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T-U-P · 07-20-2009

man what a waste of tomato. think about all the hungry children

bd popeye · 07-20-2009

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US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke meets the Chinese staff of a Wal-Mart outlet in Beijing on July 16, 2009. Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, both ethnic Chinese, came to China seeking to open the Asian giant's markets to US green technology while urging Beijing to set hard targets on gas emissions

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A man walks beneath a decoration at a park marking upcoming celebrations for the 60th anniversary of China's ruling communist party in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang province, on July 18, 2009

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A migrant worker carries a rolled-up mat past billboards displaying pictures of buildings on a construction site in central Beijing July 20, 2009. China's economy gathered momentum in the second quarter thanks to massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, leaving the government's full-year growth target of 8 percent within reach. Annual gross domestic product growth accelerated in the second quarter to 7.9 percent, up from 6.1 percent in the first quarter, making China the best-performing major economy in the world

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Chinese men rest inside their tricycle carriages while waiting for customers near a tourist spot on a hot summer day in Beijing, China, Monday, July 20, 2009.

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An ambulance transfers two US women to a hospital from the Yan Xiang Hotel where the foreigners are being quarantined by Chinese authorities over swine flu measures in Beijing on July 20, 2009. China has launched aggressive measures to try and detect swine flu, including temperature checks on foreign flights coming into the country, and has quarantined dozens of foreign nationals since the virus first emerged there in May.

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A woman walks past a motel, the former home of the late kung fu star Bruce Lee, in Hong Kong's Kowloon Tong district July 20, 2009. The billionaire owner of Lee's final home hopes to build a museum to the martial arts legend, giving in to public calls to prevent the sale of the luxury house in a northern Hong Kong suburb for millions of dollars. The Hong Kong government has launched a competition where the public has been invited to submit ideas and concepts for restoring the two storey house in Kowloon.

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A child poses in front of a life-sized wax figure of the late actor Bruce Lee during an exhibition celebrating the works of the martial arts legend at a shopping mall in Hong Kong July 20, 2009.

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Yu Pang Lin, the owner of late actor Bruce Lee's former residence, speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong July 20, 2009. Yu, the billionaire owner of Lee's final home hopes to build a museum to the martial arts legend.

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A young man takes part in a speed stacking demonstration in Hong Kong on July 20, 2009. Speed stacking is a sport in which players are tasked with the fast arranging of plastic cups into various formations, with Hong Kong holding its first sport stacking tournament in August.

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Protesters hold placards outside police barricades as workers inside the barricades put back a sign reading "Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall" from the landmark in Taipei July 20, 2009. Taiwan on Monday restored former president Chiang Kai-shek's name to the Taipei memorial hall housing a statue of him.

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HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 19: (CHINA OUT) Jerry Yan of F4 and Ella of S.H.E. attend a press conference to promote "Down With Love" on July 19, 2009 in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province, China.(Photo by Shi Peng/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-21-2009

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Bronze medalists Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen pose on the podium of the synchronised technical duet competition on July 21, 2009 at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. Russians Anastasia Davydova and Svetlana Romashina won gold while Spain's Andrea Fuentes and Gemma Mengual took silver and China's Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen got bronze.

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A woman carries rubbish in a basket on her back as she walks in front of a construction site in the city of Leshan in Sichuan province July 21, 2009. China's economy gathered momentum in the second quarter thanks to massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, leaving the government's full-year growth target of 8 percent within reach. Annual gross domestic product growth accelerated in the second quarter to 7.9 percent, up from 6.1 percent in the first quarter, making China the best-performing major economy in the world.

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An easychair is set up next to a window overlooking the city's skyline in Shanghai on July 21, 2009, on the eve of the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century. Heavy cloud and rain are likely to ruin the party for millions of people hoping to watch the eclipse in Shanghai and other parts of eastern China, as the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau predicted thunderstorms.

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Chinese police arrest the workers in a raid on an unlicensed hotel in Beijing on July 20, 2009, as part of the security crackdown ahead of the nation's October 1 National Day celebration. Chinese police have recently confiscated 19,000 guns and 500 tonnes of explosives while over 5,200 suspects have been arrested in connection with the crackdown that began in March and will continue up to the October 1 celebration.

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A Chinese couple try out welding screens they bought at a hardware store to view the solar eclipse in Beijing on July 21, 2009.

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Young wedding dress models nap before an event in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

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CHICAGO - JULY 20: Falun Gong practitioners demonstrate in front of the Chinese Consulate July 20, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The demonstrators were marking the tenth anniversary of the Chinese crackdown on the spiritual movement.

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Chinese motorists help remove an injured passenger from a minibus that crashed onto a mountainside near Lingbao, central China's Henan province on July 20, 2009, killing nine peoples and injuring 15 others. China's roads are extremely dangerous due in large part to rampant careless driving, with nearly 73,500 people died in road accidents in China in 2008, or just over 200 fatalities per day, according to police statistics.

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BEIJING - JULY 20: Taiwanese singer Fan Fan talks to the media during a press conference to promote 'FONE We Are Friends' concert at the Asia Hotel on July 20, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

Hu Bin during his trial at the Xihu district court in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, July 20, 2009. [Xinhua]

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A 20-year-old college student whose speeding car killed a pedestrian during a drag race in downtown Hangzhou received a three-year jail sentence in court Monday.

Hu Bin, a sophomore at Hangzhou Normal University, hit the headlines two months ago when his car struck Tan Zhuo, 25, as he crossed the road on May 7.

Hu was formally charged with a traffic offense when his trial began in a local court five days ago.

Outside the court, Tan Yue, the victim's father, said he was dissatisfied with the verdict, which was too lenient, and that the family planned to appeal to a higher court.

The family has already sued Hu for 1.13 million yuan in compensation for Tan's death.

Hu's parents Monday also said they were dissatisfied, saying the sentence was too harsh.

bd popeye · 07-22-2009

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from right, meets with China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi, right, Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in Phuket, Thailand, prior to a bilateral meeting at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC).

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A villager carries relief supplies as he crosses a river in the rain in Qingchuan county, Sichuan province July 21, 2009. China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters warned of serious floods along major rivers, as the peak flood season began, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken July 21, 2009.

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Chinese people walk past a solar panel display on top a subway information pillar in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. China's government says it will pay up to 70 percent of the price of new solar power systems in an effort to speed development of clean energy industries.

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Visitors gather to watch the solar eclipse in Hangzhou, China eastern Zhejiang province, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Millions of Asians turned their eyes skyward Wednesday as dawn suddenly turned to darkness across the continent in the longest total solar eclipse this century will see. Millions of others, seeing the rare event as a bad omen, shuttered themselves indoors.

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This before and after combo photo shows the sky going dark over Shanghai on July 22, 2009 as the lunar shadow or "umbra" moves over the city. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century cast its shadow over western India and headed for China on a path that was plunging hundreds of millions of people into temporary darkness.

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A mini bond investor holds a placard reading "only accept a one hundred percent refund" in the lobby of the building housing the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong on July 22, 2009. A group of Hong Kong banks said they have agreed to partially refund thousands of investors who bought complex financial products at the centre of a mis-selling scandal. The deal covers around 29,000 investors who were sold so-called mini-bonds backed by US investment bank Lehman Brothers, said the Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the banks in a joint statement.

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People look at Hong Kong model Angela Baby's new photo book at the Hong Kong book fair July 22,2009.

bd popeye · 07-23-2009

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NBA player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers plays basket ball with a youngster at a press conference in Taipei on July 23, 2009. Bryant was in Taipei after earlier stops in Manila and Singapore during an Asian tour which will also take him to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chengdu.

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China's He Chong, center, poses with the gold medal of the men's 3-meter springboard event, flanked by silver medallist Troy Dumais of the United Ststes, right, and Canada's Alexandre Despatie, at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Rome, Thursday, July 23, 2009.

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A model takes a picture of another one wearing Nvidia's special glasses (R) made to be used with 3D games at the China Digital Entertainment Expo in Shanghai on July 23, 2009. The event is China's largest video game exhibition.

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Chinese peoples collects their Chinese herb medicines at a Traditional Chinese Hospital in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 23, 2009. China's $124 billion overhaul of its ailing health care system needs to address the prescription of unnecessary drugs and treatments _ a widespread practice relied upon to finance the medical sector, the World Bank said Thursday.

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Two Chinese boys play on a fence in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 23, 2009. Family planning officials in Shanghai are making home visits and slipping leaflets under doorways to encourage certain residents to have a second child in a bid to balance the city's expanding senior population.

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Western Australia's premier Colin Barnett gets a microphone at a seminar of Australia China bilateral cooperation in resources and infrastructure in West Australia, in Beijing July 23, 2009. Australia needed to recognise China as a "special case" and devise policies aimed at encouraging more Chinese companies to invest in its resources, Barnet said on Thursday.

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A man displays an iPhone along a street in Beijing on July 23, 2009 where though while not officially sold in China, the communications device is widely used. Apple has called on its suppliers to treat workers with "dignity and respect" after the reported suicide of a factory employee in southern China who had been accused of stealing a new iPhone model. The missing phone was one of a batch of 16 samples produced by Foxconn, which is under license to produce iPhones, at its Shenzhen plant, state media said.

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A man pulls a cart loaded with recyclable materials amid heavy rain in Nanjing, Jiangsu province July 22, 2009. China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on July 15 warned of serious floods along major rivers, as the peak flood season began, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken July 22, 2009.

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Customers play computer games at an Internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province July 23, 2009. China plans to implement a five year program advocating clean online games, starting next year, an official from the General Administration of Press and Publication told an industry conference Wednesday.

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Two women rest outside their houses in an alley below the new China Central Television headquarters building in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 23, 2009. Many older parts of the city have been demolished to make way for new commercial and residential complexes.

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A man smokes in front of a billboard with the Chinese characters for "China" on a construction site in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 23, 2009.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 22: Hong Kong actress Vivian Chow promotes Shiseido skin care at The Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai on July 22, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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HONGKONG, CHINA - JULY 22: Hong Kong group HotCha promote their new book during The 20th Hong Kong Book Fair at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on July 22, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-24-2009

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is greeted by Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Friday, July 24, 2009. China should strive to become a global leader in combatting climate change with green development and clean energy, Ban said.

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Chinese children look at Chevrolet cars during an auto show in Beijing, China, Friday, July 24, 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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A Chinese model poses in front of a Camaro at the Chevrolet display area during an auto show in Beijing, China, Friday, July 24, 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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NBA superstar Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers poses with fans during a basketball clinic for youths Friday, July 24, 2009, in Hong Kong. The NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, is on the second leg of his Nike sponsored 2009 Asia tour which kicked off in the Philippines, to conduct basketball clinics with youth from the city-state before moving on to Shanghai and Chengdu, China.

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NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, right, of the Los Angeles Lakers coaches a local youth during a clinic Friday, July 24, 2009, in Hong Kong.

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ROME - JULY 24: Jingjing Guo and Minxia Wu of China receive the gold medal in the Women's 3m Synchro Springboard Final during the 13th FINA World Championships at the Stadio del Nuoto on July 24, 2009 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

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SHENYANG, CHINA - JULY 24: Applicants line up during a stewardess recruiting interview for China Southern Airlines on July 24, 2009 in Shenyang of Liaoning Province, China. China Southern Airlines will recruit 80 stewardesses in Shenyang for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. (Photo by Yang Xinyue/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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A trader (top R) sleeps on her desk at the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 24, 2009. China's stock market has surged more than 80 percent in 2009 after slumping in 2008, partly due to ample liquidity fuelled by strong government-backed lending growth. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-25-2009

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A truck dangles off the edge of the collapsed Chediguan bridg in Wenchuan, China, Saturday, July 25, 2009. A State news agency said a landslide in China's southwest killed at least three people and damaged the bridge that is a key link for reconstruction in areas hit by a devastating earthquake last year. (AP Photo)

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A Chinese child smiles as he sits at the wheel of a Mercedes Benz at the Beijing Auto Show in the Chinese capital Saturday, July 25, 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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Gold medallists Huo Liang and Lin Yue (C) of China pose on the podium with silver medallists David Boudia and Thomas Finchum (L) of the U.S. and bronze medallists Jose Antonio Guerra Oliva and Jeinkler Ernesto Aguirre Manso of Cuba after the men's 10m synchronised platform diving final at the World Championships in Rome July 25, 2009.

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Chinese models dance next to some of the latest models by Honda automaker at the Beijing Auto Show in the Chinese capital Saturday, July 25, 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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Manchester United fans waves banners supporting striker Michael Owen ahead of the team arriving in Hangzhou July 25,2009. Manchester United will play local Chinese team Hangzhou Greentown in the last match of their pre-season Asian tour.

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HANGZHOU, CHINA-JULY 25: Fans of Manchester United watch a training session as part of the club's Asia Tour 2009 at Huang Long Stadium on July 25, 2009 in Hangzhou, China. Manchester United will play a friendly match with Hangzhou Greentown in Hangzhou of China. (Photo by Li Chen/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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WEIFANG, CHINA - JULY 24: Overweight students exercises in a gym during a weight-loss summer camp on July 24, 2009 in Weifang of Shandong Province, China. China saw a growing number of diabetics amongst children and adolescents in its major cities, approximately 12 percent of whom were found to be obese, according to a report released in 2008 by Ministry of Health. (Photo by Wang Zhide/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 25: NBA star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers hosts a basketball clininc on July 25, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Tang Chen/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Students wear costumes based on comic book characters during a "cosplay" (costume roleplay) fair in Taipei on July 25, 2009. Cosplay, which aims to combine costume and roleplay based on characterisations in Japanese manga, is popular among youngsters in Taiwan and Japan. AFP PHOTO /PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-26-2009

I apologize for the Getty watermarks. However the site I usually get my photos from search function is not working.

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HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 26 (bottom photo) Anderson of Manchester United in action during a pre-season friendly match between Hangzhou Greentown and Manchester United as part of the club's Asia Tour 2009 at Huang Long Stadium on July 26, 2009 in Hangzhou, China. 'Twas not a good day for the Greentown side. They were trumped by the mighty Manchester United 8-2. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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Football fans cheer as Manchester United's Michael Owen scores a goal over Hangzhou Greentown during a friendly football match in Hangzhou, in China's eastern province of Zhejiang on July 26, 2009, as part of the English club's 2009 tour of Asia. A brace from Michael Owen and a second-half hat-trick from veteran Ryan Giggs helped fire Manchester United to a thumping 8-2 win over Hangzhou Greentown. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Manchester United's Portuguese forward Nani tosses souvenirs to the crowd of Chinese football fans watching a training session in Hangzhou, in China's eastern province of Zhejiang on July 25, 2009

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ROME - JULY 26: Lin Zhang of China smiles after receiving the bronze medal during the medal ceremony for the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the 13th FINA World Championships at the Stadio del Nuoto on July 26, 2009 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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KANGDING COUNTY, CHINA - JULY 25: Workers use an excavator to dig mud to clear the road after a landslide on July 25, 2009 in Kangding County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The death toll of the landslide triggered by heavy rain that hit Kangding County on July 23, has risen to five after one more body of a victim was found, with 50 others still missing. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 26: Villagers watch a Cantonese Opera at a makeshift bamboo theatre outside the Yeung Hau Temple at a Chinese stilt-house community on July 26, 2009 in Tai O on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The Tanka people, a community of fisherfolk who have built their homes on stilts above the tidal flats for hundreds of years, celebrated the birthday of a local god called Yeung Hau. (Photo by Andrew Wong/Getty Images)

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou addresses reporters after being elected as chairman of the ruling Kuomintang party on July 26, 2009. China-friendly Ma succeeded Wu Po-hsiung to head the ruling party in an unopposed election; he was the only candidate. Ma's election could pave the way for a first meeting between the presidents of Taiwan and long-time rival China, which regards the island as part of its territory. AFP PHOTO /PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits the archaeological site of the Terracotta Warriors in Shanxi, in north China's Xi'an province on June 25, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on China on July 24 to exercise greater leadership in world efforts to curb climate change, saying a new global framework deal cannot be reached this year without Beijing. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 21: (L-R) Chinese actor Xiao-Ming Huang,Taiwanese actor Peter Ho, actress Barbie Hsu and model Patina Lam attend a party for the wrap of movie Summer of Foam at Lian-Tien Plaza on July 21, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-26-2009

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Sun Weiming faces a court in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Thursday, for killing four people while driving under the influence of liquor. The court sentenced him to death. (Xu Xian)

Judges and law enforcement officials have sent clear signals through recent court verdicts and proposed new regulations that drunk drivers can expect harsher punishment.

At the same time as an unlicensed drunk driver who killed four people and injured one last year in Sichuan province was handed a death sentence on Thursday, transport regulators in the city of Nanjing were proposing to permanently revoke drunk drivers' licenses if they cause traffic accidents.

Sun Weiming, a 30-year-old company executive in Chengdu, Sichuan province, was found guilty of endangering public safety and sentenced to death by the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court.

He is thought to be China's first drunk driver to be charged with "endangering public safety" and sentenced to death.

Sun drove his Buick into four oncoming sedans on Dec 14. Tests after the pile-up showed he had 135.8 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood. A person is considered a drunk driver at 80 milligrams.

Investigation revealed Sun had been driving without a license since May 2008.

The Chengdu Intermediate People's Court said he was convicted of "endangering public safety" instead of a "traffic offense" - a lesser charge that usually carries a three-year jail term - because he had been intentional in his behavior.
Sun said he planned to appeal to a higher court.

Wu Dong, a Shanghai-based lawyer, said China's criminal code does not clearly define the difference between a simple "traffic offense" and "endangering public safety", something that may lead to flexible interpretations and dent public confidence in the legal system.

A few days ago, a drag racer in the eastern city of Hangzhou, whose speeding car killed a pedestrian, received a three-year sentence after he was charged with a traffic offense.

Earlier this month, another drunk driver in Henan province was charged with a traffic offense and sentenced to six and a half years after killing six people and injuring seven.
Zhang Mingbao, who killed five pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on June 30 while driving drunk, is under arrest and about to go before the courts.

Wu said it is time for the highest court to develop explicit standards detailing the difference between the two charges.

The increase in high-profile alcohol-related accidents recently has triggered calls for harsher penalties.

In Sichuan, two lawyers recently suggested that drunk driving should be added to the list of crimes covered by China's criminal law.

In Nanjing, authorities have even come up with a draft traffic law that allows for licenses of drunk drivers to be revoked, if they cause traffic accidents.

"People tend to believe they won't get into traffic accidents after drinking, and as first-generation drivers in China, it seems they haven't developed enough respect for traffic rules," Wu said.

Road accidents are one of the main causes of death in China. In the first six months the year, 29,866 people died on the roads, despite a 10.5 percent drop year-on-year.

bd popeye · 07-27-2009

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Seven new Chinese ambassadors take their oath of office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2009 prior to their departure for the various missions abroad. The number of countries establishing diplomatic ties with China has increased from around 60 in 1971 to more than 160 presently. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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China's State Councillor Dai Bingguo (L), China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan (2nd L), U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) listen as U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the opening of the first joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington July 27, 2009. Obama called for deeper U.S.-Chinese economic cooperation on Monday and outlined a broad agenda for a positive relationship between two countries that do not always see eye to eye.

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President Barack Obama, left, meets with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, right, and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo following his remarks during the opening session of the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2009.

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A Chinese man feeds his baby while sitting on a seat located on a street in central Beijing July 27, 2009. For the first time in decades, Chinese officials have actively encouraged procreation, urging eligible couples in the southern Chinese city of Shanghai to have two children as worries about the looming liability of an aging population outweighs concerns about over-stretched resources, a city official said last week. The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies warned in April that by 2050 China would have more than 438 million people over 60 years of age, with more than 100 million aged 80 and above, while just 1.6 working-age adults will be able to support every person aged over 60, compared with 7.7 in 1975.

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Macau Chief Executive-elect Fernando Chui, a former culture minister and the only candidate, speaks after he was approved by a 300-member panel Sunday, July 26, 2009 in Macau. Macau chose its first new leader Sunday since returning to Chinese rule a decade ago.

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A Chinese woman tries out the Chevrolet Cruze on display at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing Sunday, July 26, 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 last Thursday.

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 26: 2008 Miss Asia second runner-up Lene Lai attends a press conference for Miss Asia Pageant 2009 Taiwan contest area opening at San Want Residences Taipei on July 26, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 26: (L-R) 2008 Miss Asia front three Belinda Yan, Eunis Yao and Lene Lai attend a press conference for Miss Asia Pageant 2009 Taiwan contest area opening at San Want Residences Taipei on July 26, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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Taiwan's Chen Yen-hui (R) competes with Croatia's Jelena Kovacevic during the women's karate final at the World Games in Kaohsiung on July 26, 2009. Kovacevic beat Taiwan's Chen to take the gold medal. The World Games drew more than 4,700 athletes from across the globe to compete in 31 sports not included in the Olympics. AFP PHOTO/Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 27: NBA star Kobe Bryant (C) of the Los Angeles Lakers attends a "Kobe Bryant China Fund" luncheon held by Song Qingling Fund Committee as part of his China Tour on July 27, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Table tennis players Ko Lai Chak (L) of Hong Kong and Werner Schalger (R) of Austria pose for a photograph after their match on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, on 26 July 2009. The game, held on the Bosphorus Bridge which links the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, was a presentation match for the upcoming Euro-Asia All Stars Series that will be held in the city in October. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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Soldiers search for the missing people in the rain at the site of the landslide in Kangding, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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KANGDING, Sichuan, July 26 (Xinhua) -- One body was retrieved Sunday to bring the death toll from a mud-rock flow triggered by heavy rain to 5 in Kangding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to local authorities.

Another 49 people are still missing.

Four of the five dead were confirmed to be workers of the quarry that provides stones for a hydropower station project.

One of the four people injured in the mud-rock flow has been discharged from hospital. The other three are in stable conditions though one of them is severely injured.

Large machines, including 8 excavators and twenty other vehicles has entered the site and joined the rescue.

The disaster was triggered by heavy rains Thursday in Kangding County. A total of 136 temporary sheds housing the workers for the hydropower station project were buried by 500,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks, according to rescuers.

bd popeye · 07-28-2009

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks next to Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and the Chinese delegation at the Economic Track Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Treasury Department in Washington July 28, 2009. Geithner, opening a second day of economic talks with China on Tuesday, said he wanted to find a way to give key emerging economies more say in global financial institutions.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan as he arrives at the Economic Track Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Treasury Department in Washington July 28, 2009.

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A visitor looks at China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) oil refinery in Huizhou, China's southern Guangdong province July 28, 2009. The CEO of CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Co. said on Tuesday the joint venture plans to invest 1 billion yuan ($146.4 million) to expand capacity by 20 percent by the middle of 2010.

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Greenpeace activists prepare to unfold a banner during a protest against carbon emissions in front of a coal-fired power station west of Beijing July 28, 2009. Greenpeace claims in a report that greenhouse gas emissions from China's top three power firms outrank those of the entire United Kingdom. China's power stations are heavily reliant on the dirty fuel because the country has vast reserves that can meet almost all domestic demand, while oil or gas supplies have to be supplemented with heavy fuels from abroad.

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A Greenpeace activist runs to hammer in pegs to hold down a banner during a protest against carbon emissions in front of a coal-fired power station west of Beijing July 28, 2009.

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Chinese Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Xie Zhenhua, seated left, and Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, seated right, sign a memorandum of understanding at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Stanind behind them, from left are, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Chinese NDRC Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao.

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A model dressed as Empress Dowager participates in a graduation show at Mao Geping Image Design Art School in Beijing July 28, 2009. The show presented characters from Chinese history, fiction and myths to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding the People's Republic of China.

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The photobook "Pictures of Canton," from 1899 is seen at Wattis Fine Art gallery in Hong Kong July 14, 2009. The book features pictures of Hong Kong and other areas in China's Guangdong province taken during the 19th century. Hong Kong's colonial architecture and early street life may now have largely vanished, but a new foundation in the city is aiming to revive these bygone times by hunting down a trove of old photographs hidden overseas. Picture taken July 14, 2009.

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A Chinese border policeman displays confiscated vanadium bound for North Korea at a checkpoint in Dandong, Liaoning province July 24, 2009. Chinese border police have seized 70 kg (154 lb) of the strategic metal vanadium bound for North Korea, a local newspaper said on Tuesday, foiling an attempt to smuggle a material used to make missile parts. Picture taken July 24, 2009.

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Young Chinese rock music fans cheer on their favourite band during a music festival in Beijing on July 27, 2009. Some sixty bands from throughout China are taking part in the five-day festival which attracts some 25,000 to 30,000 fans daily to the non-stop concert. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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A group of Chinese elderly people blocks the entrance of a construction company after their repeated complaints about the noise of the construction work throughout the night were ignored,in Beijing on July 27, 2009. China sees tens of thousands of demonstrations every year, many of which stem from dissatisfaction with local authorities. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - JULY 27: Taiwanese actress Pace Wu attends the premiere of comic movie "Tracing Shadow" at Saga Cinema on July 27, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

HKSDU · 07-29-2009

Post #190 Werner Schalger is Austrian, not Australian

bd popeye · 07-29-2009

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Originally Posted by HKSDU

Post #190 Werner Schalger is Austrian, not Australian

Correction made..Thanks!

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China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan holds a basketball given to him by U.S. President Barack Obama during a joint statement at the end of the first meeting of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington July 28, 2009.

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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger greets China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a US-China Business Council dinner honoring China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan, State Councilor Dai Bingguo and their delegation, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at a hotel in Washington.

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Gold medallist Zhang Lin (C) of China poses on the podium with silver medallist Oussama Mellouli (L) of Tunisia and bronze medallist Ryan Cochrane of Canada after the men's 800m freestyle swimming final at the World Championships in Rome July 29, 2009.

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Celestica employees work at a production line in a factory in Dongguan, China's southern Guangdong province, July 29, 2009. Contract electronics manufacturer Celestica Inc reported a lower second-quarter profit last Thursday, partly due to costs related to job cuts, and said it planned to spend more on restructuring this year.

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A woman walks past a clothing stall in a shopping area in Taipei July 29, 2009. Taiwan's GDP could grow by an additional 1.72 percent if trade ties with its giant neighbour China are normalised under a FTA-style agreement, the island's economics ministry said on Wednesday.

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Beijing Guo'an Yang Pu, center, battles the ball with Kamil Zayatte, second right, while Michael Turner, right, and goalkeeper Matthew Duke, left on ground, of Hull City follow play during their Asia Trophy soccer match in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 29, 2009.

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Rescuers examine a train derailment site in Liucheng county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 29, 2009. At least four passengers died and more than 50 others were injured after the train derailed in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early Wednesday due to a landslide, railway authorities said, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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A taxi driver waits to fill up a car at a PetroChina gas station in Beijing July 29, 2009. China trimmed retail fuel prices by a modest 3 percent after two big increases last month had raised rates to their highest ever, showing the world's No. 2 oil consumer was sticking to its partly liberalised price regime.

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China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) chairman Sun Wenjie hits a gong during a ceremony to mark the company's listing at the trading hall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in Lujiazui Financial Area in Shanghai July 29, 2009. Shares in China State Construction Engineering Corp, whose $7.3 billion initial public offering last week was the world's largest in a year, jumped beyond analysts' expectations in their market debut, boding well for upcoming IPOs but stirring concern about asset price bubbles.

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ROME - JULY 29: Lin Zhang of China celebrates after braking the world record setting a new time of 7:32.12 seconds in the Men's 800m Freestyle Final during the 13th FINA World Championships at the Stadio del Nuoto on July 29, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 27: Hong Kong actress Michelle Lee talks to the media during the filming of the movie "Bodyguards and Assassins" at Shanghai Image Maker base on July 27, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 07-30-2009

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A Chinese man carries his child to play at a water fountain inside the Sanlitun Village in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Family planning officials in Shanghai are making home visits and slipping leaflets under doorways to encourage certain residents to have a second child in a bid to lessen the burden of the city's growing senior population.

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NBA Indiana Pacers Brandon Rush sings with children of a migrant workers at a the Hongshan primary school in Beijing , China, Thursday, July 30, 2009. NBA Cares recently help refurbish Hongshan Primary school, which teaches children of migrant workers in Beijing.

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NBA Dallas Mavericks' Jason Terry reads to the children of a migrant workers at a the Hongshan primary school in Beijing , China, Thursday, April 30, 2009. NBA Cares recently helped refurbish the school, which teaches children of migrant workers in Beijing.

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A counterfeit Apple iPhone, which sold for RMB450 ($66), is shown at a mall selling electronics in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province July 30, 2009. Apple computer, whose popular iPhone is widely copied in China, isn't the only foreign handset maker to suffer at the hands of counterfeiters. Knock-offs of Samsung, Nokia and Motorola products are all sold openly throughout China.

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HUXIAN COUNTY, CHINA - JULY 30: (L-R) Ted Brown, CEO of the Houston Rockets, NBA stars Carl Landry, Aron Brooks and Clyde Drexler display gifts, the Huxian Peasant Paintings, as they attend the unveiling ceremony of Alexander & Uni-President Hope Primary School on July 30, 2009 in Huxian County of Shaanxi Province, China. They were in the Xianluo Village for a charity campaign initiated by beverage maker Uni-President and the Houston Rockets.

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HUXIAN COUNTY, CHINA - JULY 30: NBA stars sit among students as they attend the unveiling ceremony of Alexander & Uni-President Hope Primary School on July 30, 2009 in Huxian County of Shaanxi Province, China.

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Chinese actress Jingchu Zhang poses at the premiere of her new surveillance-themed movie "Overheard" by Hong Kong director Alan Mak in Hong Kong Tuesday, July 28, 2009.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 29: NBA players Jason Kidd(L1) and Ron Artest(L2) pose with Hong Kong singers Wilfred Lau(R2) and Fiona Sit(R1) at a fan meeting at APM Shopping Mall on July 29, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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Photos taken on July 28, 2009 shows the scene where a truck overturned and collided with three cars in the opposite direction on the east Ring Road No. 5 in Beijing, capital of China. Seven people died and another was injured in the traffic accident, police said. (Xinhua/Wei Tong)

BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people died and one was injured after a truck overturned on a busy Beijing ring road Tuesday, police said.

Police would not say how many vehicles were involved in the accident, which happened at 5:30 p.m. near Wufangqiao, on the east Fifth Ring Road.

The truck driver surnamed Liu from east China's Shandong Province said he turned left and collided with three cars in the opposite direction when he saw a minibus ahead of him put on the brake suddenly.

The accident killed six and injured two at the scene. The injured had been taken to hospital and one person died at hospital.

As of 9:14 p.m., the scene had been cleaned up and reopened to traffic.

Municipal government officials had arrived at the scene and investigation into the cause of the accident was underway, police said.

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This photo taken of the English language government China Daily newspapoer on July 31, 2009 in Beijing shows photographs released by Urumqi police of 15 suspects still at large, under the heading "Wanted in Urumqi". Trials of suspects involved in deadly July unrest that shook the capital of China's Xinjiang region are slated to begin in mid-August, state press said, adding that "only a small number of those arrested are charged and will stand trial for the riot," the newspaper said, quoting unidentified court and police sources in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi. AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 29, 2009, a couple runs during a staged military-style wedding photo shoot in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. It is fashionable in China to have wedding photos ready well before the actual wedding ceremony. The couple also plans to hold a military style wedding. (AP Photo)

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West Ham United's Daniel Gabbidon, center right, raises his hand to celebrate with his teammates after scored a goal against Beijing Guo'an during their 3rd and 4th placing of the Asia Trophy soccer match in Beijing, China, Friday, July 31, 2009.

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A young boy looks at a Hyundai Equus car at an auto exhibition in Beijing, China, Friday, July 31, 2009. The five-day exhibition showcases imported cars, many of them high-priced luxury models

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A man looks at a Hummer with tracks in place of wheels at an auto exhibition in Beijing, China, Friday, July 31, 2009. The five-day exhibition showcases imported cars, many of them high-priced luxury models.

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China's team of Yang Yu, Zhu Qian Wei and Liu Jing cheer on the last relay team mate Pang Jiaying before they won the gold medal in the women's 4 X 200m freestyle swimming final at the World Championships in Rome July 30, 2009.

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People push a stranded vehicle on a flooded street after rainstorms hit Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, July 29, 2009. Rainstorms have left at least 66 people dead, 66 missing and more than 30,000 relocated from their homes since the beginning of June in the southern China provinces of Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guizhou and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken July 29, 2009.

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In this photo released by the Xinhua news agency, Dai Qifa rides his wooden bicycle with his wife on the rear seat in Ruian in east China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday July 30, 2009. Dai, who runs a metal works, spent two years to make the wooden two-wheeler by himself, according to Xinhua.

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Traditional Chinese Opera actor Wu Hsing-kuo, right, and actress Wei Hai-min from the Contemporary Legend Theatre perform a classic work "Farewell My Concubine" during a press event at the National Theater Concert Hall Friday, July 31, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. "Farewell My Concubine" is one of the famous Chinese Opera, starting Oct. 22.

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A man holds hands with two children in a street of Shanghai on July 31, 2009. As Shanghai faces the challenge of providing for its ageing population, the city's government recently reminded couples that they are eligible to have a second child. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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XUANWEI, CHINA - JULY 30: Local residents mourn the death of Zhuo Lin, widow of the late former leader Deng Xiaoping, on July 30, 2009 in Xuanwei of Yunnan Province, China. Zhuo Lin, widow of Deng Xiaoping, died in Beijing on July 29 at the age of 93. Zhuo Lin was born in Xuanwei of Yunnan Province in April, 1916. (Photo by Jiang Yang/CCWB/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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SHENYANG, CHINA - JULY 30: Overweight students attend military training during a weight-loss summer camp on July 30, 2009 in Shenyang of Liaoning Province, China. China saw a growing number of diabetics amongst children and adolescents in its major cities, approximately 12 percent of whom were found to be obese, according to a report released in 2008 by Ministry of Health. (Photo by Yang Xinyue/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Building No 5 on Jinqiao Road in Shenyang, Liaoning province is brought down through a controlled explosion at 5:45 am on July 29, 2009. The once tallest building in the city in the 1980s no longer fills the needs of the area's development as a commercial centre. [Xinhua

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