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HKSDU · 06-04-2009

i dont get it? ~.~?

bd popeye · 06-04-2009

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i dont get it? ~.~?

The little boy is apparently trying to see under the little girls dress..

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Lifestyle-Taiwan-China-culture, by Amber Wang. A pair of woman's shoes are displayed in front of a petite shoes' cabinet in Tucheng, Taipei county, on April 16, 2009. The ancient custom of footbinding may have vanished with controversy but Taiwanese collector David Ko is keen to preserve what he sees as a cultural legacy and an inspiration for modern fashion.

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NINGBO, ZHEJIANG - JUNE 04: A journalist inspects the construction site of the Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant on June 4, 2009 in Sanmen of Zhejiang Province, China. Eleven nuclear reactors are currently operating in China, all have a capacity of 9.07 million kw and are based on the east coast. A draft support plan of China's new energy industry will soon be submited for approval to the State Council. According to an official of the National Bureau of Energie, the support plan would focus on nuclear power and renewable energy as wind and solar power.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JUNE 04: Thousands of protestors hold candles during a candlelight vigil for the 20th anniversary of June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing at Victoria Park on June 4, 2009 in Hong Kong, China.

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At a rally on Capitol Hill, to commemorate the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and crackdown twenty years ago, protesters of the China Democracy Party gather on the grounds of the US Capitol on June 4, 2009, in Washington, DC.

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A Chinese migrant worker runs across a main road as he carries a shovel over his shoulder in Beijing's financial district June 4, 2009. Since the announcement of the construction-heavy $586 billion economic stimulus program and until the end of April, China has reportedly built 20,000 kilometres (12,400 miles) of rural roads, 214,000 low-rent housing units, 450 km (280 miles) of highways, and 1 million square feet of airport buildings, according to the National Development and Reform commission.

bd popeye · 06-05-2009

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Residents look at a tree damaged by a storm in Shangqiu, Henan province, June 4, 2009. At least 20 people are dead and 117 are seriously injured after a storm swept central China's Henan and eastern Anhui provinces, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken June 4, 2009.

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Mr. Bruce Cheng (right 1), Founder and Chairman of Delta Group and Mr. Shi Dinghuan (left 1), counselor of China's State Council and the chairperson of the Chinese Renewable Energy Society attend Award Ceremony of Delta Cup International Solar Building Design Competition.

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A plainclothes police officer wearing a mask and gloves checks in a fire damaged bus in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 5, 2009. A fire aboard the public bus killed 24 people and left another 44 hospitalized Friday morning in southwestern China, state media reported. (AP Photo)

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A pedestrian walks past a vapour sprayer at a shopping mall in Beijing on June 5, 2009. China is considering taxing polluting businesses in a bid to improve the environment in the nation, one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases.

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A woman mourns beside wreaths as she joins tens of thousands of people in a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park June 4, 2009 to mark the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 5: (CHINA OUT) A woman walks in a hail storm June 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Yang Lei/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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SUINING, CHINA - JUNE 4: Students breath oxygen in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to help relax prior to the upcoming annual national college entrance examination on June 4, 2009 in Suining, Sichuan Province, China. The exam is thought to be the fairest system, since this score alone determines whether a student will be enrolled or not. (Photo by Zhong Min/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 4: The 2010 Shanghai World Expo Village undergoes construction on June 4, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The village is a residential and office complex for staff of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and will provide accommodation, food, entertainment, and other services for staff members. (Photo by Liu Jianfeng/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 5: Chinese singer and actress Jue Chow attends a press conference to advocate environmental protection on June 5, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alex/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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HONGKONG, CHINA - JUNE 04: Hong Kong actor Louis Koo and Taiwan actress Barbie Hsu attend a press conference for the movie "On His Majesty's Secret Service" and actress at Jumbo Seafood Restaurant on June 4, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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Chinese dissident Wuer Kaixi, one of the main student leaders from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, speaks to reporters at Taiwan's Taoyuan airport on June 4, 2009. Wuer told AFP on June 4 that he had been deported to Taiwan after a failed bid to enter Macau to turn himself in to the Chinese government. He flew to Macau from Taipei on June 3, the eve of the 20th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown, saying he wanted to turn himself in to face trial on the mainland. AFP PHOTO/SAM YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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CHONGQING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered the local authorities to spare no efforts to save those people buried in a fatal landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing.

Caution must be taken to avoid life losses during the rescue work, the two leaders said.

Chinese vice-premier Zhang Dejiang arrived at the landslide site in Wulong county at 5 a.m. Saturday to oversee the rescue efforts.

At least 80 people are feared buried in the landslide at an iron ore mining area.

Rescuers had pulled out seven injured people, including four seriously hurt, from the debris as of 8:30 p.m. Friday, according to the publicity department of Wulong County.

The injured were taken to hospital.

The landslide happened at about 3 p.m. in the Jiwei Mountain area, in Tiekuang Township, about 170 kilometers southeast of the downtown area.

Millions of cubic meters of rock filled a valley and buried an iron ore plant and six houses.

The trapped included quarry workers, residents and possibly passers-by.

The landslide also cut off power and communications in many parts of the town.

More than 500 rescuers are searching for the missing.

Investigation into the cause of the landslide has begun.

CHONGQING, June 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 80 people are feared buried in a landslide at an iron ore mining area in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday, according to the local government.

Rescuers had pulled out seven injured people, including four seriously hurt, from the debris as of 8:30 p.m., according to the publicity department of Wulong County, the site of the accident. Full story

bd popeye · 06-06-2009

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A staff member of the new Gucci flagship store in Shanghai folds a shirt on its opening day June 6, 2009. Luxury brand Gucci plans to open two to four more stores this year in China, after opening its 28th on Saturday, undeterred by uncertainty in the global economy as China is set to lead future luxury consumption, Gucci CEO Patrizio Di Marco said.

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Sun Yue of China shoots during training for the NBA Finals basketball game series in El Segundo, California June 6, 2009. The Lakers face the Orlando Magic in game two of the best of seven game championship series Sunday in which the Lakers lead 1-0.

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Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Toshihiro Nikai as they exchange documents from their agreement to start talks on copyright and trademark piracy, at a Tokyo hotel on June 7, 2009. Top ministers from China and Japan were meeting on June 7 to discuss the global financial crisis and ways to boost trade ties between the world's number two and three economies.

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Plainclothes security personnel carrying umbrellas and Chinese paramilitary police on duty in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Friday, June 5 , 2009. Chinese security personnel ranging from Chinese police and paramilitary police to plain-clothes officers, armed with umbrellas to hinder photographers continue to maintain tight security on Tiananmen Square a day after the 20th anniversary of the crackdown of pro-democracy protesters.

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A Chinese rescue serviceman uses a sniffer dog to search for survivors underneath collapsed homes following a landslide in the Jiwei Mountain area of Wulong county, in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on June 6, 2009. Hundreds of rescuers were desperately searching for dozens of people feared buried alive when part of a mountain collapsed in a massive landslide as some 79 people were still missing after the disaster struck on June 5 afternoon in a mining district of the vast Chongqing municipality.

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Pedestrians walk past the Doulos ship, owned by a German charitable organisation, as it is moored in Hong Kong on June 6, 2009. Doulos, having arrived from Taiwan, visits port cities throughout the world, supplying literature resources and encouraging inter-cultural understanding. She is recognised in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest active ocean-going passenger ship. The next port of call is Sihanoukville in Cambodia with an expected date of arrival on July 10. AFP PHOTO / Antony DICKSON (Photo credit should read ANTONY DICKSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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SPRINGFIELD, IL - JUNE 06: Amy Hung of Taiwan hits a tee shot on the 16th hole during the third round of the LPGA State Farm Classic golf tournament at Panther Creek Country Club on June 6, 2009 in Springfield, Illinois. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 06-07-2009

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Rescuers carry the body of a victim out of a coal mine after a gas leak took place, in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region June 6, 2009. Seven people have been confirmed dead in a coal mine gas leak Friday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a source with the mine said and reported by Xinhua News Agency. Picture taken June 6, 2009.

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Middle school students go through security checks for cheating devices before attending the National College Entrance Exams in Shenyang, Liaoning province June 7, 2009.

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Parents wait behind a temporary gate of a school compound as their children take the National College Entrance Exams in Wuhan, Hubei province June 7, 2009. More then 12 million university hopefuls take China's national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", on Sunday and Monday, a fiercely competitive test that is seen as make-or-break for getting ahead.

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Students walk out from a school after the morning session of the National College Entrance Exams in Lanzhou, Gansu province June 7, 2009.

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Chinese brides pose with a man dressed as King Ludwig II of Bavaria (3rd L) and members of a traditional folk music band on June 7, 2009 in Schwangau, southern Germany, in background can be seen the world famous Neuschwanstein Palace. 39 couples from China had married before in a mass wedding at the nearby monastery St. Mang in Fuessen.

The woman on the left (your right) of the "King" looks way to comfortabe..

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Chinese brides pose with a man dressed as King Ludwig II of Bavaria (L) during their marriage on June 7, 2009 at the St. Mang monastery in Fuessen, southern Germany.

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Chinese vice premier Wang Qishan (L) speaks next to Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone during their joint news conference after the Japan-China high level economic dialogue at the foreign ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo June 7, 2009.

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A badly burned victim of a packed single-decker bus which burst into flames undergoes treatment at a hospital in Chengdu, in China's southwest Sichuan province on June 6, 2009. Preliminary investigations suggest a fierce blaze which gutted a bus leaving 25 people dead and 76 injured in southwest China may have been started deliberately, state press said.

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, middle, runs during "Power in Me," a warm up event for the upcoming 21st Summer Deaflympics, Sunday, June 7, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei will be hosting this year's games, which are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee and take place every four years.

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This photo taken on June 5, 2009 shows Taiwan's pop diva Chang Hui Mei, better known as A-Mei, cheering at the opening of the World Vision Singapore's 30-hour "Famine Camp" during a visit to Singapore. A-Mei, one of Asia's most popular singers, lent her voice to a campaign to fight global hunger in exchange for the kindness she experienced from strangers during her impoverished youth.

bd popeye · 06-08-2009

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Students holding umbrellas walk past a statue of Confucius after the morning session on the second day of the National College Entrance Exams in Wuhan, Hubei province June 8, 2009. More than 12 million university hopefuls made a start on China's national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", on Sunday and Monday, a fiercely competitive test that is seen as make-or-break for getting ahead.

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Maintenance workers check a China Eastern aircraft at Hong Qiao airport in Shanghai June 8, 2009. Shares of China Eastern Airlines and smaller Shanghai Airlines were suspended on Monday after media said the two loss-making carriers were close to a merger deal.

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A farmer rests in her corn field near a coking factory in Changzhi, Shanxi province June 8, 2009. Global warming is fast rising in the pile of crises facing China as it pursues the unshakeable goal of economic growth while grappling with international pressure to curb its greenhouse gas output.

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Migrant labours walk at a construction site near Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai June 8, 2009. Chinese economy has bottomed out but will need two to three years to regain its rapid growth, a researcher with the country's top think-tank was quoted by state media as saying.

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This photo taken on September 8, 2004 shows Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and his Gabonese counterpart Omar Bongo Ondimba reviewing an honor guard at the People's Palace in Beijing. Bongo, Africa's longest serving leader, died at a clinic in Barcelona on June 8, 2009 at the age of 73, Spanish media reported. Gabon's government has insisted he was undergoing a medical check-up, but several sources said he was being treated for intestinal cancer, which they said had reached an advanced stage.

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Volunteers clean up plastics from a beach in Hong Kong on June 7, 2009. The volunteers are participating in "Project Kaisei - capturing the plastic vortex" which aims to to study how to capture plastic waste in the ocean, and how to detoxify and recycle it into diesel fuel.

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English Premier League Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, sitting at left(top pic), standing right(bottom pic) watches Chinese national youth soccer team playing during a clinic in Beijing, China, Saturday, June 6, 2009.

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SHIJIAZHUANG, CHINA - JUNE 8: Students hug after finishing China's college entrance exam on June 8, 2009 in Shijiazhuang of Hebei Province, China. About 10.2 million students sat for the National College Entrance Examinations June 7-8. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JUNE 07: Taiwanese band Sodagreen pose during rehearsal for their 2009 Between Us campus live tour concerts at National Taipei University of Education on June 7, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 7: Actress Shu Qi promotes ice cream, as brand ambassador of Magnum, on June 7, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - JUNE 07: Chinese actor Hanyu Zhang and actress Jue Chou attend a premiere for the trailer of their new movie "The Message" at Cinema Palace on June 7 ,2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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Chinese fire fighters put out a fire which engulfs the science and technology hall of the Bengbu Science Palace in Bengbu city in east China's Anhui province, June 8, 2009. An employee on duty were killed in the early morning fire and the cause is under investigation.

bd popeye · 06-09-2009

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China's volleyball player Chu Jinling, center behind, in action against Poland's volleyball players, from left , Anna Baranska, Agnieska Bednarek and Joanna Kaczor during the game between China and Poland, at the women's 25th Montreux Volley Masters tournament, in Montreux, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 9, 2009.

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A woman commutes on a Segway personal transporter in Beijing on June 9, 2009.

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A visitor to the Military Museum looks at an obsoleted naval gun on display in Beijing Tuesday, June 9 , 2009. China has become the world's second biggest military spender behind the United States, a Swedish peace research group said Monday.

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Liu Guangchi, President of China Power International Development Limited, attends a news conference in Hong Kong June 9, 2009. China Power International Development Ltd said it would buy a 63 percent stake in Wu Ling Power, the largest independent hydropower producer in Hunan province, from its parent for 4.47 billion yuan ($653.8 million).

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A general views shows a flooded village after a flash flood caused by torrential rain in Dongkou county, Hunan province, June 9, 2009. Two people were killed by collapsed roofs and two others remain missing from heavy rains that have been falling in China's Hunan Province since Sunday, local flood control headquarters said Tuesday and reported by Xinhua News Agency.

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A recycler looks for items to sell to a recycling centre in front of the Chinese Pavilion at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai June 8, 2009. With less than 11 months until the fair opens in Shanghai, the United States is short of cash for building its pavilion and in danger of missing an event that will be attended by at least 191 countries, draw up to 70 million visitors and rank at the top of China's business and political agenda for much of 2010.

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Visitors look at classic automobiles displayed at a newly opened vintage car museum in Beijing on June 8, 2009. China is now the world's top auto market with car sales hitting a monthly record of 1.08 million units in March, surpassing the US as the world's largest market for a third month running.

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Chinese parents greet their children in the rain after completing the final day of the annual national college entrance exam or better known as "Gao Kao" in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on June 9, 2009. Some 10.2 million candidates registered for China's three-day make-or-break college entry exams, which shapes the working lives of many students.

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A vendor waits for customers at her stall selling shoes at a wholesale market in Shenyang, Liaoning province June 9, 2009.

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In this Monday, June 8, 2009 photo, victims of an acid attack receive medical treatment on a roadside in Hong Kong's Mongkok district. Hong Kongers ventured out unafraid Tuesday, June 9, 2009, as police searched for suspects behind the third acid attack that injured 24 people in one of the city's most densely populated shopping districts. Nearly 100 people have been injured in the assaults so far.

bd popeye · 06-10-2009

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A vendor takes a nap while waiting for customers at her stall in a market selling vegetables in Nanjing, Jiangsu province June 10, 2009.

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Consumers look at clothing at a shop Wednesday June 10, 2009 in Shanghai, China. China's consumer prices fell for a fourth straight month in May. The government says consumer prices declined 1.4 percent in May compared with a year earlier.

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Li Xiaolin (C), daughter of former Chinese Premier Li Peng and Chairman of China Power International Development Limited, leaves a news conference in Hong Kong June 9, 2009. China Power International Development Ltd said it would buy a 63 percent stake in Wu Ling Power, the largest independent hydropower producer in Hunan province, from its parent for 4.47 billion yuan ($653.8 million).

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Chinese men stand near a modern car stripped of its metallic body to showcase the various computers running everything from power supply, GPS and visual audio system at a computer software expo in Beijing Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

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QINGDAO, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT) China's scientific mission ship Da Yang Yi Hao, or Ocean Number 1, leaves Qingdao Port to launch a ocean research mission in South China Sea on June 10, 2009 in Qingdao of Shandong Province, China. Da Yang Yi Hao is China's top marine research ship, weighing 5,600 tons and equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. (Photo by Zang Lei/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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CHENGDU, CHINA - JUNE 9: (CHINA OUT) People pose for pictures in front of a horticulture featuring a Peking Opera mask on June 9, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Chengdu is an ancient city located in Southwest China, which is known for its abundant traditional culture and leisureful life. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

T-U-P · 06-10-2009

you got the wrong picture for this:

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QINGDAO, CHINA - JUNE 10: (CHINA OUT) China's scientific mission ship Da Yang Yi Hao, or Ocean Number 1, leaves Qingdao Port to launch a ocean research mission in South China Sea on June 10, 2009 in Qingdao of Shandong Province, China. Da Yang Yi Hao is China's top marine research ship, weighing 5,600 tons and equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. (Photo by Zang Lei/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

SteelBird · 06-10-2009

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you got the wrong picture for this:

That car reminds me of the Ghost-rider.

bd popeye · 06-10-2009

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you got the wrong picture for this:

Sorry about that..

I've now fixed that pix!

bd popeye · 06-11-2009

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A resident is seen at his partially demolished house in front of a row of newly built apartments in Shanghai June 11, 2009. China's urban fixed-asset investment rose 32.9 percent in the first five months of 2009 from a year earlier, compared with a 30.5 percent increase in the first four months, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

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Migrant labourers pose for a photo at a construction site near the Chinese Pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 Expo site June 11, 2009. China's busy diplomacy amid the economic crisis reflects growing sway that some say has brought the moment for Beijing to don the cape of a full super-power. Many Chinese observers think the woes besetting the wealthy West will help Beijing win a bigger global role.

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In this photo taken on Friday, May 8, 2009, a Chinese girl surfing internet at a cyber cafe in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. Chinese state media on Thursday issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a public outcry at home and abroad.

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Labourers repair electricity cables on a power tower in Chuzhou, Anhui province, June 10, 2009. China's power consumption in May fell 2.58 percent from a year earlier, but a tepid month-on-month increase was recorded after stripping off holiday factors, Caijing Magazine reported on Wednesday. Picture taken June 10, 2009.

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Pedestrians walk below a painted ceiling outside the Venetian Hotel in anticipation of the start of the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Macau on June 11, 2009. India's movie stars descended on the southern Chinese city of Macau for the "Bollywood Oscars" weekend, an annual showcase for one of the world's most ambitious and prolific film industries.

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Hundreds of unearthed Terracotta warriors stand inside the No.1 pit during the first excavation from 1978 to 1984 at a museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi province June 10, 2009. Chinese archaeologists will begin the third excavation of the famous terracotta army site on Saturday, hoping to find more clay figures and unravel some of the mysteries left behind by the "First Emperor", Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken June 10, 2009.

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Masked Chinese airport security employees work at Beijing International Airport on June 11, 2009. Chinese authorities have submitted passengers to temperature checks and at times quarantine at its airports in a bid to stop the spread of swine flu. World health officials were to meet on June 11 on whether to declare a global flu pandemic. The World Health Organization's latest figures put the number of A(H1N1) infections at 27,737 in 74 countries, including 141 deaths.

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Masked girls sit & play with classmates at a kindergarten in a residential estate in Hong Kong on June 11, 2009. Hong Kong authorities on June 11 ordered all primary schools in the city to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local swine flu cases was found. The move came after 12 pupils at a city secondary school were found to have contracted the A(H1N1) virus, chief executive Donald Tsang told reporters.

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JUNE 10: Taiwan actress Linda Liao attends a press conference for TV drama 'In Our Time' Continuation at C studio of CTV on June 10, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Tungstar/Getty Images)

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou (L) and Wu Po-hsiung, outgoing chairman of the ruling Kuomintang party, embrace during a press conference in Taipei on June 10, 2009. Ma announced on June 10 his bid to run for the KMT leadership to promote reform and party unity. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)

bd popeye · 06-14-2009

Hi gents! I'm back from my mini road trip earlier than I thought. So back to some Chinese Daily Photos!

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China's Bao Chunlai (R) celebrates with his coach Li Yong Bo (C) and a member the coaching staff after winning against Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in their finals match at the Aviva Open Singapore Super Series badminton tournament in Singapore June 14, 2009.

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Chinese actress Sun Li (R) poses with other cast members of Hong Kong director Jeff Lau's latest movie "Kung Fu Cyborg" as they arrive for the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 13, 2009. The Shanghai International Film Festival, which is rapidly becoming a cinema showcase for China, runs from June 13-21.

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Chinese actress Li Bingbing poses on the red carpet prior to the opening ceremony of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival at Shanghai Grand Theater Saturday, June 13, 2009 in Shanghai. China. The festival will run until June 21 in China's financial capital.

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Hong Kong model Lynn Xiong Dai poses as she arrives for the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 13, 2009. The Shanghai International Film Festival, which is rapidly becoming a cinema showcase for China, runs from June 13-21.

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Labourers work on replicas of China's Terracotta warriors at a workshop in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, June 12, 2009. Archaeologists started the third large-scale excavation of China's terracotta warriors on Saturday, China's fourth Cultural Heritage Day, after a halt of over 20 years, Xinhua News Agency reported. The replicas will be sold as souvenirs. Picture taken June 12, 2009.

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Hundreds of Terracotta warriors, which were unearthed during the first excavation from 1978 to 1984, stand inside the No.1 pit at a museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, June 13, 2009. Archaeologists started the third large-scale excavation of the Terracotta Warriors on Saturday, China's fourth Cultural Heritage Day, after a halt of over 20 years, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Leader Chen Jian (R) of China reacts to missing a birdie on the 18th hole with his caddie during the third round of the Luxehills Golf Championship in Chengdu on June 13, 2009. Chen Jian was the surprise third-round leader after the Kunming-based teaching pro shot a 68 to go nine-under-par.

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Visitors admires the various fish at the aquarium in Beijing on June 13, 2009.

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The son (R) of late Chinese news anchor Luo Jing holds a black-shrouded portrait of his father during Luo's funeral in Beijing on June 11, 2009. Luo died of cancer after anchoring China Central Television's (CCTV's) prime time news programme for over 20 years.

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Chinese dolls wearing costumes from Peking opera stand in a display case at a theatre in Beijing on June 12, 2009. Peking opera is considered one of China's national treasures -- an art form more than 200 years old made famous abroad by films such as "Farewell My Concubine" and the more recent "Forever Enthralled" starring Zhang Ziyi that the government wants to revive.

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Chinese firefighters battle a blaze at a recycling collection center in Beijing on June 12, 2009. Deadly fires are common in China due to the routine flouting or ignorance of fire and safety measures, as the government reported in 2008 that 159,000 fires broke out in China in 2007, killing more than 1,400 people

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A cyclist rides past Yongdingmen Gate at sunrise in Beijing on June 12, 2009. Pledges currently on the table at the UN climate talks will doom Earth to a warming of more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), a figure that has been widely endorsed as a safe limit, scientists said on June 11, while China said it will not accept binding cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions, after the United States said it made progress with Beijing in talks on a global climate pact between the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Yongdingmen Gate was the former front gate on the southern outer section of imperial Beijing's old city wall, demolished in the 1950's by the new ruling communists, only to be reconstructed ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

bd popeye · 06-14-2009

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Chen Jian of China hugs a spectator after winning the 2009 Luxehills Golf Championship at the Luxehills International Country Club on June 14, 2009 in Chengdu, China. The tournament has attracted a record field of 150 international players.

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President Hu Jintao arrives in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Hu Jintao arrived in Russia for the first summit of leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called BRIC group of rapidly developing economies.

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A labourer from China works on a building under construction in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim June 14, 2009.

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Chinese dancers perform at the Opera House in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, June 14, 2009. An art troupe from China's Guangdong province perform in Vietnam as part of its tour of three Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines and Cambodia.

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Cast members of "Sophie's Revenge", Chinese actresses Fan Bingbing (R) and Zhang Ziyi (L), pose as they arrive for the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 13, 2009. The Shanghai International Film Festival, which is rapidly becoming a cinema showcase for China, runs from June 13-21.

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Miss Philippines Geramie Dizon (C), who was crowned the winner, poses with runner-up Miss Mongolia Saruul Ganbaatar (R) and second runner-up Miss Taiwan Christina Wen (L) at the Miss Asia USA beauty competition in Los Angeles on June 13, 2009. The competition was open to US residents who can claim at least 25 percent Asian ancestry and 19 finalists representing 13 Asian countries took part.

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Two Chinese shoppers pose with the performers at Lane Crawford shopping mall in Beijing on June 12, 2009. China's May industrial output and retail sales both grew at a faster pace than in previous months, the government said on June 12, as massive stimulus measures introduced since last year kicked in.

bd popeye · 06-15-2009

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Monday, June 15, 2009, during the annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO. Leaders from Central Asia, China and Afghanistan joined Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday at a summit that underscored Moscow's determination to maintain influence in its backyard and seek a stronger voice in global economic issues.

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A villager stands next to the debris of his collapsed house after torrential rains on the outskirts of Pingyuan county, Guangdong province, June 15, 2009. Two people were killed and another one was missing as downpour continued for a week in south China's Guangdong province, local authorities said on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Eggs which are being used to produce a vaccine for the H1N1 Swine Flu virus are seen at the Sinovac Biotech Ltd. laboratory in Beijing, China, Monday, June 15, 2009. The company, which obtained the virus seed on June 8 from the United States Center of Disease Control, on Monday launched large scale cultivation of the virus in preparation for production of the vaccine for the Swine Flu virus. The preparation of the vaccine strain involves combining a clinical sample of the target virus with another influenza virus that grows in eggs.

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A combination photograph shows artist Yang Shi from the National China Beijing Opera Theatre before and after putting on traditional opera makeup at a dress rehearsal in Taipei June 15, 2009. Chinese opera combines music, art, literature along with colourful costumes and make-up into one performance on the stage. Since the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) Chinese opera has been encouraged by court officials and emperors in China to become a traditional art form.

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A man delivers goods past a strip of wholesale fur vendors in Beijing's Russian trade district of Yabaolu on June 15, 2009. Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Russia beginning on June 16 will seek to cement a friendly relationship which is, however, marred by rivalry and second guessing. Beijing and Moscow, which normalised ties in 1989, also signed an agreement in 2004 putting an end to complex disputes along their 4,250-kilometre (2,635-mile) border and commercial relations have evolved between the two complementary economies with bilateral trade hitting about 50 billion dollars in 2008.

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Chinese police pilots prepare to search for illegal poppy plantations in the outskirts of Beijing on June 15, 2009. Illegal drug use was nearly wiped out in China following its 1949 revolution, but has come back with a vengeance during the past 30 years of economic reforms.

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China's Xie Xingfang returns a shot during the women's final against Zhou Mi of Hong Kong at the Aviva Singapore Super Series badminton tournament on Sunday, June 14, 2009 in Singapore. Zhou won the match 21-19, 18-21, 21-10.

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Young Chinese walk past a display of mobile phones on a street of Beijing, China, Sunday, June 14, 2009. China is the world's biggest mobile phone market by subscribers, with 650 million accounts.

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JIUZHAIGOU COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 14: (CHINA OUT) A Baima girl prepares to perform the Zhou Dance at the Yinggema Village on June 14, 2009 in Jiuzhaigou County of Sichuan Province, China. Baima is a Tibetan tribe living in Northern Sichuan and Southern Gansu provinces, who have been keeping their ethnic customs dating back a few thousands years. Zhou is their unique dancing performed to drive away evil spirits. Leaving Chengdu on June 10, the 2009 "BMW China Culture Journey" is scheduled to explore the cultural heritage sites that were damaged by last May 12 earthquake in the Sichuan and Gansu Province, ending up its nine-day exploration in the Regong Art and Ecological Protection Area in Qinghai Province. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A pedicab driver awaits customers from his vehicle, adorned with Russian advertising in Cyrillic and Chinese script, in Beijing's Russian trade district of Yabaolu on June 15, 2009. Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Russia beginning on June 16 will seek to cement a friendly relationship which is, however, marred by rivalry and second guessing. Beijing and Moscow, which normalised ties in 1989, also signed an agreement in 2004 putting an end to complex disputes along their 4,250-kilometre (2,635-mile) border and commercial relations have evolved between the two complementary economies with bilateral trade hitting about 50 billion dollars in 2008. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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