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Originally Posted by pugachev_diver

I heard it happened near Chinatown area, so majority of the passengers aboard were ethnic Chinese.

Actually the accident happened in the Bronx on I-95. I understand most of the victims of the crash were ethnic Chinese and residents of Chinatown NYC. If I'm incorrect I'll make a correction.

Some time ago there was a fatal bus crash in Nevada killing several PRC residents on a tour. I posted that also.

The very first statement in this thread on page one.

Post recent non-military photos & news from Chinese people from all over the World!

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China's Wang Shixian celebrates after winning a point against Japan's Eriko Hirose (not seen) during the womens singles final of the Badminton All England Open Championships at The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, on March 13, 2011.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 13: A delegate of Buddhist monks leave the Great Hall of the People after the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on March 13, 2011 in Beijing, China. Known as 'liang hui,' or 'two organizations', it consists of meetings of China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 13: China's track and field 110 meter hurdler, Liu Xiang, attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 13, 2011 in Beijing, China. Known as 'liang hui,' or 'two organizations', it consists of meetings of China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 12: Members of the public visit the 16th China International Education Exhibition Tour at China World Exhibition Hall on March 12, 2011 in Beijing, China. Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) will hold the 16th China International Education Exhibition Tour (CIEET 2011) in seven major cities in China (Beijing, Dalian, Xi'an, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan and Guangzhou) from March 12 to 27, 2011

SHENZHEN, CHINA - MARCH 13: Marshalls on the first tee during the final round of the ISPS Handa Senior World Championship presented by Mission Hills China and played on the World Cup Course, Mission Hills on March 13, 2011 in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Members of the Chinese rescue team prepare to depart to aid Japan in the wake of the recent earthquake, which unleashed a devastating 10-metre (30-foot) tsunami that washed away homes and tossed ships inland, at the airport in Beijing on March 13, 2011. Premier Wen Jiabao expressed his 'deep sympathy' to the Japanese government and people, and offered any 'necessary help' to its neighbour, the foreign ministry said.

A 15-member Chinese rescue team arrive at Haneda Airport in Tokyo， Japan， March 13， 2011. The Chinese rescue team arrived in Japan Sunday for quake relief operations. The rescuers will immediately head for quake-hit areas to search for survivors from Friday's great earthquake and ensuing tsunami. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

Embarassing..

Mao Xinyu, the grandson of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, walks to a bus in Tiananmen Square after the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing Sunday, March 13, 2011.

A journalist jokingly poses for picture outside the Great Hall of the People while waiting delegates during the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing Sunday, March 13, 2011.

Models pose along side cars in the 8th Hainan International Automotive Industry Exhibition in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, March 10, 2011. The four-day exhibition opened on Thursday, attracting over 100 brands from home and abroad.[Xinhua/Hou Jiansen]

Young migrants changing the face of China's cities(2) - China News - SINA English

Already, last year saw a wave of large-scale strikes over pay and working conditions, a sign of an increasingly confident labor force. But wide-scale upheaval is unlikely as long as the migrants continue to make money and feel they have opportunities, predicts Leslie T. Chang, author of "Factory Girls," which examines the lives of young workers.

"Some of these people will become middle class and some will become a new urban working class," she says. "But they are very different from the traditional working class associated with state-owned enterprises. This is a new working class that's very independent, very mobile and really on its own."

It's impossible to say exactly how many migrants have settled in cities, because of their transient nature and still shallow urban roots. But statistics show growing numbers in the cities, coupled with new migrants leaving the countryside every year.

The migrants themselves hesitate to say they'll never return to the farm; without job security, their small plots of land are their only insurance.

Still, it's clear China's villages are slowly dying.

When Li returned home to her misty mountain village for the recent Lunar New Year holiday, there were fewer children setting off firecrackers and fewer dots of light from houses on the adjacent hillside.

One by one, families in southwest China's Sanxing village are moving to the nearby town or even further away, leaving plots covered in weeds between tended patches of vegetables.

"Over there, there's four empty houses, there's a lot of them like that," Li says, gesturing past the dirt road next to her family's three-story brick home, which was built with her and her siblings' factory earnings. "The ones who came back for the holiday, they're living in town, they don't come back to the village anymore."

Li makes the trip to Sanxing once a year at most. After a two-day bus trip, it's a 40-minute ride on the back of a motorcycle along a deeply rutted dirt path. When it rains, the only way to get to the clutch of 26 families is on foot. Here, her family farms on less than 1/6th of an acre (1/15th of a hectare), not enough to feed even themselves.

"Of course I want the young folks to stay in the city, it's better there. It's hard living in the country," says 56-year-old Li Weishu, her father, noting that only grandparents and small children remain. "We don't have much land, this is a mountain area and there isn't enough to live on."

A visitor might see rustic charm in the sturdy hand-knitted clogs worn by elderly women, green fields of winter vegetables, homemade salt pork hanging from kitchen rafters and cooking stoves fired by dried corn husks.

"No," Li says, a bite in her voice. "This place is backward and poor."

She has lost her taste for the spicy food of her hometown and prefers the milder flavors of southern Chinese cooking. Sometimes she slips into Mandarin instead of her native dialect, prompting her mother to question when she will forget her own parents.

At the factory, Li's day clicks ahead with every unit of 12 pieces. She beams as factory manager Miao Linglin hands her a thin stack of 100 yuan notes. Most of it will be sent home, and after living expenses, there's not much left for herself.

Anyway, there's no time for cruising Dongguan's noisy shopping arcades. After a 14-hour work day the women rush back to the dorm to get hot water that's only available for 20 minutes a day.

Li, parked on her stool in front of the sewing machine, dreams of a future in which she owns a home in the city and has a stable job working only eight hours a day.

"Even though I'm from the country, I want to improve my life and be like people in the city," Li says. "Everyone yearns for that kind of life. I yearn for that kind of life too."

(Agencies)

A Follow up story to the NYC bus crash..The whole thing is starting to really stink..

Official: Riders say NYC bus crash driver swerved - Yahoo! News

By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Tom Hays, Associated Press – 1 hr 26 mins ago

NEW YORK – Passengers and witnesses to a horrific crash that sheared the top off a bus and killed 14 people told investigators that the driver's account of getting clipped by a tractor-trailer didn't match up to what they felt and saw before the vehicle slid off the road and into a sign pole.

Driver Ophadell Williams had told police that his World Wide Travel bus was hit just as it crossed the New York City line early Saturday on a trip from the Mohegan Sun casino in in Connecticut.

But passengers said Williams had already swerved at times to the right for no reason before the accident, a law enforcement official said Sunday. The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the probe and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The bus was returning to Manhattan's Chinatown after a quick overnight trip to the casino. The official said that passengers said they didn't feel anything hit them and that other motorists on Interstate 95 said they didn't see the bus get hit. The official said police spoke to the tractor-trailer driver, who said he was following the bus.

Williams remained hospitalized in stable condition Sunday and has not commented publicly. His family could not be reached.

As many as 20 passengers were treated at hospitals following the accident. Nine remained hospitalized, including the bus driver, at St. Barnabas Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center. Most were in critical condition.

Officials at Jacobi were still trying to identify one passenger, an Asian man in his 50s, spokeswoman Barbara DeIorio said.

"He's very injured. He's not able to communicate yet," she said, adding that the man was in the surgical intensive care unit.

The 14 victims — eight men and six women — all died of blunt force trauma, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office. She said the office was working with family members to identify them.

The National Transportation Safety Board has interviewed two passengers from the bus, but it hasn't spoken to the bus driver or the driver of the truck, Vice Chairman Christopher Hart said at a news conference late Sunday.

He said the investigation was still in its early stages, but the NTSB plans to talk to the bus company to see what kind of fatigue management the company has in place. Investigators will also look into the casino's records to see whether the driver checked into a room there.

The NTSB will analyze three devices: a camera mounted in the bus facing the passengers; an engine control module, which may tell how fast the bus was going; and a GPS tracking device from the tractor-trailer, said Hart.

Some of the 31 passengers were still asleep when the bus crashed at 5:35 a.m. Saturday. The bus scraped along the guardrail for 300 feet, toppled and crashed into the support pole for a highway sign indicating the exit for the Hutchinson Parkway. The pole knifed through the bus front to back along the window line, peeling the roof off all the way to the back tires.

The bus was one of scores that travel daily between Chinatown and the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos in southeastern Connecticut.

Mohegan Sun, in Uncasville, Conn., has estimated a fifth of its business comes from Asian spending and caters to Chinese-American gamblers. Its website has a Chinese-language section offering gaming and bus promotions.

The trips between New York City's Chinatown and regional casinos are popular, said Eddie Chiu, who runs the Lin Sing Association, a community outreach group.

He said in the past three years, there have been a handful of serious accidents involving discount buses taking people from New York's Chinese community to casinos.

"The drivers tell me that they're often very tired," he said, adding that salaries are low and drivers work long hours.

Eric Brodie, a spokesman for the operator of the bus, World Wide Travel, said company officials met with NTSB and state police investigators and were cooperating fully. He declined to comment further.

The accident tossed passengers all around the bus, with most people hurled to the front of the bus on impact, authorities said.

Many of the passengers on the bus were Chinatown residents. They ranged in age from 20 to 50, officials said.

Chinatown community organizations offered to help victims' families cope with their loss.

Oanfa Quan, who runs a company that provides wigs and medical prostheses, said she was working with the Lin Sing Association to provide wigs in case some of the victims need them for burial.

"Usually the family wants it for their own peace of mind," she said. "Even if the casket is closed, they still want to know that their loved one looks the way they were prior to the accident."

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Associated Press writers Verena Dobnik in New York and Karen Matthews in New Rochelle, N.Y., contributed

More on the Bus crash. This is very sad...May those deceased rest in peace..

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/ny...l?ref=nyregion

The arc of their lives followed a common, defining story of the immigrant experience. Two of the men had worked in restaurants, one as a cook and the other as a waiter in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Their wives had worked in garment district factories. A fifth victim had worked for a grocery store, and lived in a Chinese enclave in Brooklyn.

They were among the 14 passengers who were killed in the brutal crash of a bus this weekend as it returned at dawn to Chinatown from the Mohegun Sun casino in Connecticut. Besides those who died, 18 more were wounded, several of them critically.

The crash had a devastating effect on many Chinese immigrants who lived in or near Chinatown; if they did not know someone on the bus, they feared that they did.

On Sunday, people visited two Bronx hospitals where the injured were taken and went to the morgue to identify the dead. Others crowded the Fifth Precinct station house in Chinatown seeking information.

A popular dry cleaning store on Madison Street in Chinatown failed to open on Saturday, and then again on Sunday, leaving customers and neighbors to wonder whether its owner was among the victims.

Complicating matters, some of the victims — injured and dead — still had not been identified by late Sunday, leaving city officials to wonder whether their relatives and friends were hesitating to step forward for fear of revealing their illegal immigration status, and prompting Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to issue a reassuring appeal.

“You should not worry about your documentation or anything like that,” the mayor said after visiting some survivors at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. “The police don’t ask that, but really do need help finding out who some of these people are.”

Law enforcement officials said they were still investigating the cause of the crash. The driver of the bus told investigators that he had lost control after a passing tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 clipped the bus. But according to The Associated Press, passengers told the authorities that the driver had swerved to the right for no apparent reason before the bus toppled on its side.

The bus skidded about 500 feet, first along a guardrail, before violently plowing into a support pole of a large highway sign. The pole sliced through the bus, shearing it in half and turning the vehicle into a bloody tableau of twisted metal and mangled bodies.

The driver, Ophadell Williams, was in stable condition at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx on Sunday, a hospital spokesman said.

As investigators sought evidence of culpability, the Chinese population in New York was cast into a state of confusion and mourning.

Sai Ling, 57, lost both of her parents in the crash. Sitting in her apartment on the 31st floor of Confucius Plaza, an apartment complex in Chinatown, she frequently broke down in tears as she talked about her parents, both Chinese immigrants.

Her father, Kam Ng, 81, a retired restaurant cook, regularly visited Mohegan Sun, Ms. Ling said. He would often go on his gambling trips with friends; his wife, Yuk Ng, 79, a retired garment factory worker, preferred to stay at their home on Long Island and play mah-jongg.

But in recent weeks, Ms. Ng, who had sunk into a deep sadness after the death of her sister two months ago, had been regularly accompanying her husband on his casino jaunts.

“She was nice to everybody; he was very quiet, very traditional,” Ms. Ling said. “They were so sweet.”

As Ms. Ling spoke, the family’s community rallied around: a steady stream of neighbors and friends arrived with food, and the phone rang frequently.

“She went, played at the casino, and died,” Ms. Ling said. “I think she’s happy. She took him with her; they went together.”

At Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, six passengers were still in very critical condition, four of them on breathing equipment, hospital officials said. The patients were suffering a range of injuries, from head wounds to multiple bone fractures and even “multiple amputations” caused by what Dr. Sheldon Teperman, director of the center’s trauma center, described as “some kind of shearing force that went on in this accident.”

One patient, a 50-year-old man who had a breathing tube down his throat and was unable to speak, still remained unidentified Sunday evening, officials said.

Among the dead in the crash on Saturday was another elderly couple: Thomas and Maylin Wong, who every Friday night left their modest fourth-floor apartment on Mott Street in Chinatown and walked two blocks to board the bus to Mohegan Sun, said Mokit Lee, 42, a niece of Ms. Wong. Mr. Wong was a retired waiter, his wife a retired factory worker in the garment district.

“There wasn’t much else for them to do around here, so this was their entertainment,” Ms. Lee said, standing outside the station house in Chinatown, where she stopped on Sunday, looking for information on her relatives. “They weren’t big gamblers — just chump change — but they enjoyed it.”

She and neighbors said the Wongs had lived most of their lives on Mott Street, raised two children and always took care of children in the extended family, including several grandchildren.

“My aunt had a bad knee, and we told her to stop going, but she wouldn’t leave her husband’s side,” she said. She added, her voice somber: “Now she’ll never leave his side anymore.”

The accident will probably prompt renewed government scrutiny of the scores of short- and long-haul discount bus companies that operate out of Chinatown. The bus involved in the crash was owned by World Wide Tours, based in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The accident was the company’s fourth recorded crash in as many years, records show.

Mr. Bloomberg said it was “a constant battle” for regulators to ensure that discount bus companies obey safety standards.

But in spite of the crash on Saturday, and the longstanding, mixed reputations of some of Chinatown’s bus companies, the buses continued to depart on Sunday with many seats occupied.

Even one of the survivors of the crash was so undaunted by the experience that he hopped another bus to Mohegan Sun on Sunday.

Bernardo Garcia, 50, said he usually made the trip several times a week and was not going to let the accident stop him.

Another survivor, Chung H. Ninh, 59, an unemployed chef, had been planning to take the same bus route and head back to Mohegan Sun. But at dusk, he said he felt tired and would postpone the trip until another day.

“I’m not scared to go back,” he said in an interview. Except for some scratches on his hand, there was little evidence that he had just survived a bus crash. “I used to practice kung fu, and that’s why I’m so strong.”

Anyway, he added, he lost $200 on Friday night and was down to his last $600. He wanted to win his money back.

BEIJING - MARCH 14: Chinese President Hu Jintao attends the closing of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 14, 2011 in Beijing, China. Known as 'liang hui,' or 'two organizations', it consists of meetings of China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

BEIJING - MARCH 14: China's Premier Wen Jiabao answers a question during his annual press conference after the closing of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People on March 14, 2011 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Premier has called for political reform, stating 'the economic achievements of the last 30 years could be lost without 'institutional' changes.

Chinese police keep watch on Tiananmen Square during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2011.

A traditional junk sails past the International Commerce Centre, a 484 meter tall building in Hong Kong on March 14, 2011. A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design still in use today. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty (206 BC220 AD) and were used as sea-going vessels as early as the 2nd century AD

Members of a Chinese rescue team prepare for rescue operations in the town of Ofunato in Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011. A new explosion at a nuclear plant hit punch-drunk Japan on March 14 as it raced to avert a reactor meltdown after a quake-tsunami disaster that is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people.

A family poses in front of a flower display during the Hong Kong Flower Show on March 13, 2011. The Hong Kong Flower Show is a major event organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department to promote horticulture and the awareness of greening.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 14: Delegates leave after closing meeting of the Fourth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at Tian'anmen Square on March 14, 2011 in Beijing, China. The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, concluded its annual session on Monday morning. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Timothy Yang (L) shakes hands with members of a rescue team in Taipei's Sungshan airport on March 14, 2011 shortly before their departure for quake-stricken Japan. Japan raced to avert a meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant Monday as the death toll from the disaster on the ravaged northeast coast was forecast to exceed 10,000. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Workers load relief materials to a plane at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, east China, March 14, 2011. China will provide 30 million RMB yuan (about 4.57 million U.S. dollars) worth of emergency humanitarian assistance to Japan to support the disaster relief there. The first batch of relief materials, including blankets, tents and emergency lights, was transported to Japan from Shanghai Monday afternoon. (Xinhua/Fan Jun)

HUAIBEI, CHINA - MARCH 14: (CHINA OUT) Staff deal with cash at a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) on March 14, 2011 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. According to the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank Monday, new yuan-denominated loans stood at 535.6 billion yuan (81.52 billion USD) in February. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

Students raise their hands to answer teacher's questions in a primary school in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 14, 2011. New semester began in Lhasa on Monday. (Xinhua/Chogo)

The producers unveil one still showing protagonists, Li Bingbing's Lily(L) and Jeon Ji Hyun's Snow Flower, in period costume holding each other's hands. [Photo:mtime.com]

"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," starring a powerful lineup of Australian actor, Hugh Jackman, Chinese actress, Li Bingbing and South Korean actress, Jeon Ji-Hyun has set a summer date for limited release in the U.S.A. on July 15, Mtime.com reports Friday, March 11.

The producers unveil one still showing protagonists Lily(Li Bingbing) and Snow Flower (Jeon Ji Hyun) in period costume holding each other's hands.

Chinese-American filmmaker, Wayne Wang, based this story on a same-titled book by novelist, Lisa See, in 2005. Set in 19th century China, the film depicts a lifetime friendship between two women who developed their own secret code as a way to communicate in a reclusive life under rigid cultural norms.

The report says this period piece may help director Wang make a statement of his Chinese identity in the Hollywood mainstream.

While Wang said in an interview that he feels like a handi-craft maker, who is replicating a past period.

The director pointed out what moves him most from the story is the strong ties binding the two women, which is rare in other films, kind of like a spiritual marriage.

A chef surnamed Su makes the world's longest stretched noodle with his assistants, March 12, 2011.

A 1,704-meter-long (1.06 mile) stretch of noodle is displayed during a noodle-making activity at a square in Weishan county of Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province, March 12, 2011. The noodle was made within 25 minutes by thousands of participants and broke the Guinness World Record as the longest handmade noodle. A total of 15 kilograms of flour and 2.5 kilograms of oil were used. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

The picture with the couple with child in the park/flower show...
Is the child's head normal? It's forehead is... swollen?

Originally Posted by ToxSic

The picture with the couple with child in the park/flower show...
Is the child's head normal? It's forehead is... swollen?

I'm not a doctor so I don't know. When I saw the photo I was thinking the same thing...Maybe's the child's disabled.

Kindergarteners in Zhuji, East China's Zhejiang province go through an earthquake safety drill on Monday. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

A man shows the "fruit" of 15 years of hard work – 20-centimeter-long fingernails – in Haikou city, South China's Hainan province, March 13, 2011.

The man surnamed Feng said he has been growing his fingernails for 15 years, and had once intended to apply for a Guinness World Record. However, he gave up after breaking his nails twice.

Soldiers set up tents as temporary classrooms for a primary school in quake-hit Yingjiang county in Southwest China's Yunnan province, March 14, 2011. The Gangmeng central primary school was destroyed in the 5.8-magnitude quake, leaving 25 people dead and 250 others injured. No injuries were reported among the school's more than 300 teachers and students. [Photo/Xinhua]

Students play near their tent classroom in quake-hit Yingjiang county in Southwest China's Yunnan province, March 14, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

A man cleans a Buddhist statue inside Famen Temple in Famen town, Fufeng County, 120 km (74 miles) west of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, March 13, 2011. The temple dates back to the second century AD and was built to house parts of a sacred bone of the Buddha presented to China by India's King Asoka.[Photo/Agencies]

Sung Ching Yang of Taiwan (L) celebrates after sprinting across the finish line as his compatriot Lo Wei Lin (R) follows him during the men's roller sports 500m sprint race final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 23, 2010. Sung won the gold with a time of 41.440 seconds.

Members of the Chinese International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) worked at the quake-shaken Ofunato city in Iwate prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2011.

lol so if it was year of rabbit then they would wrestle a tiger and wear a rabbit costume lol.

Sigh Is it a virus or something. I see a game screen shot?

Originally Posted by KingLouis

Sigh Is it a virus or something. I see a game screen shot?

What happened was that tinypic deleted a bunch of my photos. I was over their limit. And then re-issued the url to other pictures. One day I'll fix all of that.

It's fixed!^^^

Workers destroy a Lamborghini Gallardo L140 luxury sports car to mark World Consumer Rights Day in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province on March 15, 2011. The car's owner hired people to publicly destroy the vehicle when it failed to function after a service by an official Lamborghini service station. The protest was made to provoke public support and goad the manufacturer to respect his consumer rights.

Chinese nationals queue to take buses provided by the Chinese embassy as they are evacuated from the devastated city of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture on March 16, 2011 as Japan struggles to cope following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters. Two Chinese airlines said they had added flights to and from Japan to accommodate an expected increase in demand as China evacuates its nationals from the quake-hit nation's disaster zone.

YIWU, CHINA - MARCH 16: Workers produce replicas of Princess Diana's engagement ring at Yiwu Mingwang Jewellery Co. , Ltd on March 16, 2011 in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province of China. As the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is fast approaching, more replicas are being produced in China. Although being far from the quality of the original, with rhine stone instead of jewellery, these rings sell only for US$3 in Yiwu but US$ 30 overseas.

Passengers in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood in New York wait to board a bus to the Mohegan Sun casino Tuesday, March 15, 2011. About 30,000 Chinese New Yorkers per week board discount buses that take them from Chinatown to casinos outside the city. But tour bus operators say business is down after a bus crashed Saturday, March 12, on a return trip from a Connecticut casino, killing 15 passengers.

Fans of Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan hold up signs for him during his match against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 11, 2011, in Indian Wells, Calif.

Performers dance during a dancing drama named "Verve of Changbai Mountain" in Beijing, China, March 15, 2011.(Xinhua/Gao Guanying)

Susan Rice (L), United States Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks with Li Baodong R), China's Ambassador to the UN, just before the United Nations Security Council voted on a Libya resolution calling for a no-fly zone and 'all necessary measures' against forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi, March 17, 2011 at UN headquarters in New York. The vote was 10-yes and 5 abstained--China, Russia, Germany, India and Brazil.

Vice premier of the Peoples Republic of China Wang Qishan (L) disembarks from an aircraft following his arrival in Nairobi on March 17, 2011. China's vice premier Wang Qishan is on an official visit to Kenya which aims to enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Shuai Peng from China returns the ball to Maria Sharapova from Russia during the Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, California on March 17, 2011. Sharapova won 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

Vice premier of the Peoples Republic of China Wang Qishan (R) is presented with a bouquet of flowers soon after he arrived in Nairobi on March 17, 2011. China's vice premier Wang Qishan is on an official visit to Kenya which aims to enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Customers flock to buy salt at a supermarket in Lanzhou, Gansu province March 17, 2011. China's economic agency vowed on Thursday to stamp out rumours that have led to salt hoarding and price gouging after consumers emptied shop shelves of it, following baseless rumours that iodine in salt can can ward off radiation.

DALIAN, CHINA - MARCH 16: Chinese nationals are greeted by the media as they arrive after being evacuated from Japan at Zhoushuizi International Airport on March 16, 2011 in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China. Thousands of Chinese nationals are being evacuated from earthquake-hit areas of Japan.

An official from Hong Kong's immigration department helps Chinese nationals to board a flight at Narita airport in Tokyo March 17 2011. China's embassy has set-up a help desk at Narita airport to help its nationals evacuate Tokyo, following last week's earthquake and tsunami.

Chinese students learn about radiation awareness during a class at a school in Hanshan, east China's Anhui province on March 17, 2011.

Activists shout slogans during an anti-nuclear protest in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei March 17, 2011. Activists urge Taiwan government to shut down the three nuclear installations on the island and to stop the construction of the fourth one in reaction to the crisis at the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima that was damaged after an earthquake and tsunami last week.

Soldiers demonstrate equipment to journalists which are part of a washer to remove radiation contamination at Taipei's Songshan Airport March 17, 2011. Taiwan authorities started to screen travellers from Japan at the airports on Wednesday and Taiwan's anti-chemical troops joined in the effort today, according to local media.

Taiwan rescue team members search for survivors in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Thursday, March 17, 2011. Ofunato is one of the northeast coast towns devastated by Friday's earthquake and tsunami it spawned.

Staff members prepare the relief matierals at an airport in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, March 17, 2011. A total of 10 tonnes of drinking water assisted by Changchun City will be transported to quake-hit areas in Japan on Thursday. (Xinhua/Lin Hong)

NANJING, CHINA - MARCH 17: A plane is checked for radiation after a flight from Japan at Nanjing Lukou Airport on March 17, 2011 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. Thousands of Chinese nationals have been evacuating from the quake hit areas of Japan. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)