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That statistic of 22 percent unemployment seems really out of whack with everything else I've been reading like the labor shortage in Guangdong causing wages to rise. If it's true though, that makes Chinese' economic growth even more impressive because they are doing it with only 78 percent of the workforce, and they have a huge capacity to grow more as those 22 percent find jobs.
 

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I've changed the title of this thread to...

Chinese Daily Life in Photos & News!

So post your Chinese centric non-military news stories here!

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Pedestrians walk past a neon-lit Christmas tree at twilight in Beijing on December 6, 2010. Though not celebrated for religious reasons in China, the world's largest producer of Christmas goods, including artificial Christmas trees, toys and decorations, the commerical appeal and visual decorations of the festive season are ever increasing across China.

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An attendant holds a bottle of Wuliangye, one of China's most famous liquors, during the opening of its flagship store in Hong Kong December 6, 2010.

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A waiter is reflected in a mirror as he pours Scotch whisky from luxury brand Royal Salute into glasses at a launch ceremony for the release of the '62 Gun Salute' series in central Beijing December 6, 2010. The luxury whisky is selling at 15,000 yuan ($2,260) per bottle, with the launch consisting of a 'British Royal banquet' where 62 guests will fire 62 guns.

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A resident plays in front of rabbit sculptures at an entrance of a market in Beijing December 5, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the year of the rabbit begins on February 3, 2011.

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Runners pass the Bund, one of the most popular tourist spot with the most well known architectures in town, during Shanghai International Marathon in Shanghai, China, on Sunday Dec. 5, 2010.

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High school students in uniforms throw red hats up in air to celebrate during an adulthood ceremony in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 4, 2010. Over 300 student representatives on Saturday joined in an adulthood ceremony in which they waved bye to their childhood. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)

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Paramedics transfer an injured man onto a helicopter in Kangding, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 6, 2010. Four injured people in the wild fire in Daofu County have been transfered to the hospitals in Chengdu by helicopters to receive further medical treatment on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Hao)

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CHENGMAI COUNTY, CHINA - DECEMBER 5: Products of handmade coffee are displayed in the Fushan Coffee Shop in Fushan Township on December 5, 2010 in Chengmai County of Hainan Province, China. Fushan has a long history of producing coffee and profound coffee culture. It is well-known for its speciality of handmade coffee. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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A combination photo shows a stuntman extinguishing the flames of a torch in his mouth during a street performance in Hefei, Anhui province, Dec 6. [Photo/Agencies]

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Contestants display their swimsuits at the final of Miss Asia Pageant 2010 in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, Dec 5. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Wang Xin from Liaoning province (center), champion of Miss Asia 2010, poses with runners-up Vita Tsybulska (right) and Liu Xiaozhi in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, Dec 5. Tsybulska from Tajikistan won the second prize. Liu Xiaozhi, also from Liaoning province, won the third prize. It's the first time the Miss Asia Pageant's final was held in the Chinese mainland. [Photo/Xinhua]

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82-old Zhao Yufang stretches in the residential compound she lives in Beijing, Dec 4, 2010. Zhao created herself a unique body exercise combining Yoga, Wushu or martial arts, and Qigong or breathing exercise in her sixties, and three hours of daily practice over years has granted her with good fitness. [Photo/Xinhua]
 

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I've changed the title of this thread to...

Chinese Daily Life in Photos & News!

So post your Chinese centric non-military news stories here!

Thanks popeye!

Here's an article about how the economic development in PRC is changing social norms:

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China's Growing Wealth Spurs Spread of Kung Fu-Trained Personal Bodyguards
Sep 20, 2010 8:09 AM GMT+0800

By Keith B. Richburg
Sept. 19 (Washington Post) -- BEIJING - Perhaps the most visible sign of the explosion of private wealth in China tries hard not to be visible at all - the private bodyguard.

They work as drivers or nannies, or blend into a businessman's coterie looking like a secretary, a briefcase carrier or a toady. Unlike bodyguards in the United States, they are generally not tall and imposing; in fact, many are women, on the theory that females in the retinue attract less attention.

And also unlike in the United States, they are never armed, since private citizens in China are largely prohibited from owning firearms. Rather, Chinese bodyguards are martial arts experts, trained to disarm or subdue an attacker with a few quick thrusts, jabs and hand chops.

"In China, we don't need people who know guns," said Michael Zhe, president of Beijing VSS Security Consulting Ltd, which started in 2002 and counts itself as the country's oldest private security firm. "Bodyguards can use one or two blows to stop an attacker."

When Zhe, a national-level kung fu coach and former government security agent, started his company eight years ago, aiming to serve a high-end, wealthy clientele, he recalls there were few if any competitors in the game. By the end of last year, according to the Ministry of Public Security, the private security business had grown into a $1.2 billion industry with about 2,767 companies employing more than two million security guards.

The burgeoning personal protection industry is a reflection of the dramatic growth in prosperity here that has created a new class of wealthy Chinese - but that has also exacerbated the already-wide chasm between the haves and have-nots.

As millions of Chinese have grown richer - and often indulge in the ostentatious trappings of new money - so, too, has the resentment increased from those left behind, threatening the ruling Communist Party's stated goal of maintaining social stability. There have been stories here of kidnappings of wealthy people, contract hits being ordered by disgruntled business associates, and increasing random acts of violence. China this year has been hit by a spate of vicious attacks on kindergarten and primary school children, which some psychologists have blamed on the economic dislocation.

"The booming of the security industry reflects the rich people's worry about the safety of their families and themselves," said Ni Shoubin, professor with the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade. "The population is disgusted by how these rich people are becoming rich, and all society has started to hate rich people. And the rich people must feel that resentment, and it makes them feel insecure."

Private bodyguards now do everything from protecting wealthy celebrities and businessmen to assisting in security for such major events as the Shanghai World Expo.

That rapid growth has prompted the Chinese government to start trying to rein in the industry. Up to now, the private security firms have operated in a legal "gray area," with no guidelines, regulations or standards - and with long-established security consultants such as Zhe fretting that many are fly-by-night outfits that could tarnish the entire industry.

In April, the State Council, China's equivalent of a cabinet, announced it would be drafting regulations to bring the freewheeling security industry under control. Zhe's company is helping local police bureaus draft regulations, set industry standards and draft a textbook for training private bodyguards.

China is still a relatively safe country. But violent crime is on the rise. A report by China's respected Academy of Social Sciences this year found a "dramatic increase" in violent crime, including homicides, robbery and rape in 2009 over the previous year, with prosecutors reporting 10 percent more cases. The report said crime was likely to rise again for 2010 because of factory closings and high unemployment.

Many of China's new wealthy elite have decided to maintain a lower profile. Some are dispensing with the usual displays of luxury. And increasingly, they are turning to private security companies for protection.

"You need someone you can trust to protect your assets, to protect yourself, and protect your family," said Patrick Pun, who returned to Shanghai from Seattle and three years ago started Newcogs Co. Ltd, a successful online marketing company. Pun signed a contract with Zhe's VSS firm for round-the-clock security for his home and office.

"The wealth gap in China is getting bigger and bigger," Pun said. "A few people are getting wealthier and wealthier, and a majority of the people are poor. It's a painful stage for any developing country."

Pun added that he tries to keep a low profile, and it helps to have a bodyguard who doubles as a driver. "I don't think it's a good option for me to have a group of security guards around me," he said. "If you do that, the crowds will start to pay attention to you."

Chen Yongching, 27, a former military martial arts expert who started his security company, Tianjiao Special Protection, in 2008, said the trend in China is for the bodyguards to be smaller in stature. "If they're too big, it would be too obvious," Chen said. " We can get lost in a crowd - you don't recognize us."

Chen said about 40 percent of his bodyguards are women. One, Chai Chang, 25, stands just 5 feet and 4 inches tall, and weighs 121 pounds. But she is trained in martial arts and freestyle fighting, and says, "When we practice, I fight two guys, no problem."

Chang studied computer science in college, and her parents expected her to follow the family tradition and become a teacher. She tried it for a while, but thought the bodyguard life would be more exciting - and now she accompanies Chinese and Hong Kong celebrities around town.

As China opens more to the world, it is also becoming a destination for international celebrities - rock stars and rappers, basketball and tennis players, actors and globe-trotting billionaires - and all of them require 24/7 protection, an additional boost to the private security industry.

For some of these visitors, the local bodyguards initially seem too small, occasionally making for a cultural clash. Chen Zhen, director of player development for the China Open tennis tournament, has been contracting with VSS since 2004 to provide bodyguards for the players.

For tennis players, bodyguards should be at least 6 feet. "It's a must for them to wear a black suit and earphones, because that's the professional look for bodyguards," she said. The smaller guards, she said, "just don't give them a sense of security."

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Thanks for posting Spartan!

The bodyguards sound like in the Philippines. All the hi-rollers there have bodyguards because kidnapping is very prevalent.
 

Zhong Fei

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LOL Philippines. The Kidnappers are usually cops and military officers. I forgot the name of that American Couple who were Kidnapped and the woman who was the only one to escape alive said so.

Sadly the American Government chose to do nothing and the Criminals are still on the lose.

Look at the Ampatuan massacre case. over a hundred people dead and almost all of the 100+ shooters were military, foot patrol cops and private army guys.
 

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Sadly the American Government chose to do nothing and the Criminals are still on the lose.

C'mon now.. you know they can't..Imagine the outcry if the US government sent troops to the RP to hunt down kidnappers of Americans in the Philippines. Pleeeezze..

The Kidnappers are usually cops and military officers. I forgot the name of that American Couple who were Kidnapped and the woman who was the only one to escape alive said so.

Honestly... I've been hearing that for years...sad and more than likely true. This older Pinoy I use to work with once told me.."In the Philippines no need to call the police after a crime..They've already been there".

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US Rep. David Wu (D-OR), the first Chinese-American electecd to congress, makes remarks during a press conference honoring Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo and calling on the Chinese government to improve its human rights record on December 7, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Miss Asia contestants gather to perform during the pageant final in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on December 6, 2010. Wang Xin of China, a university student, beat 15 other contestants in the Miss Asia pageant organized by Asia Television (ATV), a TV station in Hong Kong.

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Wang Xin, 22, of China, celebrates after she won the Miss Asia crown at the pageant final in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on December 6, 2010. Wang, a university student, beat 15 other contestants in the Miss Asia pageant organized by Asia Television (ATV), a TV station in Hong Kong.

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China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu speaks during a news conference in Beijing December 7, 2010. China said on Tuesday that it hoped revelations in U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks would not affect ties with Washington.

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Protesters from Justice & Peace Commission of The Hong Kong Catholic Diocese hold the picture of detained Bishop Shi Enxiang and a paper Cross during a demonstration outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. The protesters demanded Chinese authorities stop pressuring some bishops to attend the Beijing meeting and release the detained Bishops. China's bishops opened the meeting Tuesday to choose leaders of the government-backed Catholic church amid tensions with the Vatican after it denounced the recent ordination of a bishop who did not have the pope's approval.

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Students practice during a dancing class at the Lee Wei Song School of Music in Shanghai December 7, 2010. Music talent schools offer a full time course for its "Asian Music Artist" class, with students taking in about four hours of different classes every day including voice training, studio recording, keyboard skills and dancing. Talent shows have been the rage in China since the success of the "Super Girl" national singing competition organized by Hunan satellite television from 2004.

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A resident rides a tricycle past the head of a CRH (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet train outside an exhibition for the Seventh World Congress on High Speed Rail in Beijing December 7, 2010. China plans to build 13,000 km (8,078 miles) of high-speed railway by 2012, more than the rest of the world combined.

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Chinese director Haolun Shu poses during a photocall as part of the 10th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival on December 7, 2010.

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Chinese workers install a giant Christmas tree outside a shopping mall in Shanghai on December 6, 2010. Though not celebrated for religious reasons, Christmas has become a festive occasion for an increasing number of Chinese as commercial holiday decorations, signs and other symbolic items prevail during the month of December in urban areas across China.

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Cargo containers are unloaded at the Keelung port in Taiwan on December 7, 2010. Taiwan's exports rose 21.8 percent in November from a year earlier while imports were up 33.8 percent from a year ago according to the finance ministry.

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The first train for Hong Kong West Island Line rolls off the production line in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, Dec 6. Featuring several R&D innovations, the train's quality meets the world's highest standard. It was also the 1,000th subway train made by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Thousands of people in the Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Southwest China's Sichuan province line up along the road to see off the firefighters who gave their lives putting out a wildfire on plateau grassland in Dawu county, Dec 6, 2010. The fire, which started Sunday and raged for about 24 hours, burnt about 500 mu (33 hectares) of grassland, leaving 22 people dead, including 15 firefighters, and four injured. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Royal garments including shoes of China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) on display during the media preview of the Imperial Chinese Robes from the Forbidden City exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, Britain, Dec. 6, 2010. The V&A will exhibit for the first time in Europe over 50 garments, 20 accessories and 15 fabrics worn by Qing emperors and empresses from the collection of the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City, the former royal residency of Qing Dynasty, from Dec. 7 to Feb. 27, 2011. (Xinhua/Zeng Yi)
 

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:eek:ff Sometimes I wish you guys did:eek:ff

That Yellow Robe you see down there. That was probably what the Last Good emperor of China wore.

And Ah yes Christmas... The time when Chinese Toy manufacturers and seedy underground luxury hardware makers make business.:roll:

Christmas will be always celebrated in China, through religious reasons or economic.
 

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Here's the first batch of News Photos for today..

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A video grab shows the group of smugglers and Mac produtes they brought in at Shenzhen port. (Photo: Agencies)

Fourteen people have been arrested for smuggling apple products worth an estimated 950,000 yuan (US$142,700) into Shgenzhen, South China's Guangdong province.

The group was arrested at Shenzhen port by customs on charges of illegally importing 88 digital iPads and other iPhone products on Dec 2, the Guangzhou Daily reported Wednesday.

Customs officers became suspicious after watching several fashionable woman arriving from Hong Kong, who they suspected to be illegal immigrants, pass through the luggage counter unchecked.

Officers discovered 340 cell phones and 88 iPads with an estimated value of 950,000 yuan($142,700)

They confessed they could earn 200 yuan for each item and officers believe they can earn as much as 5,000 yuan a month.

The investigation is still ongoing.

My condolences to the families that have lost loved ones in the accidents described below.:(

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Photo taken on Dec. 8, 2010 shows the accident site after a container of molten iron spilled at an ironworks owned by Shandong Fulun Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Laiwu City, east China's Shandong Province. Three workers died and five others were injured Wednesday in the accident. The container was suspended from a crane and fell when the sling suddenly failed, said a spokesman with the company. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

JINAN, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Three workers died and five others were injured Wednesday after a container of molten iron spilled at an ironworks in east China's Shandong Province.

The accident happened at 7 a.m. at the plant owned by Shandong Fulun Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Laiwu City, said a statement issued by the city government.

The tank was suspended from a crane and it fell when the sling suddenly failed, said a spokesman with the company.

The molten metal killed three workers at the scene. Five others suffered slight burns and were taken to hospital. Three of them had been discharged, said the spokesman.

An initial investigation showed the accident might have been triggered by a crane malfunction, he said.

City work safety officials are still investigating the cause of the accident.

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Photos taken on Dec. 8, 2010 shows the smoke rising from the explosion site in Zhongshi Chemicals Co., Ltd. plant in Yanggu County, east China's Shandong Province. An explosion occurred at the Zhongshi Chemicals Co., Ltd. plant at 5:40 a.m. Wednesday. Seven people were injured in the accident. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhilong)

JINAN, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- An explosion occurred at a pesticide factory in Liaocheng City, east China's Shandong Province, Wednesday morning, local authorities said.

A tank at the Zhongshi Chemicals Co., Ltd. plant exploded at 5:40 a.m., a provincial work safety department statement said.

The number of casualties was not immediately known.

Preliminary investigation concluded the explosion was triggered by a fire with outer oiling of the tank. Cause of the fire remains unknown.

Further probe is underway.

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Rescuers look for the missing crew members in the sea east of Tung Lung Chau in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 7, 2010. Two person were killed, one injured and six missing after a sand barge and a container vessel collided here Tuesday. The barge capsized and sank off the southern tip of the island. (Xinhua/Lui Sui Wai)
 

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Police officers and mine officials try to coax down the wife of one of the trapped miners in Shengchi, central China's Henan province on December 8, 2010. Mine officials had initially said that only 33 workers were in the Juyuan Coal Industry Company mine at the time of the blast and that only 13 miners were killed. The death toll from a gas blast at a coal mine in central China rose to 26, after officials confirmed that more workers than previously thought were in the shaft.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers prepare to enter a coal mine following a gas explosion in Mianchi county, in Henan province, on Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers, from right, Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan and Emily Lau meet the media with a picture of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 before heading the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. Since Liu's selection, China has vilified the 54-year-old democracy advocate, called the choice an effort by the West to contain its rise, disparaged his supporters as "clowns," and launched a campaign to persuade countries not to attend Friday's ceremony.

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Yang Jianli, a U.S.-based Chinese dissident and friend of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, is seen in Oslo December 8, 2010. China is conducting a sweeping crackdown on dissent before Friday's awarding of the prize to jailed dissident Liu, casting the net wide to prevent friends and family attending the ceremony in Oslo.

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CEO Victor Koo (2nd R) rings the bell of the New York Stock Exchange after his Chinese company went public December 8, 2010 in New York City. Youku.com, a Chinese online television company, had an initial public offering of approximately 15.4 million American Depositary Shares this week and an IPO which is likely to be priced between $9 and $11 per ADS.

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A Chinese truck driver tends to his cargo of live pigs as he arrives at an abattoir in Beijing on December 7, 2010. China accounts for 50 percent of the global pig production and with raising domestic demand for pork and little possibility of raising imports to fill the gap, as it takes eight months to get a pig to market, after four months of gestation and four months of fattening.

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Plainclothes policemen (L and R) keep watch outside the house of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, in Beijing on December 8, 2010. Liu, who has been a vocal champion for greater democracy and human rights protection in China for decades, is to be honoured on 10 December at an award ceremony in Oslo.

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Chinese yuan banknotes are seen inside a counter of the Suining City Commercial Bank in Suining, Sichuan province December 7, 2010. China is likely to raise interest rates in the coming days in a demonstration of the government's resolve to tame inflation, an official newspaper said on Tuesday.

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A boy carries his brother on his back at a residential area of migrant workers on the outskirts of Beijing, December 8, 2010.

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My ex-wife has played this game for days on end..
Migrant workers, from southwest China's Sichuan province, play mahjong in a hovel on a day without work, on the outskirts of Beijing, December 8, 2010.

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A waitress wears a Christmas hat as she waits for customers at a restaurant in Beijing on December 8, 2010.

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An elderly Chinese couple are helped out of their wheelchairs and into a police van after they held a protest outside a building housing the United Nations World Food Programme office in central Beijing December 8, 2010. It is not known what the couple were protesting about.

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Employee Lai Lee weighs cooked rock lobsters for sale at the Seafresh Innaloo retail outlet in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Rock lobster may be at the top of Christmas day menus in Australia this year after a ban on imports in China led to a glut of supply and plunging prices. Photographer: Ron D'Raine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. staff applaud during a media event in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Cathay Pacific Airways unveiled a new business-class seat to about 3,000 customers as it begins a HK$1 billion ($129 million) cabin upgrade to fend off competition for lucrative premium travelers. Photographer: Daniel J. Groshong/Bloomberg via Getty Images
 
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More than 3,000 migrant workers attended a special dinner organized by their company in appreciation of all their hard work in 2010 in Long'an county, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Dec 8. Three hundred tables were set for the party.

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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with Namibian Foreign Minister Utoni Nujoma in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China and Nambia on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to building stronger bilateral relations at a meeting between Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and Namibian Foreign Minister Utoni Nujoma, who is on a week-long visit to China.

Li reviewed the sound growth of China-Namibia relations since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in 1990, citing solid progress of bilateral cooperation and deeper people-to-people friendship.

China regarded Namibia as one of the most trustworthy friends and partners, Li said, pledging to make joint efforts with Namibia to boost bilateral relations.

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Supporters of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo demonstrate outside China's Embassy in Oslo December 9, 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize panel on Thursday defended its award to jailed dissident Liu as based on "universal values", rejecting Beijing's accusation that it is trying force Western ideas on China.

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A girl holds 100,000 renminbi ($15,000) cash for the first Confucius Peace Prize after receiving it for the recipient Lien Chan, former Taiwan vice-president, as she is carried by Yang Disheng, a member of the Confucius Peace Prize jury, at the award ceremony in Beijing, December 9, 2010. It was meant to be China's answer to the Nobel Peace Prize, a timely riposte to the honouring of jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo. But the winner of the first "Confucius Peace Prize" didn't even bother to show up. Instead, it was left to a scared-looking girl, whom organisers did not properly identify, to collect a stack of bills for the $15,000 cash prize meant for former Taiwan vice-president Lien Chan.

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The little girl does not look like a "happy camper"...
A girl holds the first Confucius Peace Prize trophy after receiving it for the recipient Lien Chan, former Taiwan vice-president, as she is carried by Yang Disheng, a member of the Confucius Peace Prize jury, at the award ceremony in Beijing December 9, 2010.

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A woman talks on her mobile phone under Christmas decorations displayed outside a shopping mall in Shanghai on December 9, 2010. Though not celebrated for religious reasons, Christmas has become a festive occasion for an increasing number of Chinese as commercial holiday decorations, signs and other symbolic items prevail during the month of December in urban areas across China.

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Fire fighters put out fire in residential apartments in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 9, 2010. Fire broke out in the apartments at approximately 9:00 a.m. Thursday. Two people were confirmed dead by 10:00 am. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Xinhua)

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Rahman, 54, walks with his partner on the road to deliver mail and packages to villagers in a remote area in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Nov 30, 2010. He has worked as a messenger for 34 years and insists on hand-delivering messages to villagers every day with his horse. Traveling long distances with no break in service has taken a toll on his body but won him respect from the villagers. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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Migrant worker Hou Mingjun, from China's southwest Sichuan province, lights a cigarette in his six square metre hovel on the outskirts of Beijing December 6, 2010. China's consumption has lagged well behind other major economies, because the country was mainly focused on investment and exports. But that is beginning to change, as incomes rise and China re-balances its economy. Picture taken December 6, 2010.

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Acrobats perform during the premiere of an acrobatic dance show on ice in Beijing December 9, 2010.

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A subway train arrives at the newly completed Daxing subway station(second photo) in Beijing on December 8, 2010. On April 30, 2010, the Beijing subway with nine lines, 147 stations and 228 km of tracks delivered a record 6.4 million rides on its crowded underground system which is expected to be one of the world's most extensive when the entire network reach 420 km by 2012.

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WENZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 08: (CHINA OUT) Actor Alec Su attends Gucci new store opening ceremony on December 8, 2010 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Shoppers look at flat screen televisions made by Chimei at a trade fair in Taipei on December 9, 2010. Taiwan's Chimei InnoLux Corporation, AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, HannStar Display Corporation and South Korea's LG Display were fined 649 million euros by the European Commission for price-fixing of LCD flat screens for Europe's TVs and computers. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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