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bd popeye · 09-03-2009

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XIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3: (CHINA OUT) Potential buyers view models of apartment blocks at the Shaanxi 2009 Autumn Real Estate Fair on September 3, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. Property prices in big Chinese cities keep increasing and according to the National Development and Reform Commission, housing prices in 70 major Chinese cities rose 1 percent in July over the same period last year. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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XIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3: Va ethnic minority folk artists perform fire tricks to promote a property at the Shaanxi 2009 Autumn Real Estate Fair on September 3, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. Property prices in big Chinese cities keep increasing and according to the National Development and Reform Commission, housing prices in 70 major Chinese cities rose 1 percent in July over the same period last year. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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XIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3: A model poses beside a motorcycle to promote a property at the Shaanxi 2009 Autumn Real Estate Fair on September 3, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. Property prices in big Chinese cities keep increasing and according to the National Development and Reform Commission, housing prices in 70 major Chinese cities rose 1 percent in July over the same period last year. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 03: Mao's portrait and Chinese character 'Celebrate the 60th Anniversary' are printed on a T-shirt on September 3, 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. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3: Visitors view jewelry at the upcoming 'Cartier Treasures - King of Jewelers, Jewelers to Kings' exhibition in the Meridian Gate Gallery of Forbidden City on September 3, 2009 in Beijing, China. A total of 346 items including precious jewelry of Cartier's historic collection, archives, design manuscripts, are displayed at the event to run from September 5 to November 22. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 03: Visitors search for bargains at Panjiayuan flea market on September 3, 2009 in Beijing, China. Panjiayuan Market supplies 1,100 free booths for citizens to trade their unneeded articles and attracts about 85,000 visitors on every Thursday. (Photo by Andrew Wong/Getty Images)

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Chinese folk artist Zhang Luo shows off his gourds painted with portraits of former Chinese leaders ahead of the Communist China's 60th anniversary, in Beijing on September 2, 2009. China plans to create a "moat" around Beijing for its National Day festivities on October 1 as part of a massive security crackdown ahead of the sensitive anniversary, state media said. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 02: A man looks up at a china fighter plane J-10 outside the office buildings of Aviation Industry Corporation of China in the center business district on September 2, 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. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty

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The photos above taken on Sept. 3, 2009 shows the accident scene of a chemical explosion in Lanshan District of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua Photo)

JINAN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen people died and 10 others were injured in a chemical explosion in east China's Shandong Province Wednesday.

The explosion took place about 4 p.m. Wednesday as workers were unloading a lacquer-curing agent from a truck in Lanshan District, Linyi City in Shandong, local fire control authorities said.

The main ingredients of lacquer curing agent are xylene and butyl acetate. Both are inflammable and poisonous.

Seven people died at the scene and 11 others died of injuries after they were rushed to hospital.

A fire caused by the explosion was put out by 4:30 p.m.. A total of 26 fire engines and 91 fire-fighters were sent to the scene.

Investigation into the accident is under way.

bd popeye · 09-05-2009

For photos of troops in Xinjiang follow the link below.

Death toll in Xinjiang riot rises to 140

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A Chinese boy, seen at left in the rear window of the car, and his father sitting in the back of a police car are taken away after they claimed the boy was stabbed by needles outside the People's Square in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009. Thousands of troops, backed by tanks and metal barricades, patrolled the western city of Urumqi on Saturday after five people died in protests over a series of bizarre needle attacks that China's police chief has blamed on Muslim separatists.

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A member of the Chinese security forces walks past a billboard promoting China's up coming 60th National Day in Urumqi, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, on September 5, 2009.

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Dancers from left, Sheng Lin, 18, from China, Takeaki Miura, 18, from Japan, Yan Chiu Yu, 19 and Zhong Chen Xi, 19, from China attend a class during the first day of the Genee International Ballet Competition on Friday Sept. 4, 2009 in Singapore. Fifty-four dancers from around the world have gathered for this competition, a flagship event by the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), which is an annual ballet meet, with its illustrious 78-year history. It is one of the foremost platforms in launching the professional careers of many young dancers in the international arena.

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Local elderly residents with red armbands chat by a street ahead of a rehearsal for the 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China, in central Beijing, September 4, 2009. The red armbands were first made famous on the sleeves of millions of China's Red Guards and are commonly used by security volunteers that patrol the city's streets and alleyways.

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A group of Han Chinese protesters hold a Chinese flag as they gather in a square at the beginning of a protest in the centre of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region September 4, 2009. Tension flared in China's western city of Urumqi on Friday, when hundreds of Han Chinese tried to push past security barriers into an ethnic Uighur neighbourhood and shouted demands for better security. The confrontation came a day after many thousands of Han Chinese massed in the streets in Urumqi, regional capital of Xinjiang, protesting that they were the targets of mysterious attacks with syringes and that authorities had been too slow to punish Uighurs behind deadly riots on July 5.

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Chinese maritime rescue personnel participating in an exercise in the East China Sea, off Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang province on September 4, 2009, involving 35 ships and three aircraft, simulating a collision between a passenger ship and a cargo vessel. China staged its largest-ever maritime rescue drill to test its security and emergency services before next year's World Expo in Shanghai.

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A man has a haircut featuring the number 60 to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China at a barbershop in Kunming, Yunnan province September 3, 2009. China will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding on October 1 this year. Picture taken September 3, 2009.

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Technicians check Inactivated H1N1 Influenza Vaccines at a lab of Hualan Biological Engineering, Inc. in Xinxiang, Henan province September 5, 2009. The Chinese government on Friday ordered 7.3 million doses of vaccines for the H1N1 strain of flu from domestic firms Sinovac Biotech and Hualan Biological , the official Xinhua news agency said.

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Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin (R) stands with his Chinese counterpart Xie Xuren before a group photo at the G20 Finance Ministers summit in London September 5, 2009. G20 finance leaders pledged on Saturday to keep economic life-support packages in place for now, slap tighter controls on bankers' pay and give a bigger voice to emerging markets in the international institutions.

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Chinese actor Louis Koo, actress Han Yuqin, director Soi Cheang, actress Michelle Ye and actor Richie Jen pose during the photocall of 'Yi Ngoy' at the Venice film festival on September 5, 2009.'Yi Ngoy'' is competing for the Golden Lion of the 66th Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, the Venice film festival.

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Two men walk in a deserted street in Urumqi, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, on September 5, 2009.

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In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, Chinese workers make national flags at a factory in Beijing, China. The approaching 60th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China has made the factory go in to full swing to meet the surging demand for national flags. (AP Photo)

bd popeye · 09-06-2009

Thanks to all who view this thread daily! We average about 100 hits a day on this thread! Thanks so much for viewing! Please fell free to post recent pictures of Chinese people from all over the World! Or make a comment! Once again Thanks to all!

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Ting Piao of China stretches during practice classes before the Genee International Ballet Competition in Singapore September 6, 2009. The competition is one of the leading ballet competitions in the world, nurturing and showcasing the talent of young dancers from across the globe. It is held in a different city each year and is being hosted by Singapore for the first time in 2009.

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HUILI COUNTY, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6: Artists of Yi ethnic minority group wait to perform traditional dance on September 6, 2009 in Huili County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The 2,000-year-old Huili ancient city has been the important access to China's Southwest border and the only access to Southern Silk Road since ancient times.

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Thousands of Chinese-Australians watch as sixty ceremonial lions dance on the steps of the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, during celebrations held ahead of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. China celebrates six decades since its founding on Oct. 1, 2009.

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Pedestrians walk past shops in a street in Urumqi, the capital of China's western Xinjiang region. Signs of normality slowly returned to the restive northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi following days of protests that left five people dead.

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An elderly man walks past a Urumqi newspaper headlines reporting new Urumqi's Communist Party secretary on display at an ethnic Han neighborhood in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. The head of the western city wracked by communal violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks has been sacked by Chinese authorities hoping to calm uneasy mobs and end protests that left the city on edge for three days.

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Jie Zheng of China returns a shiot to Nadia Petrova of Russia during day six of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

WARNING!! GRAPHIC IMAGE!!

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Chinese citizen Li Deneng shows injuries on his arms which he claims came from being tied for days after escaping Myanmar into the nearby Chinese border town of Qingshuihe in Mengding county in southwest China's Yunnan province Saturday Sept. 5, 2009. Li who had entered Myanmar illegally for work says he was mistaken for an ethnic militia and held for a week by Myanmar government soldiers because he did not have the proper papers. (AP Photo)

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Officials carry Chinese flag and placard as Chinese delegation didn't show at the Opening ceremony of the 21st Summer Deaflympics in Taipei, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. China boycotted the opening ceremony of the Taiwan-hosted Deaf Olympics on Saturday, apparently to protest the presence of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou at the event.

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Fireworks are displayed during an opening ceremony of the 21st Summer Deaflympics Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Gold figures are displayed at a jewelry store in Hong Kong Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold for current delivery closed at $995.80 per troy ounce Thursday.

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People watch a as a radio controlled boat passes them on a pond in Hong Kong's Victoria park on September 5, 2009. Hong Kong is undergoing a particularly hot spell, ongoing from August which was hotter and drier than usual, making it the hottest month since 1963. The mean temperature was 29.4 degrees, 1.0 degrees above the normal of 28.4 degrees. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

Looks like China is on the ball about distributing the H1N1 vaccine!. Great job!

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BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3: A worker produces A/H1N1 flu vaccines at domestic pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd., on September 3, 2009 in Beijing, China. The vaccine, called Panflu.1, has passed experts evaluation of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) on August 31 and got SFDA's production license today. According to the company, it had the capacity to produce 2 to 3 million doses per month. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A female entertainer accosts a pedestrian outside a bar in Hong Kong's notorious Wan Chai bar and club district on September 5, 2009. The old style gogo bars of Wan Chai, where lithe young women entice customers to buy them overpriced drinks, are the places most commonly associated with Hong Kong's the sex trade. Immortalized as the seedy but romantic "World Of Suzie Wong" in the novel by Richard Mason in the 1950s. Wan Chai originally became famous for its "mischievous" sailors and "female bar entertainer's". AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-06-2009

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 04: (L-R) Nigel Luk, Zheng Xin Miao, Zhao Shao Hua, Bernard Fornas and Herve Ladsous cut the ribbon during the opening of the 'Cartier Treasures' exhibition at the Forbidden City on September 4, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Stefen Chow/Getty Images for Cartier)

bd popeye · 09-07-2009

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 06: Na Li of China celebrates after defeating Francesca Schiavone of Italy during day seven of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 6, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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Avanti (front) and Airbus A318 Elite corporate jets stand parked at Hong Kong's international airport on September 7, 2009. The private jets are among several on display at the Asian Aerospace Expo and Congress 2009, taking place in the territory from September 8-10. AFP PHOTO / MIKE CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7: Former President of Google Greater China, Kai-fu Lee, attends a press conference announcing his start of Innovation Works on September 7, 2009 in Beijing, China. Innovation Works, which has been funded with USD 115 million from investors including YouTube co- founder Steve Chen, aims to assist Chinese entrepreneurs to devolop the next wave of high-tech companies in China. (Photo by Che Liang/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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National Basketball Association (NBA) former Bullets player Gheorghe Muresan (L) plays with a ball in front of the steel structure of the USA pavillion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai on September 7, 2009. Thirty years after becoming the first National Basketball Association club to visit China, the Washington Wizards are on a 10-day, five-city commemorative return to China. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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A journalist (R) interviews former National Basketball Association (NBA) Bullets player Gheorghe Muresan (L) in front of the steel structure of the USA pavillion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 site on September 7, 2009.

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Washington Wizards forward Caron Butler, right, teaches how to play to students at a basketball clinic at Nanyang Model High School Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 in Shanghai China. Thirty years after the Washington Wizards became the first NBA team to visit China, veterans of the team return to the country where basketball's popularity is now soaring.

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Members of the Hong Kong Journalists Association protest over an alledged assault on colleagues outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong on September 7, 2009. Three journalists from the territory were arrested and beaten by police according to local reports while they were attempting to cover unrest in the western Chinese city of Urumqi. AFP PHOTO/MIKE CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG - SEPTEMBER 06: Taiwanese singer and actress Ariel Lin attends an album signing session for her new album "Happy Meet" at Metro City Plaza on September 6, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 06: (L-R) Chinese singer Song Zuying, Director Yimou Zhang and Actor Jacky Chan attend a media call for Zhang's opera "Turandot" at Pan Gu Plaza on September 6, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 06: Chinese actress Fan Bingbing attends a media call for opera "Turandot" by Chinese director Yimou Zhang at Pan Gu Plaza on September 6, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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MILAN - SEPTEMBER 6: Hong Kong China team during the opening ceremony of the 2009 Homeless World Cup on September 6, 2009 in Milan, Italy.(Photo by Massimo Di Nonno/Getty Images)

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Sri Lanka's director Vimukhti Jayasundara (C) is flanked by actress Kaushalya Fernando (L) and Chinese actress Hang Lu as they arrive for the screening of 'Ahasin Wetei' (Between two worlds) at the Venice film festival on September 7, 2009.'Ahasin Wetei' is competing for the Golden Lion of the 66th Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, the Venice film festival.

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(From R to 4th R) Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, Vice President Vincent Siew, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan and Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-Pyng observe a moment of silence during a mass memorial service for victims of Typhoon Morakot, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan September 7, 2009. Premier Liu offered to quit on Monday and said his entire cabinet was also prepared to resign later in the week over the government's heavily criticised response to last month's deadly typhoon. Liu told a news conference he had offered to resign while other ministers were ready to do the same on Thursday over the perception that the response to Typhoon Morakot was slow. The disaster killed up to 758 people from Aug. 7-9, handing President Ma Ying-jeou his toughest test since taking office last year.

bd popeye · 09-08-2009

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Wu Den-yih, the secretary general of the Kuomintang party (KMT), smiles after a press conference at the KMT headquarters in Taipei on September 7, 2009. The chief secretary of Taiwan's ruling party has been named as the new premier after his predecessor resigned over the handling of last month's typhoon, a government spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Security guards surround family members arriving to find out the fate of Chinese miners killed or trapped in a mine in Pingdingshan, central China's Henan province on September 8, 2009. At least 35 people were killed and 44 others were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine where a total of 93 people were working. Fourteen were able to escape. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 07: (CHINA OUT) Liang Wenbo of China looks on during his match against David Gilbert of England during day one of the 2009 Shanghai Masters at Pontin's Prestatyn on September 7, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Shao Jianping/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 07: The parents of new freshman students sleep in a gym at the Central China Normal University on September 7, 2009 in Wuhan, China. The university opened its gym overnight for parents from remote areas or poor families. (Photo by Chen Liang/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG - SEPTEMBER 07: Hong Kong actress Annie Lau promotes Kee-Wah moon cake at Tai Kok Tsui Fresh Fish Traders' School on September 7, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 07: Chinese singer Chen Chusheng attends a press conference to release the theme song for movie "The Message" at Sanlitun Mega Cinema on September 7, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - SEPTEMBER 07: Taiwanese actor and model Joseph Cheng (2nd R) attends a press conference to sign with Avex record company at Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Taipei on September 7, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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An Embraer aircraft sits parked along with numerous private business jets on display at the Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress 2009 in Hong Kong on September 8, 2009. China's largest home-produced commercial jet also made its international debut at Asia's biggest air show, in a demonstration of the country's ambition to be a global aviation giant. AFP PHOTO/MIKE CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-09-2009

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US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) greets Chairman Wu Bangguo of the National People's Congress of China before their meeting on September 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO / Tim Sloan (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Kim Clijsters of Belgium (R) kisses Li Na of China after Clijsters won their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 8, 2009.

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Li Hongyang of China performs with a ribbon during a qualification round at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, in Japan's Mie prefecture on September 9, 2009.

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Farmers carry buckets to collect water on the outskirts of Loudi, Hunan province September 8, 2009. Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu urged more efforts to fight drought in parts of China and "try every means" to ensure harvest this fall and a continuous rise in farmers' income, Xinhua News Agencry reported. Picture taken September 8, 2009.

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China Mengniu Dairy Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer Yao Tongshan drinks a packet of milk during a news conference announcing the company's annual results in Hong Kong September 8, 2009. Mengniu Dairy rose almost 6 percent after it posted a 13.6 percent rise in Jan-June profit and its turnover showed a gradual recovery to the level before a milk incident last year.

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Miners rest outside a coal mine where an explosion has killed 35 miners and left 44 trapped in Pingdingshan, in central China's Henan province, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. An initial investigation showed that the mine in Pingdingshan city had been operating illegally at the time, the official Xinhua News Agency said. (AP Photo)

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A relative (R) of a miner mourns at the Xinhua No .4 coal mine where a gas explosion occured early Tuesday in Pingdingshan, Henan province September 8, The city of Pingdingshan in central China's Henan Province has ordered all 157 coal mine shafts within its district to close, after the mine explosion killed 35 people earlier in the day, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Any speculation as to the engine manufacture??

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A model of the 150-seat C919 passenger plane is displayed at the Asian Aerospace Expo in Hong Kong September 8, 2009. China's main aircraft maker will select engine suppliers for its home-grown big aircraft project C919 by the end of 2009, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

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A safety guard uses a device to check a student's temperature at the entrance of a university in Beijing September 8, 2009. China faces a grim situation in containing the H1N1 strain of flu, as schools start up again and the number of domestic cases, as well as clusters of cases, rises, China's Minister of Health said on Tuesday.

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Washington Wizards forward Caron Butler plays with babies during charity activities at the Shanghai Children's Welfare Home Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009 in Shanghai China. Thirty years after the Washington Wizards became the first NBA team to visit China, veterans of the team return to the country where basketball's popularity is now soaring.

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Lian Xin, a member of the Chinese rugby team, practises during a routine training session at the China Agricultural University in Beijing September 4, 2009. Few will be sweating as much over next month's decision on the inclusion of rugby in the Olympics. than Zheng Hongjun and the band of enthusiasts who have run the sport in China on a shoestring for the last two decades.

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Geely Automobile Holdings CEO and Executive Director Gui Shengyue holds a car as he poses during a news conference in Hong Kong September 8, 2009. Geely Automobile Holdings Limited's net profit for the first six months of this year rose 145 percent to RMB 596 million ($87.3 million).

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BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9: (CHINA OUT) Couples stand in line up to register for marriage at the Haidian District Marriage Registry Office on September 9, 2009 in Beijing, China. Tens of thousands of Chinese couples across the country rushed to tied the knot on 2009/09/09 today, a lucy day, which is considered auspicious for eternal love. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A small group of Taiwan opposition workers and supporters try to send to the presidential office in Taipei on September 9, 2009 some 20,000 copies of endorsed appeal letter for the detained former president Chen Shui-bian. The appeal letter says the detention and trial of Chen is illegal and a political witch-hunt launched by the China-friendly Kuomintang administration. A Taiwan court is scheduled to deliver its verdict in the graft case against Chen and his wife on Septmeber 11. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-10-2009

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A hostess waits to seat attendants to one of the sessions for the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Policy makers and global business leaders will gather in north China's port city of Dalian from Sept. 10 to 12 to discuss paths to revive the world's economic growth.

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HONGYUAN COUNTY, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 10: Tibetan students sing in dress rehearsal for the upcoming National Day on September 10, 2009 in Hongyuan County of Aba Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Chinese people are 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 10: President of the Central African Republic Francois Bozize Yangouvonda (2nd L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) applaud during a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on September 10, 2009 in Beijing, China. The President of the Central African Republic was in Beijing as part of a week-long state visit at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao. Bozize will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart regarding investment in his nation's industries.

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 10: Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) accompanies President of Central African Republic Francois Bozize Yangouvonda to view a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People on September 10, 2009 in Beijing, China.

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Movie director Han Sanping, left Tang Guoqiang, second from left and Zhang Guoli, third from left pose with other unidentified people near a photo showing former Chinese leader Mao Zedong giving a speech at a premier gala for the movie 'The Founding of a Republic' in Beijing Thursday Sept. 10, 2009. The blockbuster propaganda movie which features more than a hundred of China's top movie actors and actresses will hit the big screen ahead of China's Oct 1. 60th anniversary for the founding of Communist China. (AP Photo)

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Li Hongyang of China performs with a ball during a qualification round at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, in Japan's Mie prefecture on September 10, 2009.

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China's Chen Xizhong takes a moment to calm her nerves backstage during the second round of semi-finals at the Genee International Ballet Competition held on Thursday Sept. 10, 2009, in Singapore. Fifty-three dancers from around the world have gathered for the competition, a flagship event by the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), which is an annual ballet meet, with an illustrious 78-year history. It is one of the foremost platforms in launching the professional careers of many young dancers in the international arena.

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This multiple exposure photo shows Lai Ying-Tzu of Taiwan performing with a ball during a qualification round at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, in Japan's Mie prefecture on September 10, 2009.

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Lee Li-Ting of Taiwan performs with a ball during a qualification round at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, in Japan's Mie prefecture on September 10, 2009.

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Military personnel walk past a decoration at a camp set up to drill soldiers for a grand military parade to celebrate China's 60th National Day in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Thousands of soldiers from various branches of the Chinese military have spent months practicing for a grand parade at the center celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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(From L) Chinese director Guan Hu, his wife Liang Jing, actor Huang Bo and actress Guo Xiao pose during the photocall of 'Dou Niu' at the Venice film festival on September 10, 2009.'Dou Niu' is competing in the Orizzonti section of the 66th Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, the Venice film festival.

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New Taiwan Premier Wu Den-yih (2nd L) attends a swearing-in ceremony with his cabinet at the Presidential Office in Taipei September 10, 2009. Taiwan replaced a number of ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday following public criticism over the response to a deadly typhoon, in a move that is unlikely to alter the administration's pro-China policy

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Chinese mounted policewomen on patrol outside the Dalian World Expo Center prior to the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum "Summer Davos", in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province on September 10, 2009. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will open the annual meeting which will focus on tangible business priorities to transform and revitalize the global economy in a sustainable manner. AFP PHOTO/GOH CHAI HIN (Photo credit should read GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-11-2009

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China's Xue Ming (C) drops the ball during their Asian Senior Women's Volleyball championship quarter final match against Taiwan in Hanoi on September 11, 2009. China won by 25-16, 25-9 and 25-14.

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A saleswoman (L) shows kitchen ware at a stall near a shopping mall in Shanghai on September 11, 2009. Consumer prices in China fell further in August 2009 while government-funded investment picked up slightly, official data showed.

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A group of protestors asking for money to be returned demonstrate outside the Bank of China headquarters in Hong Kong on September 11, 2009. Hong Kong investors burned by Lehman Brothers-linked financial products, are angry over the governments handling of allegations that local banks misled clients about the complex investments.

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HUAIBEI CHINA - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009: A stall owner sells meat in a market on September 11, 2009 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. Consumer prices in China have fallen further in August while government-funded investment picked up slightly. China's consumer price index (CPI), a major gauge of inflation, dipped 1.2 percent in August from a year earlier. The producer price index (PPI), a major measurement of inflation in wholesaling, in August fell 7.9 percent from a year earlier.

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Parents who say their children were killed or made sick by tainted milk powder last year gather in the apartment of another affected family ahead of a memorial gathering for the victims on the outskirts of Beijing September 11, 2009. China was shaken last year by revelations that a toxic chemical added to substandard milk to allow it to pass quality controls had made nearly 300,000 children sick and killed six.. Guo Caihong (L), 36, from Henan, said her daughter suffered from developmental problems from consuming the tainted milk

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HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 11: NBA star Kobe Bryant (L) of the Los Angeles Lakers gives a gift to Alibaba Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ma Yun during the APEC SME Summit held by the APEC Business Advisory Council, the Hangzhou People's Government, jointly organized by Alibaba Group on September 11, 2009 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.

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This combo of file recent file photos assembled on September 11, 2009 shows former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian (top L), his wife Wu Shu-chen (top R), his son Chen Chih-chung (bottom L) and daughter-in-law Huang Jui-ching (bottom R) in Taipei. A Taiwan court on September 11, 2009 sentenced former preident Chen Shui-bian to life in jail on corruption charges, television reported. Taiwan's former first lady, wheelchair-bound Wu Shu-chen, was also convicted to life in jail, the court said, while their son Chen Chih-chung got a prison term of two years and a half for money laundering and daughter-in-law Huang Jui-ching received a suspended sentence for the same charge.

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Chinese students undergo a body temperature check for swine flu as they arrive at university for the beginning of the new academic year in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province, on September 11, 2009. Tens of millions of people could be infected with swine flu in China in the coming months, a health ministry official said, adding that fatalities would be "unavoidable". CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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A boy wears a Chinese flag as he awaits the torch relay ceremony for the Hong Kong deleation of the the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong on September 12, 2009. The Games, including athletes representing various provinces in China, will be held in Jinan, Shandong from October 11 to October 23, 2009.

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A boy holds a Chinese flag as he awaits the torch relay ceremony for the Hong Kong deleation of the the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong on September 12, 2009.

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An assistant has a haircut featuring the number 60 to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at a barbershop in Zhengzhou, Henan province September 11, 2009. China will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding on October 1 this year. Picture taken September 11, 2009.

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Hong Kong field hockey player Arif Ali (C) holds the torch during a torch relay ceremony for the Hong Kong deleation of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong on September 12, 2009. The Games, including athletes representing various provinces in China, will be held in Jinan, Shandong from October 11 to October 23, 2009.

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An employee moves tires at a tire shop in Baokang, Hubei province, September 12, 2009. China decried a U.S. decision to impose added duty on Chinese-made tires, calling the move protectionist abuse that sent a wrong signal before a G20 summit and could stoke reactions impeding global recovery.

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XIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 11: A sales representative introduces apartment blocks to potential buyers at the 2009 Xian Autumn Expo on the Housing Industry on September 11, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. Property prices in big Chinese cities keep increasing and according to the National Development and Reform Commission, housing prices in 70 major Chinese cities rose 2 percent in August over the same period last year

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 11: A Chinese workers labor on assembly of a hybrid bus at a factory of Chinese auto manufacturer Beiqi Foton Motor Co. , Ltd on September 11, 2009 in Beijing, China. A according to reports, China is expected to be a leader in the new-energy automobile industry in the future as the country puts efforts and money into research and new technology.

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Supporters of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian chant slogans in front of the Taipei District Court on September 11, 2009. The Taiwan court sentenced Chen Shui-bian to life in jail on corruption charges, TV reported.

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Edie Hu, a specialist on Chinese ceramics and works of arts from Sotheby's, poses with an imperial carved zitan "dragon" throne, estimated to fetch between $2.5 and $3.8 million, during a preview in Hong Kong September 11, 2009. The auction house will hold an Autumn sale on fine Chinese ceramics and works of arts in the territory on October 8, 2009, with more than 200 lots and estimated to fetch in excess of $37.5 million.

bd popeye · 09-13-2009

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Now TV cameraman Lam Chun-wai (R), who was allegedly detained and beaten in Urumqi, addresses protesting journalists and supporting groups before they walk to the liason office of the 'Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administration Region', in Hong Kong on September 13, 2009 to protest over alleged police brutality towards three colleagues covering syringe attacks in China's restive Xinjiang region. Around 700 people, wearing black and holding placards, held a march to call on the Xinjiang government to apologise to the reporters and demanded Beijing move to stop media repression.

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China's Xue Ming (R) tips the ball as Thailand's Apinyapong Wilavan (#10) looks on during the 15th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball Championship final in Hanoi on September 13, 2009. China won the first set 25-20.

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Visitors look at photos by Chinese photographer Wang Qingsong, in the Basque coastal town of Getxo September 12, 2009. The photos were part of "Asian Fictions", a series of street installations featuring works by Asian photographers, held during GetxoPhoto, a month-long photography festival in the city.

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A dragon used in traditional Chinese dance is seen at a residential community in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, September 13, 2009. The 80 meter long dragon will be used in a performance at the Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival in Hangzhou next week, local media reported.

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Chinese director Cui Jian poses during the photocall of 'Chengdu, wo ai ni' (Chengdu, I love you) at the Venice film festival on September 12, 2009.'Chengdu, wo ai ni' is presented out of competition at the 66th Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, the Venice film festival.

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A fireworks display rehearsal lights up the Forbidden City beside Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 12, 2009. China will stage a huge military parade and pageant in Beijing on October 1 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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A policeman stands outside the International Commerce Centre (ICC) after an elevator (lift) accident in Hong Kong on September 13, 2009. According to initial reports five people were killed and one person was in hospital after an elavator plunged from the 27th to the 10th floor of the building, currently under construction and when finished will be the city's tallest skycraper. AFP PHOTO / Antony DICKSON (Photo credit should read ANTONY DICKSON/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-14-2009

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China's Xue Ming (C), Xu Yunli (L) and Hui Ruoqi look dejected as they leave after Chinese team was defeated at the 15th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball championship final against Thailand in Hanoi on September 13, 2009. Thailand won 3-1, 20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23.

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Frozen chicken wings line a supermarket shelf in Beijing on September 14, 2009. China said on September 13 it was probing possible unfair trade practices involving imports of US car products and chicken meat, firing back after Washington slapped tariffs on Chinese tyre imports. China called that move 'protectionist' and had threatened retaliation in its first trade spat with the Obama administration

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Pupils create the national flag on a canvas by using their hands dipped in red paint at a primary school in Jinan, Shandong province September 14, 2009. China will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding on October 1 this year.

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People walk past a China's space program decoration setup as part of the up-coming 60th National Day celebration in Beijing Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. China broke ground Monday on the country's fourth space center that will launches of communications satellites as well as components for a future space station and deep space exploration.

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A model holds a bottle of wine, made locally by the 8th Estate Winery in Hong Kong on September 14, 2009. The winery is producing the territory's first ever 'Made in Hong Kong' label with 100,000 bottles produced to date which are sold for 30-35 USD per bottle. The grapes are imported from the US and Italy frozen where they are pressed, fermented, aged and bottled after 18-24 months. The business has met with a lot of success as the wine industry blooms around Asia.

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Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Hui, a Liverpool fan, attends a news conference in Hong Kong September 14, 2009. Liverpool announced the club's largest ever commercial agreement on Monday, the English Premier League club sealing a four-year shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank. Financial details were not disclosed but the tie-up has been reported to be worth 80 million pounds ($133 million) for the British bank's logo to replace Danish beer brewer Carlsberg, who have sponsored Liverpool since 1992.

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Hong Kong artist Chai Bukuk (L) paints with red and white wines which she claims can enhance some of the colors during a news conference announcing a wine festival in Hong Kong September 14, 2009. Hong Kong scrapped taxes on wines in a bid to position itself as Asia's wine hub.

bd popeye · 09-15-2009

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Yale student Meng Li, 18, from China, participates in a candlelight vigil for Annie Le in New Haven, Conn. Monday Sept. 14, 2009. Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of Le, a Yale graduate student whose body was found Sunday stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building accessible only to university employees.

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Migrant workers walks with their tools along a street in Beijing on September 15, 2009. Less than three percent of China's 151 million migrant workers were unemployed at the end of June, a government survey showed, suggesting Beijing's stimulus package was helping create jobs.

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Workers take a rest while they wait to load computer stocks into a truck in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. China's economic growth rose to 7.9 percent over a year earlier in the quarter ending June 30, up from 6.1 percent the previous quarter, and analysts say the recovery is gathering strength. Retail spending and industrial investment are rising.

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A Chinese paramilitary police remove his cap during a hot day near giant columns representing China's diverse ethnicity constructed for the upcoming 60th National Day parade on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.

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A man and a woman push their bicycles along a shopping mall housing foreign brand outlets in Shanghai, on September 15, 2009. Foreign direct investment in China rose seven percent year-on-year in August 2009, snapping ten straight months of declines, as the country attracted a total of 7.5 billion US dollars in foreign investment in August 2009.

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A man gets a haircut featuring Tiananmen Gate at a barbershop, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Zhengzhou, Henan province September 15, 2009. China will celebrate the anniversary on October 1.

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A resident walks in front of a collapsed house after Typhoon Koppu hits Zhongshan, Guangdong province September 15, 2009. Typhoon Koppu staged a landing Tuesday morning on the coast of southern China's Guangdong Province, Xinhua News Agency reported

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A worker cleans the designs of a sign for a traditional Chinese opera house in Beijing on September 15, 2009 as the capital city gears up for 60th anniversary celebrations of the ruling communist party on October 1.

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Workers put the finishing touches on a Chinese national flag at a small factory in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on September 14, 2009, ahead of the National Day celebration. China will stage a huge military parade and pageant in Beijing on October 1 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Chinese mother carries her baby for his first hair trim, along a street in Beijing on September 15, 2009. The number of newborns with birth defects in many parts of China is rising rapidly as women have children later in life and environmental pollution takes its toll, while in Beijing, the rate of physical abnormalities -- such as congenital heart defects or cleft lips -- was 170 per 10,000 births in 2008, nearly twice the rate recorded in 1997. AFP PHOTO/GOH CHAI HIN (Photo credit should read GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Taiwanese entertainers Butterfly,A-ya and Jacky Wu film program "Guess Guess Guess" at CTV Studios on September 14, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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Locals take photos of the skyline after a typhoon hit Hong Kong on September 15, 2009. Tropical storm Koppu caused the No 8 typhoon signal to be hoisted overnight as the storm is gradually weakening. AFP PHOTO / Mike CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Children pose for photos in front of the five-star red flag, the National Flag, made of roses near Shuangjing Bridge to welcome the upcoming 60th National in Chaoyang District of Beijing, the capital of China on September 15, 2009. The nation will celebrate the event on October 1 with a military parade at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing.

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A money changer store (C) of just 95 square feet is sandwiched between a convenience story and a dispensary on a side street close to the territories busiest shopping district of Causeway Bay, in Hong Kong on September 16, 2009. According to reports from english language newspaper the South China Morning Post, the shop space is commanding rents of 169,955 Hong Kong dollars (21,800 USD) per month putting it among the most expensive retail outlets in the world.

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A man tries out a human voiceprint, a device that creates a visual record of the sound waves of a human voice, at the newly opened China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. The new museum was jointly designed by the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and U.S.-based RTKL International Inc. Its main structure is divided into a number of building blocks that occlude each other like toy bricks, making it appear like a huge cubic jigsaw puzzle.

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Job seekers are interviewed at a job fair at Longguan Human Resources Market in China's southern city of Shenzhen September 16,2009.

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A man rides while delivering bricks of coal on his tricycle in Beijing on September 16, 2009. China's growing economy is fuelled by coal, and it is the world's biggest coal producer and consumer. A fossil fuel, coal is the largest source of energy for the generation of electricity worldwide, as well as one of the largest worldwide sources of carbon dioxide emissions.

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A Chinese worker balances a wheel at a tire market in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. China is calling for talks with Washington in the World Trade Organization over newly imposed U.S. tariffs on Chinese made tires. The Chinese government criticized the tariffs earlier as trade protectionism. The tariffs were imposed after a labor complained to Washington that surging imports of Chinese tires were wiping out American jobs.

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Customers leave a cinema in Beijing on September 16, 2009, where a flurry of movies have been released celebrating the 1949 founding of the People's Republic of China, which marks 60 years of communist party rule on October 1.

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Visitors pose for photographs with two Chinese paramilitary guards in front of the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on September 16, 2009. China will stage a huge military parade and pageant in Beijing on October 1 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China.

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A customer talks to a salesmen near a Geely Vision car at a Geely Automotive showroom in Suining, Sichuan province September 16, 2009. Geely Automotive, the Chinese carmaker whose parent is eyeing Ford's Volvo unit, is set to raise capital through a bond issue in a move that may provide funding for a Volvo bid.

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, a remaining section of a flood damaged bridge is seen on the outskirts of Cishan, southern Taiwan. Five weeks after Taiwan's worst storm Morakot in a half-century killed hundreds of people and buried hundreds of village homes in mudslides, the massive task of reconstruction has only just begun. The storm dumped 6 feet (2 meters) of rain in some locations in southern Taiwan, triggering massive flooding and mudslides in and around some 40 villages.

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A staff from Lenovo arranges Lenovo 3G mobile phones on display prior to a launching ceremony in Beijing on September 16, 2009. Chinese cellphone maker Lenovo Mobile unveiled a smartphone in partnership with China Mobile, the world's largest wireless operator aiming to rival Apple's iPhone with a homegrown handset. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Models show of the latest Sony 'PSP go' handheld entertainment system at a press conference in Hong Kong on September 16, 2009. PSP go will be available in stores on October 1, 2009.

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An impersonator of Bruce Lee poses with a mock up of the new Sony PSP Go ahead of its world-wide launch in Hong Kong September 16, 2009.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 15: Thomas Kwok, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, attends the company's 2008-09 Annual Results Announcement Press Conference on September 15, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. The profit of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Hong Kong's biggest developer, has increased 2 percent from last year. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-17-2009

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Models from China pose during a bus tour organized by the Elite Models agency in Paris September 16, 2009. Chinese young top models, who are finalists of Elite Model Look China 2009 beauty contest, were in Paris to meet French finalists models. Pictures taken September 16, 2009.

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 16: Taiwan entertainer Dee Hsu attends the 2009 Weicon Annual Meeting at Sofitel Wanda Beijing on September 16, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG - SEPTEMBER 16: 2009 Miss Hong Kong Sandy Lau attends a dinner by Hong Kong film and television industry celebrating the 60th anniversary of People's Republic of China at JW Marriott Hong Kong on September 16, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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