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  • In light monsoonal rain, a lone pedestrian is seen from a high viewpoint, crossing a zebra crossing with a yellow grid box junction to his right in Central Hong Kong on the last day of British rule. The junction is empty and without any traffic but the word 'Look' is stencilled in white letters for the benefit of unwary pedestrians. An umbrella used by the unrecognisable person is a colour match with the painted striped road markings, identical to the British highway traffic code. The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" occurred at midnight on June 30, 1997, signifying the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • On the very last day of British rule over its Hong Kong colony, we see two groups representing this colonial territory's population. Commuters walk through Chater Garden about to pass another group of older exercise class. Towering above them all is the Bank of China skyscraper, then the tallest building in Asia, As the last hours tick away before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Almost 7 million people call a territory of 1100 sq km home, squeezing onto only 10% of the available land space. This is a metropolis of high population density and one of the world's economic powerhouses.
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  • Beyond Chinese TV media images, a red sun sinks behind late cloud in the west, a glowing red sky illuminates Hong Kong's harbour, this scene is symbolic of the decline of empire, the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) two years after this picture was taken, often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From this famous ferry terminal that protrudes out into the busy waters of this colony’s harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood in the days before China ceded its territory to the British for 155 years until the 1997 deadline.
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  • In heavy monsoonal rain, crowds gather at the stroke of midnight beneath umbrellas to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From the on the roof of Ocean Terminal shopping mall, the skyline is filled with fireworks but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering behind the viewer on the top floor of the building which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory.  Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • In heavy monsoonal rain, crowds gather beneath umbrellas on the roof of Ocean Terminal to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. A cruise liner is moored s small distance away but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering on the top floor of the shopping mall which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory.  Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • Three citizens from the Chinese Special Economic region Hong Kong stand along a vertical banners filled with Chinese characters on a sunny day in Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side in 1995. This is dated two years before the ransfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. But at the time of this picture, these people are still under British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China has still to happen. They are therefore still British subjects, with British passports, living under British law.
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  • On the very last day of British rule over its Hong Kong colony, we see an elegant but headless life-size clothing mannequin seated on a chair on the shop floor of Chinese clothing brand Shanghai Tang. In the brand's flagship store, the last hours tick away before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Shanghai Tang is an international clothing chain company, founded in 1994 by Hong Kong businessman David Tang Wing Cheung. This was the original store in Hong Kong's Pedder Street (in Central) providing the lead for 24 outlets worldwide.
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  • Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who sells almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.
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  • Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who sells almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.
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  • Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who sells almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.
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  • Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who sells almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.Workers make petroleum resin based gift items and garden ornaments at the Chuan Sen Art & Design Factory on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China on 04 February, 2009.  Orders at the factory, who exports almost all of their wares in North America and Europe, has declined drastically in the last two years due to the economic slowdown and western consumers' belt-tightening.
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  • Mo Suo minority man in traditional dress takes a call on his cell phone whilst rowing tourists to a nearby island on Lugu Lake, Yunnan, China. Mo Suo are one of approximately 56 different minorities which live in Yunnan, a temperate south eastern province of China in the foothills of the Himalayas.
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  • Overhead flyovers cross in this mega-junction of the Yan’an Road Central Elevated Expressway, and the Chongqing North/South Elevated Expressway in Shanghai, China. These huge motorway systems cut across and up through Shanghai creating fast routes for vehicles. The vast amounts of housing that was removed to make space for the Yan’an Expressway alone, displaced some 200,000 people, who will have been re-housed in high-rise apartment blocks in the suburbs. Their old homes would have been dwarfed by this monstrous construction of roads. Lit up at night this is a classic view of Shanghai’s futuristic approach to it’s massive and swift development.
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  • , Yunnan, China.
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  • Tiger Leaping Gorge or Hu Tiao Xiao, in amongst the foothills of the Himalayan mountains near Daju, Yunnan, China. The Jinsha Jiang river cuts through the soft rocks creating dramatic steep gorges. At one point in the centre of the river a hard piece of granite which eroded at a much slower pace to the surrounding rock, rises out of the river pushing the fast flowing water up in a dramatic white water rapids. Tiger Leaping Gorge is a popular tourist destination where many Chinese travel to see the landscape named after their most honoured animal.
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  • Wide open landscape of a flat plain looking towards distant mountains near to Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
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  • Street scene with the busy streets below and overhead cables above in Shanghai, China.
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  • Scooters and other passengers on foot disembark from one of Shanghai’s regular ferries which cross from Pudong to Xinmatou in Puxi in Shanghai, China. Here on the Puxi side the switch over of passengers is a frenetic scramble in keeping with the general way on Shanghai’s streets, which can feel like a fight to be first, big pushing in front of small to take top place.
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  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
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  • People in a Chinese restaurant interior in Shanghai, China.
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  • People in a Chinese restaurant interior in Shanghai, China.
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  • The Oriental Pearl Tower (left) and Jin Mao Building (right) rise up, glowing in the distance in Pudong, Shanghai, and China’s centralised financial district. Skyline across the low-rise traditional Chinese housing in the foreground of Nanpudaqiao through the high-rise developments, offices and apartment buildings right across downtown, this vision of capitalism and modernity against traditional sums up the colossal development of this ‘Paris of the East’ as Shanghai was once known. In ten years the city has gone from 2-3 story housing as far as the eye can see to this rising metropolis. So much air pollution and light pollution from buildings, construction, cars and lighting up makes the whole city glow.
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  • Street scene with the busy streets below and overhead cables above in Shanghai, China.
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  • Woman walks past a piece of public art depicting a cut out in pink of Shanghainese people on Nanjing Road.
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  • Gucci shop in the heart of Shanghais exclusive shopping district in Shanghai, China. Many of the Worlds major brands have arrived in China, and in particularly Chinas money capital, Shanghai. This part of Nanjing Rd is where the citys rich and famous come to shop.
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  • Fake snow on the street on  a hot day as Kirin drinks company has a promotional drive on the streets of Shanghai, China.
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  • Traffic waits at traffic lights at the junction of Jia Jiao Bang Lu and Wanping Lu, Shanghai, China. In addition to the buses, taxis and transport vehicles on Shanghais busy streets, personal car use is increasing. The result is a city with very polluted air, and streets full of cars.
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  • Marble, carved chops for sale in the indoor antique market in Yu Yuan Garden, downtown Shanghai, China. The pots and ceramics being sold by this family business on the top floor of the market are not genuine antiques. Many are fakes, which are sold to the more gullible tourists. Genuine antiques can be bought but the prices reflect their age considerably.
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  • Gold Buddha figures at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Buddhist monks in ochre yellow robes during one of their daily prayer sessions at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel inside the Jin Mao Building, Pudong in Shanghai, China. This view taken from the 85th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking down, the bottom floor in this view shows the bar area on the 55th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghais tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
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  • Two businessmen cross the street walking towards Pudong's main financial district Lu Jia Zui. This centre for Shanghai, and even China's finances has developed from nothing since the mid to late 1990's. Now it is a place to see businessmen in crisp white shirts and suits, carrying brief cases.
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  • Shop selling dried beef which is a speciality of the area on the streets of Zhongdian, also known as Shangrila, Yunnan; China. This is a very normal scene in this wild town.
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  • Fruit for sale in Shanghai, China.
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  • Local notices blackboard in Shanghai, China.
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  • Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is located on the island of Chek Lap Kok, which largely comprises land reclaimed for the construction of the airport itself.
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  • Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is located on the island of Chek Lap Kok, which largely comprises land reclaimed for the construction of the airport itself.
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  • Macaos famous Facade in Macau, China. The Cathedral of Sain Paul, also known as Saint Pauls Cathedral. This ruin remains Macaos most famous tourist site. Tourists gather on the steps leading up to take pictures of this stone facade, intricately carved by Japanese monks. Built between 1582 and 1602, the facade was excaated and protected in the 1990s, while the crypt was also revealed. Macau is an autonomous region on the south coast of China, across from Hong Kong. A Portuguese territory until 1999, it reflects a mix of cultural influences.
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  • Evening view from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. From this classic viewpoint the entire view across Hong Kong Harbour can be seen. The view sweeping down through Mid-levels to Central, along to Causeway Bay, all the way along Hong Kong Island's coast across North Point, Quarry Bay to Wan Chai. Also over the water we see the Chinese mainland area Kowloon. A deep blue Hong Kong sky forms a backdrop for the forming clouds which are lit up by Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong's tallest building at 415m.
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  • The "Wonderful Worlds of Whampoa" is famous in Kowloon for its cruise ship shopping mall! Like a cruise liner sitting in the middle of the city embedded into the ground. Inside is a shopping mall and video game centre. Close to the shopping mall is a restaurant arcade where top Hong Kong restaurants are located.
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  • Watermelon, a red plastic bag and a meat cleaver on a table for chopping at a poor home in De Hui city, Jilin Province. North Eastern China.
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  • Vehicles and people pass on Beijing Financial Street or BFS (often called China's Wall Street) is an area which offers a collaborative environment for foreign and domestic financial institutions and Chinese regulatory agencies. It is part of the city's strategic plan to position Beijing as a domestic centre for business and finance. The area is gaining prominence as an internationally influential business and financial district.
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  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
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  • Interior view showing the floor levels of the mall's atrium and shoppers at Joy City shopping mall. Xidan is one of the main commercial shopping area in the Xicheng district of Beijing, China. With Joy City as it's centerpiece, a 13-story complex of western and Chinese shops. This is a shoppers haven as modern consumerism and commerce have a strong grip on Beijing's shop hungry crowds.
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  • The Place is a new shopping street located in Beijing CBD. The huge overhead LCD screen designed by Jeremy Railton from Hollywood, is 250m long 30m wide. The Beijing Central Business District, or CBD is the primary area of finance, media, and business services in Beijing, China. It occupies 4 km2 of the Chaoyang District on the east side of the city. As the city is becoming one of the most important international financial centers in China so the CBD grows in height as skyscrapers rise into the sky.
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  • Fruit seller at The Place is a new shopping street located in Beijing CBD. The huge overhead LCD screen designed by Jeremy Railton from Hollywood, is 250m long 30m wide. The Beijing Central Business District, or CBD is the primary area of finance, media, and business services in Beijing, China. It occupies 4 km2 of the Chaoyang District on the east side of the city. As the city is becoming one of the most important international financial centers in China so the CBD grows in height as skyscrapers rise into the sky.
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  • Beijing Panjiayuan Antique Market is Beijing’s biggest and best-known arts, crafts, and Chinese antiques market. It is located in south east Beijing, China near the Panjiayuan Bridge in Chaoyang District. It covers an area of 48,500 square meters, of which 26,000 square meters are for business. There are over 4,000 stalls in the market, with nearly 10,000 dealers and sellers. Much of that on sale are trinkets and stones, although there are some genuine antiques.
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  • Beijing Panjiayuan Antique Market is Beijing’s biggest and best-known arts, crafts, and Chinese antiques market. It is located in south east Beijing, China near the Panjiayuan Bridge in Chaoyang District. It covers an area of 48,500 square meters, of which 26,000 square meters are for business. There are over 4,000 stalls in the market, with nearly 10,000 dealers and sellers. Much of that on sale are trinkets and stones, although there are some genuine antiques.
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  • Girl checking her knee for an insect bite at the entrance gate to Zhongshan Park, Beijing, China. Zhongshan Park is a former imperial garden and now public park that lies in the Dongcheng District of central Beijing. Of all the gardens and parks Zhongshan is arguably the most centrally located of them all and houses numerous pavilions, gardens, and imperial temples.
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  • Group of young girls laugh at one of their friends after she makes an amusing error. It is very good natured and the girl laughs at her own mistake, while the rest of them point and can't stop laughing. National Children's Day in Zhongshan Park, Beijing, China. Zhongshan Park is a former imperial garden and now public park that lies in the Dongcheng District of central Beijing. Of all the gardens and parks Zhongshan is arguably the most centrally located of them all and houses numerous pavilions, gardens, and imperial temples.
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  • Shichahai lake at sunset, Beijing, China. Shichahai dates back to the Jin Dynasty. Around the lake there are ten famous Taoist and Buddhist temples and several formal royal mansions and gardens. The borders of the lakes are surrounded by large trees making Shichahai a famous scenic spot. In the summer tourists can rent boats to peddle on the lakes. In 1992 the municipal government of Beijing declared the district a Historical and Cultural Scenic District.
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  • Traditional dancers dressed in beautiful costumes perform a dance on a day of cultural celebration in Shichahai area, near to Yandai Xiejie. Shichahai dates back to the Jin Dynasty. Around the lake there are ten famous Taoist and Buddhist temples and several formal royal mansions and gardens. The borders of the lakes are surrounded by large trees making Shichahai a famous scenic spot. In 1992 the municipal government of Beijing declared the district a Historical and Cultural Scenic District.
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  • Traditional dancers dressed in beautiful costumes perform a dance on a day of cultural celebration in Shichahai area, near to Yandai Xiejie. Shichahai dates back to the Jin Dynasty. Around the lake there are ten famous Taoist and Buddhist temples and several formal royal mansions and gardens. The borders of the lakes are surrounded by large trees making Shichahai a famous scenic spot. In 1992 the municipal government of Beijing declared the district a Historical and Cultural Scenic District.
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  • Group of girls wearing cat ears in the Shichahai area, Beijing, China. This is a strange and very common sight in Beijing particularly in this area, to see young women wearing cute fashion ears on their heads. They come in a range of styles and different animals.
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  • Model being photographed front and back for a clothing website on Yandaixiejie Street (meaning Tobacco Pipe Lane) in Beijing, China. Located near to Houhai in downtown Beijing, Yandai Xiejie Street is a Hutong which attracts many tourists at day and night to it's souvenir shops and towards the bar area it leads to.
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  • Model being photographed front and back for a clothing website on Yandaixiejie Street (meaning Tobacco Pipe Lane) in Beijing, China. Located near to Houhai in downtown Beijing, Yandai Xiejie Street is a Hutong which attracts many tourists at day and night to it's souvenir shops and towards the bar area it leads to.
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  • Eating pork skewers on Yandaixiejie Street (meaning Tobacco Pipe Lane) in Beijing, China. Located near to Houhai in downtown Beijing, Yandai Xiejie Street is a Hutong which attracts many tourists at day and night to it's souvenir shops and towards the bar area it leads to.
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  • Singer performs at a bar in Shichahai, aka Houhai, which is Beijing’s newly developed old town of nightlife, full of small bars and pubs. With the glow of lights it takes on an unreal feeling. Most cafes and restaurants are individually owned and have their own unique style. Every bar in this area has it's own music being performed.
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  • Steep stone carving pathway to the Hall of Preserving Harmony made from one single piece of marble at the Forbidden City, the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Hundreds of Chinese tourists walk towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony inside The Forbidden City, a Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Chinese tourists in the Imperial Flower Garden - Yuhuayuan inside The Forbidden City, a Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
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  • Customers shopping for jade in a jade store in an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. There is a long history of carved jade in China and it can be bought in any shape or size.
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  • A family has Chinese dumplings for breakfast in a small restaurant in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China.
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  • Group of friends sit underneath a vast stone carving in the Central Hall. The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. The museum was established in 2003 by the merging of the two separate museums that had occupied the same building since 1959. The building was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After four years of renovation, the museum reopened on March 2011 with 28 new exhibition halls, more than triple the previous exhibition space, and state of the art exhibition and storage facilities. It has a total floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters to display. The renovations were designed by the German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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  • People passing the shopping malls and offices in Zhongguancun or Zhong Guan Cun, a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is situated in the northwestern part of Beijing city. Zhongguancun is very well known in China, and is often referred to as China's Silicon Valley. This is Beijing's computer district with numerous tech companies offices situated here amongst the many malls which sell electronics and electrons equipment of all kinds. The tech park started as a small office where two decades ago some students from a nearby university decided that computer equipment may be a thing of the future so set up a small company. It has expanded in this time to  cover many square kilometres.
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  • Skateboarder using a sculpture as his skate park. Zhongguancun or Zhong Guan Cun, is a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is situated in the northwestern part of Beijing city. Zhongguancun is very well known in China, and is often referred to as China's Silicon Valley. This is Beijing's computer district with numerous tech companies offices situated here amongst the many malls which sell electronics and electrons equipment of all kinds. The tech park started as a small office where two decades ago some students from a nearby university decided that computer equipment may be a thing of the future so set up a small company. It has expanded in this time to  cover many square kilometres.
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  • Young man on his cell phone near the shopping malls and offices in Zhongguancun or Zhong Guan Cun, a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is situated in the northwestern part of Beijing city. Zhongguancun is very well known in China, and is often referred to as China's Silicon Valley. This is Beijing's computer district with numerous tech companies offices situated here amongst the many malls which sell electronics and electrons equipment of all kinds. The tech park started as a small office where two decades ago some students from a nearby university decided that computer equipment may be a thing of the future so set up a small company. It has expanded in this time to  cover many square kilometres.
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  • Student working on a laptop in a classroom on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
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  • Students pass by The Old Gate on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.  The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
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  • Slogan outside the gymnasium on campus at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name 'Tsinghua Xuetang'. The university section was founded in 1925 and the name 'National Tsinghua University' started in 1928. With a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University describes itself as being dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Tsinghua is almost always ranked as the first or second best university in mainland China in many national and international rankings. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012, Tsinghua ranked 71 worldwide among universities.
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  • People take their morning tai chi chuan exercise in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China. This park is well known as a place where middle aged or elderly Chinese come. This can take all forms including some surprising ones. Purple Bamboo Park (Zi Zhu Yuan Gongyuan) also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park largest parks in Beijing. It is located in the Haidian District. The park consist of three connecting lakes covering over a total area of 48 hectares. Typical of the classical Chinese garden style, and like many of Beijing's parks and gardens, it is a mountain-water landscaped garden. Constructed around canals and large lakes, the Bamboo Park is known for its liberal use of verdant bamboo groves. The garden has a variety of bamboos on display. Young people also believe that if they go to the park as a couple that their relationship is doomed to fail.
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  • People take their morning exercise of tai chi in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China. This park is well known as a place where middle aged or elderly Chinese come. This can take all forms including some surprising ones. Purple Bamboo Park (Zi Zhu Yuan Gongyuan) also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park largest parks in Beijing. It is located in the Haidian District. The park consist of three connecting lakes covering over a total area of 48 hectares. Typical of the classical Chinese garden style, and like many of Beijing's parks and gardens, it is a mountain-water landscaped garden. Constructed around canals and large lakes, the Bamboo Park is known for its liberal use of verdant bamboo groves. The garden has a variety of bamboos on display. Young people also believe that if they go to the park as a couple that their relationship is doomed to fail.
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  • People take their morning ballroom dance exercise in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China. This park is well known as a place where middle aged or elderly Chinese come. This can take all forms including some surprising ones. Purple Bamboo Park (Zi Zhu Yuan Gongyuan) also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park largest parks in Beijing. It is located in the Haidian District. The park consist of three connecting lakes covering over a total area of 48 hectares. Typical of the classical Chinese garden style, and like many of Beijing's parks and gardens, it is a mountain-water landscaped garden. Constructed around canals and large lakes, the Bamboo Park is known for its liberal use of verdant bamboo groves. The garden has a variety of bamboos on display. Young people also believe that if they go to the park as a couple that their relationship is doomed to fail.
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  • People take their morning exercise by ballroom dancing in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China. This park is well known as a place where middle aged or elderly Chinese come. This can take all forms including some surprising ones. Purple Bamboo Park (Zi Zhu Yuan Gongyuan) also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park largest parks in Beijing. It is located in the Haidian District. The park consist of three connecting lakes covering over a total area of 48 hectares. Typical of the classical Chinese garden style, and like many of Beijing's parks and gardens, it is a mountain-water landscaped garden. Constructed around canals and large lakes, the Bamboo Park is known for its liberal use of verdant bamboo groves. The garden has a variety of bamboos on display. Young people also believe that if they go to the park as a couple that their relationship is doomed to fail.
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  • People on the Beijing Metro system. The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. The subway is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 13 lines, and the Beijing MTR Corp., a public-private joint-venture with the Hong Kong MTR, which manages 2 lines. The subway's first line opened in 1969, and the network now has 15 lines, 192 stations and 372km of track in operation. It is the oldest subway in mainland China.
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  • People on the Beijing Metro system. The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. The subway is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 13 lines, and the Beijing MTR Corp., a public-private joint-venture with the Hong Kong MTR, which manages 2 lines. The subway's first line opened in 1969, and the network now has 15 lines, 192 stations and 372km of track in operation. It is the oldest subway in mainland China.
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  • A blind couple walking arm in arm together in Fuchengmen, Beijing, China. Both using sticks to walk with they have formed an incredible partnership where one helps the other and that working as a pair in a team they can find their way around better. They were both walking with great confidence.
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  • People on the Beijing Metro system at Fuchengmen station. The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. The subway is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 13 lines, and the Beijing MTR Corp., a public-private joint-venture with the Hong Kong MTR, which manages 2 lines. The subway's first line opened in 1969, and the network now has 15 lines, 192 stations and 372km of track in operation. It is the oldest subway in mainland China.
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  • The winding road to Zhongdian (Shangri-La), Yunnan Province, China.
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  • Wearing a traditional hemp skirt, a Big Flowery Miao ethnic minority woman splices hemp, Qie Chong village, Guizhou Province, China. Although hemp production is decreasing because land is needed for cash crops and manufactured cotton is readily available, it is still grown, spliced and women in remote mountain villages in Guizhou Province. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
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  • Visitors walk under a portrait of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on 10 December 2011.  Tiananmen Square is considered the symbolic center of all China, it's significance is not lost on China's current leaders as it tightens its security and surveillance of the area to spot potential "trouble makers"
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  • Home buyers who have made down payments on properties at China Vanke Co.'s Qinglinjing development protest with signs requesting refunds outside the Vanke Shanghai Center, in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 23 2011. A portion of home owners across the country are unhappy as government restrictions on real estate speculations have caused their newly purchased homes to fall in value, a majority of the homes in this case are yet to be completed.
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  • A view of an artist's impressions of Duke University's China campus in Kunshan, China, on October 01, 2011.  Duke University has started it's campus abroad as a way to capitalize on the increasing demand for Western university degrees in China, however the plan has drawn many critics at home as it drains resources from the home campus while opening the possibility of compromising on academic standards.
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  • Young workers off their shifts at one of the many shoe factories in a area known as "Xie Du", or shoe capital, play pool to pass the time in the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on 23 October, 2011. Wenzhou has seen a spate of business owners disappearing under the pressure of debt, as small and medium size businesses face increasing difficulties in securing loans, while the slow recovery of the European and U.S. economies continues to disappoint exporters.
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  • Two young workers just off their shifts at a shoe factory in a area known as "Xie Du", or shoe capital, check their cellphones while waiting for their dinner in the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on 23 October, 2011. Wenzhou has seen a spate of business owners disappearing under the pressure of debt, as small and medium size businesses face increasing difficulties in securing loans, while the slow recovery of the European and U.S. economies continues to disappoint exporters.
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  • Dan Akerson, chief executive officer of General Motors Co. ( GM), pauses during a presentation in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. China's auto market will grow by 13 million units in 10 years, Akerson said at a briefing.
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  • A woman sits in a stall selling Santa Claus figures at the Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on Sunday, 11 September 2011.   As the trading hub for small and medium manufacturers and exporters in the Yangtze River Delta region, Yiwu faces an uncertain future as export orders decline due to the slow economic recoveries of China's two largest trading partners, Europe and the United States
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  • Visitors walk on the Bund with a view of Pudong's modern Lujiazui Financial District across the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China on 05 September, 2011. The Bund and the skyscrapers of Pudong are the most famous and iconic sites of Shanghai.
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  • A view of densely built residential apartment developments near the Kangbashi New District of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China on 16 August, 2011. With an investment of over 161billion USD from the local government and revenue from the region's rich coal deposits, enough buildings have risen on the site of an old desert village to hold at least 300,000 residents, complete with ultra modern facilities and grand plazas. The district however is less than 10% occupied, dubbed the "ghost city", Kangbashi epitomizes China's real estate bubble and dangers in mindless investment fueled economic  growth. In 2011, the real estate price of Ordos city has dropped over 70%.
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  • Flowers and young saplins planted in a garden in the Kangbashi New District of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China on 16 August, 2011. With an investment of over 161billion USD from the local government and revenue from the region's rich coal deposits, enough buildings have risen on the site of an old desert village to hold at least 300,000 residents, complete with ultra modern facilities and grand plazas. The district however is less than 10% occupied, dubbed the "ghost city", Kangbashi epitomizes China's real estate bubble and dangers in mindless investment fueled economic  growth. In 2011, the real estate price of Ordos city has dropped over 70%.
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  • Visitors, mostly curious tourists, walk down a flight of neon lit stairs near the artificial lake in Kangbashi New District of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China on 16 August, 2011. With an investment of over 161billion USD from the local government and revenue from the region's rich coal deposits, enough buildings have risen on the site of an old desert village to hold at least 300,000 residents, complete with ultra modern facilities and grand plazas. The district however is less than 10% occupied, dubbed the "ghost city", Kangbashi epitomizes China's real estate bubble and dangers in mindless investment fueled economic  growth. In 2011, the real estate price of Ordos city has dropped over 70%.
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  • Empty electric buggies wait for customers in Kangbashi New District of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China on 16 August, 2011. With an investment of over 161billion USD from the local government and revenue from the region's rich coal deposits, enough buildings have risen on the site of an old desert village to hold at least 300,000 residents, complete with ultra modern facilities and grand plazas. The district however is less than 10% occupied, dubbed the "ghost city", Kangbashi epitomizes China's real estate bubble and dangers in mindless investment fueled economic  growth. In 2011, the real estate price of Ordos city has dropped over 70%.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker operate on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Cosplay performers apply make up and wait for their turn at the ChinaJoy Expo, also know as the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference,  in Shanghai, China on 29 July, 2011. Online and social network games have become hugely popular in China as Chinese children lack the space and facility require for sports, spurning worries from parents and government officials on internet addiction.
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  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
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  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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