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bd popeye · 09-17-2009

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Models flank a Rolls Royce 'Ghost' in Hong Kong on September 17, 2009. The company was previewing its new four door saloon for the first time in Asia. The car can reach 60mph in 4.7 seconds and has a price tag under 5,000,000 HKD (641,000 USD). AFP PHOTO/ Mike CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)

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A float carrying the Bauhinia flag insignia, the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is readied in preparation for the National Day parade 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. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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A float is readied in preparation for the National Day parade 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. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Participants rehearse on one of the National Day floats 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. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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"Taiwan-technology-robot-animals-panda" by Peter Harmsen Jerry Lin, professor of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) poses with his robots in Taipei on September 16, 2009. The world's first panda robot is taking shape at a cutting-edge lab in Taiwan where an ambitious group of scientists hope to add new dimensions to the island's reputation as a high-tech power. AFP PHOTO / Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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worker using heavy machinery to stack old vehicles for scrapping as security personnel look on at a junk yard in Beijing on September 16, 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. In preparation for the National Day celebrations Beijing has launched a broad security crackdown and has even targetted bugs and rats in the city in an effort to eliminate any potential threats to the carefully choreographed celebrations. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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Visitors admire exhibits at the new science museum in Beijing on September 16, 2009. China has signed up more than 120 overseas experts for a new project aimed at spurring innovation by offering thousands of academics one million yuan (146,000 USD) to move to China. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-19-2009

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CHENGDU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 19: China's national flags are installed on taxis for the upcoming National Day on September 19, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Chinese people are in preparation for the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

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China's Ambassador to Costa Rica Wang Xiaoyuan (L) speaks to Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias (2nd R) as they stand next to Chinese workers during a visit to the construction site for the new national stadium in San Jose September 18, 2009. The $83 million stadium, which will have a capacity for 35,000 spectators, is being constructed by more the 600 Chinese workers and was donated by the Chinese government after establishing diplomatic relations with Costa Rica in June 2007.

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A giant float highlighting China's space program moving towards Tiananmen Square for a major rehearsal ahead of the 60th National Day celebrations in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Authorities shut down a major part of central Beijing to conduct a rehearsal for the parade planned in Beijing on Oct. 1.

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People perform during a cantata at the Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai September 19, 2009. More than 20,000 people are involved in the cantata which will take place today to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China while falls on October 1.

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A Policeman directs foreigners how to get home as businesses, schools, and traffic shut down in central Beijing on September 18, 2009, as the government rehearsed for a huge October 1 parade that will mark 60 years since the founding of Communist China. Security swarmed over the city's main east-west thoroughfare, the Avenue of Heavenly Peace, shooing citizens away from what will be the parade's route through the heart of the city and past Tiananmen Square.

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Chinese 110-meter hurdler Liu Xiang adjusts a microphone during a press conference of Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 in Shanghiai, China. Liu plans to compete at the one-day competition at Shanghai Stadium Sunday. That would be the first race after injury at Beijing Olympics in 2008.

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A staff member demonstrates insect-shaped remote control robots at the booth of Neotics, South Korea-based company that makes electric circuits as well as various goods for civilian, industrial and military use, during Techmart Vietnam ASEAN +3 exhibit in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. The event introduce technology and equipment from ASEAN countries, China , Japan and South Korea in food processing renewable energy, information and communication.

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Investors holding Equity-Linked Note (ELN) products relating to Lehman Brothers demand a refund during a protest outside the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong September 18, 2009. Hundreds of investors demonstrated outside branches of 20 banks, which sold similar products, in the territory's financial district, a year after the collapse of the investment bank. The front banner reads, "Quick Refund".

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Chinese hairdresser Huang Xin displays his art pieces, (anti-clockwise from R) replicas of the Chinese national flag, Tiananmen Gate, the National Museum of China, Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall, Great Hall of the People and the Monument of the People's Heroes (C), which all in make up Tiananmen Square, in Beijing September 17, 2009. Huang used 40 kg (88 lbs) of hair over an 11-month period to create the replicas to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding the People's Republic of China. Huang has been using human hair to make replicas of iconic Chinese buildings and items since early 2008. Picture taken September 17, 2009.

bd popeye · 09-20-2009

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China's Wang Shixian celebrates her victory in the women's singles of the China Masters Badminton Championship in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu province on September 20, 2009. Wang Shixian upset second-seeded Wang Lin 21-14, 14-21, 21-14

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Tao Yin, (C) sits in a Chrysler Limousine together with his cousins as they drive to his bride's parent's house to pick her up on their wedding day in Shanghai September 20, 2009. Established in 2004, Chinese car rental service Yuan Ding Jin Sheng offers 20 limousine cars for rent, primarily for weddings, but business has slowed down considerably due to the global financial crisis. Less couples are getting married this year compared to 2008, where there was trend to get married in the same year as the Olympic Games in China, according to the company. Rental prices start from 7000 RMB ($1000) for five hours

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A bride steps out of a Lincoln limousine as she goes to her parent's house during her wedding day in Shanghai September 20, 2009

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People gather to check out an unsafe bridge demolished in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on September 20, 2009. The Chinese government warned that many bridges had been hastily erected by greedy builders, leading to structural problems, amid China's massive recent development rush, according to state press.

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Peng Shuai of China rubs her wrist while resting during the semifinal match against Shahar Peer of Israel, unseen, in the Guangzhou WTA Tour in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province Saturday Sept. 19, 2009. Peer goes to the finals after Peng quit the match with a wrist injury while trailing 4-6, 0-1.(AP Photo)

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Taiwanese protesters against President Ma Ying-jeou holds bloody dolls and wears a slogan which reads "Retarded Government" during a rally again Ma government, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan

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Taiwan film director, Ang Lee, left, salutes fans as he arrives at the 57th Film Festival in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday Sept. 19, 2009. The San Sebastian Film Festival is the oldest and most prestigious in the Spanish speaking World with a strong focus on European and U.S. movies.

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A real estate agent stands outside his office under a string of Chinese flags flying along the shops ahead of the upcoming Chinese National Day in Beijing on September 20, 2009. Despite fears of bubbles in China's property and stock markets, Beijing will maintain its stimulus policies and pump more money into the economy until its manufacturing sector recovers, analysts say. AFP PHOTO / LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Chinese medic administers a vaccination against A(H1N1) influenza, or swine flu, to an elderly resident in Binzhou, in northeast China's Shandong province on September 19, 2009. China is scrambling to put a swine flu vaccination plan in place, with the number of cases more than tripling in just a few weeks and tens of millions of infections feared as flu season sets in. The Chinese health ministry has said it plans to vaccinate 65 million people, or five percent of the total 1.3 billion population, before the end of 2009. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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A woman uses a telephone for hire along a street in Beijing on September 19, 2009. China's fixed-line carriers are facing increasing pressure from losses to its core landline subscribers and costs associated with a 3G service buildout, as well as the growing use of mobile phones. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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A growing skyline of new buildings in Beijing stands before Ritan Park where people are gathered in a traditional Chinese pavilion atop a hill, on September 20, 2009. Despite fears of bubbles in China's property and stock markets, Beijing will maintain its stimulus policies and pump more money into the economy until its manufacturing sector recovers, analysts say. China's economy expanded 7.9 percent in the second quarter after a 6.1 percent expansion in the first three months of 2009, but that growth was largely underpinned by a four-trillion-yuan (580-billion-dollar) stimulus package unveiled in late 2008 and 7.4 trillion yuan in bank lending in the first half of this year. Soaring property and stock prices this year have raised fears that much of the money was being funnelled into asset markets for quick profit, rather than the real economy as intended. Ritan Park, or the Temple of the Sun, which evolved around an altar built in 1530 for ritual sacrifice by Ming dynasty emperors, is one of Beijing's oldest parks.

bd popeye · 09-21-2009

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Pedestrians walk past a billboard in Beijing for National Day celebrations on September 21, 2009. China has temporarily banned knife sales in Beijing after two stabbing incidents, major retailers said, in the latest sign of official security fears ahead of National Day on October 1, marking 60 years of communist party rule.

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A public security volunteer wearing the ubiquitous red armband eat his lunch in Beijing on September 21, 2009. China approaches the October 1 60th anniversary of communist party rule as a growing economic giant, reaping the results of a change to a market economy with the open door policy some thirty years ago, and lifting a huge population out of poverty is viewed as one of the ruling party's successes, as the proportion of impoverished Chinese fell from 65 percent in 1981 to 4 percent in 2007, a period during which more than half a billion people were lifted above the poverty line, according to the World Bank's poverty assesment of Chia released earlier this year.

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A visitor poses for a photograph in front of a display of marching soldiers at an exhibition showcasing the achievements China has made in the past six decades, ahead of October's 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing September 21, 2009.

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Guillaume Brochard, Kelly Brook and Dennis Chan attend the launch party of the new Qeelin jewellery collection 'YU YI', at China Tang on September 20, 2009 in London, England.

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Chinese author Song Hongbing speaks during an interview in his office in Beijing September 21, 2009. Song, the author of China's latest doom-laden best-seller titled "Currency Wars 2", speaks of the economic cataclysm he sees coming with the calm of a man who believes he can turn profit from any turmoil. Song's popular Chinese-language book, a sequel to his 2007 best-seller with a namesake title, claims a secretive establishment stood by as global financial flows crashed to a halt last year, hoping the trauma would hasten the world's acceptance of a single global currency and world government.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 20: Liu Xiang of China poses for photos with the trophy for the Men's 110m Hurdles at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, an international field and track event at Shanghai Stadium on September 20, 2009 in Shanghai, China. This is the first competition that Liu Xiang is participating in since being injured in Beijing Olympic Games

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CHENGDU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 21: A worker makes the frame for a lantern in a lantern factory on September 21, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Lantern orders have greatly increased as the National Day approaches. Chinese people are preparing for the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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Chinese actress Qin Lan poses during a photocall at the Palacio Kursaal to promote "City of Life and Death" on the fourth day of the 57th San Sebastian Film Festival September 21, 2009. The feature film about the Japanese occupation of Nanking is part of the festival's official jury selection.

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Buddhist nuns protest outside Taiwan's cabinet building in Taipei on September 21, 2009, in a demonstration against the government's lifting of decades-old ban on casinos which they claim may turn Taiwan into the republic of casinos. The protest came before the local government of Penghu, an island group in the middle of the Taiwan straits, is to hold a referendum on September 26 to decide whether or not to allow establishment of casino resorts there.

bd popeye · 09-22-2009

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Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses the Summit on Climate Change at United Nations headquarters in New York, September 22, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama challenged the world on Tuesday to act swiftly to fight global warming but offered no new proposals that could jumpstart stalled talks on a U.N. climate pact. Speaking shortly after Obama at a special U.N. summit on global warming, Hu pledged to reduce the carbon intensity of his country's economic growth.

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Hu Jintao, President of China points during the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations in New York September 22, 2009.

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Tourists walk past Tibet Cafe coffee shop with a board, right, promoting tours to Tibet at Beijing's tourism spot Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. China has banned foreign tourists from traveling to Tibet ahead of a parade in the capital to mark 60 years of Communist rule, an official said Tuesday, amid stepped-up security across the country to ensure nothing mars the celebrations.

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Local Taiwanese residents queue for tickets outside the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009, to see a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer. Taiwan's second-largest city dismissed a warning from China against showing a biopic about Kadeer, 'The 10 Conditions of Love', in a move expected to further anger Beijing.

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Four hostesses walk in front of a celebratory decoration at an exhibition showcasing the achievements China has made in the past six decades in Beijing on September 22, 2009. China approaches the October 1 60th anniversary of communist party rule as a growing economic giant, reaping the results of a change to a market economy with the open door policy some thirty years ago.

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A worker cleans a statue of Mao Zedong for China's 60th National Day in downtown Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. China's 60th anniversary celebration will be held on Oct. 1 in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing. (AP Photo) **

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Chinese artist Yang Qi places sand on a light box as she creates a "painting" of the former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at her studio in Beijing September 22, 2009. The sand artwork, that takes hours to create and is instantly removed shortly after completion, is part of a show that Yang is performing around China as part of the 60th celebrations of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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Chinese rocker Cui Jian poses during a photo call before his concert at the Asia Festival 2009 in Barcelona September 22, 2009.

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Pro-Taiwan independent activists display the banners and placards read ' safeguard the value of human rights, no Chinese hegemony ' during a demonstration outside the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009. Taiwan's second-largest city dismissed a warning from China against showing a biopic about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer, in a move expected to further anger Beijing. The placards read 'Safeguard human rights,' and 'No to Chinese hegemony'.

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Visitors look at Chinese-made spacesuits and Shenzhou 7 spaceship at an exhibition showing China's achievements after the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949, in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. China's 60th anniversary celebration will be held on Oct. 1 in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing.

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Chinese medical personnel inoculate a group of students who are taking part in the National Day parade with the A(H1N1) influenza vaccine in Beijing on September 22, 2009. China kicked off mass vaccinations for swine flu in Beijing, making it apparently the first nation in the world to start inoculating its population against the virus.

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Trains of Taiwan's high-speed rail company rest at the platform at Zuoying station, south of Kaohsiung city, on September 22, 2009. The Taiwanese government will name a representative to take over the island's struggling high-speed rail company, less than three years after it went into service, it was reported on September 20.

bd popeye · 09-23-2009

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Sweden's Sofia Mattsson (top) holds China's Hong Di during their women's 51 kg free style match at the World Wrestling Championships 2009 in Herning September 23, 2009.

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Chinese men riding a bicycle (L), an electric bicycle (C) and an LPG scooter (R) wait for a traffic light to turn green in Shanghai on September 23, 2009.

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A Chinese woman drives her car through traffic as her dog looks out of the passenger window in Shanghai on September 23, 2009.

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Heavy traffic is seen on elevated highways going by high rise buildings in Shanghai on September 23, 2009.

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A man takes a picture near a model of a Chinese jet fighter FBC-1(?) made by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) on display at the China Aviation Expo in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

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Local residents line up outside a theatre to watch a documentary film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer in southern Kaohsiung on September 23, 2009. Kadeer has accepted an invitation to visit Taiwan, supporters said in a development handing the island's China-friendly government a political dilemma. The Kadeer film and a recent visit by exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama to Taiwan have strained cross-strait ties, which have otherwise improved markedly since President Ma Ying-jeou came to power here in 2008.

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A farmer pulls a cart transporting grains on a paddy field near a cement factory in Sai Son village, outside Hanoi September 23, 2009.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 23: Chairman of Hong Kong exchanges and clearing ltd. Ronald Arculli (C) shakes hands with Chairman of Sinopharm group co. ltd Song Zhiping (L3) and Sinopharm group president She Lulin (R3) during the IPO listing ceremony at the Hong Kong stock exchange wednesday, September 23, 2009 in Hongkong, China. Sinopharm group co. , is the biggest drug distributor in China.

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Major League Baseball President Robert DuPuy, left, shakes hands with some 16 baseball students during an inaugural ceremony of Major League Baseball's first professional development center at Dongbeitang High School Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 in Wuxi, China. The center, part of a program in this eastern Chinese manufacturing center aimed at finding and nurturing future talent, and promoting the game in China.

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Armed policemen from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team stand guard at Chang'an Avenue, ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing September 23, 2009. The Chinese government is flooding Beijing with armed police and up to one million security "volunteers" to head off any unrest over October's sensitive anniversary of 60 years of Communist Party rule.

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Chinese police officers attending a ceremony where they were presented with new patrol cars ahead of the Oct. 1 National Day celebrations in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. Police in the Chinese capital have stepped up security ahead of the politically sensitive National Day celebrations.

bd popeye · 09-24-2009

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CORAOPOLIS, PA - SEPTEMBER 24: Hu Jintao, President of the Peoples Republic of China, arrives for the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit at the Pittsburgh International Airport September 24, 2009 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are scheduled to arrive in Pittsburgh for the summit which takes place September 24 and 25. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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An artist impression of the China Science Lab in Shanghai is seen in this handout released to Reuters on September 24, 2009. General Motors announced on Thursday that it will construct a facility to carry out global research projects in a number of automotive-related fields.

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Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer (L) and Freddy Lin, head of the human rights organisation, Guts United Taiwan, pose for a photograph during their meeting in Washington September 23, 2009. Lin has invited Kadeer and her husband to visit Taiwan but the trip will depend on whether the Taiwan government approves the entry visas for Rebiya and her husband. Chinese officials say that Kadeer, a former businesswoman who now leads exile group the World Uyghur Congress, orchestrated ethnic violence in July in Xinjiang. Photo taken September 23, 2009.

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Visitors look at a car customized with the spiderman theme during the Auto Parts Expo held in Beijing China, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. China, with 1.3 billion people, has long been expected to overtake the United States as the biggest vehicle market.

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A man lies on the pavement next a placard on which he wrote asking for help in finding a job, in Shanghai on September 24, 2009

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John Du, director of GM's China Science Lab, (L) Kevin Wale, GM China group president, (C) and Alan Taub, GM's vice president for global research and development, pose in front of an artist rendering of the China Science Lab during a news conference in Shanghai September 24, 2009. General Motors does not expect a sharp slowdown in demand in China's auto market from potential changes in government policy, its China chief said on Thursday.

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Construction workers smoke cigarettes and play cards during their lunch break outside a building site for new apartment blocks located on the outskirts of Beijing September 24, 2009. Chinese housing prices, which have surged since March, will soon lose their upward momentum and even start to fall around the end of this year, boding well for a more sustained contribution to overall economic growth and providing a valueable prop for an economy adjusting to a slump in exports, analysts say.

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Armed Chinese police patrol a main street in downtown Beijing on September 24, 2009 as part of a huge security crackdown ahead of National Day festivities. China is planning a military parade, mass 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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A local Chinese television crew film near armed paramilitary policemen who are standing guard near Beijing's Tiananmen Square September 24, 2009. China's leaders are marking 60 years of Communist Party rule with relentless security around Beijing in an effort to ensure nothing disrupts the parade on October 1 celebrating six decades of the People's Republic.

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Supporters of former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian protests outside the high court in Taipei September 24, 2009. A Taiwan court rejected former president Chen's appeal for release on bail, two weeks after he was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for graft, according to local media.

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DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 24: Workers decorate a bridge with China's national flags for the upcoming National Day on September 24, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Chinese people are in preparation for the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 09-25-2009

Explosion in a Xinjiang restaurant in downtown Beijing!

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Chinese policemen investigate the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Beijing on September 25, 2009. An explosion destroyed a small restaurant in a busy section of Beijing early on September 25 in an incident likely to further raise tensions in the capital ahead of October 1 National Day. Residents said the restaurant featured specialties from China's northwestern Xinjiang region -- the scene of deadly July riots by members of the Muslim Uighur minority that left nearly 200 people dead, according to the government. Police labelled the accident a gas explosion.

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G20 leaders gather for a group photo at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2009. Front row, L-R: Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, U.S. President Barack Obama, China's President Hu Jintao, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon. Second row, L-R: Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Top row, L-R: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director General Juan Somavia, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, World Bank President Robert Zoellick and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria

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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet Chinese President China Hu Jintao (L) as he arrives at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009. AFP PHOTO / Pool / PHILIPPE WOJAZER (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 25: A doctor checks a performer's body temperature as part of the routine precautions against H1N1 flu on September 25, 2009 in Beijing, China. The performers from Ansai County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province will perform the folk waist-drum dance during China's 60th anniversary celebration performance at the Tiananmen Square on October 1, 2009. 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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Wang Yi Han of China reaches for a return against Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand during their women's quarter-final match in the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo on September 25, 2009. Wang Yi Han won the match 21-11, 21-15. AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Bao Chunlai of China returns the shuttlecock against Peter Gade of Denmark during their men's quarter-final match in the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo on September 25, 2009. Bao Chunlai won the match 21-17, 21-14. AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

Geographer · 09-26-2009

Popeye I love your daily photos from China, keep up the good work!

bd popeye · 09-26-2009

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Originally Posted by Geographer

Popeye I love your daily photos from China, keep up the good work!

Thank you! I enjoy posting them and getting little tidbits of news and information from China!

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Gu Xiaoyue, a 44-year-old impersonator of China's late Chairman Mao, poses during a shopping mall's celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong September 26, 2009.

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Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (L), China's President Hu Jintao (2nd L), U.S. President Barack Obama and Financial Stability Board Chair Mario Draghi (R) depart after taking a group photo at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 25, 2009

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CHENGDU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 26: A woman decorates her faces with China's national flags to celebrating the upcoming National Day on September 26, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Chinese people are in preparation for the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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Armed Chinese special forces policemen guarding an armored personnel carrier on a street corner near Tiananmen Square chats with onlookers watching from behind police tape in Beijing on September 26, 2009. Security has been tight across Beijing ahead of National Day festivities on October 1 when China's marks the 60th anniversary of Communist rule with a military parade, mass song and dance performances, and fireworks.

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Wang Yi Han of China returns the shuttlecock to Japan's Eriko Hirose during their women's singles semi-final match in the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo on September 26, 2009. Wang Yi Han won the match 18-21, 21-12, 21-9.

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Gold medallist Wang Meng (C) of China, silver medalist Zhao Nannan (L) of China and bronze medalist Kalyna Roberge of Canada pose for photographs after the women's 500 meter final race at the ISU World Cup Short Track speed skating competitions in Seoul September 26, 2009.

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Taoists wait for the start of the parade to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of China's National Day at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Wong Tai Sin is a Chinese deity popular in Hong Kong with the power of healing. His name literally translates to the "Great Immortal Wong".

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China's Bao Chunlai plays a shot against Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen during their men's singles semi-final match at the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo September 26, 2009.

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Chinese film director, Lu Chuan, left, holds a glass of Cava poses for the media on the stairs of a hotel after he won the Golden Shell for the best film with 'City of Live and Death' at 57th Film Festival in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday Sept. 26, 2009. The San Sebastian Film Festival is the oldest and most prestigious in the Spanish speaking World with a strong focus on European and U.S. movies.

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A woman in a bridal outfit casts her ballot during a referendum process to vote for a proposal to build Taiwan's first casino on the island of Penghu September 26, 2009. The people of Penghu on Saturday have voted down the idea of hosting a new casino on the island.

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Local polling station staffs seal a ballot box at the Yung Kuang middle school in Makung, Penghu county, west islands of Taiwan, on September 26, 2009. The Penghu county government held the referendum on whether it should host a new casino following the repeal of a law earlier this year banning such gambling facilities. AFP PHOTO / Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Photo above was taken on Sept. 21, 2009 shows the platform of Beijing Zoo station on Subway Line 4 in Beijng, capital of China. Construction of the 28.2-kilometer-long Subway Line 4 entered the test phase recently. It will start trial operation before China's National Day on Oct. 1st. (Xinhua)

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BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A new subway line is to open in Beijing next Monday, three days ahead of the National Day of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1, local authorities said Friday.

The No. 4 subway line, which runs south to north through the heart of the city, is 28.2 km long with 24 stations. It is expected to transport more than 400,000 passengers a day.

The subway project had passed inspections by local authorities in regard to construction, urban planning, quality supervision, fire prevention and environmental protection, and the new line would begin operating on Sept. 28, a spokesman with the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-rural Development said.

Currently, Beijing has eight subway lines covering 200 kilometers.

The city government plans to build more subway lines, increasing the total length of the city's subway system to 300 km by 2010 and 560 km by 2015.

bd popeye · 09-27-2009

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Wang Yi Han of China celebrates her victory during the awards ceremony for the women's singles final at the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo on September 27, 2009. Wang Yi Han beat her compatriot Wang Xin in the final 21-8, 21-9

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Workers put the finishing touches on a decorative flower display at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 27, 2009 in preparation for the October 1 National Day festivities. Beijing authorities are nervously preparing for the grandiose celebrations of communist China's 60th birthday, deploying thousands of extra police and shutting down huge swathes of the city, for both rehearsals and the main event. While many residents are excited by the mountains of flowers, giant red lanterns and national flags festooning the capital, others say they cannot wait for the once-a-decade patriotic party to end. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 26: Visitors view an artwork during the Eleventh National Exhibition of Arts at the Hubei Museum of Art on September 26, 2009 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. A total of 488 oil painting artworks will be shown at the exhibition which kicked off today, as part of events held to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Chinese residents rehearse for the National Day celebrations in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province on September 26, 2009. Authorities are preparing for grand celebrations in the capital deploying thousands of extra police and shutting down huge swathes of the city, for both rehearsals and the main event. While many residents are excited by the mountains of flowers and national flags festooning the capital, others say they cannot wait for the once-a-decade patriotic party to end so life can get back to normal. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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Armed Chinese police stand guard on a road heading to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. Security has been tighten in the capital city ahead of China's 60th anniversary celebrations on Oct. 1.

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Anti-gambling alliance members celebrate their victory following the results of a referendum on casino's in Makung, Penghu county, in the west islands of Taiwan, on September 26, 2009. Residents in Taiwan's Penghu group of islands voted against hosting a new casino in a referendum following the repeal of a law banning such gambling facilities.

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Police officers display seized firearms and ammunition for the media after a smuggling bust in Kaohsiung September 26, 2009. A haul of 181 guns and 22,685 rounds of ammunition were displayed for the media on Saturday as six suspects were arrested in what may be the largest arms smuggling bust ever in Taiwan, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said. CIB officials said the seized weapons are standard models manufactured in Italy, Germany, Israel and the U.S. Picture taken September 26, 2009.

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A Taiwanese boy tries to touch a home robot (Roppie) during the 2009 Taiwan International Invention Show and Technomart at the Taipei World Trade Center, Sunday, Sept. 27, in Taipei, Taiwan. The home robot can receive the voice command from user. It helps the elders or people with disabilities, and it also provides the services of health care, home security and interactive company.

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This photo taken on Sunday Sept. 27, 2009, and released by the Xinhua news agency shows a pair of tigon twins at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden in Haikou in south China's Hainan province.

Rare twin tigons, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion, have survived their first 28 days since being born in a wildlife park in south China's Hainan Province, a park official announced Sunday.

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Chinese director Lu Chan (L) and actress Qin Lan (R) receive the 'Golden Shell' award of the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival to the best film, for their film 'City of Life and Death', on September 26, 2009, in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian.

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 23: People visit the section showing China's new weapon in the People's Republic Of China 60th Anniversary Exhibition at the Beijing Exhibition Center on September 23, 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.

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An injured man sits on the street near a restaurant which was destroyed by an explosion in Beijing September 25, 2009. The explosion in central Beijing destroyed a restaurant in a busy neighbourhood on Friday, injuring several people days before a military parade to mark the nation's founding, witnesses and police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear, although some neighbours blamed a gas tank explosion.

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Bugatti Automobiles Marketing Director Alasdair Stewart (R) shakes hands with Peter Mak, Director of Bugatti China, in front of a new concept car during the official opening of the world's first Bugatti showroom in central Beijing September 23, 2009. The luxury automobile car company is hoping to cash in on the Chinese auto market, now the world's biggest, with passenger car sales in August soaring 90 percent from a year earlier.

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 22: Pendants of former Chinese leader, chairman Mao Zedong, are sold in a shop near the Tiananmen Square on September 22, 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.

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CHANGCHUN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28: Students dressed in ancient costume pay respects to Confucius during a ceremony to mark his 2560th birthday at the Changchun Confucian Temple on September 28, 2009 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. Various celebrations are being held in different Confucian Temples around China and the world to worship the great ancient Chinese thinker and philosopher. Confucius's birthday is also UNESCO's World Teacher's Day.

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CHANGCHUN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28: Attendants pose for a in front of a sculpture of Confucius during a ceremony to mark his 2560th birthday at the Changchun Confucian Temple on September 28, 2009 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China.

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A man walks past a celebratory decoration for China's October 1 National Day in Beijing on September 28, 2009.

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Tattoo artist Ren Liang (L) works on a tattoo celebrating China's 60th anniversary on customer Chen Huang in his shop in central Beijing September 28, 2009. The small tattoo parlour has had an influx of requests for tattoos which symbolise the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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Swords and knives hang on the wall above tattoo artist Ren Liang as he chooses a design from a website celebrating China's 60th anniversary for customer Chen Huang in his shop in central Beijing September 28, 2009. The small tattoo parlour has had an influx of requests for tattoos which symbolise the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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A giant portrait of Sun Yat-sen, widely recognised as the father of modern China, is displayed on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, September 28, 2009. China's leaders are marking 60 years of Communist Party rule with relentless security around Beijing in an effort to ensure nothing disrupts the parade on October 1 celebrating six decades of the People's Republic.

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A dancer from the National Ballet of China stretches during a break in a training session at a studio in Beijing September 24, 2009. The National Ballet of China, founded in 1959, is China's sole national ballet company. The company's dancers are rehearsing for performances for the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1. Picture taken September 24, 2009.

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Dancers from the National Ballet of China rehearse the "Red Detachment of Women" ballet at the Tanggu Great Theater, ahead of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Tianjin, September 26, 2009. The "Red Detachment of Women" is a full-length Chinese ballet depicting a peasant woman's journey into the People's Liberation Army (PLA) , combining Western dance style with Chinese cultural elements. Picture taken September 26, 2009.

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TOKYO - SEPTEMBER 28: Kai-Chen Chang of Chinese Taipei returns a shot in her second round match against Dinara Safina of Russia on day two of the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis tournament at Ariake Colosseum on September 28, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi addresses a joint press conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan (unseen) and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (unseen) in Shanghai on September 28, 2009. Foreign ministers from China, Japan and South Korea met in Shanghai to discuss the North Korea nuclear issue and a Japanese proposal for a European Union-style East Asian community. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada in Shanghai September 28, 2009.

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Hundreds of people participant in a charity walk to celebrate the China's 60th anniversary celebrations on Oct. 1 in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.

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Fish are prepared for transport from the Aberdeen fish market in Hong Kong on September 27, 2009 to restaurants around the southern Chinese territory. Around 400 fishermen, 80 wholesalers and 1,000 buyers trade daily through Hong Kong's Fish Marketing Organisation (FMO), which in 2007-08 sold 51,500 tonnes of fish through seven wholesale markets. However, the FMO is under increasing pressure from illegal fishing and the increasing sale of catches outside Hong Kong. The UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) hailed a September 1, 2009 agreement in Rome to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal fishing, which accounts for 14 percent of all fish caught in the world. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinber (L) speaks with Chinese Vice Minister Xi JinPing (R) during their meeting at Great Hall of the People on September 29, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. and Chinese officials met Tuesday over North Korea's nuclear program amid signs Pyongyang may be willing to restart talks on the issue. (Photo by Elizabeth Dalziel-Pool/Getty Images)

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A pedestrian walks past retail signs in Hong Kong on September 29, 2009. According to statistics released by the government, the value of total retail sales in August 2009, provisionally estimated at 22.7 billion Hong Kong dollars, (2.9 billion USD) decreased by 0.2 percent when compared with a year earlier. After netting out the effect of price changes over the same period, the volume of total retail sales decreased by 1.0 percent in August 2009 when compared with a year earlier. AFP PHOTO/ Antony DICKSON (Photo credit should read ANTONY DICKSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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A man takes pictures of himself in front of a floral decoration of the Chinese national flag in Beijing on September 29, 2009. China will celebrate 60 years of communist rule on October 1 with lavish festivities showcasing the Asian giant's dramatic transformation from Third World nation to diplomatic, economic and military power. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinber (L) talks with China Gen. Ma Xiaotian poses during a meeting at the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) building on September 29, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Andy Wong-Pool/Getty Images)

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Mao Xinyu (C), grandson of Mao Zedong, arrives for the funeral of his grandfather's long time bodyguard Li Yinqiao in Beijing on September 28, 2009. A spokesman for Mao Xinyu has recently denied media reports that the revolutionary leader's descendant had been made a general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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QUANZHOU CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009: (CHINA OUT) Pupils chanting "Analects of Confucius" during a ceremony to mark Confucius' 2560th birthday at the Confucius Temple on September 28, 2009 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. Various celebrations are being held in different Confucian Temples around China and the world to worship the great ancient Chinese thinker and philosopher. Confucius's birthday is also UNESCO's World Teacher's Day. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009: A security volunteer is on duty at a station of Subway Line 4 on September 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. With a total length of 28.2 km, Subway Line 4 runs through Beijing¡¯s four districts from Fengtai district, south of the city to Haidian, in the northwest. The line has 24 stops and a one-way run takes about 47 minutes. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 28: Tourists visit Qianmen Street, one of Beijing's oldest commercial areas on September 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. After a period of renovation, Qianmen Street formally opened to the public on Monday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009: Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu poses on the red carpet prior to the Bazaar charity event on September 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Zhao Kang/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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A girl holds a Chinese flag as she visits Tiananmen gate after a flag lowering ceremony in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Chinese authorities plan to lock down the Tiananmen Square area Wednesday to prepare for the Oct. 1 National Day celebrations.

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In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, a sculpture by Chinese artist Chen Wenling entitled "What You See Might Not Be Real" is on display at a gallery in Beijing, China. The artwork is a critique of the global financial crisis with the bull representing the golden bull of wall street and the man pinned to the wall representing the jailed financier Bernard Madoff.

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BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and Su Mang, chief editor of the Chinese edition of "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, attend the 2009 BAZAAR Charity Auction Gala on September 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan reacts with joy just after defeating world number one player Dinara Safina of Russia during their second round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on September 28, 2009. Chang defeated Safina 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7-5.

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From right, Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming, actresses Li Bingbing, Zhou Xun, Chinese actor Zhang Hanyu and Taiwan actor Su Youpeng pose during a news conference for their movie "The Message" in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

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