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bd popeye · 05-06-2009

Thanks for that information Woodword. What possible sentence could Weidong Hu and his accomplices(Cronies) receive?

szbd · 05-07-2009

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Thanks for that information Woodword. What possible sentence could Weidong Hu and his accomplices(Cronies) receive?

Depends. If the court decides Hu only organized prostitution, then he will receive 5-10 years in Prison. If the court decides he forced/cheated multiple persons prostitute multiple times, the he will receive up to life time in prison. If he was found rape, especially rape multiple times/persons as well, he may get death penalty.

And in China a death penalty is a death penalty, we don't let the criminal live 10+ years after sentenced to death penalty, 10 months at most.

bd popeye · 05-07-2009

Thank you! I hope this scum gets the maximum sentence.

Woodword · 05-07-2009

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Thanks for that information Woodword. What possible sentence could Weidong Hu and his accomplices(Cronies) receive?

According to Criminal Law, chapter 5, section 8, a man organizing, luring and accommodating persons to prostitute may be sentenced a detention for more than 10 years. His assistant may receive a detention between 5 to 10 years.

bd popeye · 05-07-2009

Thanks Woodward for your well detailed answered.

bd popeye · 05-07-2009

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Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (bottom) goes up to score past Houston Rockets' Yao Ming of China during the second half of Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball game in Los Angeles May 6, 2009. laker won

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China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan gestures at the start of a meeting with European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels May 7, 2009. The Chinese delegation attended a second high-level dialogue on trade and economic issues with the EU.

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Chinese film director Lu Chuan poses beside a promotional poster for his latest film "City of Life and Death" in Beijing on May 7, 2009. The sombre film about the Nanjing massacre over seventy years ago, which tells the story of the occupation of Nanjing by Japanese troops in 1937 who carried out a massacre over the following six weeks, has become a box-office hit in China. Known as "Nanjing, Nanjing" in Chinese, the 38-year-old director spent four years making the film, with two years spent researching history books, letters and diaries of Japanese soldiers, Japanese military video archives, and the recollections of Chinese and western survivors.

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China's Health Minister Chen Zhu (L) walks with Thailand's Minister of Public Health Witthaya Kaewparadai during the ASEAN+3 Health Ministers' Special Meeting on Influenza A (H1N1) in Bangkok May 7, 2009. The regional conference is being held to discuss the flu virus, formerly referred to as swine flu.

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Chinese workers put the finishing touches on a new subway line that is scheduled to be operational soon in Beijing on May 6, 2009. Up to 3.4 million trips are taken every day on Beijing's crowded subway system, which is expected to be one of the world's most extensive after additional lines are completed in the coming years.

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CHENGDU, SICHUAN - MAY 07: Two nurses comfort a sorrowful woman who was injured in the Sichuan earthquake at the rehabilitation centre of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital on May 7, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Around 226 people wounded in the earthquake have received medical care at the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital's rehabilitation centre, where 59 of them are still undergoing treatment. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 7: (CHINA OUT) A Mexican woman who was a passenger on the Mexico City-Shanghai flight AM098, on which a Mexican man was confirmed to be infected with influenza A/H1N1, leaves a sealed off hotel after released from medical surveillance on May 7, 2009 in Shanghai, China. China lifted the seven-day quarantine on the 110 passengers and crew of flight AM098 with most of the Mexican nationals returning home on a chartered flight. (Photo by Zhao Yun/DFZB/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Teenagers gather to watch the arrival of the US envoy for the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear policy, Stephen Bosworth in Beijing on May 7, 2009. Bosworth arrived in Asia first and then heads to Russia in a bid to convince Pyongyang to resume stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks, a US official said. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 6: (CHINA OUT) Taiwanese actress Bowie Tseng receives the 'Most Likeable TV And Movie Action Actress' award at the 9th Movie Channel (CCTV-6) Digital Film Lily Awards on May 6, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 05-08-2009

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A worker waits for customers in a souvenir shop inside China's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China, Friday, May 8, 2009. The 91,000-seat National Stadium hosted only one event since the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics and Beijing Paralympics, functioning instead as a cavernous museum visited each day by thousands of Chinese tourists.

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A Sichuan earthquake survivor sings before a lesson at a temporary Earthquake Relief Hope School in Yongxing town of Mianyang, Sichuan Province, May 8, 2009. China on Thursday said 5,335 schoolchildren died or remained missing from the earthquake, a much lower number than estimates compiled from news reports at the time and projected by some experts and critics.

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Sichuan earthquake survivors play outside their temporary classroom at an Earthquake Relief Hope School in Yongxing town of Mianyang, Sichuan Province, May 8, 2009.

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DUJIANGYAN, SICHUAN - MAY 08: Middle school students practise Chinese Gonfu during the physical education at the newly-built Dujiangyan Middle School on May 8, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Dujiangyan Middle School is the first permanent school formally operated after the Sichuan earthquake. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars.

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An employee fills the tank of a vehicle at a gas station in Changzhi, Shanxi province May 8, 2009. China's top economic planning body officially published details of the country's oil price regime for the first time on Friday, confirming key elements of its policy a day after rejecting an industry request to raise prices.

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Zheng Shuzhen (top photo) holds a portrait of her deceased grand-daughter Zhou Mengxin while grieving outside the Complaints Department of the Ministry of Health in Beijing on May 8, 2009 claiming the child's death which resulted from the 2008 tainted milk scandal has never been dealt with appropriately by their local government in Zhoukou in Henan province. At least six babies died and nearly 300,000 fell ill in 2008 after they consumed milk powder contaminated by the industrial chemical melamine, which was mixed in to give the appearance of a higher protein content. The girl, who died on her birthday last June, had been fed Sanlu milk powder since the day she was born and never changed brands, said her father Zhou Fei, who tried to sue at the local court which refused to accept their case, resulting in the family's journey to Beijing in an attempt to reach a fair solution. The tainted milk scandal came to light in September after local authorities initially covered it up ahead of the Olympic Games, reviving long-standing fears over product safety in China and leading to recalls and bans around the world of Chinese-made products.

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China Zhongwang Holdings Chairman Liu Zhongtian (4th-L) poses for pictures on the trading floor of the stock exchange in Hong Kong on May 8, 2009. China Zhongwang Holdings listing was the world's biggest IPO this year.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - MAY 7: Chen Ruolin of China dives during the Womens Platform Semi Final during Day 1 of the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center May 7, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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A policeman holds back a woman from kicking the shutters of a bank during a street protest against Taiwan banks linked with Lehman Brothers, in Taipei May 8, 2009. Around 1000 Taiwan investors who suffered losses from their Lehman Brothers-linked investments joined forces with Hong Kong investors on Friday to request that the government help them seek a full reimbursement from associated banks. Protesters also called for the resignation of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chairman Sean Chen.

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Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is carried by policemen to the Tucheng Detention Center in Taipei county on May 7, 2009. Chen was sent back to his detention centre after complaining of feeling unwell at a court hearing to decide if he should be bailed on corruption charges. TAIWAN OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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TAIWAN, CHINA - MAY 07: (CHINA OUT) Barbie Hsu (Da S) promotes for the watch brand TISSOT on May 7, 2009 in Taiwan, China. (Photo by unioncom/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 6: (CHINA OUT) Chinese actress Wang Luodan performs at the 9th Movie Channel (CCTV-6) Digital Film Lily Awards on May 6, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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This general view shows the top of the AIG Tower (R) in the central business district in Hong Kong on May 6, 2009. According to a Financial Times report on May 6, AIG Tower in Hong Kong will be renamed after AIA, Asia's leading regional life insurance group. The US government has pumped 180 billion USD into AIG to keep it afloat following the global financial meltdown, the largest single recipient of federal bailout money, giving the US Treasury effective control of what had once been one of the world's biggest insurers. AFP PHOTO / MIKE CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 05-09-2009

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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (11), of China, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol (16), of Spain, and forward Lamar Odom (7) defend during the second quarter of Game 3 of a second-round Western Conference NBA playoff basketball game in Houston, Friday, May 8, 2009. Lakers won 108-94 to take a 2 games to 1 series lead.

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A Sichuan Earthquake survivor stands outside a temporary house while she eats her lunch in Yong'an town of Beichuan county, Sichuan Province, May 9, 2009. China next week marks one year since the May 12 earthquake that devastated parts of the country's southwest.

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DUJIANGYAN, SICHUAN - MAY 08: A middle school student (Right) wears the T-shirt which commemorates Sichuan 512 earthquake after class at the newly-built Dujiangyan Middle School on May 8, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Dujiangyan Middle School is the first permanent school formally operated after the Sichuan earthquake. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars.

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DUJIANGYAN, SICHUAN - MAY 08: The workers watch a soap opera from a laptop in the prefab at the building site of Dujiangyan Medical Center on May 8, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Around 226 people wounded in the earthquake have received medical care at the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital's rehabilitation centre, where 59 of them are still undergoing treatment.

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A Sichuan earthquake survivor walks into a temporary Earthquake Relief Hope School in Yongxing town of Mianyang, Sichuan Province, May 8, 2009.

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Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is carried into a hospital for medical examination and treatment after a two-day hunger strike in protest over his detention on corruption charges in Taipei County May 9, 2009. Chen on Saturday was taken by ambulance to the Panchiao Hospital near the detention centre where he has been held since December.

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XINING, CHINA - MAY 9: (CHINA OUT) A contender prepares with a Peking Opera facial mask shaped kite during the 1st "Challenging Plateau" Kite Flying Invitational Game on May 9, 2009 in Xining of Qinghai Province, China. The kite flying game has attracted 102 players from nine provinces in the country. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 9: (CHINA OUT) Stunt players showcase Cadillac cars on the Shanghai International Circuit during the Cadillac V-Day Track Day on May 9, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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South Korean Youn Kwon-Woo (C) is tackled by Hong Kong players during the Asian Five Nations rugby match in Incheon on May 9, 2009. South Korea won 36-34. AFP PHOTO/KIM JAE-HWAN (Photo credit should read KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 05-10-2009

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MIANYANG, CHINA - MAY 10: Relatives of earthquake victims cry as they mourn at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county on May 10, 2009 in Mianyang of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion U.S. dollars.

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A woman looks at the remaining ruins outside the Hongda chemical plant in Deyang on May 9, 2009 which was destroyed in the May 12, 2008 Sichuan quake which left over 87,000 dead of missing and another five million people homeless. The earthquake laid waste huge swathes of southwest China and only now life is slowly returning to normal, but skepticism over the way relief work has been carried out remains.

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A relative of earthquake victims burns joss sticks on the road towards earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan Province, May 10, 2009. China next week marks one year since the May 12 earthquake that devastated parts of the country's southwest.

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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, of China, arrives for Game 4 of a second-round Western Conference NBA basketball playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers in Houston, Sunday, May 10, 2009. Yao will miss the rest of the playoffs because of broken left foot.

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MIANYANG, SICHUAN - MAY 10: A girl sits in the temporary classroom having a class at Anxian Primary School on May 10, 2009 in Beichuan of Sichuan Province, China.

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ROME - MAY 09: Su-Wei Hsieh (L) of Taipei and Shuai Peng (R) of China pose with their winners trophies after their Doubles Final match against Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Ai Sugiyama of Japan during day six of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Internazionli BNL D'Italia event at Foro Italico on May 9, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

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Filipino-Chinese worshippers offer flowers and candles during Buddha's birthday inside the Tzu Chi, Still Thoughts Hall in Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 10, 2009. Buddhists are celebrating the birth, enlightenment and demise of Lord Buddha today.

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Filipino-Chinese worshippers pay their respects in front of images of Buddha during Buddha's birthday inside the Tzu Chi, Still Thoughts Hall in Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 10, 2009.

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Participants carrying five-litre of bottled water prepare to walk during a fund raising campaign in Hong Kong on May 10, 2009. The fund raising campaign spearheaded by a local charity group drew thousands of participants and was held to raise funds for drought-affected farmers in mainland China. AFP PHOTO/Samantha Sin (Photo credit should read SAMANTHA SIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Volunteers clean a wall inside a train station in Hong Kong on May 10, 2009 as part of the government's "Clean Hong Kong Day" after a Mexican man, who stayed at the city's Metropark hotel tested positive for the A(HIN1) virus on May 1, forcing 280 guests and staff to be quarantined there for seven days. Authorities released the guests and staff on May 8. AFP PHOTO/Samantha Sin (Photo credit should read SAMANTHA SIN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 05-11-2009

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China's President Hu Jintao (R) and Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 10, 2009.

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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) meets China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan in 10 Downing Street, in London May 11, 2009.

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Relatives and residents returning to their quake devastated town walk past a sign which reads "Heart felt commemoration of the May 12 Major Earthquake victims" in Beichuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 11 , 2009. Beichuan is open for commemorations a few days before the one year anniversary of the May 12 deadly quake that left 90,000 dead and missing.

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MIANYANG, SICHUAN - MAY 11: A relative of earthquake victims cries as she mourn at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county on May 11, 2009 in Mianyang of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars.

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Liu Xia (C), head of a kindergarten where at least 300 children were killed during last year's Sichuan earthquake, mourns for the dead amid the ruins of Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 11, 2009. China tomorrow marks one year since the May 12 earthquake that devastated parts of the country's southwest.

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Journalists wait outside a hospital where a Chinese man is quarantined, the first confirmed case of the new H1N1 strain of flu in mainland China, in Chengdu, Sichuan province May 10, 2009. Mainland China on Monday reported its first confirmed case of the new H1N1 strain of flu, formerly referred to as swine flu, a man in southwestern Sichuan province who had flown home from the United States. Picture taken May 10, 2009.

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A mother puts a mask on her infant before entering the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital in Chengdu in China's Sichuan province on May 11, 2009.

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This multi-exposure photo shows China's Lin Dan smashing the shuttlecock during the men's singles preliminary match against Britain's Andrew Smith at the Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championships in Guangzhou Gymnasium, in China's southern city of Guangzhou on May 10, 2009. Lin Dan won 21-10, 21-18.

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A supporter holds a portrait of former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian with Chinese characters reading "A-Bian (Chen's nickname) is not guilty", outside a hospital in Panchiao, northern Taiwan on May 11, 2009, where he is confined. Chen was rushed to the hospital on May 9, two days after he began a hunger strike in protest over his detention on corruption charges.

bd popeye · 05-12-2009

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The orchestra of Southwest University performed for survivors at the Donghekou quake theme park in Qingchuan County to commemorate the first anniversary of the earthquake.

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A Chinese woman grieved in Beichuan, in southwestern China's Sichuan Province May 12th, 2009. The devastated town of Beichuan is open for commemorations days before the one-year anniversary of the May 12 earthquake that left 90,000 dead and missing.

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China's President Hu Jintao attends a ceremony commemorating the one year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake, in Yingxiu, Sichuan province May 12, 2009. Mourners crowded ruins in southwest China on Tuesday to mark one year since an earthquake shattered the region, while President Hu called reconstruction efforts a testament to national strength.

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MIANYANG, CHINA - MAY 12: Chinese parents burn offerings to mourn their child near the ruins of the Beichuan Middle School during the one year anniversary of the Wenchuan Earthquake that caused the Beichuan middle school to collapse killing around 1,000 students and teachers on May 12, 2009 in Beichuan county of Mianyang city of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008 and claimed nearly 90,000 lives.

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MIANYANG, CHINA - MAY 12: A mother cries for her son near the ruins of the Beichuan Middle School during the one year anniversary of the Wenchuan Earthquake that caused the Beichuan middle school to collapse killing around 1,000 students and teachers on May 12, 2009 in Beichuan county of Mianyang city of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008 and claimed nearly 90,000 lives.

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A nurse weeps for her lost friends during a ceremony marking the one year anniversary of the deadly quake, in Beichuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 12 , 2009.

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Participants hold a Chinese national flag and shout slogans to cheer for Sichuan after three minutes of mourning for Sichuan earthquake victims at Tiananmen Square in Beijing May 12, 2009. Mourners crowded ruins in southwest China on Tuesday to mark one year since an earthquake shattered the region, while President Hu Jintao called reconstruction efforts a testament to national strength.

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China's Zheng Bo smashes a shuttlecock against Japan's Noriyasu Hirata and Miyuki Maeda during the mixed doubles preliminary match at the Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championships at Guangzhou Gymnasium in China's southern city of Guangzhou on May 12, 2009. China defeated Japan 5-0.

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A man sits at the wharf of the Port of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan May 12, 2009. Three major Chinese shipping companies plan to invest in the biggest Taiwanese port in Kaohsiung, a top port official said on Tuesday, as China and Taiwan forge closer trade ties.

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Workers load bricks beside a construction site in Beijing on May 12, 2009. China's efforts to boost domestic demand to fight the global financial crisis showed the clearest sign yet of success as investment in urban fixed assets increased amid a drop in exports. Urban fixed asset investment, an indicator of the government's progress in lifting growth by funding infrastructure projects, was up 30.5 percent in the first four months of 2009, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

bd popeye · 05-13-2009

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A customer buys vegetable from a vender Wednesday May 13, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Resilient demand from Chinese shoppers helped push retail sales up 14.8 percent in April, but a paltry rise in industrial output sapped hopes for a fast recovery

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Food is prepared to be taken in to the Home Inn Hotel, which was sealed off after China's second confirmed Swine Flu patient is believed to have been lodged there in Beijing , China, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Health officials Wednesday confirmed China's second swine flu case in a week _ a student who had returned from Canada. The 19-year-old man, identified only by his surname, Lu, was being treated in isolation in the eastern city of Jinan. Authorities were searching for passengers who may have come into contact with Lu, who arrived in Beijing on Friday and left the capital Monday by train for Jinan while showing flu symptoms. But tracking down domestic train passengers is likely to be impossible because registration is not required to buy tickets.

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A sculpture to advertise Art HK 09 is displayed outside an exhibition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on May 13, 2009. The Art HK 09 event, taking place May 14-17, will bring together over 110 international galleries from 24 countries to buy and sell art.

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A staff member of Seoul Auction poses in front of a Damien Hirst art-piece, "Tranquility", created with butterflies, during a press preview in Hong Kong May 13, 2009. This is the first time that a work by Damien Hirst has been offered at auction in Hong Kong, and that a work from his Butterfly Series has appeared at auction in Asia. The work is estimated to go for $1.25 million in May 15.

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A paper coffin is displayed at the AFE 2009 Asia Funeral Expo in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Over 2,000 funeral home operators, cemeteries,traders, suppliers,from all around the world will gather at the event in Asia. The focus of the exhibition is AFE International Summit 2009 as the theme is "How Economic Downturn Affects Funeral Industry: Threats and Opportunities."

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As people are invited to sit inside a coffin the lid is closed inhabitants can listen to a short video commentary about death at the Asian Funeral Expo in Hong Kong on May 13, 2009. The three day event is open to the trade and general public, and features all kinds of products related to death. In a tumbling economy the funeral business remains relatively stable.

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A car carrying local feng shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen is mobbed by the press as he arrives at the High Court in Hong Kong on May 11, 2009 to fight for the control of the assets of the late billionaire and head of real estate empire Chinachem, Nina Wang. Local media reports said on May 11 that Chan was to present evidence at the court of his alleged intimate relationship with Wang, who was one of Asia's richest women before she died in April, 2007 at the age of 69. The Chinachem Charitable Foundation and Chan have since been in dispute over different versions of Wang's will, with a latter version reportedly ceding all of Wang's assets to Chan.

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Taiwan's actress Shi Qi is pictured during the jury members press conference on May 13, 2009 at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Cannes kicks off Wednesday with a 3D crowd-pleaser cartoon as a bevy of auteur directors and megastars, from Quentin Tarantino to Brad Pitt, jet in for the annual film festival frenzy.

bd popeye · 05-14-2009

There's about a balzillion pics of the film "Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan (Spring Fever)" at the Cannes film festival on the web site I use for pics. See in the link below;

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Chinese director Lou Ye (2ndL), actors Hao Qin (R), Sicheng Chen (L) and Zhuo Tan and Wu Wei wave as they arrive for the screening of their movie Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan (Spring Fever) in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2009. Defying the authorities, controversial Chinese director Lou Ye is offering a movie on love and homosexuality at the Cannes film festival this week that was shot on the quiet in east China despite a state work ban

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A Tibetan monk shouts anti-China slogans during a candle light "Martyrdom Day" rally in Kathmandu May 14, 2009. They held the rally to commemorate the day when Chinese authorities cracked down on a revolt in Tibet on this day last year.

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CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 14: More than 800 scrapped taxis are abandoned in a yard on May 14, 2009 in the center of Chongqing, China. Traffic congestion and pollution have worsened dramatically in Chinese cities because of the country's long-running economic expansion. For many years, Chongqing's main air pollution problem was caused by sulfur dioxide (SO2), primarily from coal burning. However, air quality monitoring data revealed that average nitrogen oxide (NOx) concentrations have doubled in the past five years, an indication that vehicle emissions have increased rapidly during this period.

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A pro-democracy lawmaker holds a sign that reads "Donald Tsang is not representing me" during a protest beside a live broadcast of the Hong Kong Chief Executive inside the Legislative Council chamber in Hong Kong May 14, 2009. Pro-democracy lawmakers staged a walk out on Thursday after Tsang said many people shared his judgement that the mainland had made great progress since the 1989 crackdown against the pro-democracy movement, government radio reported. A new book of secret memoirs by China's former Premier Zhao Ziyang to be published sheds new light on the military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.

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A resident is pushed away by security guards as he responds to a comment made by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang inside the Legislative Council chamber in Hong Kong May 14, 2009.

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A small group of supporters of Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian chant slogans while holding protest posters during a rally outside the Tucheng Detention Centre in northern Taiwan on May 14, 2009 where Chen has been detained since December 2008 on graft charges. The posters read like "abuse of judicial power" and "Chen Shui-bian is not guilty". The pro-independence Chen alleges that the corruption charges levelled against him is a political witch-hunt of the China-friendly Kuomintang government.

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Bao Pu, 42, speaks to Reuters about the publication of a new book of secret memoirs by China's former Premier Zhao Ziyang, which sheds new light on the military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, during an interview in Hong Kong May 12, 2009. Zhao was ousted as Party chief in 1989 for opposing then paramount leader Deng Xiaoping's decision to order the People's Liberation Army to crush the pro-democracy movement. Bao, who spent four years working on the book entitled "Premier of the State - The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang", said the material is based on over 30 hours worth of conversations with Zhao that were recorded onto audio tapes. Picture taken May 12, 2009.

bd popeye · 05-15-2009

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A woman stands in front of a billboard of with names of Microsoft Friday May 15, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Microsoft Corp. announced Friday a partnership aimed at helping make the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of intellectual property, in the company's latest attempt to combat rampant software piracy.

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Chinese models pose next to cars from Volkswagen(top) & Acura(Bottom) during an auto show in Beijing, China, Friday, May 15 , 2009. China's vehicle sales jumped 25 percent in April from the year before to a record monthly high of 1.15 million units, according to industry figures released this month.

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Bao Tong, right talks about Zhao Ziyang, the Chinese leader ousted for opposing the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen square democracy movement, at his home in Beijing, China, Friday, May 15 , 2009. Bao who was then a top aide to Zhao, hopes Zhao's posthumous memoirs which are to be published just weeks before the 20th anniversary of the crackdown will provide lessons to China's future generation and top leaders

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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a news conference with foreign reporters at the party's headquarters in Taipei May 15, 2009. The DPP will lead a march with an expected turnout of 300,000 through downtown Taipei on Sunday against Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's China-friendly policies. A further 100,000 are set to attend an all-night sit-in outside the presidential office after the rally.

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A Chinese policeman (back L) watches over 29-year-old Zheng Peng, who is on trial for killing his father in a drunkage rage, in Beijing on May 14, 2009. While crime rates have risen during China's three-decade period of economic opening up, violent crime in the nation of more than 1.3 billion people remains relatively rare.

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Taiwan singer Harlem Yu, left, dances with Disney character Stitch, as they are filming the promotional commercial for Hong Kong Disneyland in Central, business district in Hong Kong Friday, May 15, 2009.

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Teresa Lu of Taiwan smiles after putting during the opening round of play at the Sybase Classic LPGA event at Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey, May 14, 2009.

bd popeye · 05-16-2009

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WASHINGTON - MAY 16: (AFP OUT) President Barack Obama (R) listens to Gov. Jon Huntsman (R-UT) (L), his nominee to be ambassador to China, speak in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House May 16, 2009 in Washington DC. President Barack Obama nominated Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr., as the American ambassador to China.

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Workers of the Chengdu Special Waste Incineration Plant disinfect their shoes after collecting the medical waste from a hotel where China's first swine flu patient once stayed, in Chengdu, China, Friday, May 15, 2009. Mainland China has reported two cases of swine flu, while the Chinese territory of Hong Kong has another two, including a Mexican man who flew there via Shanghai. More than 100 people, including some Americans, are in quarantine in hotels and hospitals in Beijing and other mainland cities. (AP Photo)

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In this photo taken on Monday, April 20, 2009, an unidentified officer from GM, center, gives information about the Buick brand's new model LaCrosse luxury sedan, left, and Business concept model, right, after official unveiled by GM Group Vice President Nick Reilly during the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai, China.

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China's Cai Yun, left, and Fu Haifeng, right, react after winning their men's doubles match against Malaysia's Kean Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan at the semifinal of the 2009 Sudirman Cup World Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China, Saturday, May 16, 2009. China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng won the match 2-1.

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Activists from the Platform on Shipbreaking NGO erect a banner outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre where a week-long United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) conference on shipbreaking has just concluded in Hong Kong May 15, 2009. The coalition of human rights, labour and environmental NGOs denounced on Friday a newly adopted International Convention on Ship Recycling as a failure, saying it would perpetuate hazardous and polluting shipbreaking on the beaches of the world's poorest countries, while obstructing transitions to safer and more environmentally friendly forms of ship recycling.

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A man receives medical treatment after being injured by acid in a street in Hong Kong's shopping district Mongkok Saturday, May 16, 2009. Two bottles of acid were thrown into a crowd of people on Saturday, injuring 30 people, according to police and news reports.

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Jury members Taiwan actress Shu Qi (L) and Italian actress Asia Argento are seen on stage as they attend the opening ceremony of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival May 13, 2009. The 62nd Cannes film festival opens on Wednesday and 20 films compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or which will be awarded on May 24.

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Runners wave as they queue up at a narrow and steep stretch of the Huangyaguan Great Wall route during the Great Wall Marathon of China on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, May 16, 2009.

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Construction workers lay on the ground in protest outside a constuction site in Beijing on May 15, 2009. Four migrant workers were protesting over their pay as the country's rulers are particularly concerned about unrest in 2009, which will see a string of sensitive anniversaries including 20 years since the Tiananmen crackdown and 60 years since the founding of the communist republic.

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Police officers, center, try to stop the workers speak to the media as they hold protest outside a Panasonic factory in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 14, 2009, saying the company intends to lay them off due to a downturn in the CRT colored television market that has been further hit by the global financial crisis.

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XIAN, CHINA - MAY 15: (CHINA OUT) A girl poses for a photo with a Barbie doll during the "Barbie Fashion Show 2009" on May 15, 2009 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. The exhibition dedicated to the famous toy will show more than 1700 Barbies to celebrate her 50th birthday. Toymaker Mattel lanched the barbie doll in the 1959 New York Toy Fair. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Firemen put out fire at the accident spot of a warehouse in Liubei District of Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 14, 2009. A fire broke out around 10:00 am in a warehouse storing over 2,000 tons of sugar and over 3,000 refrigerators and air-conditioners. The fire is still not under control after burning for more than three hours by press time, said local sources on Thursday. (Xinhua Photo)

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