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bd popeye · 03-02-2010

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A Chinese security personnel on duty is seen near reflections of Tiananmen Square on the glass door of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. China's top leadership will gather in the Chinese capital this week for its annual CPPCC and National People's Congress (NPC) meetings.

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Pedestrian smoke on a street Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Restaurants and office buildings in China's commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo. There is rising awareness of the health risks of smoking in China, by far the world's biggest tobacco-consuming country, and this modern city of 20 million is cleaning up its act as it prepares to host the Expo, which begins May 1.

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A migrant worker naps beside a poster displaying his skills while waiting for potential employers on a street in Guangzhou, Guangdong province March 2, 2010. More than a dozen Chinese newspapers have published a rare joint appeal for reform of China's household registration system, which limits rural migrant workers' access to services in China's more prosperous cities.

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BEIJING - MARCH 02: A waitress prepares for a meal before 'Liang Hu' at the Great Hall of the People on March 2, 2010 in Beijing, China. Known as 'Liang Hui', or 'two organizations', it consists of meetings of China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference will open on March 3 in Beijing.

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A white tiger from China sits inside a cage at Colombo's Zoological Gardens March 2, 2010. Officials say a pair of tigers were brought from China to show the friendship between the two countries.

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A pork vendor slices meet at a market in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Chinese officials said 8,382 pigs have been slaughtered because of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the southern city of Guangzhou. (AP Photo)

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People walk across a bridge in front of a portrait of the late revolutionary leader Mao Zedong in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. China's National People's Congress, the communist party-dominated national legislature, will open its annual session Friday.

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Peru's President Alan Garcia and China's Ambassador in Peru Zhao Wuyi (R) shake hands during a ceremony to mark the entry into force of the free trade agreement between Peru and China in Lima March 1, 2010.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 02: Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang registers for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as a member of the 11th National Committee on March 2, 2010 in Beijing of China.

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BEIJING - MARCH 01: Attendants from Beijing Conference Center welcome members of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the airport on March 1, 2010 in Beijing, China.

bd popeye · 03-03-2010

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China's President Hu Jintao listens to a work report during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2010. The Chinese leadership's efforts to engineer a trouble-free succession and push both economic growth and improved living standards in coming years move to the national parliament from Friday.

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COIMBRA, PORTUGAL - MARCH 03: Zhao Xuri of China is challenged by Joao Moutinho of Portugal during the International Friendly match between Portugal and Republic of China at the City of Coimbra Stadium on March 3, 2010 in Coimbra, Portugal.Portugal defeated China 2-0 .

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Attendants serve tea ahead of the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2010. The annual sessions of China's top political advisory body and top legislature, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress, are to open respectively on Wednesday and Friday.

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A security guard stands in front of a notice which reads "Sealed off area. Animal epidemic. Strictly prohibited from entering", on a road leading to Shijing county on the outskirts of China's southern city of Guangzhou March 3, 2010, where an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease occurred. China has confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-month disease among pigs in southern Guangdong province bordering Hong Kong, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. A total of 8,382 pigs have been culled in nearby farms after 1,474 pigs were suspected of contracting the highly contagious disease on Feb 22, Xinhua cited Yu Yedong, deputy director of Guangdong Provincial Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau, as saying.

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HANNOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 03: A hostess demonstrates a digital keyboard that can be rolled up or folded at the China Victory International stand at the CeBIT Technology Fair on March 3, 2010 in Hannover, Germany. CeBIT will be open to the public from March 2 through March 6.

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An employee poses with a HTC smartphone (L) and an Apple iPhone at a mobile phone shop in Taipei March 3, 2010. Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone.

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A woman puts Zotac motherboards on display at the CeBIT fair in Hannover February 28, 2010. The world's largest IT fair opens its doors on March 2 and runs through March 6. Zotac is a Hong Kong-based hardware company.

bd popeye · 03-04-2010

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China's President Hu Jintao (2nd L) and Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd R) attend the preparatory meeting for the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 4, 2010.

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China's President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hands with delegates before the preparatory meeting for the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 4, 2010. The annual National People's Congress is scheduled to open on March 5, 2010.

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BEIJING - MARCH 03: Hostesses for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) pose at the Tian'anmen Square on March 3, 2010 in Beijing, China. The Third Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee opened on Wednesday afternoon.

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BEIJING - MARCH 03: Security men guard during the opening session of the annual Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference inside the Great Hall of the People on March 3, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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BEIJING - MARCH 03: Chairman of Geely Automobile Holding Co Ltd Li Shufu(C) is interviewed as he leaves the opening meeting of the Third Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee at the Great Hall of the People on March 3, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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Migrant labourers seeking jobs stand in front of a banner at a job fair for migrant labourers at the Shanghai Railway Station square in downtown Shanghai March 4, 2010. Tens of thousands of questions inquiring on hefty housing prices, unemployment or wealth gap in China were submitted to a government website as Premier Wen Jiabao got ready for an online chat with netizens on Saturday afternoon, Xinhua News Agency reported. The banner reads "Welcome migrant labourers to the job fair".

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Residents are seen at their house at a demolished residential site in downtown Shanghai March 4, 2010. Tens of thousands of questions inquiring on hefty housing prices, unemployment or wealth gap in China were submitted to a government website as Premier Wen Jiabao got ready for an online chat with netizens on Saturday afternoon, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Local residents fill a container on an oxcart with water taken from a well in Guangnan County, Yunnan province March 4, 2010. Rain and snow were forecast for most parts of north China and some eastern regions over the next three days, and severe drought would continue in the dry southwest, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said Wednesday and reported by Xinhua News Agency.

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Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang speaks during a group session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing March 4, 2010. China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the head of the country's top sports university said on Thursday.

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Miners unload coal at a coal storage site in Hefei, Anhui province, March 4, 2010. China's power producers are appealing for the Chinese government to cap the ceiling price of power coal since the majority of China's coal demand is fed on domestic supply despite of increasing coal import, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Spokesperson for the National People's Congress Li Zhaoxing, prepares to leave after a press conference for the NPC in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 4, 2010. China's parliament, the National People's Congress, convenes Friday for its annual meeting.

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A ceramic bowl, made by ceramic artist Huang Cheng-nan, is displayed in Taipei county March 4, 2010. The bowl on display, about 12 cm (4.72 inches) in diameter, 4 g (0.14 ounce) in weight and 0.15 mm (0.006 inches) in thickness, is thinner than China's Jingde ceramic bowl which is the thinnest bowl in Guinness World Records, according to Huang.

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BEIJING - MARCH 03: Representatives in traditional dress attend the third Session the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on March 3, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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A staff member of Sotheby's poses behind a signed folding fan painted by Chinese artist Yu Feian (1889-1959) at an auction preview in Hong Kong March 4, 2010. The fan is expected to fetch between $700,000-770,000 at the Spring Sale of Fine Chinese Paintings in the territory on April 6.

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Firemen try to put out a blaze at a textile factory that started shortly after a quake hit Tainan, southern Taiwan, March 4, 2010. An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook Taiwan early on Thursday, injuring 11, stopping transport and causing minor damage and fires in the southern half of the island.

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Taiwanese residents inspect the damage to their homes & other property after a strong earthquake jolted the island, Thursday, March 4, 2010, in Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan. A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, causing widespread damage, and disrupting communications around the island. (AP Photo)

bd popeye · 03-05-2010

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JIUQUAN, CHINA - MARCH 05: A Long March 4C rocket carrying the remote-sensing satellite 'Yaogan IX' takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on March 5, 2010 in Jiuquan, China.

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Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei speaks during an interview at his studio in Beijing March 1, 2010. Increasingly, Ai's canvas is the Internet, where the battle lines of free expression in today's China are drawn by bloggers and censors, netizens and the "ten cent" patrollers who are paid to ferret out sensitive commentary. Picture taken March 1, 2010.

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BEIJING - MARCH 05: The Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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A truck carrying a container runs Yangshan deep-water port Friday, March 5, 2010 in Shanghai, China. China's Premier Wen Jiabao promised strong growth this year and said the government will combat inflation and risks to banks to keep the rebound in the world's third-largest economy on track.

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A combination image shows delegates from ethnic minority groups wearing traditional costumes during the opening ceremony for the National People's Congress (NPC), on March 5, 2010 and on the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on March 3, 2010 in Beijing. All of China's 55 official minority groups are represented at the meeting of the largely rubber-stamp body, from Mongolians and Koreans to the Muslim Uighurs and shamanistic Oroqen, and almost all come dressed in traditional clothing. China's parliament, the National People's Congress, opened its annual session on Friday, with China's Premier Wen Jiabao giving his work report and spelling out broad policy goals for 2010.

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Employees work on the assembly line of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd in Hefei, Anhui province March 5, 2010. China must have 11 percent industrial output growth this year to achieve its GDP target of 8 percent, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong said on Friday.

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KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN - MARCH 04: A woman inspects her house that was damaged by the earthquake that hit Shanlin Township on March 4, 2010 in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. 64 people were injured in the 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan at 8.18 am Beijing Time.

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An attendant stands in front of a booth during the International Jewellery Show in Hong Kong March 5, 2010. The show runs at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre until March 9.

bd popeye · 03-07-2010

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China's President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at a meeting to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 7, 2010.

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Qiangba Puncog (L), director of the People's Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region, talks with Palma Trily, chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, during a news conference in Beijing during the annual session of China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), March 7, 2010.

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An employee works at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi province, March 7, 2010. China's Shanxi Province, traditionally the country's top coal producer, expects its coal output to rise by up to 30 percent in 2010, the province's party boss said on Saturday.

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BEIJING - MARCH 07: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) attends a news conference at The Great Hall Of The People on March 7, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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BEIJING - MARCH 07: A media cameraman works during a news conference for Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at The Great Hall Of The People on March 7, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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Villagers wait to collect water provided by local government at the drought-hit Guangnan county, Yunnan province March 5, 2010. More than 6 million people in southwest China's Yunnan province are facing water shortages as the lingering drought continues to worsen, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken March 5, 2010.

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Members of Falun Gong gather for a parade in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei March 7, 2010. Falun Gong practitioners rallied on Sunday to urge people in mainland China to quit the Chinese Communist Party. The banner in front reads, "Falun Gong".

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 07: Hsin-Han Lee of Chinese Taipei serves in his match against Bernard Tomic of Australia during day three of the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1 tie between Australia and Chinese Taipei at Melbourne Park on March 7, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.

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WUHAN, CHINA - MARCH 6: Couples take part in a kissing contest during the 2010 Spring Wedding Ceremony Group Buying Fair on March 6, 2010 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. The event is one of the largest wedding fairs in central China. According to state media, over 11.45 million Chinese couples registered for marriage in 2009 and the figure is expected to rise this year. The wedding market keeps booming with urban residents consumption on wedding hitting 600 billion yuan (approximately USD 87.90 billion) last year.

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Taiwanese children perform calligraphy with their brushes during the annual New Spring Open Pen event in front of the Taiwan President Office, Saturday, March 6, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Women touch a 220 kg (485 pounds) gold bar, worth around $7.9 million at today's price, on display at the Jinguashi Gold Ecological Park in Taipei County March 5, 2010. The Jinguashi Gold Ecological Park said the gold bar is Taiwan's largest. Spot gold was at $1,132.70 an ounce by 0258 GMT, up $1.25 from New York's notional close on Thursday, when it extended losses as investors booked profit from this week's rally to a 6 week high.

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Macau casino kingpin Stanley Ho, who owns SJM Holdings, Macau's biggest casino operator, waves to journalists as he is discharged from a hospital to go back home in Hong Kong March 6, 2010. Ho, 88, was hospitalized in July 2009 after a fall and this is his second public appearance since

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Surveillance cameras watch the buyer registration counters of the International Jewellery Show in Hong Kong March 5, 2010. The show runs at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre until March 9.

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In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2010, a woman with her baby looks at China's Wenchuan town being rebuilt from 2008 earthquake. Just 22 months from the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, scarred mountain sides are often the only physical indication of the devastation that left nearly 90,000 dead or missing and another 5 million homeless.

GreenestGDP · 03-07-2010

Millions Gratitude to Grand Pubbah BD Popeye for all your efforts in showcasing all these China Daily Photos.

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bd popeye · 03-07-2010

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Originally Posted by GreenestGDP

Millions Gratitude to Grand Pubbah BD Popeye for all your efforts in showcasing all these China Daily Photos.

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bd popeye · 03-08-2010

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 8: A Chinese farmer braves sub-zero temperatures to harvest lotus roots, in a frozen pond at a lotus root farm on March 8, 2010 in Beijing, China. Lotus root, a popular Chinese cuisine, also symbolizes good luck and sweet love in Chinese tradition.

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BEIJING - MARCH 08: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee Yu Zhengsheng (L) and Shanghai mayor Han Zheng (R) attend the Shanghai group meeting during day four of National People's Congress (NPC) at The Great Hall Of The People on March 8, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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A worker carries construction materials in front of the Chinese Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site Monday, March 8, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Less than two months before the Shanghai World Expo opens, organizers said Monday that preparations for taking the wrapping off the pavilions and putting crowd control measures in place for the expected 70 million visitors are on track

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A labourer lights his cigarette while resting at a workshop of a coal mine in Taiyuan, Shanxi province March 8, 2010. China's Shanxi Province, traditionally the country's top coal producer, expects its coal output to rise by up to 30 percent in 2010, the province's party boss said on March 6.

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A worker produces bras for export at a textile factory at Wangniudun County of Dongguan, Guangdong province March 8, 2010. China will maintain a stable export policy, including export tax rebates, and use World Trade Organisation (WTO) mechanisms to ease trade frictions, the Commerce Ministry said on Saturday.

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Ding Roung, a 46-year old worker from Hunan province, prepares his lunch inside his rented room in Beijing, Monday, March 8, 2009. Hu Xiaoyi, vice-minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said the government is aware that robust demand amid the economic recovery has created a shortage of migrant workers in some parts of China.

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BEIJING - MARCH 08: A general view of Chinese national emblem as snow falls, during the day four of National People's Congress (NPC) outside The Great Hall Of The People on March 8, 2010 in Beijing, China. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has announced a 43.3 billion yuan plan to stimulate employment, and extend a program to create jobs for more than 9 million people entering the urban work force.

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BEIJING - MARCH 08: Attendants pose for pictures during the day four of National People's Congress (NPC) outside The Great Hall Of The People on March 8, 2010 in Beijing, China. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has announced a 43.3 billion yuan plan to stimulate employment, and extend a program to create jobs for more than 9 million people entering the urban work force.

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An employee poses with China yuan notes at the Bank of Taiwan head office in Taipei March 8, 2010. China will continue to reform its exchange rate policy in a gradual and controlled manner, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said today.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 07: Young girls take photos with the Intelligent Service Robot of Shanghai Expo mascot 'Hai Bao' as it debuts on March 7, 2010 in Shanghai of China. The robot was designed by Zhejiang University and set to serve the Expo from May.

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Members of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT) present the thousand-hand Bodhisattva by the hearing impaired performers, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, March, 8, 2010. A total of 104 artists, all with hearing, visual or physical impairments, performed an array of songs, dances, dramas and Peking opera acts in the show.

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A Tibet monk walks during snowfall outside the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the annual session of China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC) March 8, 2010. The new Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet said on Sunday that only socialism can "save" the remote region and guarantee its development, and lampooned the Dalai Lama's indecision on his succession.

bd popeye · 03-09-2010

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National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo, right, clasps as he walks past Chinese President Hu Jintao on arrival at the Great Hall of the People for a plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

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BEIJING - MARCH 09: A attendant stands outside The Great Hall Of The People during the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 9, 2010 in Beijing, China. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has announced a 43.3 billion yuan plan to stimulate employment, and extend a program to create jobs for more than 9 million people entering the urban work force.

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BEIJING - MARCH 09: Waiters await orders at The Great Hall Of The People during the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 9, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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Junichi Inamoto left, of Japan's Kawasaki Frontale left, and Huang Bowen of China's Beijing Guoan, right, vie for a high ball during their Group E soccer match of the AFC Champions League at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki near Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Beijing Guoan won the match, 3-1.

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Police detain a Tibetan exile during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi March 9, 2010. Dozens of exiled Tibetans protested on Tuesday to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China.

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A Tibetan exile shouts slogan from inside a police van after being detained during a protest in front of Chinese embassy in New Delhi March 9, 2009.

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Migrant workers arrive at a toy factory after Chinese New Year leave in Dongguan, Guangdong province March 9, 2010. South China's export stronghold Guangdong is experiencing labour shortages that could result in higher wages, but they are not as severe as reported by the media, provincial Communist Party boss Wang Yang said.

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An employee counts yuan banknotes next to U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Changzhi, Shanxi province, March 9, 2010. China's $2.4 trillion stockpile of foreign exchange reserves is appropriately diversified in dollars, euro and yen and is not used for short-term speculation in the currency markets, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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A vendor arranges gold rings on display at a jewelry shop in Shenyang, Liaoning province March 9, 2010. China, the world's biggest holder of foreign exchange reserves, renewed its commitment to the U.S. Treasury market on Tuesday but said it would be wary of adding to its gold holdings.

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A labourer works at the Maanshan steel and iron factory in Hefei, Anhui province, March 9, 2010. China's industrial output growth in the first two months of the year maintained the strong momentum witnessed in November and December, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong told Reuters on Monday.

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In this Monday, March 8, 2010 photo released by the Xinhua news agency, Miss Plump beauty pageant contestants appear on the stage at a shopping mall in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Some 40 participants took part in the contest, showing wedding dress, evening dress and their acquirements.

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Visitors look at the American-born panda Tai Shan as it walks in the Ya'an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base in Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Freed from quarantine, Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country. (AP Photo)

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A sign in the form of ancient Chinese coins is hang as a guide to customers in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. An official in charge of China's foreign reserves tried to ease American concern Tuesday about the political impact of Beijing's huge holdings of U.S. government debt.

bd popeye · 03-10-2010

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Tibetan exiles take part in a candle light vigil to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kolkata March 10, 2010. The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, voiced his support on Wednesday for an ethnic minority in China's troubled Xinjiang province, risking further worsening his fraught relations with Beijing.

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PANZHIHUA, CHINA - MARCH 10: A farmer holds wheat at a field on March 10, 2010 in Panzhihua of Sichuan Province, China. There was no rainfall in nearly half year in Panzhihua, resulting in poor harvest of crops in many areas. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, severe drought had hit over 4.09 million hectares of farmland in southwestern China since early March, with more than 2 million hectares seriously damaged. The affected regions are in Yunnan Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guizhou Province, Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, which contribute to about 16 percent of the country's annual grain output.

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JINAN, CHINA - MARCH 10: Han Peng (L) of Shandong Luneng dribbles the ball to overcome a challenge by Lucas Pantelis (R) of Adelaide United during the AFC Champions League Group H match between Shandong Luneng FC and Adelaide United at Shandong Sports Center on March 10, 2010 in Jinan, China.

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A labourer works at a coking factory in Changzhi, Shanxi province March 10, 2010. China's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it is creating are so enormous that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions now.

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A labourer rests at a coking factory in Changzhi, Shanxi province March 10, 2010.

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A driver walks in front of trains after testing a train at a metro station in Shenyang, Liaoning province March 10, 2010. When exports collapsed last year due to the global financial crisis, China unleashed an infrastructure investment frenzy to make up the shortfall. More than 30 cities from Shenyang in the north to Guangzhou in the south are building or expanding metro systems.

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Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province March 10, 2010. The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.

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An employee counts Chinese yuan banknotes at a Bank of China branch in Hefei, Anhui province March 10, 2010. Chinese banks extended about 700 billion yuan ($102.5 billion) in new loans in February, half that of January, as the government clampdown on lending took hold, state media said on Wednesday.

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BERLIN - MARCH 10: A trade fair hostess paints souvenirs at a Chinese stand at the ITB Berlin travel trade show on March 10, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The ITB, which is the world's largest international tourism trade fair, runs from March 10-14.

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BERLIN - MARCH 10: A hostess wearing traditional dress from China attends the ITB Berlin travel trade show on March 10, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.

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Actors pose at Taiwan's exhibition stand at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin, March 10, 2010.

bd popeye · 03-11-2010

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BEIJING - MARCH 11: China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with a delegate as President Hu Jintao (R) looks on after the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at The Great Hall Of The People on March 11, 2010 in Beijing, China. The NPC is made up of nearly 3,000 elected delegates who hold office for five years but have little legislative power. The NPC is largely seen as a rubber stamp parliament convening for one session a year to endorse policies of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

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BEIJING - MARCH 11: Waitress serve tea to delegates during the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at The Great Hall Of The People on March 11, 2010 in Beijing, China. The NPC is made up of nearly 3,000 elected delegates who hold office for five years but have little legislative power. The NPC is largely seen as a rubber stamp parliament convening for one session a year to endorse policies of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

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Catholic, left, Buddhist, center, and Taoist Chinese religious leaders drink tea before the start of a session of the annual National People's Congress at Beijing's Great Hall of the People in China, Thursday, March 11, 2010. In China, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism are the main religions widely practiced but tightly regulated by the Chinese government who tend to view unregulated religious groups as a potential threat to its authority.

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The under-construction International Commerce Centre (L), which is 490-metres tall, has 118 floors and is developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, is seen at the Kowloon Peninsula during sunset in Hong Kong March 11, 2010. Sun Hung Kai Properties, Asia's largest developer by market value, reported a 44 percent rise in first-half underlying profit, beating forecasts, on higher rental income and strong sales fueled by low interest rates and China's economic stimulus programme.

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Delegates from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sleep as President of the Supreme People's Court of China Wang Shengjun (not in picture) delivers the work report during the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 11, 2010.

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A customer, left, chats with a butcher, right, at a street stall Thursday, March 11, 2010 in Shanghai, China. China's inflation spiked higher in February, data showed Thursday, raising the chances that Beijing might need to cool the recovery of the world's third-largest economy.

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A delegate wearing traditional costume arrives outside the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square to attend the fourth plenary meeting of China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), in Beijing March 11, 2010.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 10: The new Bond Area is illuminated ahead of the 50-day countdown to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo on March 10, 2010 in Shanghai, China. The 2010 Shanghai World Expo will open on May 1, 2010.

bd popeye · 03-12-2010

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PANZHIHUA, CHINA - MARCH 12: Workers make Juque Inkstones at an inkstone factory on March 12, 2010 in Panzhihua of Sichuan Province, China. Juque Inkstone was developed during Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), named after its birthplace Juque County. It is renowned for the unique quality, delicate texture, purple black lustre and oil-like ink.

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Lu Lan of China playing in her match against Tine Rasmussen of Denmark during The All England Open Badminton Championships at The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, central England, on March 12, 2010.

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China's Xian Lu competes in the men's first round 60m hurdles at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Aspire Dome in the Qatari capital Doha on March 12, 2010.

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A view of the gate to the Shenyang Forest Wild Zoological Garden in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province Friday, March 12, 2010. Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at the facility, state media said Friday. (AP Photo)

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In this photo taken Thursday, March 11, 2010, Chinese staff members collect hot water in a steam filled room with large water boilers at the Great Hall of the People, where a plenary session of the National People's Congress is being held, in Beijing, China. Tea serves as the main social lubricant at the annual session of China's parliament, allowing the nearly 3,000 hand-picked delegates in attendance an opportunity to sit, chat, and network.

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In this photo taken Thursday, March 11, 2010, a hostess clear away paper cups near a Chinese delegate sipping tea at the Great Hall of the People, where a plenary session of the National People's Congress is being held, in Beijing, China.

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In this photo taken Thursday, March 11, 2010, a Chinese woman with a child shop for vegetables at a supermarket in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province. China's inflation rose in February amid galloping growth and demand for scarce labor, increasing pressure on Beijing to ease off its stimulus while keeping a recovery going in the world's third-largest economy. (AP Photo)

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Chinese tourists visit The Venetian Macao Casino in Macau Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Macau, about an hour's ferry ride from Hong Kong, is the only place in China where casinos are legal.

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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama donates her 2009 Inaugural Ball gown to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, March 9, 2010. The designer of the gown is Taiwan-born Jason Wu, standing at left.

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Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez (C) signs autographs as he promotes the Taipei Flora Expostition on March 12, 2010. Ramirez is in Taipei for a four-day visit and will take part in exhibition games with Taiwan's all-star team.

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Manager Joe Torre of the Los Angeles Dodgers, right, gives a jersey to Taiwanese Minister of Sports Affairs Council Tai Hsai-ling at a press conference after arriving in Taiwan for a series of three exhibition games against Taiwan's all-star players in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, March 11, 2010.

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Taiwan's former justice minister Wang Ching-feng is surrounded by journalists outside the Justice Ministry in Taipei on March 12, 2010. Wang has resigned, the premier said, just days after she attracted a storm of criticism over a vow not to order any executions during her term.

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Vendors wait for customers at the Dongtai Lu antique market in Shanghai on March 12, 2010..

bd popeye · 03-14-2010

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China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures during his annual news conference following the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC), or parliament, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 14, 2010. Wen said on Sunday that external calls for yuan appreciation were unhelpful and even a form of trade protectionism, vowing that Beijing would stick to its own course for currency reform.

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China's President Hu Jintao, right, looks at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during the closing of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Saturday, March 13, 2010.

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VANCOUVER, BC - MARCH 12: Flag bearer Shishuai Cheng of the People's Republic of China leads his team through the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympic Games at BC Place on March 12, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.

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BEIJING - MARCH 13: Gyaltsen Norbu (2ndL), known as the Panchen Lama, arrives for the closing meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 13, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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A Tibetan monk and delegate, center, waits to leave the room while other delegates queue up to leave after the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Saturday, March 13, 2010. China's top parliamentary adviser said Saturday that keeping the economy stable and steady must remain the government's biggest priority this year.

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BEIJING - MARCH 13: Hostesses for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC) pose for photos at the Tian'anmen Square on March 13, 2010 in Beijing, China. The Third Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee closed here Saturday.

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A young woman braves the snow as she walks along a street in Beijing on March 14, 2010.

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Citizens que as Chinese paramilitary policemen fill buckets with drinking water distributed by the local government to residents at a village in Anshun, Guizhou province March 12, 2010. A severe drought in southwest China, which local people say is the worst in a century, is forecast to linger till the start of the rainy season in May, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken March 12, 2010.

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A seven-month-old Siberian tiger cub from the Shenyang Guaipo Bear and Tiger Park attends the opening ceremony of the sales office for a real estate project in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province Saturday, March 13, 2010. The developer paid 100,000 rmb (US$14,600) to adopt a pair of tigers. At least eleven Siberian tigers at another local tiger park have starved to death in the past three months due to lack of fund. (AP Photo)

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Guo Zhendong (R) and Xu Chen (L) of China celebrate a point in their semi final match against Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark during The All England Open Badminton Championships at The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, central England, on March 13, 2010.

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A migrant worker adjusts the antenna of his TV during the live broadcast of China's Premier Wen Jiabao's press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC), in Hefei, Anhui province March 14, 2010.

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Paramilitary police stand guard in the snow during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2010. China's parliament ended its annual session with the approval of the country's budget for 2010, which calls for more spending on health care, education and low-income housing.

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A Chinese petitioner lies on the ground as a police officer shouts at a photographer outside the Great Hall of the People at the end of the National People's Congress in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 14, 2010.

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Tibetans living in Taiwan and Taiwanese supporters gather to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibet uprising against mainland China on the Taipei street, Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Tibetans failed a revolt against Chinese rule in 1959, which led the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, to flee into exile.

bd popeye · 03-14-2010

So many photos. I'll give out a double dose today!......

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A newscaster reports from Tiananmen Square during the closing session of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2010. Chinese legislators may have scant political powers, but they do not lack in ideas, handing in a wave of proposals -- some serious, but others not -- to the nation's annual session of parliament.

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BEIJING - MARCH 14: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives for his annual press conference after the closing of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People on March 14, 2010 in Beijing, China.

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Chinese petitioners are arrested by Chinese police officers outside the Great Hall of the People after the end of the National People's Congress held in Beijing Sunday, March 14, 2010. Petitioners are citizens with grievances against the PRC government.

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Two delegates in traditional costumes arrive for the closing session of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2009.

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Yani Tseng of Taiwan holds up the trophy after winning the women's Australian Open golf tournament at the Commonwealth Club in Melbourne on March 14, 2010. Tseng won the tournament after shooting a seven under 66 in the final round to win by three shots from England's Laura Davis.

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Taoists walk past a commercial building as they take part in a ritual at Hong Kong's financial central district to pray for the city's economic prosperity and social stability March 14, 2010.

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A man stands aboard his boat in Hong Kong's Aberdeen harbour on March 14, 2010. Hong Kong's exports rose 18.4 percent in January, official data showed February 25, 2010, driven by a pick-up in trading activities within Asia. A spokesman for the government said the January data showed the economies in Asia were recovering faster than their overseas counterparts.

bd popeye · 03-15-2010

Two great photos for the Hong Kong people!

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A layer of fog floats into Victoria harbour in Hong Kong late on March 15, 2010. Warm humid air from the south mixed with a cold front from neighbouring Guangdong province in mainland China to the north has produced patches of fog across the territory over the past few days.

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An aerial view of Hong Kong's cityscape during foggy conditions March 15, 2010. A humid maritime airstream is affecting the south China coastal areas, the Hong Kong observatory reported on Monday.

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China's Du Haitao (#5) and Cheng Shishuai compete in the men's 20km cross-country standing at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler, British Columbia, March 15, 2010.

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HUILI COUNTY, CHINA - MARCH 15: A woman gets water at a drinking water supply point, where she has waited for her turn for two days on March 15, 2010 in Huili County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. There was no rainfall in the county since October last year, resulting in poor harvest of grain crops. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, severe drought had hit over 4.09 million hectares of farmland in southwestern China since early March, with more than 2 million hectares seriously damaged. The affected regions are in Yunnan Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guizhou Province, Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, which contribute to about 16 percent of the country's annual grain output.

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HUILI COUNTY, CHINA - MARCH 15: Villagers fetch water by motorcycle from the foot of a hill on March 15, 2010 in Huili County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

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A general view shows collapsed scaffoldings at a construction site in Guiyang, Guizhou province March 14, 2010. The death toll from a partial collapse of an unfinished building Sunday in southwest China's Guizhou Province has risen to seven, Xinhua News Agency reported the rescue headquarters saying. Picture taken March 14, 2010.

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Google China headquarters building is seen in Beijing March. 15, 2010. A newspaper Web site is reporting that Google Inc. is "99.9 percent" sure to close its search engine in China after negotiations over censorship stalled.

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In this photo taken on Sunday, March 14, 2010, 60-year-old Peng Wengao who has abnormally high blood lead level holds up a mask he use when he works for Zhongyi alloy company near Yujian town in Longchang county of southwestern China's Sichuan province. Chinese authorities have ordered the closure of the lead ingot factory in the country's southwest after 94 people, including 88 children, in nearby villages were found to have lead poisoning. (AP Photo)

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Giant panda Mei Lan eats bamboo at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, March 15, 2010. U.S.-born Mei Lan met the public on Monday after it returned to China from the U.S. one month ago, local media reported.

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A labourer carries branches at a timber processing factory in Huaibei, Anhui province March 15, 2010. China's economy is likely to expand more than 9 percent this year, thanks to pro-growth policies and an improving global environment, a government researcher said in remarks published on Monday.

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Zheng Jie of China returns a shot during the last point of her victory over Maria Sharapova of Russia during their match at the Indian Wells WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, March 14, 2010.

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Chinese men learn to distinguish between real and fake Chinese renminbi money during a campaign to mark the World Consumer Rights Day in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province Monday March 15, 2010. (AP Photo)

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