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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - April 04: A traditional Chinese grave stands during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery on April 4, 2008 near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - April 04: A traditional Chinese grave stands during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery on April 4, 2008 near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - April 04: A couple burns paper money on a grave during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery on April 4, 2008 near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - April 04: A woman meditates on a grave during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery on April 4, 2008 near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - April 04: A little girl walks on tombs during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery on April 4, 2008 near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    080404 Pictobank Qingming 01.jpg
  • A little girl walks on tombs during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China, on April 4, 2008. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    080404 Pictobank Qingming 01.jpg
  • A traditional Chinse grave stands during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China, on April 4, 2008. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Paper money burns on a grave during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China, on April 4, 2008. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A couple burns paper money on a grave during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China, on April 4, 2008. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    080404 Pictobank Qingming 04.jpg
  • A woman meditates on a grave during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China, on April 4, 2008. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    080404 Pictobank Qingming 03.jpg
  • A little girl walks on tombs during Tomb Sweeping day, or 'Qingming', in a cemetery near Nianjing, Jiangsu province, China, on April 4, 2008. The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • HONG KONG, CHINA - December 18: A crowd of clients usually waits 3 hours to be seated and to eat at small Tim Ho Wan restaurant on December 18, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. Tim Ho Wan restaurant is the world's cheapest Michelin star restaurant. In its 2009 Hong Kong edition, Michelin world-famous gourmet guide awarded a one-star rating to this dim sum restaurant, which serves the cheapest Michelin meals in the world. Everything on the menu is between HK$10 and HK$18 (between EUR0.89 and EUR1.60). Tim Ho Wan restaurant may be small, but it was already a big hit with the locals before the Michelin recognition. On an average day the wait to enter the 32-seat restaurant is 3 hours. Restaurant's owner Mak Kwai-pui estimates Michelin's rating only brought about 20 percent more customers, increasing his profits by only HK$1,000 a day (EUR89). And he "sees no reason to raise prices just because they are more customers". (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • HONG KONG, CHINA - December 18: A crowd of clients usually waits 3 hours to be seated and to eat at small Tim Ho Wan restaurant on December 18, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. Tim Ho Wan restaurant is the world's cheapest Michelin star restaurant. In its 2009 Hong Kong edition, Michelin world-famous gourmet guide awarded a one-star rating to this dim sum restaurant, which serves the cheapest Michelin meals in the world. Everything on the menu is between HK$10 and HK$18 (between EUR0.89 and EUR1.60). Tim Ho Wan restaurant may be small, but it was already a big hit with the locals before the Michelin recognition. On an average day the wait to enter the 32-seat restaurant is 3 hours. Restaurant's owner Mak Kwai-pui estimates Michelin's rating only brought about 20 percent more customers, increasing his profits by only HK$1,000 a day (EUR89). And he "sees no reason to raise prices just because they are more customers". (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: A CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumps oil in the middle of a residential complex on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: A man walks towards 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: Stairs lead to the Tumen river and North Korea in the background, 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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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by a Promod clothing store for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by a McDonald's sign for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by a Chloe clothes advertisement for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by a Coach bags advertisement for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by an Ermenegildo Zegna clothes advertisement for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by an Ermenegildo Zegna clothes advertisement for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by a Folli Follie children clothing store for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - September 30: A Chinese flag is put up by a Folli Follie children clothing store for the upcoming celebration of China's National Day (October 1) on famous commercial avenue Nanjing road on September 30, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: Passers by look at a CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumping oil in the middle of the city on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: A CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumps oil in the middle of a residential complex on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    060714 Pictobank Petrochina 21.JPG
  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: A CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumps oil in the middle of a residential complex on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    060714 Pictobank Petrochina 20.JPG
  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: A CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumps oil in the middle of a residential complex on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    060714 Pictobank Petrochina 19.JPG
  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 13: A Petrochina gas station waits for customer near a CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump on July 13, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 17: Easy vehicle's workers get back to their dormitories after a day's work on September 17, 2007 in Yong Kang, Zhejiang province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - March 28: The Independence square stands on March 28, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Independence Square, in Malaysian 'Dataran Merdeka' (or Merdeka Square) is where the Union Flag was lowered and the Malaysian flag hoisted for the first time at midnight on August 31, 1957. Since then, Dataran Merdeka has been the usual venue for the annual Hari Merdeka Parade (National Day Parade). (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - March 28: The Independence square stands on March 28, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Independence Square, in Malaysian 'Dataran Merdeka' (or Merdeka Square) is where the Union Flag was lowered and the Malaysian flag hoisted for the first time at midnight on August 31, 1957. Since then, Dataran Merdeka has been the usual venue for the annual Hari Merdeka Parade (National Day Parade). (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - March 28: The Independence square stands on March 28, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Independence Square, in Malaysian 'Dataran Merdeka' (or Merdeka Square) is where the Union Flag was lowered and the Malaysian flag hoisted for the first time at midnight on August 31, 1957. Since then, Dataran Merdeka has been the usual venue for the annual Hari Merdeka Parade (National Day Parade). (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    090328 Pictobank Kuala Lumpur 08.jpg
  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 12: Unused gas burns out of a flare bleeder behind wheat in Petrochina's Tazhong oil factory on October 12, 2006 in Tarim Oilfield, Xinjiang province, China. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 12: Unused gas burns out of a flare bleeder in Petrochina's Tazhong oil factory on October 12, 2006 in Tarim Oilfield, Xinjiang province, China. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 12: Unused gas burns out of a flare bleeder in Petrochina's Tazhong oil factory on October 12, 2006 in Tarim Oilfield, Xinjiang province, China. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 12: Unused gas burns out of a flare bleeder in Petrochina's Tazhong oil factory on October 12, 2006 in Tarim Oilfield, Xinjiang province, China. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    061012 Pictobank Petrochina 03.JPG
  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 12: Unused gas burns out of a flare bleeder in Petrochina's Tazhong oil factory on October 12, 2006 in Tarim Oilfield, Xinjiang province, China. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 12: Unused gas burns out of a flare bleeder in Petrochina's Tazhong oil factory on October 12, 2006 in Tarim Oilfield, Xinjiang province, China. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 10: The Chinese flag waves above Petrochina's logo on Petrochina's Tarim Oilfield headquarters on October 10, 2006 in Korla, Xinjiang province, China. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: Passers by look at a CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumping oil in the middle of the city on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: A CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumps oil in the middle of a residential complex on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
    060714 Pictobank Petrochina 21.JPG
  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 14: A CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump pumps oil in the middle of a residential complex on July 14, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 13: A Petrochina gas station waits for customer near a CNPC "nodding donkey" oil pump on July 13, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is the parent company of PetroChina. PetroChina went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 5, and the shares nearly tripled the same day. At US$1.005 trillion market capital, PetroChina is now the only trillion-dollar company in the world, twice the value of its US peer Exxon Mobil. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Co.) Group, poses in front of the new "Cosco Ningbo" container ship on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Co.) Group, poses in front of the new "Cosco Ningbo" container ship on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Co.) Group, poses in front of the new "Cosco Ningbo" container ship on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Co.) Group, poses in front of the new "Cosco Ningbo" container ship on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Co.) Group, smiles under his company's logo during a ship launch ceremony on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Co.) Group, smiles under his company's logo during a ship launch ceremony on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Co.) Group, waves during a ship launch ceremony on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: A band performs in front of the new "Cosco Ningbo" container ship during its launch ceremony on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGBO, CHINA - March 22: A band performs in front of the new "Cosco Ningbo" container ship during its launch ceremony on March 22, 2006 in Ningbo, China. Shares in Cosco Holdings nearly doubled on their first day of trading in Shanghai on June 26, 2007 after China's largest shipping group received record subscriptions for its $2bn offering. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • 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)
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  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: Two flags made of cardboard remind of the friendship between China and North Korea while North Korea is seen in the background, 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)
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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 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)
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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)
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  • JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 10: North Korean soldiers man the North Korean border post on the Chinese-North Korean border, as seen from Kaishantun on May 10, 2009 in 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. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 03: A migrant worker or 'mingong' from Jiangsu province looks for a day or couple-of-hours' job by advertising on the sidewalk what he can do ('plumbing', ‘carpentering', ‘cement’ and 'electricity') on February 3, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 03: 34-year-old Gui Ziming is a self-described 'mingong' or 'migrant worker'. He comes from Anhui province where his wife and two children depend on him. He looks for a day or a couple-of-hours' job by advertising on the sidewalk what he can do (carpentering', 'plumbing', cement, and 'electricity') on February 3, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - February 03: A migrant worker or 'mingong' from Jiangsu province looks for a day or couple-of-hours' job by advertising on the sidewalk what he can do ('plumbing' and 'electricity') on February 3, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 31: EXCLUSIVE: Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin looks at a golden wooden Buddha, in the Lama Temple on August 31, 2010 in Beijing, China. Formerly an imperial palace, later converted into a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, the Lama Temple, Yonghegong in Chinese, is one of Beijing's most famous monasteries, dating back to 1694. Dominique de Villepin is in China for a 6-day visit. He will inaugurate an engraving of one of his poem both in Chinese and French in a park, and take part in the World Emerging Industries Summit, and the North-East Asia trade Exposition. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 31: EXCLUSIVE: Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin takes a stroll in a centuries-old hutong, or traditional street, by a traditional Chinese portal on August 31, 2010 in Beijing, China. Hutongs are traditional streets sometimes dating back to the foundation on Beijing. This hutong, Guozijian lu, is home to the Imperial College and the Temple of Confucius, dating back to XIVth century. Dominique de Villepin is in China for a 6-day visit. He will inaugurate an engraving of one of his poem both in Chinese and French in a park, and take part in the World Emerging Industries Summit, and the North-East Asia trade Exposition. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA - EXCLUSIVE- September 03: Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (center) and former general Christian Quesnot (on his right) look at monkeys in Manghe national park natural reserve on September 03, 2010 outside Jincheng, Shanxi province, China. Dominique de Villepin is in China for a 6-day visit. He will inaugurate an engraving of one of his poem both in Chinese and French in a national park, take part in the World Emerging Industries Cooperation Conference, and the North-East Asia trade Exposition. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 31: EXCLUSIVE: Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin visits the Lama Temple Temple on August 31, 2010 in Beijing, China. Formerly an imperial palace, later converted into a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, the Lama Temple, Yonghegong in Chinese, is one of Beijing's most famous monasteries, dating back to 1694. Dominique de Villepin is in China for a 6-day visit. He will inaugurate an engraving of one of his poem both in Chinese and French in a park, and take part in the World Emerging Industries Summit, and the North-East Asia trade Exposition. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 31: EXCLUSIVE: Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin takes a stroll in a centuries-old hutong, or traditional street, by a traditional Chinese portal on August 31, 2010 in Beijing, China. Hutongs are traditional streets sometimes dating back to the foundation on Beijing. This hutong, Guozijian lu, is home to the Imperial College and the Temple of Confucius, dating back to XIVth century. Dominique de Villepin is in China for a 6-day visit. He will inaugurate an engraving of one of his poem both in Chinese and French in a park, and take part in the World Emerging Industries Summit, and the North-East Asia trade Exposition. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 31: EXCLUSIVE: Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin takes a stroll in a centuries-old hutong, or traditional street, by a traditional Chinese portal on August 31, 2010 in Beijing, China. Hutongs are traditional streets sometimes dating back to the foundation on Beijing. This hutong, Guozijian lu, is home to the Imperial College and the Temple of Confucius, dating back to XIVth century. Dominique de Villepin is in China for a 6-day visit. He will inaugurate an engraving of one of his poem both in Chinese and French in a park, and take part in the World Emerging Industries Summit, and the North-East Asia trade Exposition. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 31: EXCLUSIVE: Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin takes a stroll in a centuries-old hutong, or traditional street, by a traditional Chinese portal on August 31, 2010 in Beijing, China. Hutongs are traditional streets sometimes dating back to the foundation on Beijing. This hutong, Guozijian lu, is home to the Imperial College and the Temple of Confucius, dating back to XIVth century. Dominique de Villepin is in China for a 6-day visit. He will inaugurate an engraving of one of his poem both in Chinese and French in a park, and take part in the World Emerging Industries Summit, and the North-East Asia trade Exposition. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: Standard Chartered bank China's headquarters are located in Standard Chartered tower in Pudong Luziajui business district, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: Standard Chartered bank employees Anlan Cai (center), Charles Zhang and Doris Zheng have a meeting in Standard Chartered tower in Pudong Luziajui business district, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 13: People walk by the Jinmao tower (left), Shanghai World Financial Center (center) and recently-finished Shanghai tower (right, the highest building in Asia) in Pudong Luziajui business district, on May 13, 2015, in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank)
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  • HONG KONG - APRIL 13: Crowds of customers and white-collars cross the street in Central business district, on April 13, in Hong Kong. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank)
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  • HONG KONG - APRIL 13: White-collars walk on pedestrian fly-overs in Central business district, on April 13, in Hong Kong. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - July 24: A little train convoys tourists and locals in Shanghai's most commercial avenue on July 24, 2007 (Wednesday) in Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA - December 27: Mail boxes in Katoomba, outskirts of Sydney on December 27, 2008 in New South Wales, Australia. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 23: A calligrapher trains by writing Chinese characters with water on August 23, 2004 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 23: A calligrapher trains by writing Chinese characters with water on August 23, 2004 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA - December 31: The Kata Tjuta mountains, or Olgas, are seen in a distance on December 31, 2008 in Northern Territory, Australia. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • Shanghai, China - November 21: The carbon neutral hotel Urbn stands on November 21, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai's Urbn hotel is China's first carbon neutral hotel. The total amount of energy the hotel consumes, including staff commutes, food and beverage delivery, and the energy used by each guest, will be tracked to calculate the carbon footprint. Urbn hotel then purchases credits to neutralize its footprint by investing in local 'green' energy development and emission reduction projects. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - November 20: Pedestrians walk past Beijing National Grand Theatre on November 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Centre for the Performing Arts was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Completed in 2007, the 219.400 square meter building houses an opera house (2416 seats), a concert hall (2017 seats) and two theatres (one of 1040 seats) included in a titanium and glass shell which houses the public space. The concept of the National Centre for the Performing Arts is a cultural island in the middle of a lake. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - May 11: Visitors in Yuyuan gardens on May 11, 2008 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • HAINAN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 03: A young woman rests in the sun on Yalong bay on May 3, 2008 in Sanya, Hainan province, China. Sanya is the southernmost city of Hainan island, located in the Southern Chinese Sea. Sometimes referred to as the Hawaii of China because of its tropical climate, palm trees and white-sand beaches such as Yalong bay, Sanya is a booming tourism destination. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - March 7: Pudong business district is home of the famous Shanghai skyline, with the Oriental Pearl Tower (left), as seen from 'The Bund' on March 7, 2008 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 13: Students do morning exercise 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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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - June 22: A street scene on June 22, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • NINGXIA PROVINCE, CHINA - May 09: Yinyi Windpower worker Wei Lin poses in front of a windmill at Yinyi Windpower's windmill on May 9, 2007 near Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • NINGXIA PROVINCE, CHINA - May 09: Carbon Asset Management Market Research Specialist Min Odenbro poses in front of a Yinyi Windpower's windmill on May 9, 2007 near Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China. Carbon Asset Management trades pollution rights between Swedish companies and Yinyi Windpower. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • NINGXIA PROVINCE, CHINA - May 08: Anti-desertification plantations take the shape of a net of squares in the Tengeli desert on May 8, 2007 in Ningxia Province, China. China is the only place in the world where desert is shrinking, not expanding, thanks to active anti-desertification campaigns. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 03: A young woman in traditional clothes in a valley on May 3, 2007 near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA - April 30: An old man belonging to the Naxi minority poses for a photograph on April 30, 2007 in Lijiang, Yunnan province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - March 22: Cosco containers, among others, wait to be loaded on ships in Ningbo port on March 22, 2006 in Zhejiang province, China. Cosco stands for China Ocean Shipping Co. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • ANGKOR, CAMBODIA - October 09: A row of devas (good deities) stands on the causeway leading to the southern gate of Angkor Thom on October 9, 2009 in Angkor, Cambodia. Angkor used to be the seat of the Khmer empire, which flourished from approximately the ninth century to the thirteenth century. The ruins of Angkor temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - June 16: A palace of the Forbidden City stands on June 16, 2006 in Beijing, China. 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 five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ANGKOR, CAMBODIA - October 04: Trees and roots invade Ta Prohm temple on October 4, 2009 in Angkor, Cambodia. Ta Prohm is a temple built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. It was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found with its photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings. Angkor used to be the seat of the Khmer empire, which flourished from approximately the ninth century to the thirteenth century. The ruins of Angkor temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ANGKOR, CAMBODIA - October 06: Apsaras, or divine dancers, are engraved on reliefs in Angkor Wat temple on October 6, 2009 in Angkor, Cambodia. Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat), is a temple complex at Angkor built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. Angkor used to be the seat of the Khmer empire, which flourished from approximately the ninth century to the thirteenth century. The ruins of Angkor temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ANGKOR, CAMBODIA - October 03: Giant faces smile in Bayon temple on October 3, 2009 in Angkor, Cambodia. The Bayon temple was built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII. Angkor used to be the seat of the Khmer empire, which flourished from approximately the ninth century to the thirteenth century. The ruins of Angkor temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SANYA, CHINA - August 15: A beach restaurant awaits guests in the Mandarin Oriental hotel resort on the on the Dadonghai bay, coast of Sanya on August 15, 2010 in Hainan province, China. Sanya is the southernmost city of Hainan island, located in the Southern Chinese Sea. Sometimes referred to as the Hawaii of China because of its tropical climate, palm trees and white-sand beaches, Sanya is a booming tourism destination. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • KYOTO, JAPAN - October 6: The Kiyomizu-dera temple oversees the town on October 6, 2010 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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