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bd popeye · 07-08-2009

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Death toll in Xinjiang riot rises to 140

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Chinese security forces, center left, get into formation on the People's Square in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. China flooded the capital of western Xinjiang province with security forces Wednesday, and President Hu Jintao cut short a visit to the G8 summit as Beijing tries to stem a tide of ethnic clashes in the wake of a riot that left at least 156 dead.

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FILE - In this May 30, 2009 file photo a sign reading Opel is seen in front of the Opel headquarters in Ruesselsheim, central Germany. A GM Europe spokeswoman said negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s Opel to Canadian autoparts maker Magna International Inc. were "further along," while confirming it had received a bid from China's Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

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Chinese shoppers walk past a foreign fashion boutique in Beijing Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The European Union's top diplomat in Beijing appealed to the Chinese government Wednesday to avoid excluding foreign-owned companies from stimulus projects, after Beijing announced a provision last month requiring stimulus projects to use domestically made goods whenever possible. Chinese trade officials said that is not meant to exclude foreign-owned suppliers, but business groups say foreign companies with operations in China have been shut out of projects.

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Chinese sit in front a foreign fashion boutique in the rain in Beijing Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

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Customers sit beside a new Ford car on display at a dealership in Beijing on July 6, 2009. US auto giant Ford Motor Co said on July 6 that sales in China in the first half rose 14 percent from a year earlier to 197,212, boosted by strong demand for its low-cost Fiesta car.

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A Han Chinese doctor shows photographs to the media of patients he treated that were injured during the recent ethnic clashes at the Urumqi Friendship Hospital in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 8, 2009. At least 156 people have been killed in rioting in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, with the government blaming exiled separatists for the traditionally Muslim area's worst case of unrest in years.

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Wu'er Kaixi, an exiled Uighur and a former student leader who escaped to Taiwan after China's 1989, June 4 Tiananmen Square democracy movement, gestures while talking to the journalists during a news conference in Taipei July 7, 2009. Wu'er, whose family still lives in China's restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, spoke of the ongoing clashes and said that the casualty numbers released by the Chinese government should not be trusted. He also added that the Chinese government should take responsibility for the bloody clashes which have killed 156 and wounded more than 1,000. The Chinese characters read, "China Human Rights".

bd popeye · 07-09-2009

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In this photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, a man stands on the debris of a collapsed house in Yao'an County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province early Friday July 10, 2009. The magnitude-6.0 temblor centered in Yunnan province, southwest China Thursday evening, July 9, 2009.

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In this photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, firefighters and local people set up a relief tent in Yao'an County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province early Friday July 10, 2009 after a magnitude-6.0 temblor rocked parts of Yunnan province Thursday evening, July 9.

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Uighur, Tibetan and Mongol demonstrators hold flags and posters while marching during a joint protest against China, in Stockholm, Sweden July 9, 2009. Chinese President Hu Jintao, forced to abandon a G8 summit in Italy by ethnic violence in restive Xinjiang, said that maintaining social stability in the energy-rich region was the "most urgent task", state television reported on Thursday.

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Employees are seen at a Rio Tinto office in Shanghai July 9, 2009. China said on Thursday detained staff from Australian miner Rio Tinto had harmed China's economic interests in a case that has rattled currency markets and raised questions about China-Australia relations.

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Traffic is seen on a city link road during rush hours in Beijing, Thursday, July 9, 2009. China surpassed the United States as the world's biggest auto market for the first half of 2009 after June sales soared 36.5 percent from a year earlier, according to data reported Thursday.

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Visiting Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (R) is welcomed by Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 9. Wu's visit to Japan came amid a media report that Japan, China and South Korea were trying to set up a meeting among their foreign ministers and separate talks among their leaders.

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A group of construction workers walk past a billboard promoting the new real estate project in Beijing on July 9, 2009. Leaders of the world's five biggest developing economies, including China, cranked up pressure on their counterparts from the richest nations on July 9 for more concessions on poverty relief and climate warming during G8 talks in Italy.

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WASHINGTON - JULY 09: Giant panda Tian Tian eats bamboo at the National Zoo July 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. The zoo has started talks with the Chinese on the future of the Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, who are at the National Zoo on a 10-year, $10 million loan from the China Wildlife Conservation Association. The loan will expire in 2010.

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People walk past a luxury apartment under construction at the Central Business District in Beijing, Thursday, July 9, 2009. China's bank lending in June more than doubled from the previous month as Beijing's stimulus drove a surge in credit.

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Hong Kong model Angelababy poses at the Hong Kong the opening of a Mickey Mouse art exhibition in Hong Kong Thursday, July 9, 2009. The exhibition is an international line-up of 50 artists from all over the world

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A Mickey Mouse figurine created by U.S. artist David Flores is displayed at the opening of a Mickey Mouse art exhibition in Hong Kong Thursday, July 9, 2009.

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WUHAN, CHINA - JULY 8: People swim in the Hanjiang River on July 8, 2009 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. Wuhan, one of the "Three Furnaces" in China, is known for its hot summer weather with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees centigrade, about 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 02: Taiwanese singer Fan Fan poses at a press conference for a charitable basketball match hosted by Hit FM and Yahoo! Kimo at Hit FM radio station on July 2, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA -JULY 8: (CHINA OUT) Actor Jackie Chan (R) and Jaden Smith atttend a birthday party for Jaden Smith on July 8, 2009 in Beijing, China. Will Smith's production company is remaking the movie "The Karate Kid" with his son Jaden set to perform in the lead role and Chan set to be Mr Miyagi. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA -JULY 8: (CHINA OUT) Actor Jackie Chan (L) and American actor Will Smith atttend a birthday party for Jaden Smith on July 8, 2009 in Beijing, China. Will Smith's production company is remaking the movie "The Karate Kid" with his son Jaden set to perform in the lead role and Chan set to be Mr Miyagi. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Actor Will Smith, second from right, and his daughter Willow Smith, left, walk on a street in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The Smiths is in Beijing for movie "Kung Fu Kid", a remake of "The Karate Kid" which will be filmed in Beijing, according to China Daily website. (AP Photo)

bd popeye · 07-10-2009

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Residents wait with their belongings at a bus station in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 10, 2009. The crush of bus passengers leaving the strife-hit capital of far-west China's Xinjiang has become a heaving, sweating testament to Muslim Uighurs' volatile bond with a land of jobs and opportunity. The South Long-Distance Bus Station in Urumqi has been crowded with thousands leaving after the Uighur riot.

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BRIXONE BRESSANONE, ITALY - JULY 10: Dongqiang Wang of China in the boy's 110m hurdles semi-final during day three of the Iaaf World Youth Championships at the Bressanone Sports Complex on July 10, 2009 in Brixone Bressanone, Italy. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

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WUHAN, CHINA - JULY 10: Residents enjoy the cool air beside the Yangtze River on July 10, 2009 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. Wuhan, known as one of the "Three Furnaces" in China, has very hot summer weather with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees centigrade, about 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 10: (CHINA OUT) Hong Kong singer Gillian Chung poses during a media call on July 10, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Cao Ji/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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CHANGSHA, CHINA - JULY 10: Kuomintang Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung speaks as he arrives at the airport on July 10, 2009 in Changsha of Hunan Province, China. Wu arrived on the Chinese mainland to attend the Fifth Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum set for July 11 and 12 in Changsha. (Photo by Liu Shangwen/ChinaFotoPress/Getty

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WUHAN, CHINA - JULY 10: (CHINA OUT) Applicants fill in application forms for a stewardess recruiting interview for China Southern Airlines on July 10, 2009 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. China Southern Airlines will recruit 80 stewardesses in Wuhan for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. (Photo by Cha Kai/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Rescue sevice personnel help an elderly woman after a moderate 5.7-magnitude quake struck on July 10, 2009 in Yao'an county, in China's southwestern Yunnan province on July 9. More than 400,000 people were being evacuated after an earthquake hit southwest China, killing one person, injuring hundreds and flattening more than 18,000 homes, officials said. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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YONGDING, CHINA-JULY 9: The trapped people's family cry after a coal mine flooding accident occurred Wednesday afternoon, July 9, 2009 in Yongding County, east China's Fujian Province. At least seven people were trapped underground and the cause of the accident is being investigated. (Photo by Xie Mingfei/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)400163795

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YONGDING, CHINA-JULY 9: Energency workers carryout a victim after a coal mine flooding accident occurred Wednesday afternoon, July 9, 2009 in Yongding County, east China's Fujian Province. At least seven people were trapped underground and the cause of the accident is being investigated. (Photo by Xie Mingfei/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)400163792

bd popeye · 07-11-2009

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Zhang Mingfu weeps after failing to find the body of his sister-in-law, Yu Xingzhi who the family members think may have died when Muslim Uighurs attacked the Chinese-owned shop in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Saturday, July 11, 2009. A week after western China's worst ethnic violence in decades brought a security clampdown, people were tallying their losses and looking for answers about what happened

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A group of Chinese women put up banners in Uighur, calling for unity and calm, along a street in Urumqi, China's farwest Xinjiang region on July 11, 2009.

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A resident carry a child near a banner calling for calm along a street where more than a dozen Han Chinese were killed by a Uigher mob in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Saturday, July 11, 2009

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Two people try to take their photo in front of the Dalai Lama's portrait during the Free Tibet Concert, Saturday, July 11, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan, to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1959 unsuccessful revolt against China that sent the Dalai Lama into exile.

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Supporters make the "T" sign to represent Tibet, during a Free Tibet concert in Taipei July 11, 2009. The Free Tibet Campaign gathered over 200 supporters on Saturday to watch a video of the Dalai Lama's message for young people in Taiwan and to protest over the Chinese Communist ruling of Tibet.

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Hsu Chung Huang, 35, who has been bodybuilding for 14 years, lifts dumbbells during a training session in Tainan, southern Taiwan, July 10, 2009. Hsu and other two bodybuilders from Taiwan will participate in the World Games which will be held on July 16 -26 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian is led away from the Taipei county detention center to the district court for a ruling on his current detention in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 10, 2009. Chen has been in detention since late 2008 during the criminal proceedings on charges of money laundering and corruption. (AP Photo)

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HAIKOU, CHINA - JULY 11: (CHINA OUT) Children attend a dancing class during summer vacation at the Yewa Art Palace on July 11, 2009 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. Students attend all kinds of training classes during the summer vacation in China. (Photo by Zhang Mao/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 11: Marine Russo of Argentina and Sun Sinan of China compete for the ball during the Women's Hockey Champions Trophy match between Argentina and China at the Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre on July 11, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Reigning Champions Argentina won the match 2-1. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 11: Jackie Chan and Will Smith attend the starting ceremony of "The Karate Kid" on July 11, 2009 in Beijing, China. Will Smith's production company is remaking the movie "The Karate Kid" with his son Jaden set to perform in the lead role and Jackie Chan set to be Mr Miyagi. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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WUHAN, CHINA - JULY 10: Local people swim in a natatorium to fight against the heat wave on July 10, 2009 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (Photo by Jin Siliu/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 10: (L-R) Mary Ma, Jiang Yiyan and Zhang Zilin attend the 125th anniversary ceremony for BVLGARI on July 10, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Yuan Fang/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-12-2009

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A relative of Han Chinese victims who were killed during last Sunday's riot cries on during their funeral in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Sunday, July 12, 2009. China on Sunday raised the injured toll from ethnic clashes a week ago to 1,680 _ one more bit in the trickle of information the government has released on the unrest in the far west, though much remains unknown.

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Chinese troops march past a monument depicting Mao conversing with a Uighur man at the main squre in Hotan, China, Sunday, July 12, 2009. A week after rioting in Urumqi security forces were on high alert through out the western region of Xinjiang.

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A Uighur minority woman stands atop of a cart selling textiles at the Sunday Bazaar in Hotan, China, Sunday, July 12, 2009. A week after rioting in Urumqi security forces were on high alert through out the western region of Xinjiang.

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Workers remove anti-landing barricades on Shuangkou beach in Little Kinmen July 12, 2009. Authorities in China and Taiwan, political rivals once on the brink of war, have agreed to remove underwater military barricades and let 100 people swim from one side to the other, Taiwan officials said. The 8.5 km (5.2 miles) swim, billed as the latest symbol of peace between the two sides as well as their first military agreement, is set for August 15 between the southeast Chinese city of Xiamen and Little Kinmen, an outlying Taiwan-controlled island.

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Naomi van As of the Netherlands, left, pushes through the defense of China's Ma Wei, center, and Li Shuang during their women's Champions Trophy hockey match in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, July 12, 2009. The Netherlands won the match 1-0.

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Lightning strikes over the Beijing skyline during a thunderstorm early on July 12, 2009, near the city's tallest skyscraper, the China World Trade Center Tower 3. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which occurs typically during thunderstorms when, in an atmospheric electrical discharge, a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 60,000 m/s (220,000 km/h) and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 C (54,000 F), hot enough to fuse silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground.

bd popeye · 07-12-2009

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A woman walks with a bichon frise and a poodle both coloured with various dyes on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province July 11, 2009. Amid China's current pet boom, dog owners are flocking to pet beauticians to pamper their pets with everything from shampooing to hair trimming, and nail care to hair-dye, local media reported. Picture taken July 11, 2009.

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A young Chinese fan mimics a poster of NBA Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal on display at a shopping mall while O'Neal meets with fans during a promotional tour in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 12, 2009.

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NBA Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal gestures as he speaks to his translator during a meet the fans session during his promotional tour at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 12, 2009.

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NBA Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal lifts a Chinese boy while meeting with fans during a promotional tour at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 12, 2009.

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Chinese fans use mobile phone to snap pictures of NBA Cleveland Cavalier's Shaquille O'Neal during a meet the fans session on his promo tour held at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 12, 2009.

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Rescuers mount a search for five people still missing after a tour group hiked into a forbidden part of a canyon in southwest China's municipality of Chongqing on July 12, 2009, using a local resident as a guide. At least 14 hikers were killed when a flash flood swept them away in a canyon in southwest China, as torrential rain battered the area.

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The International Finance Centre (C) towers over the southern Chinese city's Central district, illuminated during dusk in Hong Kong on July 12, 2009. Hong Kong enjoyed mostly clear blue skies a day after Tropical Storm Soudelor passed a few hundred kilometres to the territory's south, bringing heavy rains to help clear out some of the pollution.

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China's ethnic minority Uighurs living in Japan and their supporters stage a demonstration in Tokyo on July 12, 2009. Some 50 Uighur expatriates and hundreds of their Japanese supporters marched in downtown Tokyo in protest against the alleged violence by Chinese police after ethnic unrest in the Chinese city of Urumqi left more than 180 people dead.

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Two labourers work behind the "China" sign at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo promotional exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing on July 12, 2009. The United States signed up on July 10 to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, officials said, making it the last major country with diplomatic ties to China to join the event. A total of 192 countries have committed to the biggest-ever World Expo, running from May to October 2010, which, alongside the Olympics, is designed to be part of a two-pronged demonstration of China's rising global clout.

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Two men stand next to the mascot of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo at a promotion exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing on July 12, 2009.

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Teresa Lu of Taiwan watches her tee shot on the first hole during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf championship at the Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 11, 2009.

bd popeye · 07-13-2009

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Panda Xi Wang plays with an ice block inside the zoo in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Monday, July 13, 2009. Ice blocks are widely used in the zoo for the animals for them to cool down the heat during hot summer. (AP Photo)

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A zoo worker plays with south China tiger cubs at the Wangcheng Zoo in Luoyang in central China's Henan province, Monday, July 13, 2009. The four cubs, three born on April 18 and one on May 1, have passed the critical period in the first successful breeding north of the Yangtze River. There were reportedly only 81 South China tigers living in captivity at the end of 2008. (AP Photo)

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In this photo taken on Sunday, July 12, 2009, rescuers searches for missing hikers in a river in Yunyang county in southwest China's Chongqing. Massive rains over the weekend triggered flash flooding in southwestern China that trapped a group of hikers inside a canyon, leaving 15 dead, state media said Monday. (AP Photo)

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Chinese women walk past a commercial shop displaying a poster of women have their hair styled in Beijing, China, Monday, July 13, 2009. Economists have pointed to increased activity in residential and commercial real estate as signs China is emerging from its slump as Beijing's 4 trillion yuan (US$586 billion) stimulus plan pumps money into the economy.

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Construction workers chat during their lunch break near the China World Trade Center new tower in Beijing, China, Monday, July 13, 2009.

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People take part in a candlelight vigil in Taipei July 13, 2009, in support of human rights and to call on China to peacefully resolve the conflict in Xinjiang. Chinese police shot dead two people on Monday in renewed unrest in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media said, after at least 184 people died in riots last week. The official Xinhua news agency said the two people killed in the regional capital Urumqi were Uighur. Police were trying to stop them attacking another Uighur when the security forces opened fire, the report said.

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People sit in an electric car at an electric and clean auto show in Beijing, July 13, 2009. More than 50 Chinese clean car and battery makers gathered in the capital on Monday to showcase their latest models to potential buyers as China's government vows to take the lead in electric car industry.

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China's Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (L) shakes hands with Wi Sung-lac, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul July 13, 2009. Wu held talks in Seoul on Monday to try to resume six-way talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear arms programme in return for massive aid and diplomatic rewards.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, medical workers move a rescued miner from an ambulance at a hospital affiliated to Guiyang institute of medicine in Guiyang, the capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Monday, July 13, 2009. Three miners survived 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southern China by drinking dirty water and chewing coal before rescuers burrowed through a collapsed tunnel to reach them, a local official and state media said Monday.

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A Taiwanese girl holds a slogan reading "12 Years Current Mandatory Education" during a parade to demand extending the current mandatory education to 12 years, Sunday, July 12, 2009, in Taipei,Taiwan. Protesters said it would help ease pressure on students who now study long hours in order to enter elite universities and the decade-long reform pushed by the government has failed to reinvigorate the education system and eliminate studying by rote.

bd popeye · 07-13-2009

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HENAN, CHINA - JULY 13: (CHINA OUT) Basketball player, rapper and actor Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (C) visits the Shaolin Temple on July 13, 2009 in Henan Province, China. (Photo by Yuan Xiaoqiang/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 12: Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu attends a media call for movie "On His Majesty's Secret Service" as starring actress at Olympian City on July 12, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 12: Taiwanese actress and singer Ariel Lin (L) attends a party for the success of her first album 'Xingfu Yujian' ('Meeting Happiness') at Hsimenting on July 12, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 12: Taiwanese actress and singer Ariel Lin (L) attends a party with her frirend Jenet for the success of her first album 'Xingfu Yujian' ('Meeting Happiness') at Hsimenting on July 12, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 12: Taiwanese singer Will Pan (L) performs on stage with Jolin Choi during his concert at Danshuei Fisherman's Wharf on July 12, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 10: (CHINA OUT) Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin attends the 125th anniversary ceremony for BVLGARI on July 10, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Yuan Fang/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-14-2009

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A street salesman tries to sell from his supply of soft toys in Beijing on July 14, 2009. China's gross domestic product (GDP) figures for the second quarter will officially be released on July 16 and is likely to be close to eight percent, rising from 6.1 percent in the first quarter of the year, state media said, citing an analysis by the National Statistics Bureau.

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A rope bridge is seen damaged by a rain-triggered flood in Xuanhan county, Chongqing Municipality July 12, 2009. A rainstorm which began last Thursday has killed at least 22 people in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and the neighboring Sichuan province, incomplete statistics from the local governments said Tuesday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken July 12, 2009.

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Rescuers carry a coal mine disaster survivor to medical treatment in Qinglong, Guizhou province, July 13, 2009. Three Chinese miners survived for 25 days trapped underground by licking water off the walls of their coal mine, state media said on Sunday. Xinqiao mine, in southwestern China's Guizhou province, was flooded on June 17. At least one miner's body was found on June 25, but 12 are still missing. Picture taken July 13, 2009.

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A Chinese doctor in traditional medicine applies moxibustion treatment on a patient in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province, on July 13, 2009. Moxibustion is a popular traditional Chinese therapy used by ordinary people in their struggle against disease for thousands of years. Moxibustion uses burning herbs, or Moxa, together with needles on acupuncture points. A glass jar creates a vaccum which sticks to the patients back and stimulates blood circulation.

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A man sorts through computer parts and phone chargers at a recycling village in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Many people in the village make a living by stripping old electronics parts for recycling.

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A child investigates a skyline of Hong Kong sculpted from an English copy of the the Chinese classic "The Journey to the West" by British artist Su Blackwell during an exhibition in Hong Kong July 14, 2009. Blackwell, who is currently on her first trip to the territory, uses scalpels, paste and glue to create miniature dioramas out of book pages.

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Song Qingling (L) of China is congratulated by team-mate Liao Jiahui (R) after scoring China's first goal against Australia during the first round of the Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in Sydney on July 14, 2009. The 'Hockeyroos' and China drew 2-2. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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FUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 13: Passengers board the passenger-cargo vessel "New Golden Bridge II" leaves the port on July 13, 2009 in Fuzhou of Fujian Province, China. The first combined passenger-cargo vessel left the Chinese mainland bound directly for Taiwan Monday morning. It is the maiden voyage after the mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services last December. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 13: Hong Kong singer Kay Tse appears at I Love Cantonese Songs event at Radio Television Hong Kong station on July 13, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-15-2009

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Chinese workers claiming to have been cheated out of wages by their Polish-Chinese labour agents stand and sit in their protest camp outside the Chinese embassy in the Polish capital Warsaw on July 15, 2009. A protestor who identified himself as Lim, a tile layer, told AFP Wednesday in broken Polish and English that the group was paid only for a short time after having arrived from China in March to work in construction.

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People cover their mouths as they wait to cross the street at a busy intersection in Hong Kong on July 15, 2009. Street-level air pollution in Hong Kong's busiest districts has soared over the past four years, official data has shown, despite a government campaign to curb vehicle emissions in the Chinese city.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, left, is greeted by Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming in Beijing Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Locke earlier urged China to help revive world growth by opening its markets further and easing currency controls.

Gary Locke was born on January 21, 1950 in Seattle, Washington. A third-generation American with paternal ancestry from Taishan, Guangdong in China, Locke is the second of five children of James, a native of the United States, and Julie Locke from Hong Kong, which at that time was a dependent territory of the United Kingdom. His parents gave him the Chinese name of 駱家輝 (pronounced Lok Gaa-Fai in Cantonese). He did not learn to speak English until he was five years old.

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, center, looks at a ISB6. 7 diesel engine made by U.S. engine maker Cummins Inc. at a plant in the Beijing Development Area Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The United States and China both need to cut their carbon emissions and have to start cooperating on science and technology to battle climate change, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday.

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A Chinese man fills his cart with bricks on a construction site in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 15, 2009

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A security guard patrols outside the World Games venue in southern Kaohsiung city on July 15, 2009. The World Games open this week in southern Taiwan, with the island looking to impress the world with its state-of-the-art facilities, less than a year after rival China staged the Summer Olympics.

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu delivers a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing July 15, 2009. China and the United States on Wednesday announced to establish a joint research center on clean energy, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Chu, a Chinese American, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, with ancestry from Taicang, in Jiangsu province, and graduated from Garden City High School. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1970 from the University of Rochester, and his doctorate degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1976, during which he was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

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A poodle dog displays bikini beach wear at a dog fashion show in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Top Taiwanese dog clothing companies gathered Wednesday for a group fashion show displaying their latest collection in beach wear costumes.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 14: Hong Kong singer Theresa Fu attends a Playstation event at LCX Fashion Store on July 14, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images

bd popeye · 07-16-2009

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A Taiwanese student holds China's national flag in the Main Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung July 16, 2009. China has boycotted the opening ceremony of the World Games in Taiwan, an official with the games has said. A spokesman for the games, Hermann Kewitz, said China had not given an explanation but said that Chinese athletes would compete in the events. The World Games will be held from July 16 -26 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (C) poses with US Trade Secretary Gary Locke (R) and US Energy Secretary Steven Chu (L), before a meeting in Beijing on July 16, 2009. Top US trade and energy officials were set to meet with Wen as the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases sought to step up cooperation on climate change. Locke and Chu, both ethnic Chinese, arrived here seeking to open China's markets to US green technology while urging Beijing to set hard targets on gas emissions.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (R), both Chinese-Americans, shakes hands with U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu after a joint news conference in Beijing, July 16, 2009.

Chu and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke have focused on boosting clean energy cooperation with China on their first trip to the Asian giant since joining President Barack Obama's administration.

China and the United States, the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, launched a joint research effort on Wednesday to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles and buildings.

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BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (L-3) visits the Cummins (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in the Beijing Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Area (BDA) on July 15, 2009 in Beijing, China. US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu are visiting China to boost cooperation in the clean energy sector. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Construction workers shovel during renovation works on an old road in Shanghai July 16, 2009. China looks set to hit its full-year growth target of 8 percent after a surprisingly strong second quarter notable for a surge in investment driven by powerful fiscal and monetary stimulus.

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Commuters ride bicycles and scooters as they cross a bridge in down town Shanghai July 16, 2009.

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Employees assemble an engine at the production line of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. , Ltd. in Hefei, Anhui province July 16, 2009. China's annual GDP growth accelerated to 7.9 percent in the second quarter from 6.1 percent in the first quarter, as a surge in bank lending and government spending made it the best-performing major economy in the world.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 15: Hong Kong celebrity Jacquline Ch'ng appears at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at Star Hall Kowloon on July 15, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 15: NBA Cleveland Cavaliers player Shaquille O'Neal poses with a fan during a fans meeting at the gymnasium of Chengdu University of Science and Technology on July 15, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. (Photo by Lei Yuandong/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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LUOYANG, CHINA - JULY 15:Firefighters spray water to put out fire at the Luoran chemical plant in Guxian Township on July 15, 2009 in Luoyang City, Henan Province, China. The explosion killed seven workers and damaged hundreds of nearby homes. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoli/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Workers and rescuers look for survivors after part of the Tianjin to Tanggu highway collapsed under the weight of five freight trucks in Tianjin on July 15, 2009, killing six people and injuring four others. Traffic and work-related accidents in China killed over 91,000 people in 2008, with over 413,500 traffic and work-related accidents. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Han Chinese woman looks over her shoulder at an armed security personnel manning his position while on patrol in Urumqi on July 17, 2009 in northwest China's Xinjiang province.

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Chinese lawyer Jiang Tianyong looks at the half empty office of the Gongmeng rights group's legal research center after it was closed down by Chinese authorities in Beijing, China, Friday July 17, 2009. About 20 officials from Beijing's Civil Affairs Bureau showed up Friday morning at the center and confiscated computers and other equipment, the latest move in a new government push to oversee Chinese activist lawyers, who run the risk of being detained, harassed, attacked and threatened with disbarment for their work. Jiang is one of 53 lawyers whose licenses were canceled this week.

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Chinese lawyers, including Jiang Tianyong, right, Yang Huiwen, second left, and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong, center, get up to leave after a meeting in a restaurant in Beijing, China, Friday July 17, 2009.

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From left to right, U.S. Consul General in Shanghai Beatrice Camp, Jose Villareal, the top official in charge of U.S. participation, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Shanghai Vice Mayor Yang Xiong, China's Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, and Hong Hao, director-general of the Shanghai World Expo, attend the USA Pavilion ground-breaking ceremony at USA Pavilion site Friday, July 17, 2009 in Shanghai, China.

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A cyclist holding an umbrella rides along a street in Beijing on July 17, 2009. Top US trade and energy officials said July 16 they were confident China and the United States would step up cooperation on climate change after meeting with Chinese leaders.

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Visitors check out the latest mountain and racing bicycles at a sport goods show in Taipei on July 17, 2009. Taiwan, once the world's leading bike exporter, has watched business fall since the mid-1990s due to dumping charges and relocations of factories to China, but Taiwan has retained its edge in high-end products such as racing-style, mountain and folding bikes.

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Fireworks explode over the Main Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung July 16, 2009. The World Games will be held from July 16-26 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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July 12, 2009, dragon boat racers test out the facilities ahead of the World Games in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung. The quadrennial World Games begin Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Kaoshiung under the shadow of a possible Chinese boycott of its high profile opening ceremony. This year 3,100 athletes from 91 countries and territories will be participating.

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Workers walk through a construction site in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009. China's economy accelerated in the second quarter amid huge stimulus spending, expanding by 7.9 percent from a year earlier as retail sales and industrial output grew strongly, data showed Thursday July 16, 2009.

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Workers buy lunch from food carts in front of a billboard which promotes a new residential complex in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009.

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Hundreds of Falun Gong practioners march down Pennsylvania Avenue to mark the 10th anniversary of the practice being outlawed in China on July 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO / Tim Sloan (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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WUHAN, CHINA - JULY 17: Children play in the Hanjiang River to get cool on July 17, 2009 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. Wuhan, one of the "Three Furnaces" in China, is known for its hot summer weather with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees centigrade, about 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - JULY 16: Taiwanese singer Leehom Wang attends a press conference for his "Music Man" concert at Asia Hotel on July 16, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 16: Hong Kong model Gaile Lai appears to watch her boyfriend Leon Lai's concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum on July 16, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 16: Statues of the late martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee are displayed at the Bruce Lee Collection Exhibition at the Plaza Hollywood on July 16, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. The Bruce Lee Collection Exhibition, held from July 15 to 26, shows more than 300 pieces of memorabilia of Bruce Lee since his debut. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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ROME - JULY 18: Ruolin Chen of China poses after winning the silver medal in the Women's 10m Platform at the Stadio del Nuoto on July 18, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Paola Espinosa of Mexico won the Gold and Li Kang of China the bronze.

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A man walks past a poster displaying a warning on the A(H1N1) flu in Hong Kong on July 18, 2009. Health authorities in Hong Kong said on July 16 they were investigating whether a 42-year-old Filipino seaman died last week of swine flu, after confirming he was infected with the virus. There have so far been no fatalities linked to swine flu in the southern Chinese territory. Officials initially said the unnamed man died on July 10 from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a virulent bacteria that has emerged as a major health threat in hospitals around the world.

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China's Qin Kai reacts on the podium after winning the men's 1-meter springboard diving event, at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Rome, Saturday, July 18, 2009.

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Norman Chan, director of Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang's office speaks to reporters after Hong Kong financial chief John Tsang announces the appointment of Norman Chan as head of the city's de facto central bank Monetary Authority on Friday, July 17, 2009. Chan served as the authority's executive director and deputy chief executive between 1992 and 2005.

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Beach goers takes in the sun & surf in very hot conditons brought on by the approaching typhoon Molave in Hong Kong on July 18, 2009. Two people were missing and more than 4,000 others displaced as typhoon Molave caused widespread flooding that effectively shut down the Philippine capital on July 17, rescuers and officials said. The eye of Molave hit the sparsely populated Batan island group near Taiwan on Friday night as weather services upgraded it from a tropical storm into a typhoon packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometres (60 miles) an hour. AFP PHOTO / Antony DICKSON (Photo credit should read ANTONY DICKSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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The 35-year-old miner survived an unbelievable 25 days in the darkness of a flooded coalmine in Qinglong county, Guizhou province.

But media reports of his miraculous survival, along with those of two other miners, have made life more difficult for him. The stories remind him of his dreadful experience, the dark pit, hunger, the rushing water and above all the fear of death, Wang Yiming, of the psychology department of Guiyang medical college's hospital, said on Friday.

The accident in Qinglong buried 11 miners on June 17. Two more were killed when water flooded the mine.

Wang Kuangwei, Wang Quanjie and Zhao Weixing (both 36) have been admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit. The three narrated their tale of survival to Wang Yiming, their psychological counselor.

Their story in Wang Yiming's words:

All the three miners thought they would die when water first gushed into the mine on June 17. But driven by human instinct, they began looking for a higher place. They don't know how long it took to find one.

The first day was spent in hope that rescuers would find them. But as hope receded, hunger took over and they began eating tree bark they found floating on the water. But after a couple of days they couldn't eat them anymore.

They didn't feel hungry after the fifth day, anyway, but kept collecting water leaking into the mine shaft from rocks to drink.

Since one of them had a watch, they knew how many days they had been trapped till the 15th day. But then the watch stopped. That's why after being rescued, they felt they had spent 30 days underground.

The three miners are close, because they are from the same village in Ruyang, Henan province. In fact Wang Kuangwei and Wang Quanjie are related.

The close bond among them helped them survive - they kept encouraging each other to believe rescuers would be looking for them. They kept telling each other they would survive if they didn't fall prey to starvation or the rushing waves of water.

The three spoke as little as possible to avoid exhaustion and slept most of the time. They switched on their headlamps only after hearing sounds that seemed like those of rescuers to ensure that they didn't run out of power.

In fact, it was the light from one of the lamps that drew rescuers to them on July 12, said Chen Qing, deputy secretary-general of Qianxinan prefecture, which administers Qinglong.

Though Wang Quanjie and Zhao have been sleeping well, Wang Yiming said she is not sure if they would show symptoms of trauma later. "Many people show symptoms of trauma even a month later."

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GUANGZHOU: Police in this southern city have vowed to intensify efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, despite a protest by dozens of African people on Wednesday.

Police have launched a special campaign since the end of May to closely inspect living and business areas of foreigners, said He Jing, deputy director of the Guangzhou public security bureau.

"Foreigners who have not applied for stay permits and hold fake or overstayed passports will be targeted," he said.

The campaign was a long-term task given that Guangzhou has developed into a major trade hub in South China for foreigners, especially those from Africa and the Middle East, he said.

But the regular inspection has triggered a recent brawl between police and foreigners.

On Wednesday afternoon, more than 100 African people protested outside a local police station in Guangzhou's downtown Guangyuanxi Lu following unconfirmed reports that a Nigerian died after jumping out of a building to escape a passport check.

Police said in a press statement that only two African people were injured during the passport check; they are now in stable condition in a hospital.

One of the injured, who police said was involved in an illegal foreign exchange business, broke through a window and severely slashed his back in his escape attempt, the statement said.

"It was a regular passport check by police targeting foreign businessmen on Wednesday," an officer from the Guangzhou public security bureau, who declined to be named, told China Daily Thursday.

The check was also part of the police campaign to crack down on illegal activities committed by foreigners, he said.

Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court officials cite the so-called black money scam cases allegedly committed by eight foreigners from nine countries in the first half of this year as reasons for the crackdown.

Court officials said frauds committed by foreigners in Guangzhou so far this year totalled more than one-third of the cases between 2002 and last year.

To better serve foreigners, the entry and exit administrative authority has opened an online service for foreigners to apply for permit extensions, the local police authority said.

"Foreigners are warned to carry their passports. They should also pass registration procedures in relevant departments for staying and doing business here," he said.

More than 1 million foreigners enter or leave via Guangzhou ports each year, he said.

Sources with the Guangzhou Social and Science Academy said more than 20,000 African people with a stay permit for up to six months are living in Guangzhou.

"But the actual number of African people living here is bigger than the registered total. Many are living without passports or stay permits," Huang Shiding, a researcher with the academy, said.

Huang said many African people without a stay permit and visas have entered Guangzhou through neighboring Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.

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A group of Michael Jackson's fans dance in a Taipei street on July 19, 2009 to pay tribute to the late 'King of Pop'. His sudden death in June at the age of 50 has triggered a global outpouring of grief

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Russia's Julia Pakhalina, center, winner of the women's 1-meter springboard diving event, stands on the podium with second placed China's Wu Minxia, left, and third placed Wang Han of China, at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Rome, Sunday, July 19, 2009

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A Falun Gong practitioner, holding a slogan reading "Support Human Rights in China Equals Support the Freedom in Taiwan," demonstrates in a Taipei street to mark what they claim as the 10th anniversary of China's launch of a crackdown on the spiritual group in Beijing, Sunday, July 19, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. China banned the group in 1999 after branding it an "evil cult" that threatened the nation's stability.

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China's team poses with the bronze medal after the synchronised technical final on July 19, 2009 at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. Team Russia finished with 98.833 points to beat Spain by just one point with China in third.

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A pedestrian tries to cross a road to avoid heavy rain caused by rainbands associated with Typhoon Molave after the storm moved close to Hong Kong overnight on July 19, 2009 bringing heavy rains and wind along with it. Molave was continuing to weaken as it moved towards western Guangdong in mainland China after having killed three people in the Philippines and displacing nearly 100,000 people there on July 18. officials said

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Taiwan's tug-of-war team waves as they celebrate their victory after winning the gold medal against the Netherlands at the World Games in Kaohsiung on July 19, 2009. The World Games have drawn more than 4,700 athletes from across the globe to compete in 31 sports not included in the Olympics.

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A dog stands on a scooter with his owners as they wait at an intersection, Saturday, July 18, 2009, in Taipei. Taiwan.

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WENZHOU, CHINA - JULY 19: Workers assist with firefighting efforts and then carry a fireman who fainted during a fire in a warehouse of Wenzhou Aihao Pen Trade Co., Ltd., on July 19, 2009 in Wenzhou of Zhejiang Province, China. The fire has burnt down the three-storey warehouse covering an area of over 3,000 square meters. It's reported that someone welded steel plates in the warehouse, which may have sparked the fire. The actual cause of the accident is still under investigation.(Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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GUIYANG, CHINA - JULY 19: People take part in a tomato battle on July 19, 2009 in Guiyang of Guizhou Province, China. Hundreds of people pelted each other with about 25,000 kilograms of tomatoes as part of a promotion put on by a local furniture supermarket. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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