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Tourists climb the Singing Sand Dunes near the Crescent Moon Spring in Jiuquan of Gansu Province China.
A participant takes part in a lassoing competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Journalists take photos of flood water being released from the Three Gorges Dam's floodgates in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province
A Chinese Peking Opera performer waits for the opening ceremony of 12th Beijing International Tourism Festival at Qianmen Commercial Street, in Beijing
Hyundai automobiles move towards the paint shop at the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Motor Co. factory in Beijing, China
Japanese adult actress Saori Hara (pink robe) and actor Hayama Hiro (blue robe), both wear 3D glasses as they watch a replay of their acting during the making of "3D Sex and Zen", with director Christopher Sun (standing, center) in Hong Kong on August 13, 2010. The producers are hoping the erotic period drama based in ancient China will prove a titillating hit with 3D-glasses-wearing audiences and develop a lucrative, niche market for pornography productions in future.
A military officer helps members of an honor guard line up before the arrival of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
Floods run through a newly built residential area in Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, in southwest China's Sichuan province
A landslide swept aside buildings at the village of Wangong village in Hanyuan county in Ya'an of southwest China's Sichuan province on July 27, 2010. Rescuers searched for 21 people missing after a landslide in Hanyuan County in China's southern province of Sichuan on Tuesday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Rocks and mud buried 58 homes and about 4,000 villagers were evacuated from their homes.
Officials inspect a train on a bridge after passengers were evacuated near Guanghan in southwest China's Sichuan province on August 19, 2010 an area hit hard by flooding that plagued China for weeks. The train traveling in southwestern China derailed after floods destroyed the bridge, plunging at least two carriages into a river, but all passengers were safe.
A woman sits under her umbrella in People's Square in Shanghai
Building debris near an explosion site in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province on Wednesday July 28, 2010. A powerful blast caused by a suspected gas leak rocked a plastics factory in eastern China on Wednesday, killing at least five people and seriously injuring 28.
Inmates listen to a speech at Taiyuan No.1 prison in Taiyuan, Shanxi province September 1, 2010. Some 1,000 inmates attended the speech which was considered one of the educational and reformation measures organized by the prison, local media reported.
Workers clean the exterior of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai
A Hui ethnic minority mother holds her daughter while standing in front of their house at Xinyuan Village on July 18, 2010 in Yinchuan, China. The Hui ethnic minority are descended from the Arabic and Persian merchants who came to China during the 7th century. With a population of 10 million, the majority of the group lives in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, however there are Hui living in almost all the provinces and cities of China.
A statue with graffiti written on it stands in front of residential and government buildings under construction on land previously used for farming in the town of Gushi in Henan province. Gushi, a county some thousand kilometers south of Beijing, is a microcosm of the urbanization tide reshaping China, driving investment to the country's poorer interior, devouring farmland and creating cities that will absorb more residents than the total population of the United States in coming decades.
A worker arranges confiscated video game and gambling machines before destroying them in Jinan, Shandong province September 8, 2010. Local police destroyed about 600 video game machines used for gambling as part of its anti-gambling operations, local media reported.
Illegal gamblers are seen after they were arrested in Kunming, Yunnan province, September 6, 2010. Local police arrested 91 gamblers and seized over 100,000 yuan ($14,738) and more than 20 vehicles, local media reported.
A Chinese rescuer (center left) prepares to help airlift the crew off the damaged oil rig on the Shengli oil field off Dongying in northeast China's Shandong province on September 8, 2010. Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.
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Tourists climb the Singing Sand Dunes near the Crescent Moon Spring in Jiuquan of Gansu Province China.
A participant takes part in a lassoing competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Journalists take photos of flood water being released from the Three Gorges Dam's floodgates in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province
A Chinese Peking Opera performer waits for the opening ceremony of 12th Beijing International Tourism Festival at Qianmen Commercial Street, in Beijing
Hyundai automobiles move towards the paint shop at the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Motor Co. factory in Beijing, China
Japanese adult actress Saori Hara (pink robe) and actor Hayama Hiro (blue robe), both wear 3D glasses as they watch a replay of their acting during the making of "3D Sex and Zen", with director Christopher Sun (standing, center) in Hong Kong on August 13, 2010. The producers are hoping the erotic period drama based in ancient China will prove a titillating hit with 3D-glasses-wearing audiences and develop a lucrative, niche market for pornography productions in future.
A military officer helps members of an honor guard line up before the arrival of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
Floods run through a newly built residential area in Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, in southwest China's Sichuan province
A landslide swept aside buildings at the village of Wangong village in Hanyuan county in Ya'an of southwest China's Sichuan province on July 27, 2010. Rescuers searched for 21 people missing after a landslide in Hanyuan County in China's southern province of Sichuan on Tuesday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Rocks and mud buried 58 homes and about 4,000 villagers were evacuated from their homes.
Officials inspect a train on a bridge after passengers were evacuated near Guanghan in southwest China's Sichuan province on August 19, 2010 an area hit hard by flooding that plagued China for weeks. The train traveling in southwestern China derailed after floods destroyed the bridge, plunging at least two carriages into a river, but all passengers were safe.
A woman sits under her umbrella in People's Square in Shanghai
Building debris near an explosion site in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province on Wednesday July 28, 2010. A powerful blast caused by a suspected gas leak rocked a plastics factory in eastern China on Wednesday, killing at least five people and seriously injuring 28.
Inmates listen to a speech at Taiyuan No.1 prison in Taiyuan, Shanxi province September 1, 2010. Some 1,000 inmates attended the speech which was considered one of the educational and reformation measures organized by the prison, local media reported.
Workers clean the exterior of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai
A Hui ethnic minority mother holds her daughter while standing in front of their house at Xinyuan Village on July 18, 2010 in Yinchuan, China. The Hui ethnic minority are descended from the Arabic and Persian merchants who came to China during the 7th century. With a population of 10 million, the majority of the group lives in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, however there are Hui living in almost all the provinces and cities of China.
A statue with graffiti written on it stands in front of residential and government buildings under construction on land previously used for farming in the town of Gushi in Henan province. Gushi, a county some thousand kilometers south of Beijing, is a microcosm of the urbanization tide reshaping China, driving investment to the country's poorer interior, devouring farmland and creating cities that will absorb more residents than the total population of the United States in coming decades.
A worker arranges confiscated video game and gambling machines before destroying them in Jinan, Shandong province September 8, 2010. Local police destroyed about 600 video game machines used for gambling as part of its anti-gambling operations, local media reported.
Illegal gamblers are seen after they were arrested in Kunming, Yunnan province, September 6, 2010. Local police arrested 91 gamblers and seized over 100,000 yuan ($14,738) and more than 20 vehicles, local media reported.
A Chinese rescuer (center left) prepares to help airlift the crew off the damaged oil rig on the Shengli oil field off Dongying in northeast China's Shandong province on September 8, 2010. Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.
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