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  • Qi Weimei sits on his bed at home in his farm, near Yongji, Shanxi province, China, on June 11, 2010. Qi Weimei and his wife Shang Zhuaixiang are angora rabbit's farmers. Citi lended them 20,000 RMB in 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Aden Services' President and CEO Joachim Poylo poses for a photograph in front of the English Pavilion where his company provides security and cleaning services, on Shanghai World Expo 2010 site, in Shanghai, China, on May 14, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Aden Services' President and CEO Joachim Poylo poses for a photograph in front of the English Pavilion where his company provides security and cleaning services, on Shanghai World Expo 2010 site, in Shanghai, China, on May 14, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard (left) and Director of the Urban Best Practices Area Department of the Bureau of Shanghai Sun Liansheng (right) shake hands in front of a wall with giant Titoni watches, during a visit to the Basel-Geneva-Zurich Pavilion in Shanghai World Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China, on August 12, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/2010
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  • Qi Weimei holds an angora rabbit in his hands, in his farm, near Yongji, Shanxi province, China, on June 11, 2010. Qi Weimei and his wife Shang Zhuaixiang are angora rabbit's farmers. Citi lended them 20,000 RMB in 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Qi Weimei holds an angora rabbit in his hands, in his farm, near Yongji, Shanxi province, China, on June 11, 2010. Qi Weimei and his wife Shang Zhuaixiang are angora rabbit's farmers. Citi lended them 20,000 RMB in 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Qi Weimei sits on his bed at home in his farm, near Yongji, Shanxi province, China, on June 11, 2010. Qi Weimei and his wife Shang Zhuaixiang are angora rabbit's farmers. Citi lended them 20,000 RMB in 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Qi Weimei feeds an angora rabbit in his farm, near Yongji, Shanxi province, China, on June 11, 2010. Qi Weimei and his wife Shang Zhuaixiang are angora rabbit's farmers. Citi lended them 20,000 RMB in 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Aden Services' President and CEO Joachim Poylo poses for a photograph in front of the English Pavilion where his company provides security and cleaning services, on Shanghai World Expo 2010 site, in Shanghai, China, on May 14, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Aden Services' President and CEO Joachim Poylo poses for a photograph in front of the English Pavilion where his company provides security and cleaning services, on Shanghai World Expo 2010 site, in Shanghai, China, on May 14, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Aden Services' President and CEO Joachim Poylo poses for a photograph in front of the English Pavilion where his company provides security and cleaning services, on Shanghai World Expo 2010 site, in Shanghai, China, on May 14, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph with a 'Cambridge' Coach handbag in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph with a 'Cambridge' Coach handbag in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Coach China President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Cohen poses for a photograph in Shanghai, China, on April 22, 2010. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A woman carrying a baby walks in pyjamas in the street, in Shanghai, China, on April 2, 2010. Wearing pyjamas in public is discuraged during the time of Shanghai World Expo 2010. Photo Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 17: A female worker works on a piece of metal in Repow electric vehicles factory on September 17, 2007 in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 16: David Wei, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba.com, poses for a photograph on the sides of Alifest (Alibaba's festival) on September 16, 2007 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. In the largest Internet initial public offering since Google, Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce site, went public Tuesday, Nov. 6 on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and nearly tripled in price. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 16: David Wei, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba.com, speaks during an interview on the sides of Alifest (Alibaba's festival) on September 16, 2007 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. In the largest Internet initial public offering since Google, Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce site, went public Tuesday, Nov. 6 on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and nearly tripled in price. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 16: David Wei, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba.com, speaks during an interview on the sides of Alifest (Alibaba's festival) on September 16, 2007 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. In the largest Internet initial public offering since Google, Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce site, went public Tuesday, Nov. 6 on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and nearly tripled in price. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGXI, CHINA - February 27: Farmer Liu Dongqing smokes a cigarette in a two-room mud house in Yongfu on February 27, 2006 in Guilin, Guangxi, China. Liu said he must pay 2,700 yuan for the right to farm his land this year, a third of the 7,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan he expects to make. That will leave Liu and his wife the equivalent of less than $1 a day each to live on. The increase in fees has forced the couple to cut down to two meals a day, Liu said. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGXI, CHINA - February 28: A farmer feeds his rams in Yongfu on February 28, 2006 in Guilin, Guangxi, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - February 27: A shepherd is tending his flock to the frozen fields on February 27, 2006 in Heilongjiang province, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • MACAU, CHINA - April 06: An employee is seen through an air catering cart in Servair center on April 6, 2009 in Macau, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/ Getty Images)
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  • 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)
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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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  • YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA - May 03: A monk prays and plays the drum on May 3, 2007 near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 11: An engineer stands by a derrick in PetroChina's Tazhong oil factory on October 11, 2006 in Xinjiang province, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - March 2: Google Vice President and Google China President of Engineering and Public Affairs Lee Kai-Fu poses for a photograph under the Google's logo on April 12 (Wednesday), 2006 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - July 18: CNOOC Ltd. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fu Chengyu poses with a jerry can showing the CNOOC logo on July 18 (Tuesday), 2006 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - January 05: Institute of World Economy's Research Professor Zhou Yu poses for a photograph with the Chinese flag on January 05, 2011 in Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - January 05: Institute of World Economy's Research Professor Zhou Yu poses for a photograph with the Chinese flag on January 05, 2011 in Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA - July 22: A store owner on July 22, 2011 in Xiaogan, Hubei province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA - June 12: Trucks pass on harvested wheat laid on the road by a farmer on June 12, 2010 near Yongji, Shanxi province, China. Known as the country of rice, China is also the world's main producer of wheat, with an annual output of 112 million tons. In this little village of Shanxi province, Chinese farmers use a clever way to detach the wheat's seed from the thatch. They lay the wheat down the public road, and wait for vehicles to drive. The velocity's strength detaches the seeds from the thatch. The farmers need not to beat the wheat manually anymore. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA - June 12: A farmer lays harvested wheat on the road on June 12, 2010 near Yongji, Shanxi province, China. Known as the country of rice, China is also the world's main producer of wheat, with an annual output of 112 million tons. In this little village of Shanxi province, Chinese farmers use a clever way to detach the wheat's seed from the thatch. They lay the wheat down the public road, and wait for vehicles to drive. The velocity's strength detaches the seeds from the thatch. The farmers need not to beat the wheat manually anymore. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA - June 12: A farmer carries harvested wheat to the road on June 12, 2010 near Yongji, Shanxi province, China. Known as the country of rice, China is also the world's main producer of wheat, with an annual output of 112 million tons. In this little village of Shanxi province, Chinese farmers use a clever way to detach the wheat's seed from the thatch. They lay the wheat down the public road, and wait for vehicles to drive. The velocity's strength detaches the seeds from the thatch. The farmers need not to beat the wheat manually anymore. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - June 28: Ninghai Jiying plastics factory general manager Wu Yijun poses for a photograph with vuvuzelas on June 28, 2010 in Xidian, near Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Almost 90 percent of the vuvuzelas used in the World Cup in South Africa are made in China. The Ninghai Jiying plastics factory is one of the vuvuzela Chinese manufactures. Its general manager Wu Yijun said "from January to April this year, we were producing 250,000 vuvuzelas every day to fill containers that are exported". (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • CHENGDU, CHINA - September 12: A martial arts master serves tea in a traditional teahouse on September 12, 2010 in Chengdu, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGXI PROVINCE, CHINA - October 29: A farmer in rice terraces (rice paddy fields in terraces) on October 29, 2009 in Longji, near Guilin, Guangxi province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a bracelet to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a bracelet to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - January 28: A craftsman works on a ring to make a jewel at his workstation on January 28, 2011 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SICHUAN, CHINA - September 11: A farmer in a rice field on September 11, 2010 near Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SICHUAN, CHINA - September 11: Rabbit farmer Ren Xuping shows one of his rabbits in the Rabbit king farm on September 11, 2010 in Dayi, near Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - April 19: Wang Weiyu, seated in blue, poses with her students, all wearing Qipao traditional dresses, in her Qipao salon on April 19, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Inspired by Wong Kar-Wai's film 'In mood for love', Wang Weiyu, a 62-year-old former Japanese teacher, opened her 'Qipao salon' in 2007. It became famous when a TV show mentioned it. Now about 370 Shanghaiese ladies, mostly senior, come regularly to her Salon to learn how to dance, walk, and sit, wearing the Qipao. This elegant dress, originally worn by Manchus, became the symbol of Shanghai 'Pearl of the Orient', in the thirties. But during the seventies, the Cultural Revolution saw it as decadent and bourgeois, and forbade it. 50-year-old women who couldn't wear it when they were young now come back to the cultural and traditional Qipao. 'When I wear it, I feel pretty, I am always in a good mood' comments a 47-year-old woman. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - April 15: He Dongfeng, vice-president of Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.) speaks during an Aviation summit in Lingang industrial park on April 15, 2010 in the outskirts of Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - November 24: Employees walk in Luziajui business district during their lunch break on November 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - November 24: Employees walk in Luziajui business district during their lunch break on November 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - June 27: Steel workers in a steel factory on June 27, 2009 in Huashi, near Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - June 27: Job-seeker Wang Chuanmin (right) poses for a photograph with his two sons outside an employment center on June 27, 2009 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - June 27: Job-seeker Wang Chuanmin poses for a photograph outside an employment center on June 27, 2009 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA - June 27: Job-seekers look at job offers on the wall on an employment center on June 27, 2009 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - October 24: British auto executive Paul Stowe stands by the body of a Taxi cab in SMA factory plant on October 24, 2008 in Fengjing, outside Shanghai, China. London Taxi International, the producer of London Taxi's famed black cabs, turned to China to drive overseas expansion. More than 8,000 London Taxis will be produced from the Chinese factory, more than double the annual output of the firm's historical factory plant in Conventry, England. Most of these cars will go to places like Singapore, Dubai, Moscow, that covet the image associated with the London Taxis' tradition of good service and durability. London Taxi International will continue to build 90 percent of the Taxi cabs used in Britain at Coventry. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - August 24: A man stands by a street sign on August 24, 2007 in Huaihai Road, Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - July 25: A man smiles on his electric bike on July 25, 2007 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 17: Repow president Qiutian Chen poses for a photograph outside Repow electric vehicles offices on September 17, 2007 in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 17: Repow president Qiutian Chen poses for a photograph on a 418G5A golf cart that ships out for 2,800 USD wholesale price in the exhibition center of Repow electric vehicles offices on September 17, 2007 in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 16: David Wei, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba.com, speaks during an interview on the sides of Alifest (Alibaba's festival) on September 16, 2007 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. In the largest Internet initial public offering since Google, Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce site, went public Tuesday, Nov. 6 on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and nearly tripled in price. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
    070916 Pictobank Alibaba 11.jpg
  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 16: David Wei, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba.com, speaks during an interview on the sides of Alifest (Alibaba's festival) on September 16, 2007 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. In the largest Internet initial public offering since Google, Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce site, went public Tuesday, Nov. 6 on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and nearly tripled in price. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA - November 17: A cyclist and a motorist protect their faces against pollution and cold with masks on November 17, 2007 in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China. China's rate of birth defects had risen from 104.9 per 10,000 births in 2001, to 145.5 in 2006, China's National Population and Family Planning Commission said in a report on its web site (www.chinapop.gov.cn). China's coal-rich northern province of Shanxi, a centre of noxious emissions from large-scale coke and chemical industries, had the highest rate of birth defects, Xinhua news agency said. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 17: Sam Yu, General Manager and co-founder of Easy vehicle, poses for a photograph in front of the YL306 150 cc dirt bike assembly line in Easy vehicle factory on an YL802 ATV in Easy vehicle factory on September 17, 2007 in Yong Kang, Zhejiang province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 17: Sam Yu, General Manager and co-founder of Easy vehicle, poses for a photograph in front of the YL306 150 cc dirt bike assembly line in Easy vehicle factory on an YL802 ATV in Easy vehicle factory on September 17, 2007 in Yong Kang, Zhejiang province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - September 17: Sam Yu, General Manager and co-founder of Easy vehicle, poses for a photograph seated on an YL802 ATV in Easy vehicle factory on September 17, 2007 in Yong Kang, Zhejiang province, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • GUANGXI, CHINA - February 27: Farmers share a meal in a two-room mud house in Yongfu on February 27, 2006 in Guilin, Guangxi, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • MACAU, CHINA - April 06: An employee is seen through an air catering cart in Servair center on April 6, 2009 in Macau, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/ Getty Images)
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  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA - April 07: Executive Chef Roy Ng (right) and cook Jacky Se (left) prepare beef filets in Guangzhou Nanland Air Catering Co. Ltd. center (Servair) on April 7, 2009 in Guangzhou, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/ Getty Images)
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  • HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - July 13: Man standing by China National Petroleum Corp.'s 'nodding donkey' oil pumps on July 13, 2006 in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. China National Petroleum Corp is the mother company of PetroChina. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • HONG KONG, CHINA - December 18: Restaurant's owner Mak Kwai-pui prepares fresh steamed pork dumpling with shrimp (valued at HK$16 or EUR1.42) at 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: Restaurant's owner Mak Kwai-pui prepares fresh steamed pork dumpling with shrimp (valued at HK$16 or EUR1.42) at 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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  • Shanghai, China - January 10: Men and women play mahjong in the street on January 10, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - January 10: A woman in her pyjamas hangs her laundry to dry in the street on January 10, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • Shanghai, China - January 08: A street hairdresser cuts the hair of a customer on January 8, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • Shanghai, China - January 08: A street hairdresser cuts the hair of a customer on January 8, 2009 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • FENGXIANG, CHINA - October 30: Workers work on toy plastic figures, in a factory on October 30, 2008 in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion Euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • MACAU, CHINA - February 20: A shop owner poses for a photograph on February 20, 2008 in Macau, China. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 12: A member of the Uyghur ethnic minority skins lambs on October 12, 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: Muslims attend the Friday prayer at Hetian mosque 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: Muslims attend the Friday prayer at Hetian mosque 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: Muslims pray during the Friday prayer at Hetian mosque 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: Muslims attend the Friday prayer at Hetian mosque 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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  • BEIJING, CHINA - August 21: Workers attach steel rods together to build the foundations of China World Tower 3 on the building's construction site on August 21 (Monday), 2006 in Beijing, China. Wuhan Iron & Steel Co., China's third-biggest steelmaker by value, said first-half profit almost tripled as steel prices and output increased. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA - October 10: Workers stock a harvest of cotton in a cotton factory on October 10, 2006 near Korla, Xinjiang province, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • NINGXIA PROVINCE, CHINA - July 11: A coal miner poses for a photograph, in Lingxin mine, part of Shenhua group on July 11, 2006 near Yinchuan, Ningxia province, China. China Shenhua Energy is planning the world's biggest share sale by a coal mining company, hoping to raise as much as $6.3 billion to expand pits and delivery networks as demand for the fuel surges. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - March 2: Google Vice President and Google China President of Engineering and Public Affairs Lee Kai-Fu poses for a photograph under the Google's logo on April 12 (Wednesday), 2006 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Servais Mont/Getty Images)
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