look into prospects of increased economic cooperation.

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People use computers inside an Internet cafe in Shanghai June 25, 2009. Top U.S. officials urged China on Wednesday to abandon its proposal to require Internet filters installed on personal computers starting next month, warning the step could violate world trade rules.

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People attend a vigil for Euna Lee and Laura Ling in San Francisco, California, June 24, 2009. Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee of U.S media outlet Current TV were arrested in March near the border between North Korea and China while working on a story for the company, co-founded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

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Sales staff stand behind computers in a store in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 25, 2009.

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China's Shuai Peng prepares to serve a ball to Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska during their second round match in the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on June 25, 2009. The event, the third Grand Slam tournament of 2009, runs from June 22 to July 5, 2009.

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China's Zheng Jie (Top) plays the ball as she partners Yan Zi (Botoom L) against Japan's Akiko Morigami and Ayumi Morita in a Women's Doubles match at the All England Tennis Club on the fourth day of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in southwest London, on June 25, 2009.

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Pro-democracy legislator Lee Cheuk-yan (L) and other democracy activist hold a portrait of one of China's best known dissidents Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong June 25, 2009 Liu has been formally arrested and accused of inciting subversion. This follows his detention late last year for the most prominent of the launched of "Charter 08", calling for more rights, freedom of speech and multi-party elections.

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In this photo taken Monday, June 22, 2009, a guard watches over inmates in their room at a compulsory drug rehabilitation center in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Six people were executed Thursday, June 25, 2009 for drug-related offenses on the eve of a U.N. designated day to combat drug abuse and trafficking. The day is usually observed in China with large-scale executions of convicted drug dealers.

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BAODING, CHINA - JUNE 24: A worker washes the silicon chips which used for making photoelectric board at the plant of Tianwei Yingli Green Energy Resources Co. , Ltd on June 24, 2009 in Baoding, China. China's top economic planning agency will soon submit a draft support plan of the country's new energy industry to the State Council for approval, a plan that would focus on nuclear power and renewable energy as wind and solar power, according to an official of the National Bureau of Energy.

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Chinese archaelogists begin final excavations at the "Peking Man" site around the caves of Zhoukoudian on the outskirts of Beijing on June 24, 2009. The Peking Man, the collective name given to the treasure trove of homo erectus fossils found near the Chinese capital in the 1920s, are some 200,000 years older than previously thought, according to a study released recently. The site, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is among the most highly-prized in the study of early humans with new data suggesting evidence stretching back as far as up to 780,000 years.

A.Man · 06-26-2009

[rediscover_china] Qinghai-Tibet Railway 1/3 青藏铁路纪实

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[rediscover_china] Modern Tibetan Life Style on the High Plateau 1/3

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bd popeye · 06-26-2009

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A soundman fixes a sound device on actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai before shooting on the set of the film 'Bodyguards And Assassins' in Shanghai June 26, 2009. The set, a specially built one-to-one scale set of a few streets of Hong Kong circa 1905, and claimed to be the biggest ever made in China, was built at a cost of 43,000,000 Yuan ($ 6,290,000), with the budget of the movie set at 150,000,000 Yuan ($ 22,000,000). The film is scheduled to be out in cinemas before the end of the year

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A crew member sweeps a street before shooting on the set of the film 'Bodyguards And Assassins', in a specially built one-to-one scale set of a few streets of Hong Kong circa 1905, in Shanghai June 26, 2009.

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Laureus academy chairman Edwin Moses, fourth from left, poses with Chinese Olympic gold medalists, from left, Zhang Yining, Zou Kai, Xiao Qin, Deng Yaping, Chen Xiexia, Wu Minxia and He Chong, for photos after the 2008 Chinese Olympic Team was named the Laureus World Team of the Year in Beijing, China, Friday, June 26, 2009.

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Fans of Michael Jackson hold up banners and flowers to commemorate him in Beijing, China, Friday, June 26 , 2009. Michael Jackson was due to make his triumphant return to the stage in London next month _ but instead his sudden death has left millions of fans feeling they've lost a lifelong friend.

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A Chinese policeman lights a cauldron filled with illicit drugs during a ceremony to mark the UN's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Hami, farwest China's Xinjiang region on June 26, 2009. At least 20 people were executed, an equal number condemned and hundreds put on trial as China marked a global anti-drug day with stark warnings of rising illicit drug use.

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A visitor takes photographs next to a wax figure of Michael Jackson at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Friday June 26, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world dies of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles Thursday June 25, 2009..

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Staffs arrange the wax figure of Michael Jackson at the entrance of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum to mourn his death Friday June 26, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50.

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People watch a giant tv screen showing the news surrounding the death of singer Michael Jackson in Hong Kong on June 26, 2009.

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Young Chinese children cool off by a riverside in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on June 25, 2009, as most part of the country experienced one of the hottest day this summer. With warning from meteorological station, the residents have made full preparation to fight the heat waves, which coincides with the Summer Solstice, the solar term indicating the longest daytime.

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A man (L) scuffles with policemen during a street protest against Taiwan's Chinatrust bank, linked with selling Lehman Brothers shares, in Taipei June 26, 2009. Taiwan investors who suffered losses from their Lehman Brothers-linked investments requested on Friday to negotiate a reimbursement from the associated bank.

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CHANGCHUN, CHINA - JUNE 26: (CHINA OUT) A woman displays her tattooed skin during the Changchun Tattoo Art Festival on June 26, 2009 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. Numbers of domestic tattoo makers gathered at the Changchun New World Shopping Mall to show their tattoo skills during the festival. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 06-27-2009

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 27: A 13-story building under construction collapsed in "Lotus Riverside" neighborhood in Minhang District at around 6am on June 27, 2009 in Shanghai, China. One construction worker was killed in the accident. Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng has ordered a full investigation into the accident. (AP Photos)

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NANCHANG, CHINA - JUNE 26: (CHINA OUT) Drug addicts stand as police burn confiscated drugs during a ceremony to mark the International Anti-Drug Day at a drug rehabilitation center on June 26, 2009 in Nanchang of Jiangxi Province, China. The United Nations' General Assembly has designated June 26 as the International Anti-Drug Day. (Photo by Wang Qi/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Visitors walk past a campaign poster depicting the consequences of drug abuse at an anti-drug exhibition in Hong Kong in this June 25, 2009 picture. Revellers across Asia who snort the animal tranquilizer ketamine for a hallucinogenic high may face incontinence and other health problems as new dangers of this cheap party drug start showing up in long-term studies. Photo taken June 25, 2009.

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A veterinarian carries the offspring of female panda Lin Hui at Chiang Mai Zoo, north of Bangkok, June 27, 2009. Lin Hui, a female panda on loan from China, gave birth to the baby panda in Thailand on May 27 after being artificially inseminated with her partner's sperm for a second time.

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Local fans pay tribute to Michael Jackson at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Saturday June 27, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50.

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MAOXIAN COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 27: (CHINA OUT) Yu Min, winner of the 'Salang Goddess' Beauty Contest, displays her trophy during celebration of the Waerezu Festival on June 27, 2009 in Maoxian County of Sichuan Province, China. Waerezu, also known as the Goddess of Singing Festival, is an ancient tradition of Qiang people dating back over 2,000 years, which is organized by women and features the ancient matriarchal culture. During the festival, Qiang women will dress themselves in colorful costumes, wearing silver ornaments, as well as singing and dancing to pray the Salang Goddess. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Hong Kong singer Eason Chan (L) celebrates after winning the Best Mandarin Album for "Don't Want to Let Go" with Sandee Chan, winner of Best Female Vocalist-Mandarin category, at the 20th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei June 27, 2009.

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Taiwan band Da Mouth female vocalist Senda Aisa (2nd R) arrives with her band at the red carpet of the 20th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei June 27, 2009.

bd popeye · 06-28-2009

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Chinese parents and their children gather at an education fair in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province, as they search for suitable colleges for further education on June 27, 2009. Chinese ministry statistics show that from 1978 to the end of 2008, more than 1.39 million Chinese studied abroad and currently more than 100,000 go overseas for study every year.

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Chinese men cool off from the summer heat by the banks of a Beijing canal on June 28, 2009. Beijing has had scorching weather since June 23 with daily maximum temperatures exceeding 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Delivery trucks on a late-night journey pass PetroChina gas stations in Beijing on June 28, 2009. Cash-rich and government-backed, Chinese oil companies are jostling with each other as they make record purchases overseas, seizing on the economic crisis and low assets as an opportunity to grow. Asia's largest refiner, Sinopec, acquired the Canadian company Addax Petroleum for 7.2 billion dollars in a deal announced on June 23, just days after PetroChina obtained a 45.51 percent stake in the Singapore Petroleum energy group. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 27: Zi Yan of China serves playing with Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia during the mixed doubles second round match against Liezel Huber of USA and Jamie Murray of Great Britain on Day Six of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 27, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

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XIAN, CHINA - JUNE 27: Fans pay tribute to Michael Jackson during a candle-lit vigil on June 27, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. Jackson, 50, the iconic pop star, died after going into cardiac arrest at around midday on June 25, 2009 local time in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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