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  • Chinese family members pray to dead ancestors before Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
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  • Chinese family members pour wine and soft drinks at the beginning of Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
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  • Outside the Chinese family's house, fireworks celebrate Chinese New Year, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
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  • Chinese family members laugh during the conversation over Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
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  • Chinese family members share photos taken on a cell phone during Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
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  • Chinese family members raise a toast at the beginning of Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
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  • A Chinese family member burns fake paper money as a gift to dead members of the family before Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
    100213 Chinese New Year Family 02.jpg
  • A Chinese Family member gives a 'Red envelope' with cash in it to a little girl, during Chinese New Year's Eve's celebration, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
    100213 Chinese New Year Family 09.jpg
  • Chinese family members share Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner together, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
    100213 Chinese New Year Family 06.jpg
  • Meals are laid on the table before Chinese New Year's Eve's dinner, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. It is the only occasion of the year when the whole family gets together, no matter what. And the most important part of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family has. Shared in a joyous atmosphere, the glorious dinner includes dozen of meals and lasts for hours. Chinese New Year's Eve is also the place for rituals: for instance, to burn offerings as gift to dead members of the family, or to offer 'red envelopes' full of crispy bank notes to younger generations. Photo by Lucas Schifres
    100213 Chinese New Year Family 03.jpg
  • Fireworks celebrate Chinese New Year, in Shanghai, China, on February 13, 2010. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important Chinese holiday. Photo by Lucas Schifres
    100228 Chinese New Year China 01.jpg
  • A vendor counts Yuan banknotes at Chong Wen Men grocery market, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, January 11, 2006. The Chinese Yuan is also called RMB. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank.
    060111 Pictobank Chinese Yuan 03.JPG
  • A vendor counts Yuan banknotes at Chong Wen Men grocery market, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, January 11, 2006. The Chinese Yuan is also called RMB. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank.
    060111 Pictobank Chinese Yuan 02.JPG
  • A vendor counts Yuan banknotes at Chong Wen Men grocery market, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, January 11, 2006. The Chinese Yuan is also called RMB. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank.
    060111 Pictobank Chinese Yuan 01.JPG
  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: A sign on the Chinese side of the Chinese-North Korean border signed by the border police reads 'People who cross the border will be prosecuted' in both Korean and Chinese on May 8, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. Chinese army and police track down all North Korean refugees who cross the border. After they catch them, they just hand them back to North Korea. This a violation of the UN Convention on Refugees. North Korea punishes defectors with death penalty or labor camps. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: The Chinese border post on Chinese-North Korean border on May 8, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. Chinese army and police track down all North Korean refugees who cross the border. After they catch them, they just hand them back to North Korea. This a violation of the UN Convention on Refugees. North Korea punishes defectors with death penalty or labor camps. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • MACAO, CHINA - December 17: Chinese characters are everywhere in this commercial street on December 17, 2009 in Macao, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: Chinese tourists tour a boat trip on the Tumen river that takes them as close as 1 meter near North Korea to have a peep at the forbidden country, at the Chinese-North Korean border on May 8, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. On May 25, 2009, North Korea conducted a nuclear test - raising immediate international condemnation. The next day, it fired three short-range missiles, showing how little it cared about this condemnation. China is the one and only ally of North Korea. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: A Chinese couple looks at North Korea over Tumen river marking the Chinese-North Korean border on May 8, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. On May 25, 2009, North Korea conducted a nuclear test - raising immediate international condemnation. The next day, it fired three short-range missiles, showing how little it cared about this condemnation. China is the one and only ally of North Korea. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    North Korea 34.jpg
  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: A Chinese woman uses binoculars to peep into North Korea at the Chinese-North Korean border on May 8, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. On May 25, 2009, North Korea conducted a nuclear test - raising immediate international condemnation. The next day, it fired three short-range missiles, showing how little it cared about this condemnation. China is the one and only ally of North Korea. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    North Korea 32.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 23: A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong on October 23, 2007 in Shanghai, China. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 06.JPG
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: An employee counts Chinese Yuan bank notes in a Standard Chartered bank branch, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. Aiming for more access to the global financial market, China is encouraging the RMB or Renminbi as the Chinese Yuan is known in China (meaning 'the money of the people') to become more global. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    RMB_05.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: An employee stacks Chinese Yuan bank notes in a Standard Chartered bank branch, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. Aiming for more access to the global financial market, China is encouraging the RMB or Renminbi as the Chinese Yuan is known in China (meaning 'the money of the people') to become more global. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    RMB_01.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: An employee stacks Chinese Yuan bank notes in a Standard Chartered bank branch, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. Aiming for more access to the global financial market, China is encouraging the RMB or Renminbi as the Chinese Yuan is known in China (meaning 'the money of the people') to become more global. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    RMB_03.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 23: A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands surrounded by one hundred Chinese yuans banknotes featuring Mao Zedong on October 23, 2007 in Shanghai, China. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 04.JPG
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 23: A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands on one hundred Chinese yuans banknotes featuring Mao Zedong on October 23, 2007 in Shanghai, China. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 03.JPG
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 23: A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong on October 23, 2007 in Shanghai, China. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 02.JPG
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 23: A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong on October 23, 2007 in Shanghai, China. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 01.JPG
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 10.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 09.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 08.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 07.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses in a Mongolian cashmere robe priced at 28,000 Yuans (3,200 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 06.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses in a Mongolian cashmere robe priced at 28,000 Yuans (3,200 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 05.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with an 'egg-shell' porcelain bowl priced at 10,000 Yuans (1,142 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 04.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with a with a Mongolian cashmere robe priced at 28,000 Yuans (3,200 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 03.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 15: Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with a Ming Dinasty style stool priced at 24,000 Yuans (2,742 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand on September 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    Shangxia 02.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: An employee counts Chinese Yuan bank notes in a Standard Chartered bank branch, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. Aiming for more access to the global financial market, China is encouraging the RMB or Renminbi as the Chinese Yuan is known in China (meaning 'the money of the people') to become more global. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    RMB_06.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: An employee stacks Chinese Yuan bank notes in a Standard Chartered bank branch, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. Aiming for more access to the global financial market, China is encouraging the RMB or Renminbi as the Chinese Yuan is known in China (meaning 'the money of the people') to become more global. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    RMB_04.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: An employee stacks Chinese Yuan bank notes in a Standard Chartered bank branch, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. Aiming for more access to the global financial market, China is encouraging the RMB or Renminbi as the Chinese Yuan is known in China (meaning 'the money of the people') to become more global. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    RMB_02.jpg
  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: A teacher teaches Mandarin Chinese characters to Uyghur students in Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    061013 Xinjiang School China 19.jpg
  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 10: The Chinese railroad border post on the Chinese-North Korean border is ready to check very unlikely trains between the two countries on May 10, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. Chinese army and police track down all North Korean refugees who cross the border. After they catch them, they just hand them back to North Korea. This a violation of the UN Convention on Refugees. North Korea punishes defectors with death penalty or labor camps. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    North Korea 41.jpg
  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: A Chinese teacher poses for a photograph outside Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    061013 Xinjiang School China 10.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 19: A Chinese People's Armed Police Force guard looks at the photographer while others walk by an ordinary woman waiting to cross the street on February 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The People's Armed Police Force (PAP) is a paramilitary force primarily responsible for civilian policing and fire rescue duties in China, as well as provide support to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime. The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 19: A Chinese People's Armed Police Force guard waves to the photographer to stop taking photos on February 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The People's Armed Police Force (PAP) is a paramilitary force primarily responsible for civilian policing and fire rescue duties in China, as well as provide support to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime. The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    090219 Pictobank PAP 05.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 19: Chinese People's Armed Police Force guards notice the photographer and wave him to stop taking photos, while an ordinary woman waits to cross the street on February 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The People's Armed Police Force (PAP) is a paramilitary force primarily responsible for civilian policing and fire rescue duties in China, as well as provide support to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime. The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    090219 Pictobank PAP 04.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 19: Chinese People's Armed Police Force guards walk on February 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The People's Armed Police Force (PAP) is a paramilitary force primarily responsible for civilian policing and fire rescue duties in China, as well as provide support to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime. The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    090219 Pictobank PAP 03.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 19: Chinese People's Armed Police Force guards walk on February 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The People's Armed Police Force (PAP) is a paramilitary force primarily responsible for civilian policing and fire rescue duties in China, as well as provide support to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime. The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    090219 Pictobank PAP 02.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 19: Chinese People's Armed Police Force guards walk pass an ordinary man on February 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The People's Armed Police Force (PAP) is a paramilitary force primarily responsible for civilian policing and fire rescue duties in China, as well as provide support to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime. The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    090219 Pictobank PAP 01.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 17: A passer-by tries to prevent Wu Wenyi's photograph to be taken on February 17, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Hostile passer-by repeatedly stopped us to take photos of Wu Wenyi, as it would give 'a bad image to China', as foreign journalists are believed to always try to give. This belief is popularized by the official Chinese media. Wu Wenyi came to Shanghai from Quanjiao, Anhui province two months ago to find construction work but failed. During his stay in Shanghai, all his money, 200 RMB (eq. 23 euros) was stolen. Now Wu hangs out in Shanghai trainstation, willing to go back home, but having no money to buy the train ticket. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 10: The Chinese emblem stands in the foreground while North Korea is seen in the background, at the Chinese-North Korean border on May 10, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. On May 25, 2009, North Korea conducted a nuclear test - raising immediate international condemnation. The next day, it fired three short-range missiles, showing how little it cared about this condemnation. China is the one and only ally of North Korea. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    North Korea 29.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 23: A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong on October 23, 2007 in Shanghai, China. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 05.JPG
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - May 11: Newly married couples and Tours' mayor Jean Germain (center with French banner, left) and French Pavilion Director Jose Freches (center, right) take part in French Romantic Weddings' ceremony at Shanghai World Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China, on May 11, 2010. France Pavilion at Expo 2010 organized for the first time today French Romantic Weddings, allowing Chinese new couples to tie the knot in the beautiful French-style garden within the pavilion.  (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - May 11: Newly married couples and Tours' mayor Jean Germain (third from right, with French banner) pose for a photograph in French Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China, on May 11, 2010. France Pavilion at Expo 2010 organized for the first time today French Romantic Weddings, allowing Chinese new couples to tie the knot in the beautiful French-style garden within the pavilion. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - May 11: Newly married couples and Tours' mayor Jean Germain (4th from  left with French banner) take part in a French Romantic Weddings' ceremony at Shanghai World Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China, on May 11, 2010. France Pavilion at Expo 2010 organized for the first time today French Romantic Weddings, allowing Chinese new couples to tie the knot in the beautiful French-style garden within the pavilion.  (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    French Weddings 35.jpg
  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: A Uyghur student studies Mandarin Chinese in Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    061013 Xinjiang School China 17.jpg
  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: Uyghur students study Mandarin Chinese by a portrait of Mao Zedong in Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    061013 Xinjiang School China 15.jpg
  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: A Uyghur student studies Mandarin Chinese by a portrait of Mao Zedong in Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    061013 Xinjiang School China 06.jpg
  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 10: Chinese tourists tour the bridge connecting China and North Korea over the Tumen river, but are not allowed to go further than half of the bridge, at the Chinese-North Korean border on May 10, 2009 in Tumen, Jilin province, China. On May 25, 2009, North Korea conducted a nuclear test - raising immediate international condemnation. The next day, it fired three short-range missiles, showing how little it cared about this condemnation. China is the one and only ally of North Korea. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    North Korea 37.jpg
  • Chinese characters are everywhere in this commercial street, in Macao, China, on December 17, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    Macao 01.jpg
  • Colourful porcelain bowls, priced at 17,000 Yuans for a 6-bowl color set (1,942 euros), stand in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    Shangxia 14.jpg
  • A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong in Shanghai, China, on October 23, 2007. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Slippers priced at 2,000 Yuans (228 euros) are on display in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Clothes hang in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Colourful porcelain bowls, priced at 17,000 Yuans for a 6-bowl color set (1,942 euros), stand in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Clothes hang in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Clothes hang in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Teapots stand in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with jewelry in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • The first store of Shangxia, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with an 'egg-shell' porcelain bowl priced at 10,000 Yuans (1,142 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with a Mongolian cashmere robe priced at 28,000 Yuans (3,200 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses in a Mongolian cashmere robe priced at 28,000 Yuans (3,200 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses in a Mongolian cashmere robe priced at 28,000 Yuans (3,200 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Shangxia CEO and Artistic Director JIANG Qiong Er poses with a Ming Dinasty style stool priced at 24,000 Yuans (2,742 euros) in the first store of the luxury brand, due to open tomorrow, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands surrounded by one hundred Chinese yuans banknotes featuring Mao Zedong in Shanghai, China, on October 23, 2007. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 04.JPG
  • A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong in Shanghai, China, on October 23, 2007. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 06.JPG
  • A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands on one hundred Chinese yuans banknotes featuring Mao Zedong in Shanghai, China, on October 23, 2007. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    071023 Pictobank RMB dollar 03.JPG
  • A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong in Shanghai, China, on October 23, 2007. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Fireworks explode as part of Cai Shenye celebrations, or welcoming of the God of Fortune, in Shanghai, China, at midnight on February 10, 2008. Four days after the beginning of the Year of the Rat, on February 7, Chinese welcome the God of Fortune with more fireworks, as part of the week-long Chinese new year celebrations. Photo by Francois Dorleans/Pictobank
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  • Fireworks explode as part of Cai Shenye celebrations, or welcoming of the God of Fortune, in Shanghai, China, at midnight on February 10, 2008. Four days after the beginning of the Year of the Rat, on February 7, Chinese welcome the God of Fortune with more fireworks, as part of the week-long Chinese new year celebrations. Photo by Francois Dorleans/Pictobank
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  • Faithful Chinese burn incense sticks and candles in Xi Yuan West Garden temple, in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on February 7, 2008. The Year of the Rat began on February 7 according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Photo by Francois Dorleans/Pictobank
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  • A woman burns a big incense stick during Chinese New Year celebrations at Petak Sembilan temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, February 7, 2008. The Year of the Rat began on February 7 according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Photo by Jefri Aries/Pictobank
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  • An 'egg-shell' porcelain bowl priced at 10,000 Yuans with the box (1,142 euros) stands in Shangxia first store, in Shanghai, China, on September 15, 2010. Shangxia is a Chinese luxury brand launched by Hermes. Shangxia is owned by Hermes and has its own design team. It will make and sell clothes and accessories based on Chinese styles and traditional know-how. If customer reaction proves positive, Hermes plans to open a Shangxia store in Paris next year and gradually roll out worldwide. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A one hundred US dollars banknote featuring Benjamin Franklin stands by a one hundred Chinese yuans banknote featuring Mao Zedong in Shanghai, China, on October 23, 2007. The Chinese yuan, also called RMB, is at its highest, now quoting 7.50530 to the US dollar. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: Uyghur students study Mandarin Chinese in Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: Uyghur students study Mandarin Chinese in Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: Uyghur students study Mandarin Chinese in Hetian Experimental Billingual School on October 13, 2006 in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • Chinese New year and the Festival of Lanterns at Yu Gardens, Shanghai, China, on February 4, 2011. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Chinese New year and the Festival of Lanterns at Yu Gardens, Shanghai, China, on February 4, 2011. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A man carries a baby on his shoulders, probably an only child, product of China's one-child policy, which produced generations nicknamed 'little emperors', during Chinese New year and the Festival of Lanterns at Yu Gardens, Shanghai, China, on February 4, 2011. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Worker Ye Aizhu poses for a photograph in Timcee electronics factory near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on February 13, 2012. Ye Aizhu, 37-year-old: "Of course Chinese people say that made in China products are high quality". Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Secretay Hu Jinfeng poses for a photograph in Timcee electronics factory near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on February 13, 2012. Hu Jinfeng, 24-year-old: "I hope in the future trade will be more and more global. English and Chinese languages will be the most used languages in the world". Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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