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  • Li Yan sits in front of her computer in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. Li Yan spends up to 10 hours per day in front of her computer, producing colourful paintings and writing her blog (on screen). 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A neighbor walks pass Li Yan sitting in her wheel-chair in a residence in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 05.JPG
  • Chinese locals try the back part of a 'black cab', which can accomodate 5 people, parked in Shanghai's old town neighborhood, in Shanghai, China, on March 23, 2009.  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/Pictobank
    090323 Pictobank Cab made in China 1...jpg
  • Li Yan sits in front of her computer in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. Li Yan spends up to 10 hours per day in front of her computer, producing colourful paintings and writing her blog. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 22.JPG
  • Li Yan's hands rest on her legs while she sits in her wheel-chair in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 23.JPG
  • Li Yan sits in front of her computer in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. Li Yan spends up to 10 hours per day in front of her computer, producing colourful paintings and writing her blog. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 18.JPG
  • Li Yan operates her computer with the sole four fingers that she can move, in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. Li Yan spends up to 10 hours per day in front of her computer, producing colourful paintings and writing her blog. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 16.JPG
  • Li Yan sits in her wheel-chair in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 13.JPG
  • Li Yan sits in her wheel-chair in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 11.JPG
  • Li Yan sits in her wheel-chair in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. Li Yan cannot move her feet by her own. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 12.JPG
  • Li Yan's wheel-chair's wheels next to her father's bicycle's, in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 08.JPG
  • Li Yan sits in her wheel-chair in her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 07.JPG
  • On Li Yan's wheel-chair a sticker reminds of the sole trip she took to Beijing. Photo taken in her house in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 06.JPG
  • Li Yan sits in a wheel-chair in front of her home in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 01.JPG
  • Li Yan sits in her wheel-chair while her mother Song Fengying seats behind it, outside their house in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 7, 2007. 28-year-old Li Yan suffers from motor neuron disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), the same illness that has thereotical physicist Stephen Hawking. Li Yan asked China's National People's Congress (NPC) to consider a draft on euthanasia. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070507 Euthanasia China 03.JPG
  • A man tests sitting in the driver's seat of a 'black cab', famous in London, parked in Shanghai's old town neighborhood, in Shanghai, China, on March 23, 2009.  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/Pictobank
    090323 Pictobank Cab made in China 1...jpg
  • Locals react to the sight of a 'black cab', famous in London, parked in Shanghai's old town neighborhood, in Shanghai, China, on March 23, 2009.  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/Pictobank
    090323 Pictobank Cab made in China 1...jpg
  • A plant fights against the wind in the Tengeli desert, in Ningxia Province, China, on May 8, 2007. China is the only place in the world where desert is shrinking, not expanding, thanks to active anti-desertification campaigns. Photographer: Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    070508 Pictobank China Desert 01.JPG
  • A group of friends poses for a photograph on the famous 'Bund' waterfront of Shanghai, China, on January 8, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A newspapers' vendor glances at an ad for the Chinese version of Harper's Bazaar magazine in famous commercial avenue Nanjing Road, in Shanghai, China, on September 30, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank.
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  • Skiers on their way to artificial snow slopes sit in a chairlift above a countryside without snow, in Nanshan ski resort, China, on January 23, 2006. In Nanshan Ski Resort the snow is man-made and each of the 12 runs lasts less than a minute. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank.
    060123 Pictobank China Ski 12.jpg
  • A woman carries a baby in Shanghai, China, on January 10, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090110 Pictobank China 12.jpg
  • Passengers crowd the subway at People's square underground station in Shanghai, China, on January 7, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Passengers crowd Shanghai South train station in Shanghai, China, on January 7, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A little girl whispers to the ear of an adult in Shanghai, China, on January 8, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090108 Pictobank China 31.jpg
  • Mao Zedong's portrait looks at passers by in Shanghai, China, on January 8, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090108 Pictobank China 24.jpg
  • A street hairdresser cuts the hair of a customer in Shanghai, China, on January 8, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090108 Pictobank China 18.jpg
  • Two women in their pyjamas walk a baby in Shanghai, China, on January 8, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090108 Pictobank China 15.jpg
  • A woman looks at the ad of a development company in Shanghai, China, on January 8, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090108 Pictobank China 14.jpg
  • A group of friends poses for a photograph on the famous 'Bund' waterfront of Shanghai, China, on January 8, 2009. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090108 Pictobank China 07.jpg
  • Information hostesses wait for passengers in Shanghai Pudong International airport in Shanghai, China, on January 7, 2009. Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai is the primary international airport serving Shanghai. It is located in the eastern edge of Pudong district. It houses two terminals and was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Terminal 1 was opened on October 1, 1999, and its exterior is shaped like waves. The capacity of Terminal 1 is 20 million passengers. Terminal 2, opened at the 26th of March 2008, along with the 3rd runway, gives a capacity of 60 million passengers and 4.2 million tonnes of cargo annually. Terminal 2 is shaped like the 1st terminal but it has more of a seagull shaping, rather than a wave shape and is slightly larger than Terminal 1. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090107 Pictobank China 43.jpg
  • Yinyi Windpower worker Li Shitai carries his 2-year old daughter Li Yu in the cave dwellings where they live on site, near Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 9, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Job-seekers look for job opportunities on billboards at Hong Kou Stadium job fair, Shanghai, China, on February 21, 2009.  A survey conducted by the China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center predicted that rising unemployment would be the biggest challenge for China's economy this year. Urban unemployment rate, which excludes migrant workers, was estimated to hit 4.6 per cent in 2009, up from 4.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008. China's economy cooled to its slowest pace in seven years in 2008, expanding 9 per cent year-on-year, according to official data. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090221 Pictobank Job fair 07.jpg
  • FENGXIANG, CHINA - October 30: A worker takes newly-molded bath ducks out of the oven, 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 is 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)
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 23.jpg
  • A job-seeker lines up to have a job interview at Hong Kou Stadium job fair, Shanghai, China, on February 21, 2009.  A survey conducted by the China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center predicted that rising unemployment would be the biggest challenge for China's economy this year. Urban unemployment rate, which excludes migrant workers, was estimated to hit 4.6 per cent in 2009, up from 4.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008. China's economy cooled to its slowest pace in seven years in 2008, expanding 9 per cent year-on-year, according to official data. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Maintenance workers climb a China National Petroleum Corp.'s 'nodding donkey' oil pump at sunset in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China, on July 13, 2006. China National Petroleum Corp is the mother company of PetroChina. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    060713 Pictobank Petrochina 27.jpg
  • A job-seeker (left) has a job interview with a Pharmaceutical industry employer at Hong Kou Stadium job fair, Shanghai, China, on February 21, 2009.  A survey conducted by the China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center predicted that rising unemployment would be the biggest challenge for China's economy this year. Urban unemployment rate, which excludes migrant workers, was estimated to hit 4.6 per cent in 2009, up from 4.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008. China's economy cooled to its slowest pace in seven years in 2008, expanding 9 per cent year-on-year, according to official data. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090221 Pictobank Job fair 09.jpg
  • Three-year-old Gao Xiang cries from pain under the massage aimed to help her stiff legs, damaged since birth, while her mother holds her hand, in Cerebral Palsy Hospital, in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, on November 15, 2007. Gao Xiang is holding a 1 Chinese Yuan (0.14 US$) banknote in her right hand that her mother gave her as a reward if she kept quiet. 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/Pictobank
    071116 Pictobank Birth Defects 14.JPG
  • A CNPC 'nodding donkey' oil pump at sunset in an oilfield outside Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China, on July 13, 2006.  China National Petroleum Corp is the mother company of PetroChina. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    060714 Pictobank Petrochina 06.JPG
  • Visitors visit the Volkswagen booth at Shanghai Motor Show, in Shanghai, China, on April 25, 2009. Shanghai auto show opened Monday for the press and will be open April 24-28 for the public. China is the only major auto market still growing despite the global economic slowdown. U.S. and global auto makers see China as the place where they can find the sales they desperately lack in their home market. Chinese automakers see the opportunity to assess themselves as major players in the world market. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090425 Pictobank Shanghai Auto 010.jpg
  • Three-year-old Gao Xiang cries from pain under the massage aimed to help fer stiff legs, damaged since birth, in Cerebral Palsy Hospital, in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, on November 15, 2007. 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/Pictobank
    071116 Pictobank Birth Defects 15.JPG
  • A little boy plays in the heating coal piled in the street, in Zhongyang, Shanxi, China, on November 16, 2008. 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/Pictobank
    071116 Pictobank Birth Defects 10.JPG
  • Smoke comes out the chimneys of a steel factory in Zhongyang, Shanxi province, China, on November 16, 2007. 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/Pictobank
    071116 Pictobank Birth Defects 07.JPG
  • Not minding his harelip, 3.5-month-old baby boy Li Zechen smiles in the arms of his mother Fan Yanmei in the People's hospital of Jinzhong, in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, November 15, 2007. 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/Pictobank
    071116 Pictobank Birth Defects 05.jpg
  • Children play in the middle of CNPC oil pipes in a residential complex in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China, on July 14, 2006. China National Petroleum Corp is the mother company of PetroChina. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    060714 Pictobank Petrochina 17.JPG
  • A worker paints toy plastic figures, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 15.jpg
  • Workers work on toy plastic figures, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 04.jpg
  • Workers work on toy plastic figures, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 05.jpg
  • Workers work on toy plastic figures, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 02.jpg
  • The Terracotta army stands in Xi' An, Shaanxi province, China, on April 14, 2006. The Terracotta Army contains the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang the First Emperor of China. Dating from 210 BC, the terracotta figures were discovered in 1974 by several local farmers near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The Terracotta Army includes over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    060414 Pictobank Terracotta army 03.jpg
  • Workers attach steel rods together to build the foundations of China World Tower 3 on the building's construction site in Beijing, China, Monday, August 21,  2006. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    060821 Worker Construction 01.JPG
  • Workers stand by a steel piece in a factory, in Baoshan, near Shanghai, China, on January 13, 2009. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    090113 Pictobank Factory 09.jpg
  • Workers attach steel rods together to build the foundations of China World Tower 3 on the building's construction site in Beijing, China, Monday, August 21,  2006. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    060821 Worker Construction 01.JPG
  • The Terracotta army stands in Xi' An, Shaanxi province, China, on April 14, 2006. The Terracotta Army contains the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang the First Emperor of China. Dating from 210 BC, the terracotta figures were discovered in 1974 by several local farmers near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The Terracotta Army includes over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    060414 Pictobank Terracotta army 03.jpg
  • Workers check beer bottles' quality on the Tsingtao beer production line in Tsingtao brewery, in the town of Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on May 17, 2009. Tsingtao beer is the most famous beer in China. Produced in the city of Qingdao in a brewery originally founded by Germans in 1903, the beer has now its street: Dengzhou Road, nicknamed 'beer street', just in the shadow of the brewery.  The street is home to over 60 bars and beer shops, where tourists and locals enjoy daily fresh beer just made out of the brewery, along with a variety of seafood. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    090517 Beer Street 24.jpg
  • A worker takes newly-molded bath ducks out of the oven, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 17.jpg
  • A worker paints toy plastic figures, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 14.jpg
  • A worker paints toy plastic figures, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 08.jpg
  • Workers work on toy plastic figures, in a factory in Fengxiang, near Shanghai, China, on October 30, 2008. Although Chinese authorities predict that 2009 will be a tough year, they are ready to do all that is takes to keep China's growth ''around 8%''. Beijing government announced a 450 billion euros investment plan until 2010 to boost Chinese economoy. ''We could take new measures (...) to prevent any economical downturn'' said Premier Wen Jiabao in Davos 2009 economy forum. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    081030 Pictobank Chinese Factory 01.jpg
  • Chinese troops sent West to repress Tibetan protests are seen through a windshield, in Tibetan region , China, on March 21, 2008. China has been grappling to quell unrest in several Tibetan towns and villages in the country's west, after Buddhist monk-led demonstrations in Tibet's capital Lhasa turned violent last week. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Chinese troops are sent West to repress Tibetan protests, in Tibetan region, China, on March 22, 2008. China has been grappling to quell unrest in several Tibetan towns and villages in the country's west, after Buddhist monk-led demonstrations in Tibet's capital Lhasa turned violent last week. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    080321 Pictobank Tibet 08.jpg
  • Soldiers in riot gear walk through the main square in the city of Kangding, located around 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, China, on March 21, 2008. China has been grappling to quell unrest in several Tibetan towns and villages in the country's west, after Buddhist monk-led demonstrations in Tibet's capital Lhasa turned violent last week. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
    080321 Pictobank Tibet 24.jpg
  • A coal miner poses for a photograph, in Lingxin mine, part of Shenhua group, near Yinchuan, Ningxia province, China, on July 11, 2006. 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/Pictobank
    070711 Pictobank Shenhua Coal 11.JPG
  • Workers work on steel tanks in a factory on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on January 12, 2009. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    090112 Pictobank Industry 08.jpg
  • Workers work on a crane in a factory plant on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on February 10, 2009. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Traders work in the trading room of Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 2008. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • A monk prays and plays the drum near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China, on May 3, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A young woman in traditional clothes hides from the camera near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China, on May 3, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A young woman in traditional clothes in a valley near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China, on May 3, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A woman belonging to the Naxi minority carries vegetables in Lijiang, Yunnan province, China, on May 1, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • An old woman belonging to the Naxi minority in Lijiang, Yunnan province, China, on May 1, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • An old woman belonging to the Naxi minority poses for a photograph in Lijiang, Yunnan province, China, on April 30, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Slogans in Chinese and English support workers' morale in Easy vehicle factory, in Yong Kang, Zhejiang province, China, on September 17, 2007. Photographer: Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • 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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  • A woman walks pass a Louis Vuitton advertisement in a shopping mall in Beijing, China, on August 17, 2006. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank.
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  • Cyclists pedal their way through a crossing in Beijing, China, Thursday, April  20, 2006. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Traders work in the trading room of Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 2008. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Workers leave a crane factory plant for the day on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on October 14, 2008. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • 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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  • A shepherd is tending his flock to the frozen fields of Heilongjiang province, China, on February 27, 2006. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Traders work in the trading room of Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 2008. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Easy vehicle's workers get back to their dormitories after a day's work in Yong Kang, Zhejiang province, China, on September 17, 2007. Photographer: Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Traders work in the trading room of Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 2008. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Workers climb a crane in a factory plant on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on October 13, 2008. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
    081013 Pictobank Industry 05.jpg
  • Colorful plastic shapes of what will become electric tricycle cabs in the Nederlands lay in Repow electric vehicles factory, in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China, on September 17, 2007. Photographer: Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • 70-year old farmer Qi Shenglian in his fields claimed back from the Tengeli desert, near Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 8, 2007. Photographer: Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A woman lays thatch on bricks kept out for drying in Yong Kang, Zhejiang province, China, on September 17, 2007. Photographer: Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • While wealthier Shanghai inhabitants cross the street, Wu Wenyi poses for a photograph, in Shanghai, China, on February 17, 2009. 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/Pictobank
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  • A worker climbs on a crane outside the workshops of a factory on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on October 20, 2008. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Yinyi Windpower worker Li Shitai carries his 2-year old daughter Li Yu in the cave dwellings where they live on site, near Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China, on May 9, 2007. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Workers place sandbags across the Hei Tao Ba river in an attempt to contain water turned white by a nearby gas leak in Gao Qiao village, Kai Xian county, Chongqing Municipality, China, Friday, March 31, 2006.
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  • Workers stand on a crane outside the workshops of a factory on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on October 20, 2008. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • A worker welds steel in the workshops of a factory on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on October 20, 2008. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Workers gets a steel plate out of a bending machine in the workshops of a factory on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on October 13, 2008. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • A worker welds steel in the workshops of a factory on Changxing Island, near Shanghai, on October 13, 2008. Baosteel, China's biggest steel producer, is to take over Ningbo Iron and Steel Group and Baotou Iron and Steel Group. The Chinese government is encouraging mergers in order to restructure the steel industry, according to the steel industry stimulus plan approved by the State Council in January. Photo by Servais Mont/Pictobank
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  • Muslims attend the Friday prayer at Hetian mosque, in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China, on October 13, 2006. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Uyghurs use a truck on the Desert highway to cross the Taklamakan desert in Xinjiang province, China, on October 12, 2006. The Taklamakan Desert is a desert in Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Uyghur students study in Hetian Experimental Billingual School, in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China, on October 13, 2006. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • Uyghur students study Mandarin Chinese in Hetian Experimental Billingual School, in Hetian, Xinjiang province, China, on October 13, 2006. The Uyghur people are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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  • A calligrapher trains by writing Chinese characters with water in Beijing, China, on August 23, 2004. Photo by Lucas Schifres/Pictobank
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