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bd popeye · 08-21-2009

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A handout photo released by Malaysian Royal Police Air Unit on August 19, 2009 shows the Liberian-registered tanker Formosaproduct Brick on fire in the Strait of Malacca outside Port Dickson, 100 km (62 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur, August 19, 2009. [Agencies]

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Rescue and Search for nine Chinese seamen, who remained missing after a ship collision in the Malacca Straits on Tuesday night, was continuing, a Malaysian officer said on Thursday.

"Based on findings, there is a strong possibility that some of them still on board," said Tan Kok Kwee, the director of the search and rescue operation in Port Dickson, some 90 kilometers southwest of Kuala Lumpur.

The missing seamen were on a Liberia-registered oil tanker owned by a Taiwan company, which had been burning since the collision Tuesday night, Tan told Xinhua at his recuse operation office at Port Dickson in the state of Sembilan.

Tan added that people could judge the surviving possibility of the missing seamen from the severe burning image of the tanker which was collided by a bulk carrier from Britain and caught huge fire.

The burning fire due to the explosion had shot up to 60 meters from the tanker, a surviving seaman said.

However, Tan said that the fire had been put off at about 4.30 a.m. on Thursday.

He added that the search and rescue operation was still in progress but his teams could not proceed onto the tanker due to high temperature of the tanker's body after the burning.

Tan also said that the tanker has to be checked by professionals to confirm its condition and structure was safe for the search and rescue teams to be on board.

He said that his teams could go on board on Friday if the checking results show positive.

Meanwhile, Tan said that 200 members of the search and rescue operation were at the sea and 15 members were standing by at a jetty.

He also said that the operation involved boats, helicopters and plane, while the local participating authorities included police, fire and rescue department, navy, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, the Malaysian Marine Department and the Malaysian Public Service Department.

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Chinese emergency workers check the ruins of a collided coach which ran into a heavy truck loaded with steel bars on a highway near Wuhu City in east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 21, 2009. Four people were killed and six injured in the accident.

bd popeye · 08-21-2009

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 20: President of Republic of Serbia Boris Tadic (left) and Chinese President Hu Jintao toast each other after a signing ceremony for a number of economic and cultural agreements at the Great Hall of the People on August 20, 2009 in Beijing, China. Tadic is on a five day visit to China to bolster bilateral economic and political ties.

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NEW YORK - AUGUST 19: Olympic Boxing Silver Medalist Zhang Zhilei visits The Empire State Building on August 19, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG - AUGUST 20: GiGi Leung attends the Metro Broadcasting Corporation 18th Anniversary concert at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on August 20, 2009 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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XIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 21: (CHINA OUT) Visitors take photos of an installation artwork displayed at the 'China Revisualized & The Banner Of Urban Culture' exhibition during the Xian Qujiang International Contemporary Art Festival on August 21, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. The festival is the largest contemporary art event in Xian, displaying artworks including 100 paintings, 60 sculptures, 10 installation and 50 image works. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A worker walks across the area of a building site in Shanghai on August 21, 2009. Half of the 24 million people on China's official unemployment rolls may not find jobs this year even if the country posts eight percent economic growth, the labour ministry said in an estimate not taking into account millions of recent university graduates and migrant workers, meaning the actual number of jobless could be much higher. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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Children receives medical treatment at a hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, China, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, after they were lead poisoned by Wugang Manganese Smelting Plant in Wenping township, central Hunan province. China has detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from the manganese processing plant, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another province sickened hundreds.

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BERLIN - AUGUST 21: Faguang Xu of China is assisted as he crosses the finish line after the men's 50 Kilometres Race Walk Final during day seven of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships held at the Brandenburg Gate on August 21, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

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Chinese men smoke near a banner with a Chinese character for 'kill' calling for the eradication of pest held in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug 21, 2009. The neighborhood committee called for a pest free environment ahead of the country's 60th Anniversary celebrations.

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A man holds a cigarette as he roasts ducks in Shanghai August 21, 2009. Consumer price inflation in China is expected to reach 2 percent this year, as demand recovers on the back of government stimulus policies, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

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Li Jinzhe of China competes in the men's long jump qualification during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 20, 2009.

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Zhang Wenxiu of China competes in the women's hammer throw qualification during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 20, 2009.

bd popeye · 08-22-2009

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The newly appointed U.S. ambassador to China Jon M. Huntsman speaks to the media in the courtyard of his residence in Beijing, China, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. President Barack Obama will visit China for the first time in November, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to China said Saturday.

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The new U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. , (C) listens to his wife Mary Kaye (L) speak with his daughters (L-R) Asha, Gracie May and Mary Anne during a media conference at his residence in central Beijing August 22, 2009.

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A vendor eats his lunch at an antique market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, August 22, 2009. Consumer price inflation in China is expected to reach 2 percent this year, as demand recovers on the back of government stimulus policies, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

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China's Xue Ming (2nd L) and Yin Na (L) celebrate a point while Japan's Yuki Shoji (2nd R) and Megumi Kurihara react in dejection during their final round match of the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo August 22, 2009.

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A villager walks past public notice issued by police requesting people not to spread the rumors of the lead poisoning news in Wenping township in Hunan province, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Two environmental officials were under investigation Saturday after more than 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant in central China. The incident came to light days after reports that emissions from a lead smelter in another province sickened hundreds.

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XIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 21: Winning contestants celebrate during the swimsuit demonstration of the China Model Star Contest Competition on August 21, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. Established in 1995, China Model Star Contest is one of the major events to select models in the industry.

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Taiwan pitcher Wen Hua Sung throws in the first inning against Germany during Little League World Series baseball pool play in South Williamsport, Pa. , Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.

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In this handout image released by the Taiwan Military News Agency, survivors look out from a helicopter after they were rescued from the flooded area Alisan following Typhoon Morakot, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, in Chiayi County, Middle of Taiwan. Taiwan began a three-day mourning period to remember the victims of the typhoon on Saturday, two weeks after the worst weather disaster to strike the island in 50 years devastated its mountainous south.

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Survivors of the landslide-hit village of Shiao Lin, protest against Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, right, after Typhoon Morakot hit the area Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, second left, walks on the flooded street and listens to a survivor in Linbian following Typhoon Morakot hit the area, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.

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China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou (L) shakes hands with Taiwan musician Jay Chou during a media event in Taiwan August 21, 2009. Chou signed a three year contract with China Mobile to be their official spokesperson.

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Sandy Lau (C) stands with first runner up Germaine Li (3rd L) and second runner up Mizuni Hung (L) during the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant in Hong Kong on August 22, 2009. The annual pageant organised by a local television studio pits ten girls against each other where they compete using their beauty and brains. Lau, a twenty three year old analyst, won the event. AFP PHOTO / Antony DICKSON (Photo credit should read ANTONY DICKSON/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 08-23-2009

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BERLIN - AUGUST 23: Xue Bai of China celebrates after she crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the women's Marathon Final during day nine of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships on August 23, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

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A child from Hengjiang village in Wugang city suffering from high levels of lead poisoning is monitored for treatment at the Hunan Preventian and Treatment Institute for Hygeine and Occupational Diseases in the provincial capital of Changsha on August 23, 2009 in Hunan province, central China. Hundreds of children in the province are suffering from suspected lead poisoning caused by the Wugang Manganese Smelting Plant and parents say they are worried about the long-term health risks. Two environmental officials have been placed under investigation following the arrest of two executives of the Wugang Manganese Smelting Plant with the factory shut down for the pollution leading to the suspected lead poisoning cases, as preliminary tests found a total of 1,354 children, or about 70 percent of those under the age of 14 that lived in four villages near the smelter, were found to have levels of lead in their blood that exceed safety standards. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Competitors take part in beach games in Hong Kong on August 23, 2009. Hong Kong's temperatures are expected to rise by up to 3.7 degrees Celsius by the 2090s, to an annual mean maximum temperature to 29.4C, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.AFP PHOTO / Antony DICKSON (Photo credit should read ANTONY DICKSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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A special police squad patrols in Beijing on August 22, 2009 as Chinese authorities step up security ahead of the nation's 60th anniversary of communist rule. Tensions are simmering as Beijing has mobilized its huge security apparatus to nip trouble in the bud. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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Hong Chun Chang (L) a Philippine contact for a drugs syndicate operating out of Hong Kong is questioned by a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent at an upscale apartment in the financial district of Manila on August 22, 2009 following a raid. The Chinese national believed to be part of an international drug gang was arrested during the raids, said Dionisio Santiago, director general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. AFP PHOTO/JUNIE DOCTOR (Photo credit should read JUNIE DOCTOR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Two military policemen (C) lower the national flag to half mast for the victims who died during the Typhoon Morakot at the presidential office building in Taipei on August 22, 2009. More than 460 people are still missing nearly two weeks after Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan, unleashing floods and mudslides that left more than 150 confirmed dead, emergency officials said. AFP PHOTO / Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (C) participates in the state funeral of the late former President Kim Dae-jung at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on August 23, 2009. South Korea said a solemn farewell to Kim Dae-Jung, who battled dictators to achieve democracy and strove to make peace with communist North Korea when he became president. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Ahn Young-joon (Photo credit should read AHN YOUNG-JOON/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 08-24-2009

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BEIJING - AUGUST 24: LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers embraces a student from a school for children of migrant workers at a promotional event during a visit to China on August 24, 2009 in Beijing, China.t

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China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan (2nd L) chats with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd R) as they walk in for dinner at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore August 24, 2009. Wang is on a three-day official visit to Singapore.

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A Chinese paramilitary officer, second left, a policeman, third left, and two security guards watch tourists near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug 24, 2009. The China Daily newspaper reported Monday that Beijing has begun raising its security level ahead of the Oct 1 festivities marking the nation's 60th anniversary.

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Chinese paramilitary officers and plainclothes personnel march past tourists near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug 24, 2009.

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Workers stand on the scaffoldings during renovation work on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug 24, 2009. The China Daily newspaper reported Monday that Beijing has begun raising its security level ahead of the Oct 1 festivities marking the nation's 60th anniversary.

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LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers plays one-on-one with a young man during a promotional event in Beijing August 24, 2009.

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A Chinese child wearing traditional head gear pose for photos in the Tiananmen Square area in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug 24, 2009.

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Shulin Su, chairman of China's Sinopec Corp, attends a news conference in Hong Kong August 24, 2009. China's Sinopec Corp. , the world's No. 2 oil refiner, said on Monday it plans to raise its crude oil and refining output by up to 10 percent by 2011, as part of a broader overseas expansion.

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Miss China, Wang Jingyao, accepts flowers after winning Miss Congeniality at the Miss Universe 2009 annual pageant at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas August 23, 2009.

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BERLIN - AUGUST 23: (L-R) The Japan team receives the silver medal, the China team the gold medal and the Russian team the bronze medal during the medal ceremony for women's Marathon World Cup during day nine of he 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 23, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

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Hundreds of Lehman Brothers minibond holders march demanding refunds during a protest in Hong Kong August 23, 2009. Lehman investors in Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia have expressed outrage that the bond-like products they bought were actually complex derivatives that led to huge losses for many of them. The collapse of Lehman Brothers bank in September last year sparked heavy selling in financial stocks.

bd popeye · 08-25-2009

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China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan (L) is greeted by Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's minister mentor and former prime minister, before their meeting at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore August 25, 2009.

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Investers trade online at a private securities company Tuesday Aug. 25, 2009, in Shanghai, China. World stocks dropped Tuesday, with China's main index sinking 2.6 percent, as investors tread cautiously after a series of gains and looked for more signs of economic recovery.

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BEIJING - AUGUST 25: Chinese tourists visit Tian'anmen Square as preparations for the country's National Day get underway on August 25, 2009 in Beijing, China. The grand celebrations to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China are set to include a military parade and mass pageant consisting of about 200,000 citizens in Tian'anmen Square on October 1, 2009.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 25:Children at the Yonghe Temple on August 25, 2009 in Beijing, China. Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple, was built in 1694 firstly as an imperial palace and later became a lamasery. The temple has attracted a large number of pilgrims, as it is said to be quite effective. Following their parents, many children came to pray for good luck especially in school work.

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BEIJING - AUGUST 25: A worker washes the relief on the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tian'anmen Square on August 25, 2009 in Beijing, China.

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A group of criminals charged with credit card fraud are taken away after their trial in Beijing, China on August 24, 2009. China is ratcheting up its efforts to combat crime ahead of National Day on October 1, which this year marks the 60th anniversary of communist rule. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Chinese police search a vehicle at a checkpoint set up in order to monitor people and vehicles entering and leaving Beijing, on August 24, 2009. Thousands of extra police have been deployed and checkpoints opened in Beijing ahead of the 60th anniversary on October 1 of the founding of communist China. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP

bd popeye · 08-25-2009

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2009) Yu Feng, a Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel suspected of illegal fishing activity, moves through the water before being boarded by crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) and representatives from Sierra Leone's Armed Forces Maritime Wing, Fisheries Ministry and Office of National Security. Sierra Leone is patrolling the waters further from their shore to protect their economic zone. Legare, homeported in Portsmouth, Va., is on a three-month deployment as part of Africa Partnership Station. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs Specialist 2nd Class Shawn Eggert/Released)

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Stacks of fish lay in the hold of the Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel Yu Feng as a result of alleged illegal fishing activity off the coast of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

bd popeye · 08-26-2009

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People at a car petrol station queue to fill their tanks in Nanjing, Jiangsu province August 26, 2009. China may raise domestic retail gasoline and diesel prices by around 6-8 percent this week, the fourth hike this year, analysts and industry sources said. The government may raise prices by 400-500 yuan ($58.60-$73.20) per tonnes, to track a basket of global crude prices that have moved up nearly 10 percent since Beijing's last price change on July 29.

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CHENGDU, CHINA - AUGUST 26: A couple kiss during a disabled persons group wedding held to mark the Qixi Festival, the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day on August 26, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Thirteen coulples from five districts of Chengdu attended the ceremony. The Qixi Festival, also known as the Double Seventh Festival, falls on the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. The festival originates from a romantic legend of lovers, the cowherder Niulang and fairy Zhinu, who were separated by the Supreme God but reunited across the Milky Way once a year on the day.

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Chinese movie star Jet Li reacts near the Chinese director Xue Xiaolu, left, as they take part in a press conference to promote their new movie "Ocean Paradise" in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Jet Li is returning to Chinese film with the non-kung fu movie after three Hollywood productions.

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Chang Zhenming, Chairman and Managing Director of Citic Pacific, attends a news conference in Hong Kong August 26, 2009. CITIC Pacific said on Wednesday that China's sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corp, has bought a 40 percent stake in its private equity fund management unit, CITIC Capital.

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China's President Hu Jintao (C) talks with ethnic Uighur residents at a village in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region August 22, 2009 in this photo released by China's official Xinhua News Agency August 26, 2009. Hu paid an inspection tour to the region from August 22 to 25, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken August 22, 2009.

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An elderly Chinese man smokes a cigarette in front of an old temple in a Hutong in central Beijing August 26, 2009. Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, global cancer experts said a report issued on Tuesday from the World Lung Foundation and the American Cancer Society. The report also stated that China consumes more than 37 percent of the world's cigarettes, and that nearly 60 percent of Chinese men smoke. It went on to say that as a result, 50 million Chinese children, mostly boys, will die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases.

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Survivors of a flooded mudslide village of Namasha shout slogan "I want go home" and protest against Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's policy on the survivors' moving following Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwanese authorities scrambled to disinfect villages Tuesday that were flooded in the worst typhoon to hit the island in 50 years. Most of the landslide area survivors are Taiwanese aborigine and a banner, center, reading "Moving Village by Force will Devastate Culture".

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A boy crawls under a festooned pagoda in Tainan, southern Taiwan, August 26, 2009, as a local tradition that mixes folklore with Taoism to render 16-year-olds legitimate wage-earning adults as they finish the ritual, which they perform either at home or at a public temple.

bd popeye · 08-27-2009

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Romy Tarangul of Germany (L) celebrates her victory over Olympic champion He Hongmei of China in the under 52 kg women's bronze medal match of the World Judo Championships in Rotterdam August 27, 2009.

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LANZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 27: Li Zhanrong uses a raft made with air-filled sheep skins on the Huanghe River on August 27, 2009 in Lanzhou of Gansu Province, northwest China. The 'Sheep Skin Raft' has a history of about 1,800 years and is an important vehicle on the Huanghe River in ancient China. The raft is now mostly used at tourist sites.

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LANZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 27: Li Zhanrong takes a break with his raft made with air-filled sheep skins on the Huanghe River on August 27, 2009 in Lanzhou of Gansu Province, northwest China.

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou (R) comforts a resident who lost her home following typhoon Morakot in Hsinkai, Pingtung County, southern Taiwan August 27, 2009. Taiwan, which turned away the Dalai Lama last year on fears of upsetting China, has approved a visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader next week to comfort victims of the deadly typhoon, the government said on Thursday.

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Residents of Xihuan gather to do a sit-in protest against the construction of a high-speed railway nearby their residences Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Construction of a high-speed railway link between Shanghai and the nearby city of Hangzhou is raising protests among residents who say the trains will run too close to their apartments - the latest hiccup in the long-debated project.

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Chinese workers install a security camera along the main thoroughfare a day before planned rehearsals for the 60th National Day to be held in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. China's National Day is on Oct. 1.

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A labourer transports pork inside a van at a market in Hefei, Anhui province August 27, 2009. China's economic planning agency said on Thursday it had instructed local authorities to keep a lid on the prices of everyday goods to contribute to stability ahead of a key political anniversary in just over a month's time

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Students wave wreaths during a rehearsal practice for China's 60th anniversary celebration on Oct. 1 in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009.

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BEIJING - AUGUST 26: Hong Kong actress Hsu Chi attends a media call for Frederique Constant watch at The Meat & Wine Co Restaurant on August 26, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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Chinese firemen show how to rescue a victim trapped in a vehicle during an emergency drill ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China in Beijing on August 26, 2009, during an emergency drill ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China. Security has been beefed up and with checkpoints opened in Beijing ahead of communist China's 60th birthday on October 1. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chinese firemen show how to tackle a blazing car during an emergency drill ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China in Beijing on August 26, 2009, during an emergency drill

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Chinese university freshmen arrive to start at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing on August 26, 2009. Ten million students sat for the 2009 highly competitive college entrance exams, which are considered crucial for Chinese families, as they can determine whether a student enters the country's educated elite or joins the general work force. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 08-28-2009

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Participants stand in form in a boulevard leading to Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a rehearsal for the 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China August 29, 2009. China will celebrate on October this year its 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China, with the main highlight being a massive parade by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) through the centre of Beijing.

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Chinese women dressed up to attend a Mercedes Benz launch for the new generation S Class models in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. China has become a major market for luxury goods, including luxury vehicles like Mercedes.

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BEIJING - AUGUST 28: Chinese workers remove the guardrail in front of Tian'anmen Gate before a celebration rehearsal for China's 60th anniversary on August 28, 2009 in Beijing, China.

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Chinese workers extend the viewing platform at the famous 'Bund' with the modern skyline of Shanghai's Pudong area in the background, ahead of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, in Shanghai on August 28, 2009. A total of 188 countries have committed to the biggest-ever World Expo, running from May to October, which, alongside the 2008 Olympics, is designed to be part of a two-pronged demonstration of China's rising global clout.

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Shirtless fans of Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James cheer during James' basketball promotional event in Shanghai August 28, 2009. James is in China on a worldwide tour to promote a new Nike shoe and to offer grassroots basketball activities. The NBA all-star is also on a promotional tour for the documentary film "More Than a Game" which traces James' journey with his high school teammates on and off the court.

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BEIJING CHINA - AUGUST 28: Young girls enjoy an ice sculpture exhibition, held on August 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. Hundreds of ice sculptures are being displayed at the exhibition to highlight global warming issues.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 27

CHINA OUT) Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets visits CCTV.com on August 27, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

Looks like in China you don't have a choice about being administered a drug alcohol test if you are suspected of DUI..I say great!

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Liang Huiming(photo above), secretary of the Party disciplinary inspection commission in Lanhe township, under Guangzhou's Panyu district, Guangdong province, is given a test to see how much alcohol is in his system after he was caught driving after allegedly drinking alcohol. The official is responsible for punishing officials who are caught drunk drinking. [Yancheng Evening News]

GUANGZHOU: A local Party discipline inspection official, who is responsible for punishing civil servants who drive drunk, has been detained for 15 days after being caught driving drunk himself.

Local police said on Friday that Liang Huiming, chief of the discipline inspection commission of Lanhe township under Guangzhou's Panyu district, was detained as a part of a nationwide campaign against drunken driving.

Liang was stopped by traffic police on Wednesday night for alcohol testing on his way home after drinking.

He reportedly made several calls to friends and colleagues for help, trying to escape from the test by showing his work certificate, which identifies his position.

"He confessed to drunk driving, but he appeared to try to use his power to avoid the testing," said a traffic police officer who declined to be named.

After refusing the alcohol test, Liang was forced by police to go to a local hospital for a blood test, which showed his blood alcohol concentration reached more than 80 mg per 100 ml, police said.

A person is considered drunk if the alcohol content is above 80 mg per 100 ml of blood.

"He repeatedly pleaded for a lenient punishment. But we will not allow any government official involved in drunk driving to be free (of alcohol testing and punishment)," the officer said.

Liang, who took his current position in 2006, was later sent to the local detention house on Thursday.

According to the Ministry of Public Security, when a drunken driver is caught, his or her license will be suspended for three to six months. In serious cases, the driver would be detained for 15 days.

A total of 11,696 Chinese drivers had been caught driving after drinking since the ministry launched a two-month nationwide campaign against drunken driving on Aug 15.

A "startling" 14 percent of drivers had blood alcohol concentrations of more than 80 mg per 100 ml when stopped by the police, ministry officials said.

After being exposed, Liang asked for forgiveness from his family members and colleagues, the Yangcheng Evening News reported on Friday.

"I thought police would let me free after I showed my work certificate. But now I know I really did wrong. It is a tough lesson for me," he was quoted as saying.

As of Wednesday, police in Guangzhou had caught 103 people who drove under the influence of alcohol since the local police authority launched a two-month campaign on Aug 15.

Following Liang's case, local citizens are calling for more exposure of government officials who drive drunk.

"I am wondering if Liang would have been given a lenient punishment if he had not been exposed by the media, given his position in government," said Wu Shengpin, a local IT worker.

bd popeye · 08-29-2009

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Yi Sun (R) of China celebrates after defeating Esther San Miguel of Spain in the 78 kg Women's category at the World Judo Championships in Rotterdam on August 29, 2009.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 29: Hong Kong actress Hsu Chi attends the opening ceremony of the Huabiao Film Award Ceremony, one of the most prestigious film awards in China, at the Beijing Exhibition Center on August 29, 2009 in Beijing, China

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CHENGDU, CHINA - AUGUST 29: Graduating university students attend the Chengdu Autumn Job Fair on August 29, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. There are more than 16.5 million people out of work due to the global crisis in China this year. Among those about 9 million are urban residents, 3 million are college graduates and 4.5 million are rural migrant workers.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 29: (L-R) Huang Xiaoming, Li Bingbing, Zhou Xun and Zhang Hanyu attend the opening ceremony of the Huabiao Film Award Ceremony, one of the most prestigious film awards in China, at the Beijing Exhibition Center on August 29, 2009 in Beijing, China.

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Ho Hung Hee, an umbrella repairer, works at his stall in the Central district of Hong Kong on August 29, 2009. Octogenarian Ho has been fixing broken umbrellas at his shop in the heart of Hong Kong's Central district for over 50 years and in 1994 was awarded the Guinness World Record for producing the world's most expensive umbrellas, priced, at the time, at 164 pounds each. AFP PHOTO/DANIEL SORABJI (Photo credit should read DANIEL SORABJI/AFP/Getty Images)

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A policeman orders drivers to divert from entering central Beijing into Chang'An Avenue, the city's main east-west thoroughfare that leads to Tiananmen Square, from the east Second Ring Road intersection on August 29, 2009. Authorities have shut down much of central Beijing as China staged massive rehearsals for a parade and other festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the ruling communist party on October 1. Tiananmen Square and adjacent roads leading to the heart of the capital are closed to the public from the evening of August 28 for two days for the rehearsals which state press said involved 200,000 people and 60 parade floats. Authorities are keen to maintain the secrecy and security of the rehearsals and security checkpoints manned by officers have been seen at several locations with police diverting traffic and checking vehicles. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 29: (CHINA OUT) Mr. Bjoern Hauber (L), general manager sales and marketing of Mercedes-Benz (China) Limited hands 12 vehicle keys to Chinese movie director Zhang Yimou during the launching ceremony of Benz new car S-Class at the Imperial Ancestral Temple on August 29, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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HULUN BUIR, CHINA - AUGUST 26: A member of a Mongol childrens chorus poses for a portrait on August 26, 2009 in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Hulun Buir, with an area of 250,000 sq km located in northeastern Inner Mongolia, is inhabited by 36 ethnic groups, including Mongolians, Daurs, Ewenkis, Oroqens, and Russian ethnicities. The vast Hulun Buir Grassland is one of the four largest natural steppes in the world. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 08-30-2009

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A street sweeper cleans Tiananmen Square in Beijing on August 30, 2009 a day after authorities shut down much of the central capital to stage huge rehearsals for a parade and other festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the nation's October 1 founding. China is planning a parade, song and dance performances, and fireworks on October 1 to mark the day when revolutionary leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of Communist China in 1949 at Tiananmen Square.

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Wen Tong of China (white) fights Karina Bryant of Britain in the over 78 kg women's final during the World Judo Championships in Rotterdam August 30, 2009.

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Wen Tong of China reacts after her win over Karina Bryant of Britain in the over 78 kg women's final during the World Judo Championships in Rotterdam August 30, 2009.

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Buddhist followers wait patiently as the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at the Taoyuan High Speed Rail station in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. Taiwanese officials said Sunday they hope the Dalai Lama will stay clear of politics to avoid angering China during his visit to comfort victims of the island's worst storm in 50 years.

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Pro-China unification supporter Feng Dzai-chao, 62, is being blocked by police as he tells the arriving Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to leave Taiwan at the Taoyuan High Speed Rail station in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009.

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A pro-China unification demonstrator holds a China's national flag as the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at the Taoyuan High Speed Rail station in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009.

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Canadian basketball star Steve Nash (C) calls together Chinese fans and players for a photograph after playing a pickup game of basketball at the Dongdan courts in central Beijing on August 30, 2009. Nash, a two-time NBA most valuable player with the Phoenix Suns in Beijing for promotional and charity work, played a few 3-on-3 half-court games with local regulars and then crossed over to the soccer pitch to do likewise with the ball kickers. The background shows Beijing's landmark Tiananmen Gate in a poster celebrating the 60th anniversary of China's ruling communist party on October 1.

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Li Ruoning, winner of the competition for the Chinese Princess of Puccini's Turandot, holds a hand-crafted "Princess Turandot" doll during a news conference in Beijing August 30, 2009. A Chinese adaptation of Puccini's Turandot, directed by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, will be performed in Bird's Nest this October, as part of celebrations for October's 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China.

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Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (L), presidential secretary-general Chan Chun-po (C) and opposition Democratic Progressive Party chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (R) hold flowers during a memorial for victims of Typhoon Morakot in Fengshan, Kaohsiung county on August 30, 2009. Tens of thousands of followers of eight leading religions in Taiwan gathered in Kaohsiung for a joint memorial service after Morakot hit the island earlier this month, killing 571 people. Meanwhile Taiwan was preparing to receive the Dalai Lama on his third and most controversial visit, as the island's government scrambled to limit the damage it could cause to warming relations with China.

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CHENGDU, CHINA - JANUARY 20: A vendor selects a chicken for a customer at a stall on January 20, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Following the deaths from 'bird flu' of a 19 year old woman in Beijing and a 27 year old woman in eastern Shandong Province in the last two weeks, a 16 year old boy from Guizhou province died today in hospital in Hunan after becoming the fourth human to contract the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus in China this year. A two year old girl in Shanxi province remains critically ill.

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Chinese shoppers gather to watch a lingerie show at a shopping mall in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province on August 30, 2009. Women have become a major driving force behind China's economic growth, as the country's overall retail sales rose 15 percent in the first half of 2009, driven in large part by women under the age of 35, buoyed by China's 586 billion USD stimulus package and a stock market that has risen around 80 percent since January. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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ZHOUZHUANG TOWN, CHINA - AUGUST 29: Tourists take a sightseeing boat on a canal on August 29, 2009 in Zhouzhuang Town of Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China. Zhouzhuang, first built around 1,000 years ago, is one of the most famous water townships in China, noted for its profound cultural background, the well preserved ancient residential houses, the elegant watery views and the colourful local traditions and folklore. Sixty percent of Zhouzhuang's structures were built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties from 1368 to 1911. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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XIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 29: Fans dance during a flash mob tribute to mark the 51st birthday of late singer Michael Jackson on August 29, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. Michael Jackson, the iconic pop star, is remembered by a large number of Chinese fans after his death on June 25, 2009 local time in Los Angeles. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A Chinese snake keeper shows off how he kisses a snake during a ceremony to honour snakes in Nanping, southeast China's Fujian province on August 26, 2009, The ceremony to honour snakes on the seventh day of the seventh moon on the lunar calendar is unique to a few villages in Fujian and Taiwan. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 08-31-2009

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A Chinese soldier stands guard at the border separating China and Myanmar, in the Chinese border town of Nansan on August 31, 2009 around 700 kms from Kunming, Yunnan province. Some of the tens of thousands of refugees who fled Myanmar to escape fighting were starting to go home as tensions were apparently easing on the other side of the border. Witnesses accused Myanmar soldiers and civilians of attacking ethnic Chinese targets in border violence, despite Beijing's calls to safeguard the interests of its citizens.

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Justin C. Yu (R), President of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) shows donations to Rosemary W. Mackey (L), Chief External Affairs Officer of the American Red Cross on May 14, 2008 at the CCBA in New York's Chinatown after they announced that USD 32,635 has been raised for a Red Cross fund to help victims of the earthquake in China. On the wall is a portrait of Chinese Nationalist Party leader Sun Yat-sen. A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll has already risen to nearly 15,000 and is expected to rise with 25,000 still missing.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 31: Chairman and CEO of China Mobile Wang Jianzhou delivers a speech during the releasing ceremony of China Mobile's OPhone handset and applied operation platform on August 31, 2009 in Beijing, China. China Mobile services, including search services both inside the phone and over the Internet, will be preinstalled in OPhone. The OPhone also supports cell phone television, so users can watch TV programs wherever they are at any time.

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 31: A performer dances next to an OPhone model during the releasing ceremony of China Mobile's OPhone handset and applied operation platform on August 31, 2009 in Beijing, China. China Mobile services, including search services both inside the phone and over the Internet, will be preinstalled in OPhone. The OPhone also supports cell phone television, so users can watch TV programs wherever they are at any time.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 6: Artist Liu Qing makes some finishing touches to his graduate work titled 'T61' during the 2nd Songzhuang Culture Art Festival at Songzhuang Artist Village on October 6, 2006 in Tongzhou District of Beijing, China. The art festival, sponsored by the Songzhuang government, runs October 6 -16 and features several art exhibitions. The Songzhuang Artist Village is located in the eastern suburbs of Beijing and is a base to about 1,000 artists. Since 1994, the village has garnered international fame in contemporary Chinese art and many works here are sold directly to the international art market and favored by museums and collectors, according to reports.

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National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets player Tracy McGrady is aided by Chinese officials to sign on a document written in Chinese characters during a Chinese red cross event to benefit cancer patients in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009.

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Ramon Magsaysay 2009 awardees, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, applaud during the awarding ceremony at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in Manila August 31, 2009. In photo from L-R: Krisana Kraisintu of Thailand, Deep Joshi of India, Yu Xiaogang of China, Antonio Oposa Jr. of the Philippines, Ma Jun of China, and Ka Hsaw Wa of Burma. The awards, which comes with a medallion and $50,000, is given annually to 'Asia's Heroes'.

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Li Chunhua, a Chinese clothing store owner who did business in Kokang, an ethnically Chinese region in northeastern Myanmar, cries as she recounts how she saw Myanmar men looted her store, in Nansan in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JANUARY 25: Passengers sleep on the concourse of the Shanghai South Railway Station while waiting overnight to buy train tickets on January 25, 2008 in Shanghai, China. China's railways are expected to transport over 178 million people during the 'Chunyun' or Spring Festival Travel season which this year runs from January 18 to March 2.

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Consumers buy pork at a market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province August 31, 2009. China's economic planning agency said it had instructed local authorities to keep a lid on the prices of everyday goods to contribute to stability ahead of a key political anniversary in just over a month's time.

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Controversial exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (L yellow robe), greets supporters after praying for the victims of Typhoon Morakot who died during a landslide in Hsiaolin village, southern Taiwan August 31, 2009. The Dalai Lama, on a controversial humanitarian visit to flood-ravaged Taiwan denounced by China, steered clear of talking about Tibet on Monday but said he was dedicated to the promotion of democracy.

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Taoyuan, Taiwan pitcher Chin Ou delivers a pitch to a Chula Vista, California batter during the first inning in the Championship game of Little League Baseball's World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, August 30, 2009. The American Team from Chula Vista CA defeated the Taiwan team to capture the Little Leauge World series title.

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BEIJING - AUGUST 31: A disable man plays with chess pieces on the bicycle lane of a busy street on August 31, 2009 in central Beijing, China. China has been the fastest-growing major nation for the past 30 years with an average annual GDP growth rate above 10 percent. China will celebrate the 60th anniversary of communist rule on October 1.

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BEIJING - AUGUST 31: A sign which reads 'Beijing City' hangs in front of a construction site of a deluxe office block on August 31, 2009 in central Beijing, China.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - AUGUST 31: (CHINA OUT) Chairman & Executive Director of China Railway Group Shi Dahua announces the company's 200 interim results at a press conference on August 31, 2009 in Hong Kong. The firm saw its gross profit rise 21% in the first half of the year. (Photo by Vivian/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG - AUGUST 30: Hong Kong actor Leon Lai films the new movie "Fiery Dragon" at the Central on August 30, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-01-2009

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Peng Shuai of China celebrates a point over Jarmila Groth of Australia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis championship in New York, September 1, 2009.

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 01: Armed policemen patrol on September 1, 2009 in Beijing, China. Chinese official media reported Tuesday that Beijing has begun raising its security level. The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau announced, 7000 policemen will patrol in the street every day ahead of the October 1, 2009 festivities, marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 1: People take a look at vintage Volkswagen Beetles at the Sanlitun during the 'Beetle Erlangen to Beijing, Vintage Volkswagen Challenge 2009' on September 1, 2009 in Beijing, China. The VW beetle challenge started on July 30, 2009 in Erlangen, Germany and reached final destination at the German Embassy in Beijing on August 30, 2009 after driving approximately 11,000 kilometers. The oldest beetle in the team rolled off the assembly line back in 1949, which is the same year that the Republic of Germany and the People's Republic of China were founded.

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China's Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu (C) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) arrive for a meeting in Riga on September 1, 2009. Hui Liangyu is currently on a four-nation tour, visiting Slovenia, Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia before heading to the World Climate Conference in Geneva on September 2.

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 01: Chinese workers renovate part of a traditional alleyway on September 1, 2009 in central Beijing, China. Local authorities are renovating and decorating Beijing in preparation for the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which this year will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China.

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Police attempt to remove protesters opposing the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan outside a hotel in Kaohsiung city on September 1, 2009> The protesters favored reunification with China and they accused the Tibetan spiritual leader of damaging peace between Taipei and Beijing. The Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan on August 30 to visit southern Taiwan hit by Tyhpoon Morakot earlier this month in a trip strongly criticised by China.

bd popeye · 09-02-2009

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 02: A workers on a construction site for a city park which will be completed before National Day near the center business district on September 2, 2009 in Beijing, China. Local authorities are renovating and decorating Beijing in preparation for the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which this year will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China.

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 02: Train attendants take a taxi near a construction site of a new city park which will be completed before National Day in the center business district on September 2, 2009 in Beijing, China.

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China's National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana September 2, 2009.

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 02: Na Li of China returns a shot against Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal during day three of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 2, 2009 in Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City

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Taiwan pro-unification protesters hold a banner reading 'Taiwan, Tibet belong to China' during a protest against the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan outside a hotel in Taipei on September 2. 2009.

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A Taiwan pro-unification protester holds a megaphone atop a van with a banner reading 'Dalai, political monk, get out of Taiwan' during a protest against the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan, outside a hotel in Taipei on September 2. 2009. Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrived in Taiwan's capital Taipei on September 2 from the southern city of Kaoshiung, as his nephew said the island's government had put a 'gag order' on Tibet's exiled religious leader out of fears of China's reaction.

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Anti-China protester shouts as he scuffles with police after trying to burn a China flag while exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who arrives at a hotel in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, after spending three days in the flood-devastated south.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 01: Cars queue up in front of a gas station to buy as much of fuel as possible before oil price is increased at midnight on September 1, 2009 in Shanghai, China. China have raised both gasoline and diesel prices by CNY300 from today, representing an increase of about 4%-5% on the previous average price.

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HONG KONG - DECEMBER 04: Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters march through downtown Hong Kong demanding faster progress to full democracy December 4, 2005 in Hong Kong, China. Democrats are pressuring the SAR Government leader Donald Tsang to present them with a timetable for the universal suffrage.

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A protester hits an effigy of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama outside his hotel in Taipei September 2, 2009. Taiwan officials have asked the Dalai Lama to cancel public speeches and media events on the island under pressure from an angry China, which fears he will talk politics, a Tibetan legislator said on Wednesday.

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A trader prepares his stall of luxury items at the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 2, 2009. More than 700 exhibitors from 17 countries and regions are participating in the annual event.

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - SEPTEMBER 01: Taiwanese actress Chi Chin and her husband, singer Zax Wang shoot publicity photos for their new TV program "Battle For Love" at CtiTV Studios on September 1, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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