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bd popeye · 03-27-2009

Gents, I had to start a new Chinese Daily Photos thread. Why?? The photo hosting I've been using is now defunct. They disappeared overnight. So..Tinypic here I come!

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 26: Xintong Huang and Xun Zheng of China compete in the Original Dance competition during the 2009 ISU World Figure Skating Championships on March 26, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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The second highest Tibetan spiritual figure Panchen Lama attends a symposium marking 50th anniversary on the liberation of Tibetan slaves at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 27, 2009. China will on March 28 celebrate for the first time the end of Tibetan "feudalism," a day that coincides with the quelling of an anti-Chinese uprising in the Himalayan region 50 years ago.

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Team China skip Wang Bingyu (R) watches the line of a stone as lead Zhou Yan (top L) and second Yue Qingshuang deliver the stone into the house in playoffs against Denmark at the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship in Gangneung, east of Seoul March 27, 2009.

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Two doctors check children in a kindergarten for symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease in Suining in southwest China's Sichuan province Friday March 27, 2009. Chinese health officials said Friday that the disease has sickened 41,000 people across the country and killed 18 children so far this year. (AP Photo)

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A child has her mouth disinfected in prevention against hand-foot-mouth disease at a kindergarten in Suining, Sichuan province March 27, 2009

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Two ten yuan notes with anti-China Communist Party slogans stamped on them that were found in general circulation as seen in Beijing March 27, 2009. The slogan on the top note reads 'Heavens' annihilation of the Communist Party in China (CPC) is at hand. Withdraw from the party, the Youth League or the Young Pioneers to save your life', and then gives telephone numbers based in the U.S. The note at the bottom reads 'Heaven will destroy the CPC and it's members too. Quit the party at an early date to avoid disaster. Quit the party! Quit the Youth League! Quit the Pioneers! Sign your real name or alias.' The author of these slogans is unknown.

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Lieutenant-General Yin Fatang (L), former Communist Party secretary of Tibet from 1980-1985, reacts as photographer Lan Zhigui points to one of his photographs during the opening of his exhibition at the China Art Museum in Beijing March 22, 2009. China's newly declared "Serf Liberation Day" will help convince young people that traditional Tibetan society was oppressive, an elderly cadre known for his hard-line views on Tibet said in a rare interview. Still influential today, Yin was the party secretary of Tibet from 1980-1985, when the region was just emerging from the devastation of the Cultural Revolution. A Han Chinese, he is one of the few high-ranking officials from outside Tibet to learn the language fluently. He is considered to belong to the dominant policy view that Tibet needs economic development, but not religious or cultural concessions. Picture taken March 22, 2009.

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A worker unloads bags of flour at a foodstuff wholesale market in Shenyang, Liaoning province March 27, 2009. China will investigate its huge grain stocks to see if they match reported levels, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

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A group of migrant workers arrives at a railway station in Beijing on March 26, 2009 from northwest Gansu province for training to be baby-sitters. The global economic crisis has led to the unemployment of far more migrant workers in China than the 20 million estimated earlier, said a government survey published on March 25. The poll carried out by the National Bureau of Statistics estimated that of the 70 million migrant workers who returned home for the Chinese New Year holiday in January, some 25 million were without jobs

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A Chinese policeman shows off cash and other seized items after a crackdown on a Taiwanese money laundering syndicate, during a press conference in Beijing on March 26, 2009. Experts fear the export-dependent Chinese economy slowing to 6.8 percent growth in the final quarter of 2008, and rising unemployment figures could cause a crime wave as China's 1.3 billion people struggle with the consequences of the global meltdown.

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A model shows off a creation during the Beijing Fashion Week in Beijing on March 26, 2009. The bi-annual fashion extravaganza showcases China's fashion houses and their latest collections to buyers all over the world. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS.

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Taiwan's Wang Ju-an (L) is tackled by Fiji's Vereniki Goneva during the preliminaries of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament March 27, 2009.

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Fiji's Nasoni Roko (2nd R) runs for a try against Taiwan during the first day of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, the fifth leg of the IRB World Sevens Series, on March 27, 2009. Fiji won the match 33-0.

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Fans brave the rainy weather as they cheer during the first day of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, the fifth leg of the IRB World Sevens Series, on March 27, 2009. Rugby Sevens' big guns hope to put aside this month's shock World Cup and stake their claims to the wide-open IRB Series at the showpiece Hong Kong leg, which runs March 27-29.

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The toasted black mustard and pepper crusted ahi served rare with wasabi soy, sun dried tomato, olive tapenade and white rice as pictured here in the Opium Lounge at INDIGO restaurant, in Honolulu, Wednesday, March 11, 2009. The INDIGO restaurant located in the Chinatown district of downtown Honolulu in one of President Barack Obama's favorite restaurants. During a recent visit the then Senator and his party dined in the Opium Lounge, a private dinning room located in the restaurant.

SteelBird · 03-27-2009

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 26: Xintong Huang and Xun Zheng of China compete in the Original Dance competition during the 2009 ISU World Figure Skating Championships on March 26, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Did my eyes cheat me? The man's right leg and the lady's left leg don't look consistent.

bd popeye · 03-27-2009

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Originally Posted by SteelBird

Did my eyes cheat me? The man's right leg and the lady's left leg don't look consistent.

You are correct..looks weird..I'm going to see if there are more photos of them..

5 minutes later..Humm..I think it's just the way the young woman's costume is cut. It's just kinda flapping around. There are similar costumes in the event.

here's a link..

http://www.daylife.com/search/photos...+Championships

SteelBird · 03-27-2009

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Originally Posted by bd popeye

You are correct..looks weird..I'm going to see if there are more photos of them..

5 minutes later..Humm..I think it's just the way the young woman's costume is cut. It's just kinda flapping around. There are similar costumes in the event.

here's a link..

2009 ISU World Figure Skating Championships - News, photos, topics, and quotes

Right, my eyes did cheat me! If I'm not mistaken, the lady's costume flapped around and cover her tight. The man's leg was behind.

bd popeye · 03-28-2009

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A photo with the caption describing a Tibetan serf who had his hand chopped off as a punishment is seen during the 50th Anniversary of Democratic Reforms in Tibet exhibition held in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 28 , 2009. Chinese authorities marked "Serfs Liberation Day" on March 28, the date when Beijing ended the 1959 Tibetan uprising, sending the Dalai Lama into exile, and placing Tibet under its direct rule for the first time in history.

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BEIJING - MARCH 28: The 'Bird Nest' National Stadium is darkened for one hour to mark Earth Hour on March 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. A WWF global initiative, Earth Hour will take place in over 900 cities and towns in 80 countries to highlight the world's need to reduce emissions as a shared global responsibility.

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Shen Lingzhi, a 60-year-old resident, mourns over one of her grandsons who died of hand, foot and mouth disease in Minquan County, Henan province March 27, 2009. Shen's only son, who is a migrant worker, blamed his mother for being careless after one of the grandsons died of the disease and took the whole family away. Chinese state media accused a local government on Tuesday of covering up the number of children suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease and the number of deaths. The government of Minquan county in central Henan province said only one child was killed by the virus, but there may be at least 10 more deaths cases in the region, the official China National Radio said on its website. Picture taken March 27, 2009.

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About a hundred participants in an event to mark Earth Hour celebrate with a group photo after the event in which they freeze their movement for a few minutes at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 28 , 2009.

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Police check remains from the wreckage of a bus after it veered off the road while travelling on a freeway connecting Pucheng and Nanping, Fujian province March 27, 2009. Seventeen people were killed and eight others injured when a bus heading for Quanzhou city in east China's Fujian Province overturned on a freeway and fell into a ditch Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken March 27, 2009.

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A relative of a victim killed in a road accident cries while policemen check the body inside a funeral parlour in Nanping, Fujian province March 28, 2009.

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A health worker sprays disinfectant at a classroom of Shijiacun primary school in Minquan County, Henan province March 27, 2009.

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A models showcases a creation from the Marisfrolg Fashion Collection Spring/Summer 2009 during the China Fashion Week in Beijing on March 27, 2009. The bi-annual fashion extravaganza showcases China's fashion houses and their latest collections to buyers all over the world.

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Elisa Frisoni of Italy and Diao Xiao Juan of Hong Kong compete in the women's Omnium II Scratch 5 km at UCI World Track Cycling Championships in Pruszkow March 28, 2009.

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Chaochih Liu, of Taiwan, skates during the ladies' short program competition at the World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2009.

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BEIJING - MARCH 28: Beijing residents light candles to enjoy the dark night at a community's clubhouse on March 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. About 20 Chinese cities joined a WWF global initiative, Earth Hour taking place in over 900 cities and towns in 80 countries to highlight the world's need to reduce emissions as a shared global responsibility.

bd popeye · 03-29-2009

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China's gold medal winner Guo Shuang, center, is flanked by silver medal winner Clara Sanchez, left, of France and bronze medalist Willy Kanis of the Netherlands during the medal ceremony for the Women's Keirin at the World Track Cycling Championships at Pruszkow, near Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, March 29, 2009.

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A model displays a wedding dress made of peacock feathers during the Wedding Culture Expo held in Nanjing of east China's Jiangsu province, Saturday, March 28, 2009. The peacock wedding dress made of brocade is decorated with 2009 peacock tail feathers and 60 Hetian jades, and cost 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million), according to the expo organizer. (AP Photo)

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Team China (L-R) skip Wang Bingyu, third Liu Yin, second Yue Qingshuang, lead Zhou Yan and fifth Liu Jinli pose with their gold medals after they won Sweden in the final at the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship in Gangneung, east of Seoul March 29, 2009.

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Chinese Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan (front) arrives before the 50th Inter-American Development Bank's general assembly in Medellin March 28, 2009. Zhou said on Saturday it was uncertain whether China's economic slowdown had ended and he urged more financial reforms in the face of the worldwide slump.

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Migrant workers eat lunch at a construction site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province March 28, 2009. The financial crisis has already affected the Chinese people's well being to different levels, leaving seven million college graduates, 20 million migrant workers and hundreds of thousands of urban citizens jobless, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Volunteers burn incense to welcome the guests for the second World Buddhist Forum Saturday March 28, 2009 in Wuxi, China. Gyaltsen Norbu chosen by the Chinese government as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama _ the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism _ made a rare public appearance Saturday at an international Buddhist conference, a gathering of about 1,000 monks, nuns and scholars from more than 50 other countries.

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Chinese security guards block the entrance as a group of elderly Chinese residents gather outside a building construction site to protest against the project blocking the sunlight to their homes in Beijing on March 28, 2009. China sees thousands of protests every year, often stemming from land disputes or dissatisfaction with local authorities.

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Fans enjoy the last day of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, the fifth leg of the RIB World Sevens Series, in Hong Kong on March 29, 2009. Hong Kong is the fifth stop on the eigth leg Sevens world series with further events to come in Australia, England and Scotland which will reinforce the sport's claims for a berth at the 2016 Olympics.

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People chat at a showroom of a Chinese automaker in Beijing on March 29, 2009. Despite their global ambitions, Chinese automakers are still not big enough to take over their troubled foreign rivals, analysts and company officials said. Reports have swirled for weeks on persistent rumours that Chinese automakers are eyeing the chance to buy Sweden's Volvo from US giant Ford Motor Co. or to take either Swedish unit Saab or American all-terrain vehicle-maker Hummer off the hands of General Motors.

bd popeye · 03-30-2009

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A group from human rights advocates Amnesty International protesting over the death penalty, march to the US Consulate and Chinese Liaison office in Hong Kong on March 30, 2009. Amnesty said that more people were executed in Asia than in any other part of the world in 2008 because China carried out more executions than the rest of the world put together.

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Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan (L) and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) President Luis Alberto Moreno exchange greetings during a working session of the 50th IADB's general assembly in Medellin March 30, 2009. China and Argentina have agreed a 70 billion yuan ($10.2 billion) currency swap so the Latin American country can pay for Chinese imports in yuan, according to Zhou and the Xinhua news agency on Monday. The swap was signed in Medellin on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the IADB.

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Laborers work at a workshop of a textile factory in Taiyuan, Shanxi province March 30, 2009. China will raise value-added tax rebates on export of 3,802 items from April 1, about 30 percent of its export lines, including textiles and steel and metal products, the Finance Ministry said.

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Police detain a group of men after a confrontation with protesting residents in Beijing, China, Monday, March 30, 2009. Local residents, who were protesting against noise at a construction site next to their homes, claimed the men were thugs sent by the construction company to prevent the residents from meeting company representatives. The residents say that construction on the site, which is owned by the Air Force, has been going day and night for six months, disturbing their sleep.

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Kai-Fu Lee, president of Google China, speaks at a ceremony to launch Google's free music download service for China in Beijing, China, Monday, March 30, 2009. Google Inc. and major music companies launched a free Internet music download service for China on Monday in a bid to help turn a field dominated by pirates into a profitable, legitimate business.

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A doctor examines a child for syndromes of hand, foot and mouth disease at a kindergarten in Fuyang, Anhui province March 30, 2009. China reported 41,846 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease in its 30 provinces and regions excluding Tibet in the past three months, with 18 children dead, the Ministry of Health spokesman Deng Haihua said on Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

This is shameful that these hard working men are still stuck in Romania

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Chinese workers rest near a makeshift shelter erected outside their embassy in Bucharest March 30, 2009. Hundreds of stranded workers are asking the Chinese embassy in Romania to help them return home after claiming local construction companies failed to pay them for months.

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Spanish policemen arrest Chinese men in Barcelona, on March 30, 2009. Spanish police said they had smashed an illegal immigration ring with the arrest of over 50 Chinese nationals in the northeastern Barcelona region. The group, which was "well structured", would ease the illegal entry of Chinese immigrants to the country and provide them with fake documents, said a Barcelona police spokesman.

bd popeye · 03-31-2009

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Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrives at the Nizamuddin Chillan, a Sufi Shrine, in New Delhi March 31, 2009. China has kept Tibetan areas under lockdown this month, which is not only the anniversary of last year's riots but also marks 50 years since the failed uprising against Chinese rule and the Dalai Lama's flight into exile in India.

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China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fu Chengyu speaks during a news conference announcing the company's results in Hong Kong March 31, 2009. China's top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC Ltd, posted second-half earnings almost unchanged from a year earlier as a steep decline in crude oil prices weighed on margins, and warned 2009 profits will be squeezed by current low oil prices.

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Goods made in China are sold at a local market in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Chinese exporters have seen global demands for their products plunge, leaving companies to dump goods in to a domestic market that isn't as robust as foreign markets. The Chinese government has pushed forward a stimulus package that hopes to reduce the reliance on exports by increasing the domestic demand for goods.

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A woman works in a textile factory in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Beijing wants to increase exports or encourage companies to use more Chinese goods instead of imported products in industries including textiles, steel and petrochemicals. Alarmed by falling trade, Beijing is trying to boost exports and avert more job losses by giving companies tax breaks and other aid, a tactic that could anger Washington and other trading partners. (AP Photo)

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An employee counts Renminbi banknotes at a branch of Bank Of China in Changzhi, Shanxi province March 31, 2009. China's central bank is draining 80 billion yuan ($11.7 billion) from the money market on Tuesday through 28-day bond repurchase agreements, traders said. A total of 183 billion yuan in central bank bills and repos is due to mature this week. Last week, the central bank conducted a net injecton of 38 billion yuan into the market.

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Cheng Shiqun displays her long hair at a park in Yunyang, Chongqing Municipality March 30, 2009. Cheng has grown her hair, measuring 2.5 metres, for 16 years, according to China Daily. Effect created by the photographer's assistant holding and releasing her hair. Picture taken March 30, 2009.

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Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (R) arrives at the World Furum Conference Centre in the Hague March 31, 2009. Wu is in the Netherlands to attend the U.N. backed International Conference on Afghanistan

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Hong Kong actors Jackie Chan, left, and Daniel Wu cut a cake to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Chan during a press conference to promote their new film "'Shinjuku Incident" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

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BEIJING - MARCH 31: Workers prepare to hang a large-scale portrait of US President Barack Obama with other leaders Portrait Exhibition at the Beijing Bridge Art Center, ahead of the G20 Summit , on March 31, 2009 in Beijing, China. Leaders of the 20 major global economies, including the European Union, are gathering in London, England with an agenda directed to addressing the current global economic crisis.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - MARCH 30: Actress Charlie Yeung attends the gala Asian premiere of the film "Ashes Of Time: The Ultimate Edition" ("Dung Che Sai Duk") at Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Centre on March 30, 2009 in Hong Kong, China (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 04-01-2009

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with China's President Hu Jintao at Winfield House, the U.S. ambassador's residence in London April 1, 2009. The United States and China agreed in talks between presidents Obama and Hu to resume discussions about human rights as soon as possible, the White House said on Wednesday, ahead of the G20 summit.

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U.S. President Barack Obama introduces China's President Hu Jintao (L) to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Winfield House, the U.S. Ambassador's residence in London, April 1, 2009

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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, greets China's President Hu Jintao outside 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday April 1, 2009.

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Workers press a railway with stones as they work at the construction site of Wuhan North Railway Marshalling Station in Wuhan, Hubei province April 1, 2009. China's promise to launch another fiscal stimulus package if it needs to could be the very thing that will make such a move unnecessary.

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Monks and nuns chant during a prayer for world peace at the closing ceremony for the second World Buddhist Forum in Taipei April 1, 2009. China and Taiwan are for the first time jointly hosting a Buddhist forum, as Beijing turns to Buddhism as a balm for global economic turmoil and internal unrest. Cooperating on the forum could help strengthen ties between China and self-ruled Taiwan, which have been warming since the Nationalists, or Kuomintang party, regained the presidency last year. The words in the middle translates to "Harmony".

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Chinese engineer Anding Zhou demonstrates his scooter designed for children which runs sideways at the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Some 710 exhibitors from around the world present around 1,000 products at the 37th International Exhibition of Inventions, which runs from April 1 - 5.

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Chinese passengers board the first CRH (China Railway High-speed) bullet train departing from the railway station in Hefei, central China's Anhui province on April 1, 2009. China bullet trains are expected to expand the national railway passenger capacity by 18 percent, or 340,000 seats a day, alleviating ticket shortages, especially during holidays by 2020, with 13,000 kilometres of track, or about one-fifth of the nation's current 77,000 kilometres, will be able to handle bullet trains.

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 1: (CHINA OUT) A stewardess directs passengers in a train car at Beijing West Railway Station on April 1, 2009 in Beijing, China. A new railway schedule, aimed at better meeting the needs of passengers, takes effect today. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A mother helps her autistic son to correct the direction in a relay race during a therapy session at the Stars and Rain School for autistic children in Beijing March 23, 2009. China now has about 100 schools for autistic children, many of them NGOs that send their teachers to Stars and Rain to learn from its model. Some provinces have also begun to set up state-backed schools, in a sign that autism, known in Chinese as "lonely syndrome" is finally getting recognition. Picture taken March 23, 2009.

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Bill Gates (R), the co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shakes hands with Chinese Minister of Health Chen Zhu during a signing ceremony on tuberculosis prevention and treatment between Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chinese Ministry of Health in Beijing April 1, 2009. Health officials gathered in Beijing on Wednesday warning against deadly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, which are spreading fastest in developing countries that lack the infrastructure to tackle the disease.

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KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 31: (L-R) Chia-Jung Chuang of Taiwan and Sania Mirza of India pose with zoo animals during day nine of the Sony Ericsson Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2009 in Key Biscayne, Florida.

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Bouquets of flowers are laid with a picture of late Hong Kong actor-singer Leslie Cheung outside the hotel where Cheung jumped to his death on April 1, 2003 to mark six anniversary of his death in Hong Kong Wednesday, April 1, 2009.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - MARCH 31: Actress Hsu Chi arrives for Cartier's press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel on March 31, 2009 in Hong Kong, China (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 25: (CHINA OUT) Actress and singer Gillian Chung attends a press conference to launch "EA Sports FIFA Online 2" on March 25, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by ChinafotoPress/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 04-02-2009

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 02: President Hu of The People's Rubuplic Of China meets Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to discuss ideas at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel on April 2, 2009 in London, England. President Hu of The People's Rubuplic Of China is visiting the UK to attend the G20 Summit.

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Jing Ulrich (R), managing director and chairman of JP Morgan's China Equities, speaks beside Nicholas Kwan, Standard Chartered Bank Asia Regional Head of Research, during a Thomson Reuters panel discussion on China's economy "Reinventing China's Growth Model" in Hong Kong April 2, 2009

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From left, top, US President Barack Obama, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Russa's President Dmitry Medvedev, react and they take part in a group photo to mark the G20 summit in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Seated infront of them is the President of China, Hu Jintao.

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A migrant worker eats instant noodles at lunch time at a construction site in Taiyuan, Shanxi province April 2, 2009. A top Chinese family planning official said that the Chinese government pledged to better protect the legitimate rights of migrants by promulgating and implementing regulations on reproductive health, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Visitors look at a Chevrolet Cruze at an auto exhibition in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 2, 2009. China's government has rolled out a series of measures to help boost vehicle sales as part of a multibillion-dollar economic stimulus package.

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A child suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province April 2, 2009. China's Health Minister Chen Zhu urged grassroots level medical staff to fan out across the countryside to detect and prevent cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), which has killed at least 19 children this year, according to Xinhua News Agency. More than 40 Chinese children died in the spring of 2008 and thousands were infected when the illness was linked with enterovirus 71, which can cause a severe form of the disease characterised by high fever, paralysis and meningitis.

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Job seekers look through leaflets with job postings at a job fair in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 2, 2009.

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People burn candles and paper money as they mourn relatives who died in the May 12 earthquake, at Beichuan county, in southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday, April 2, 2009. Beichuan county is opened for families to mourn quake victims in the Qingming Festival, also known as Grave Sweeping Day. More than 87,000 people were killed or missing in last year's May 12 earthquake. (AP Photo)

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A Chinese icebreaker arrives in Kaohsiung harbor on April 1, 2009. Taiwan and China will cooperate on research in Antarctica for the first time, scientists said on April 2, in a further sign of closer ties between the two rivals.

Apparently this photo was taken before the bashing of the poor little seal pups begins in Canada.

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Hong Kong singer/actress Karen Mok lies next to a harp seal pup on an ice floe in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada in this photo taken March 6, 2009. The trip was part of the Humane Society of the United States protest against the annual Canadian seal hunt. Picture taken March 6, 2009.

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NEW YORK - APRIL 02: Changyou employees watch a video replay of the opening bell at the NASDAQ Marketsite in Times Square April 2, 2009 in New York City. The Chinese online game development company celebrated its initial public offering (IPO) on NASDAQ, which marks the first U.S. IPO of 2009.

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Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, right, gestures as he speak while Chinese actress Lin Peng look on during a news conference to promote his new film "Big Soldier" in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 2, 2009.

bd popeye · 04-03-2009

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Migrant workers are seen at Measurement Specialties (China) Ltd. , a global designer and manufacturer of sensors and sensor-based systems offering custom designs for OEM applications, in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province April 3, 2009. China said last week that its number of unemployed migrant workers had risen to an estimated 23 million since January's Lunar New Year holiday. A rebound in China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) in March shows that the Chinese economy may have bottomed out, China's chief statistics official said on Wednesday.

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Migrant workers stand in front of a job offering notice outside a factory in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province April 3, 2009.

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Migrant workers eat their lunch outside a dormitory building at a factory district in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province April 3, 2009. China said last week that its number of unemployed migrant workers had risen to an estimated 23 million since January's Lunar New Year holiday. A rebound in China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) in March shows that the Chinese economy may have bottomed out, China's chief statistics official said on Wednesday.

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Advertisements on factory and office renting are displayed at a factory area in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province April 3, 2009.

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A man who collects recycled materials naps on his cart on a street in Taiyuan, Shanxi province April 3, 2009. China created more new jobs in the first two months of this year compared with the final months of 2008, suggesting the employment situation is showing signs of recovery, a government researcher said on Thursday.

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A Chinese baby accompanied by his mother receives treatment for hand, foot and mouth disease, at a hospital in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on April 3, 2009. China's health minister brushed off reports that officials had tried to cover up an outbreak of a highly contagious illness, but admitted problems exist in systems for reporting health threats as Chinese media in March said doctors and officials in a county in the central province of Henan did not report an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, which had already killed 19 children nationwide.

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Hundreds of Chinese residents and migrants stand in front of laptops showing coverage of the May 12, 2008 earthquake, as they mourn for the victims who died in the massive quake, in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province on April 3, 2009. Authorities in southwest China on April 1 reopened a town devastated by May 12 earthquake, allowing mourners to return for the annual tomb-sweeping festival, state press said.

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A woman sells flowers and wreaths at a cemetry on the eve of the Qingming festival in Beijing on April 2, 2009. Qingming or Tomb Sweeping Day is an annual event in China where relatives honor their dead ancestors at grave sites all over the country.

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Taiwanese music fans arrive in the southern resort town of Kenting, Taiwan, Friday, April 3, 2009, for the annual "Spring Scream" music festival. Fans braved rain and cool temperatures Friday to stream into Taiwan's southernmost spot for the island's longest running music festival."Spring Scream'' has morphed into an annual celebration of pop culture and laid-back living since it began 14 years ago _ an unusual counterpoint to the normally staid and reserved style that characterizes the Chinese-speaking world.

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Wu Shu-chen (C), wife of Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian, yawns as she arrives at Taipei District Court for her corruption trial on April 2, 2009. Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian was back in the dock on April 1, fighting the first of several court cases he says have been orchestrated by a vindictive government angered by his anti-China views. AFP PHOTO / Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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HONG KONG, CHINA - APRIL 02: Hong Kong actress Patina Lam arrives for a Mont Blanc jewellery conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on April 2, 2009 in Hong Kong, China (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 04-04-2009

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Former students of what used to be Beichuan New Middle School remember their classmates who died when the school was destroyed by last year's May 12th earthquake, on grave sweeping day in Beichuan, Sichuan, China, Saturday, April 4, 2009. Beichuan county opened its doors for families to mourn quake victims in the Qingming Festival, also known as Grave Sweeping Day. More than 87,000 people were killed or missing in last year's May 12 earthquake.

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Children prepare to make flower offerings at an impromptu shrine facing what used to be Beichuan New Middle School, destroyed by last year's May 12th earthquake, during a memorial service for those who died in the quake, in Beichuan, Sichuan, China, Saturday, April 4, 2009.

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Chinese girls strike a pose in front of a monument dedicated to veterans of the Korean War, including Peng Dehuai (L), one of communist China's greatest military leaders who was commander-in-chief of Chinese troops during the Korean War and China's Defence Minister from 1954-1959, on April 4, 2009 in Dandong, in northeast China's Liaoning province across from the North Korean border town of Siniuju. Elderly veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War gathered at a memorial cemetery in Dandong hoping a pending North Korean satellite launch will not lead to heightened tensions in northeast Asia after the reclusive communist nation announced it will launch a communications satellite sometime between April 4-8, a time that coincides with China's annual Qing Ming, or tomb sweeping festival, when the nation remembers its dead.

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Worshipers pray at the grave for their families' ancestors at Diamond Hill Cemetery during the Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong Saturday, April 4, 2009. The Chung Yeung Festival is a day to respect and remember ancestors, a ritual that is widely followed in Hong Kong among the Chinese community.

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Houston Rockets' Yao Ming, of China, yells after his team turned the ball over on a shot clock violation against the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California, April 3, 2009.

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Chinese Muslims pay respects to a deceased relative at a Muslim cemetery in Beijing on Grave Sweeping Day, Saturday, April 4, 2009.

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KEY BISCAYNE, FL - APRIL 02: Chia-Jung Chuang of Taiwan signs autographs for fans during day eleven of the Sony Ericsson Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 2, 2009 in Key Biscayne, Florida.

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People visit a giant replica of Lemuel Gulliver built in a park in central Taiwan's city of Taichung April 3, 2009. Gulliver, the 18th century literary character who was treated as a giant and then a tiny doll on sailing misadventures, has washed up in Taiwan this week and locals are walking through his body. Much like the fictional Lilliputians who were a fraction of Gulliver's size, thousands of people poked through the 60-metre-long (196 ft-long) plastic and canvas body that lies pinned down on its back, baring its organs. To match Reuters Life! TAIWAN-GULLIVER.

bd popeye · 04-05-2009

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Chinese police guard as families mourn for the quake victims during the Qingming Festival in Yin Xiu, the epicentre of 2008 May 12 earthquake, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 4, 2009. Authorities in southwest China on April 1 reopened quake-hit towns, allowing mourners to return for the annual tomb-sweeping festival, state press said. More than 87,000 people were killed or missing in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake.

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Families place flowers as they mourn for the quake victims during the Qingming Festival in Wenchuan, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 4, 2009. Authorities in southwest China on April 1 reopened the towns devastated by May 12 earthquake, allowing mourners to return for the annual tomb-sweeping festival, state press said. More than 87,000 people were killed or missing in last year's May 12 earthquake.

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Hong Kong actor Edison Chen leaves a news conference promoting his new movie "sniper" in Singapore April 5, 2009. Chen, who was involved in a nude photo scandal after pictures of him were released on the internet last year, appeared at the news conference despite being sent a bullet in the mail last month, local media reported.

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A model shows a blue diamond from the Cullinan mine weighing 7.03 carats that will be auctioned in Geneva with a pre-sale esimate of 5.8-8.5 million USD, on display at a preview of Sotheby's Spring Sales in Hong Kong on April 3, 2009. The auction house will offer 1,700 lots in excess of 76.9 million USD from April 4-8, 2009.

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The Chinese authorities have always made it difficult for foreigners to travel in the Tibetan areas, but northern Yunnan, where sweeping panoramas beckon hikers, is an exception. What's more, the local government has adopted relatively progressive tourism policies. Left, the trail to to Mystic Waterfall.

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Tibetan tourists riding horses on the path from Yubeng.

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The village of Upper Yubeng.

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The monastery Ganden Sumtseling Gompa, one of the most important in the Tibetan world, on the outskirts of Gyalthang.

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Lunchtime at a Tibetan guide's home.

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 1: (CHINA OUT) Actor/singer Jackie Chan and singer Liu Yuanyuan perform while shooting the music video for the song "Nation," a tribute to the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on April 1, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Wang Jueqian/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Dusk falls over the Yalu River on April 3, 2009, which seperates the North Korean town of Siniuju (opposite) from the Chinese city of Dandong, as lights are turned on along the Yalu River bridge, also known as the no-name bridge, which remains standing only halfway across the river after it was bombed by the US in 1950 during the Korean War and eventually dismantled from its own half by North Korea shortly after the Korean War armistice. The full length bridge built right beside the no-name bridge ramains busy during the day time as trucks, trains and other vehicles transport goods back and forth. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 04-06-2009

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A man makes his way slowly going backwards down a steep incline on Tiger Mountain Great Wall, some 30 km northeast of Dandong, in northeast China's Liaoning province on April 6, 2009 which is across the Yalu River from the North Korean border town of Sinuiju. Built during the Ming Dynasty and restored in the 1990's, the wall here is the eastern starting point of the Great Wall that stretches across northern China and forms part of China's border with North Korea, overlooking the Yalu River and border farmland, with China on the left in the background, separated by the river and North Korea on the right.

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An Min (L), deputy chairman of China's quasi-official Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait shakes hands with Taiwan's top envoy dealing Beijing P.K. Chiang during a briefing in Taipei on April 6, 2009. Ties between Taiwan and China have improved dramatically since the Ma Ying-jeou administration of the China-friendly Kuomintang was elected in March 2008 on platform of boosting trade and allowing in more Chinese tourists.

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Heavy traffic is seen along a city highway in Beijing, China, Monday, April 6, 2009. Beijing traffic authorities say the city will extend by another year traffic restrictions aimed at reducing congestion and improving air quality in the capital.

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A handout photo of 'Fishing Harvest', a rare oil painting by Chinese artist Lin Fengmian, which was put onto market for the first time, sold for 2.1 million amid brisk bidding, a world auction record for the artist at Sotheby's Spring auction in Hong Kong April 6, 2009. A handful of Chinese artists. broke world auction records during the auction house's sales in the territory on Monday with demand proving robust for certain categories of Chinese art amidst the recent market fragility.

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Computer technician Sze Ho-chun (L) and his mother wearing masks walk out of the court in Hong Kong on April 6, 2009. Sze Ho-chun pleaded not guilty in a Hong Kong court to illegally copying and distributing more than 1,000 photos of a Hong Kong actor performing sex acts with a string of starlets.

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Hong Kong entertainer Edison Chen (L) director Dante Lam (C) and Taiwanese actor Richie Jen attend a press conference for the movie "The Sniper" in Singapore on April 5, 2009. Chen saw his career destroyed by the appearance of hundreds of sex photos of himself and various starlets, which caused a storm in celebrity-obsessed but culturally conservative Hong Kong. The scandal forced him into early retirement and sent him fleeing to his childhood home of Canada. Chen has recently received death threats from unknown person or persons.

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A small investor talks to reporters after the high court approves a controversial buyout of PCCW Ltd. in Hong Kong Monday, April 6, 2009. Hong Kong's leading phone company PCCW Ltd. won approval Monday, overcoming a challenge from securities regulators who asserted the deal was marred by vote-rigging.

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People browse through items for sale at a shop selling imported Korean and domestic Chinese goods beneath the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge on April 4, 2009 in Dandong, in northeast China's Liaoning province, across the Yalu River from the North Korean border town of Sinuiju. Cross-border trade between China and North Korea is rising quickly in the frontier town of Dandong, despite political and diplomatic problems that Pyongyang's erratic behaviour has created for Beijing, a long-time ally.

T-U-P · 04-06-2009

the 3rd picture is a repeat of the 2nd picture and does not match its caption.

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