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A performer from the China National Acrobatic Troupe takes part ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A performer from the China National Acrobatic Troupe takes part in the 2010 Valletta Chinese Spring Festival in Valletta February 9, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of The Tiger begins on February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA

China's Zhang Dan (L) and Zhang Hao train in preparation for ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - China's Zhang Dan (L) and Zhang Hao train in preparation for the figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 9, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray (CANADA)

China's Shen Xue (L) and Zhao Hongbo train in preparation for ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - China's Shen Xue (L) and Zhao Hongbo train in preparation for the figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 9, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray (CANADA)

A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows Wang ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows Wang Jiarui (C), head of the International Liaison Department of China's Communist Party in Pyongyang on February 8. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks. Photo:/AFP

Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Aviation stand at attention during a training session at the 60th National Day Parade Village in the outskirts of Beijing, September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Joe Chan

A papier-mache figure representing U.S. President Barack Obama ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A papier-mache figure representing U.S. President Barack Obama giving money to China's President Hu Jintao (R) on a carnival procession float, is seen during a preview in Cologne February 9, 2010. The carnival procession will take place on Rose Monday, February 15, when hundreds of thousands of people all over Germany will celebrate. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

New cars are seen at a parking lot of Changan Ford Mazda Automobile ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - New cars are seen at a parking lot of Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. Ltd, in Chongqing Municipality February 9, 2010. China's passenger car sales in January jumped 115.5 percent from a year earlier, the country's official industry association said on Tuesday, as car buyers packed showrooms before the Lunar New Year. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

A vender sells a slaughtered chicken, with wings stuffed into ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A vender sells a slaughtered chicken, with wings stuffed into its beak, at an open air market in the outskirts of Heze, Shandong province February 9, 2010. The chickens would be offered to the gods during the Chinese Lunar New Year, according to folk custom. REUTERS/Sheng Li (CHINA - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY)

A villager looks at flames of a forest fire in Shilin, Yunnan ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A villager looks at flames of a forest fire in Shilin, Yunnan Province, February 9, 2010. Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu has asked local authorities to take measures against forest fires and demanded local governments be cautious about forest fires as the weather in southwest China's Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces becomes warmer and drier, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Wong Campion (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A man walks past graffiti promoting a new office building under ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man walks past graffiti promoting a new office building under construction in the centre of Shanghai February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Department store employees secure a truckload of television ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Department store employees secure a truckload of television sets for delivery in Beijing. China overtook Germany last year to become the world's leading exporter as German trade suffered its sharpest slump since 1950, figures from Germany's national statistics office showed on Tuesday. Photo:Frederic Brown/AFP

A vender sells slaughtered chickens, with wings stuffed into ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A vender sells slaughtered chickens, with wings stuffed into their beaks, at an open air market in the outskirts of Heze, Shandong province February 9, 2010. The chickens would be offered to the gods during the Chinese Lunar New Year, according to folk custom. REUTERS/Sheng Li (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD)

A worker transports steel bars at a steel market in Taiyuan, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker transports steel bars at a steel market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 9, 2010. Climbing import prices for iron ore will put upward pressure on domestic ore prices, a trend not favourable for Chinese steel mills facing oversupply of steel products, China Iron and Steel Association said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

A cook and a restaurant worker stand at the window of the restaurant ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A cook and a restaurant worker stand at the window of the restaurant during a break at work in Shanghai February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A motorcyclist rides past a construction site of an apartment ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A motorcyclist rides past a construction site of an apartment complex in the new district of Xinyang, Henan province, February 7, 2009. The Chinese property sector is booming with the economy awash in cash and the building frenzy has now spread to the country's poor interior. Picture taken February 7, 2009. REUTERS/Simon Rabinovitch (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)

A villager gets his face washed as he has a haircut at a makeshift ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A villager gets his face washed as he has a haircut at a makeshift barbershop on the outskirts of Heze, Shandong province February 9, 2010. Each haircut costs three yuan (about $0.44). REUTERS/Sheng Li (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A giant coal dredger tears into the Loy Yang Open Cut coal mine ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - A giant coal dredger tears into the Loy Yang Open Cut coal mine near Melbourne. Australian miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a Chinese company involved in a 60 billion US dollar coal deal, but insisted the agreement was legitimate. Photo:Paul Crock/AFP

A worker cleans a dragon sculpture next to red lantern decorations ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker cleans a dragon sculpture next to red lantern decorations for the traditional Spring Festival temple fair at a park in Beijing February 9, 2010, ahead of the Chinese Year of the Tiger set to start on Sunday. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY RELIGION)

A worker hangs up red lantern as decorations on a tree for the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker hangs up red lantern as decorations on a tree for the traditional Spring Festival Temple Fair at a park, in Beijing February 9, 2010, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Tiger, which starts on February 14 this year. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Red lantern decorations are hung on a tree for the traditional ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Red lantern decorations are hung on a tree for the traditional Spring Festival Temple Fair at a park, in Beijing February 9, 2010, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Tiger, which starts on February 14 this year. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A man walks in front of the Bank of China headquarters in Beijing ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man walks in front of the Bank of China headquarters in Beijing February 9, 2010. Bank of China, the country's biggest foreign lender, will issue 24.9 billion yuan ($3.7 billion) in subordinated bonds in the first quarter, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An employee works at the Changning steel and iron factory in ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An employee works at the Changning steel and iron factory in Changzhi, Shanxi province February 9, 2010. Climbing import prices for iron ore will put upward pressure on domestic ore prices, a trend not favourable for Chinese steel mills facing oversupply of steel products, China Iron and Steel Association said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Villagers get haircuts at makeshift barbershops on the outskirts ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Villagers get haircuts at makeshift barbershops on the outskirts of Heze, Shandong province February 9, 2010. Each haircut costs three yuan (about 0.44 USD). REUTERS/Sheng Li (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A villager gets a haircut at a makeshift barbershop on the outskirts ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A villager gets a haircut at a makeshift barbershop on the outskirts of Heze, Shandong province February 9, 2010. Each haircut costs three yuan (about 0.44 USD). REUTERS/Sheng Li (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A giant coal dredger tears into the Loy Yang Open Cut coal mine ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - A giant coal dredger tears into the Loy Yang Open Cut coal mine near Melbourne. China Power International has denied it had signed a 60 billion US dollar deal to buy coal from Australian miner Resourcehouse. Photo:Paul Crock/AFP

Passengers rest between carriages before the train leaves Hefei ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Passengers rest between carriages before the train leaves Hefei railway station, Anhui province February 8, 2010. China on January 30 began its annual mass passenger transportation for the traditional Lunar New Year, with an expected 2.54 billion journeys in the coming 40 days, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Passengers rest in a waiting hall at Hefei railway station, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Passengers rest in a waiting hall at Hefei railway station, Anhui province February 8, 2010. China on January 30 began its annual mass passenger transportation for the traditional Lunar New Year, with an expected 2.54 billion journeys in the coming 40 days, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

Convicted spy Dongfan 'Greg' Chung (R) is shown with his Chinese ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Convicted spy Dongfan 'Greg' Chung (R) is shown with his Chinese contact Gu Weihao, according to the United States Department of Justice that was introduced as evidence in Chung's trial, in this undated evidence photo released by the United States DOJ February 8, 2010. Chung, a former Boeing Co engineer who was convicted last year of passing space shuttle secrets to the Chinese government in America's first economic espionage trial, was sentenced on February 8, 2010 to 15 years in prison. REUTERS/DOJ/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Wang Jiarui (C), head of a delegation of the International Liaison ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Wang Jiarui (C), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, participates in a meeting that the North's KCNA news agency said was with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (not pictured) in this photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang early February 9, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA) QUALITY FROM SOURCE (HEADSHOT POLITICS MILITARY) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

Convicted spy Dongfan 'Greg' Chung is shown in this undated ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Convicted spy Dongfan 'Greg' Chung is shown in this undated evidence photo released by the United States Department of Justice February 8, 2010. Chung, a former Boeing Co engineer who was convicted last year of passing space shuttle secrets to the Chinese government in America's first economic espionage trial, was sentenced on February 8, 2010 to 15 years in prison. REUTERS/DOJ/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Business administration officers check dairy products at a supermarket ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:52:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Business administration officers check dairy products at a supermarket in Rizhao in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Map locating Guangxi in southern China. At least six people ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating Guangxi in southern China. At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in rugged southwestern China on Monday when a bus plunged down a 300-metre (990-foot) valley. Photo:/AFP

China National Acrobatic Troupe performers in tiger costumes ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - China National Acrobatic Troupe performers in tiger costumes rest after a street parade in the 2010 Valletta Chinese Spring Festival in Valletta February 8, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of the Tiger begins on February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA

A performer from the China Opera and Dance Drama Company is ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A performer from the China Opera and Dance Drama Company is seen during the 2010 Valletta Chinese Spring Festival in Valletta February 8, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of the Tiger begins on February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA

Performers from the China National Acrobatic Troupe perform ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Performers from the China National Acrobatic Troupe perform a lion dance during a street parade at the 2010 Valletta Chinese Spring Festival in Valletta February 8, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of the Tiger begins on February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA

Performers from the China National Acrobatic Troupe and the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Performers from the China National Acrobatic Troupe and the Beijing Dance Academy take part in the 2010 Valletta Chinese Spring Festival in Valletta February 8, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of the Tiger begins on February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA

A fortified coastline along Taiwan's Kinmen Island. Taiwan has ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - A fortified coastline along Taiwan's Kinmen Island. Taiwan has given the green light for building a bridge between two small islands that it controls off China, in what officials called a first step towards connecting the islets with the mainland. Photo:Robyn Beck/AFP

Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro (L) and China's Premier ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro (L) and China's Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands before their meeting of the China-Japan Friendship Committee for the 21st Century at Zhongnanhai in Beijing February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Diego Azubel/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro (C) is helped down ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro (C) is helped down the stairs after his meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (not pictured) at the China-Japan Friendship Committee for the 21st Century at Zhongnanhai in Beijing February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Diego Azubel/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro leaves as China's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro leaves as China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Japan's ambassador to China Miyamoto Yuji (L) after their meeting of the China-Japan Friendship Committee for the 21st Century at Zhongnanhai in Beijing February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Diego Azubel/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures during his meeting with ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures during his meeting with Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro at the China-Japan Friendship Committee for the 21st Century at Zhongnanhai in Beijing February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Diego Azubel/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) gestures as Japan's head of delegation ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) gestures as Japan's head of delegation Taizo Nishimuro looks on before their meeting of the China-Japan Friendship Committee for the 21st Century at Zhongnanhai in Beijing February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Diego Azubel/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

An employee packs bundles of Renminbi banknotes at a branch ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An employee packs bundles of Renminbi banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Hefei, Anhui province February 8, 2010. China's central bank said on Monday that it plans to auction 40 billion yuan ($5.9 billion) of three-month finance ministry deposits to commercial banks on Thursday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

People attend the completion ceremony of the Chinese Pavilion ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People attend the completion ceremony of the Chinese Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai February 8, 2010. The Shanghai World Expo will run from May 1 to October 31 this year, and is expected to attract 70 million visitors from across the globe, according to Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS TRAVEL) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

A child touches tiger decorations at a shopping mall in Guangzhou, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A child touches tiger decorations at a shopping mall in Guangzhou, Guangdong province February 8, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of The Tiger begins on February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Tan (CHINA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY)

A child pulls his luggage as he and his parents wait to board ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A child pulls his luggage as he and his parents wait to board a train back to their hometown in Heilongjiang province, at a railway station in Tianjin municipality February 8, 2010. China on January 30 began its annual mass passenger transportation for the traditional Lunar New Year, with an expected 2.54 billion journeys in the coming 40 days, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Vincent Du (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

A worker installs lanterns to welcome the upcoming Chinese Lunar ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker installs lanterns to welcome the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a zoo in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 8, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of The Tiger begins on February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

File photo of a Chinese flag flying over the company logo outside ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of a Chinese flag flying over the company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google has warned a copycat Chinese website to stop using a logo that resembles the US Internet giant's or face possible legal action, state media reported Monday. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

Siberian tiger cubs are seen at the Dalian Forest Zoo in Dalian, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Siberian tiger cubs are seen at the Dalian Forest Zoo in Dalian, Liaoning province February 7, 2010. China has an estimated 50 or fewer tigers left living in the wild, but efforts to stabilise one population in the bleak northeast are starting to pay off, a conservationist said on Monday. Picture taken February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jacky Chen (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS ANNIVERSARY)

Tourists look across the China-North Korea border on the Yalu ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tourists look across the China-North Korea border on the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP