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Chinese workers who escaped after being abducted sit after arriving at Khartoum Airport January 30, 2012. The Chinese embassy in Khartoum said though 17 Chinese workers were taken to safety by the Sudan army after they escaped the rebels, another 29 were still held by rebels, Xinhua reported.

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Chinese and German flags fly in Beijing on January 31, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will next week travel to China for talks with Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao, as well as holding a key speech on the euro crisis, her spokesman said on January 27.

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A man transports clothing for recycling on a motorized tricycle on a street in Shanghai on January 31, 2012. China could easily boost domestic consumption to stimulate its economy if its slowdown is too sharp, the International Monetary Fund said on January 30.

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In this Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 photo, a logo of China Central Television (CCTV) is projected on an outdoor electronic screen before a CCTV news program is broadcasted outside a shopping mall at Beijing's Central Business District, China. CCTV is gearing up to supersize its global footprint this year in pursuit of swaying a foreign audience to China's views and confronting what Beijing considers the Western media's innate anti-China bias.

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Chinese police officers stand around their vehicle in Tibetan area of Kangding in China's Sichuan province, neighboring Tibet, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Tibetan areas in Sichuan, on tenterhooks for more than a year as more than a dozen monks, nuns and lay people separately set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule, saw large demonstrations last week.

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A Tibetan refugee participates in a candlelight vigil honoring Tibetans killed by Chinese security forces last week, at Dharmsala, India, Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Three Tibetans have been confirmed killed in three separate incidents in ethnic Tibetan areas of Sichuan province, although Tibetan exile organizations claim the number is higher.

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Armed Chinese police officers patrol a Tibetan area of Chengdu in China's Sichuan province, neighboring Tibet, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

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Chinese singer Yi Wang performs with the China Philharmonic Orchestra during a ceremony marking the start of the Chinese "cultural" year in Germany, in Berlin January 30, 2012.

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A conductor teaches a child to play a toy at a train that runs on the Qinghai-Tibet railway in southwest China's Qinghai Province, Jan. 29, 2012. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company carried out 20 new services as the number of passengers rises after the Spring Festival holiday. The new services includes providing poker cards, chess, toys and so on for passengers. [Xinhua/Wu Gang]

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This photo taken on January 30, 2012 shows labourers working in a factory of Chinese carmaker Youngman in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang province. Up to five companies are keen to buy Saab, one of the bankrupt Swedish carmaker's three administrators said on January 29. Chinese carmaker Youngman has shown keen interest but its bid to snap Saab up before it declared bankruptcy was thwarted by the Swedish brand's former owner GM, which balked at transferring the necessary technology licences. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP

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CHANGSHA, CHINA - JANUARY 30: Job seekers attend a job fair at Helong Stadium on January 30, 2012 in Changsha, China. In a country relying on an estimated 120 million migrant workers, the period after the Spring Festival break and travel period is traditionally a period when employment is sought and businesses seek to bolster their workforces. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress )

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Villagers cast their votes as thousands of residents take part in the voting for their first-ever open democratic elections for the village committee in Wukan, in Shanwei city, south China's Guangdong province on February 1, 2012, after they protested for months in autumn in 2011 against their allegedly corrupt leaders. Residents in Wukan won rare concessions after they faced off with authorities for more than a week in December in a row over land and graft, including pledges to hold free village polls.

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A Chinese traveller carries his luggage(?) outside a train station in Beijing on February 1, 2012.

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A girl holds a Hong Kong newspaper with an anti-mainland Chinese advertisement with a picture of a locust looking over the Hong Kong cityscape as Chinese mainlanders look on in the background on February 1, 2012. A group of Hong Kongers published a newspaper ad insulting mainland Chinese as 'locusts' and demanding the government take action to stop their 'infiltration' into the southern city. The full-page advertisement in widely-read Apple Daily is the latest in a slew of incidents suggesting mounting anger in Hong Kong about the political and economic influence of mainland China in local affairs. It features an enormous locust overlooking Hong Kong's skyline with the words 'Hong Kongers have had enough!' and 'This city is dying, you know?' Online group Golden Forum funded the page-11 ad with donations from users of its Internet chat service.

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A protester dressed as the Chinese God of Wealth (2nd-L) along with others shouts slogans outside the Hong Kong Legislative Council prior to Financial Secretary John Tsang's 2012-2013 budget speech in the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on February 1, 2012. The Hong Kong government is set to include economic sweeteners such as tax rebates and electricity bill subsidies.

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A worker at an auto shop changes the tires on a car in Shanghai on February 1, 2012.

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Employees work at a garment factory in Wuhu, Anhui province February 1, 2012.

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Labourers pick out gravel from coal along a conveyor belt at a coal mine in Huaibei, Anhui province February 1, 2012. China's factory sector expanded slightly in January, confounding expectations for a contraction and supporting hopes the world's second-biggest economy will avoid a hard landing, a government purchasing managers' index showed.

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China's Yudiao Zhao (R) vies for the ball with England's Kate Walsh during their Champions Trophy 2012 field hockey match in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on January 31, 2012.

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Workers from China employed by Sinohydro, a Chinese state-owned hydro power engineering and construction company, eat a meal in the communal kitchens after a working day on January 31, 2012 in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Africa

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Kidnapped Chinese workers are seen in a tent in Sinai January 31, 2012. Twenty-five Chinese workers kidnapped in Egypt were freed on Wednesday, a day after they were taken hostage by Bedouin tribesmen, Xinhua news agency said, the second kidnapping in days that has sparked concern about Chinese working in high-risk countries. Picture taken January 31, 2012.

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A driver drives the latest version of "MyCar", an electric car made by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, inside the university campus in Hong Kong January 30, 2012.

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Dancers with the Jin Xing Dance Theater of Shanghai perform a scene from 'Shanghai Tango' during a dress rehearsal January 31, 2012 before opening at the Joyce Theater.

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Chinese actress Fanny Shu covers 'Trends Health' magazine. [Photo/Sina]

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao before a news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 2, 2012. Merkel on Thursday urged China to use its influence to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear programme, at the start of a three-day visit when she will also seek China's support for the ailing euro.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) in Beijing February 2, 2012.

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A firefighter and a policeman pour water into a villagers' barrel at Xiliu village along Liujiang River in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, February 2, 2012. The official probe into an incident which resulted in cadmium polluting a South China river is making progress and local police have detained eight executives from two companies that are suspected of waste dumping, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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An employee is reflected on a rear view mirror at an assembly line of car components in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province February 2, 2012. China's factory sector expanded slightly in January, confounding expectations for a contraction and supporting hopes the world's second-biggest economy will avoid a hard landing, a government purchasing managers' index showed.

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A man uses his computer in a coffee shop in Shanghai on February 2, 2012. As Facebook prepares to go public it has its sights on China, where the social media titan is blocked, but analysts say its chances of re-entering the market of half a billion Internet users are slim.

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The webpage for the Chinese version of Facebook is seen on a computer screen in Hong Kong on February 2, 2012.

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A worker makes Yuanxiao, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, at a store in Nanjing, Jiangsu province February 2, 2012. As a tradition, Chinese eat Yuanxiao to celebrate the lantern festival which marks the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations and falls on February 6 this year.

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Fishing boats are stranded in the ice floating in the Bohai Sea off the coast of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2012. The recent cold snap caused a drastic temperature drop in the Bohai Sea along the northern part of China, resulting in a quick build-up of sea ice.

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: Chinese President Hu Jintao shankes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Great Hall of the People on February 3, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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Job seekers crowd to visit booths of companies at a job fair in Weifang, Shandong province, February 3, 2012. Different from their parents, who after working in cities would return home to rural China with their savings, the new generation of migrant workers often prefer to settle down in the bustling hubs where they work. Among the young migrant workers, only 4 percent plan to return to their hometowns and work as farmers, according to a survey released by the Chinese Family Culture Research Institute (CFCRI) in December. China's urban population has outnumbered rural residents by the end of 2011, with 690.79 million or 51.27 percent of the total population living in cities, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Job seekers fill in application forms at a company booth at a job fair in Weifang, Shandong province, February 3, 2012.

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Workers wait for the arrival of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at a plant of Herrenknecht Tunnelling Equipment Co Ltd in Guangzhou on February 3, 2012. Merkel is in China for a three-day trip aimed at boosting her hosts' confidence in Europe, where the sovereign debt crisis has seen a wave of credit-rating downgrades and brought Greece to the brink of bankruptcy.

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GUANGZHOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office Martin Herrenknecht (R), Chairman and Managing Director of Herrenknecht Tunnelling Equipment Co Ltd leads German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao through the factory during their visit to a plant of Herrenknecht Tunnelling Equipment Co Ltd on February 3, 2012 in Guangzhou, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from February 2 to 3.

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Mainland Chinese tourists rest in Times Square shopping centre in Hong Kong February 3, 2012. As Hong Kong's outgoing leader Donald Tsang looks ahead to retirement, an unusually toxic public debate over the burden placed by a flood of mainland Chinese visitors has struck at the heart of Hong Kong's often rocky transition from British colony to Chinese special administrative region that began in 1997.

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A man hangs the cage with his pet bird from the branch of a tree next to another cage in a park in central Beijing February 3, 2012. A popular activity in China, owners carry their birds from their home to a park where they hang them from the trees allowing them to sing to each other.

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Elderly dancers perform at a preview show for the Chinese Lantern Festival which falls on February 6 and traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations, in Beijing on February 3, 2012.

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Young dancers perform at a preview show for the Chinese Lantern Festival which falls on February 6 and traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations, in Beijing on February 3, 2012.

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Security guards stand at the entrance to the Pearl TV Tower in Pudong, the financial district of Shanghai on February 3, 2012. China's premier Wen Jiabao warned of an 'urgent' need to solve the European debt crisis and said Beijing was looking at ways it could contribute to bailout funds, after talks with Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Two dogs sit in a carriage as a baby looks on at the 7th Hong Kong Pet Show at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on February 3, 2012. The Hong Kong Pet Show is an opportunity for the local pet industry to showcase their goods and services to international clients and also for pet owners to show off their pets.

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A yoga teacher from Taiwan takes part in a class with Yogacharya Swami Adhyatmanandji at Sivananda Ashram in Ahmedabad on February 3, 2012. Some 28 yoga teachers from Taiwan took part in the camp.

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Lin Shiming, a National Taiwan University professor, displays the reading from a sensor which can screen flu and two other viruses children are prone to, in 12 minutes, at the university in Taipei on February 3, 2012. Lin said parents can use the new sensor at homes to shorten the time of screening and send the results to doctors by mobile phones to speed up treatment.

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MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 04: Henry A. Kissinger(L), former US secretary of state and Zhang Zhijun, vice minister of foreign affairs of the People's Republic of China participate in a panel talk during day 2 of the 48th Munich Security Conference at Hotel Bayerischer Hof on February 4, 2012 in Munich, Germany. The 48th Munich conference on security policy is running till February 5, 2012.

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A shoe repair vendor sleeps at his stall on a street in Beijing on February 4, 2012. China could easily boost domestic consumption to stimulate its economy if its slowdown is too sharp, the International Monetary Fund said January 30.

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A general view shows the Beijing city skyline and the China Central Television (CCTV) tower (C) on February 4, 2012.

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PARK CITY, UT - FEBRUARY 03: Fanyu Kong #5 of China jumps in the qualification round for the Ladies' Arrials during the Visa Freestyle International FIS Freestyle World Cup at Deer Valley on February 3, 2012 in Park City, Utah.

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View of a Legacy 650 executive jet customized with the colors of China bought by Chinese actor Jackie Chan during the launching ceremony of the model at Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer's headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, some 90 km north of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 3, 2012. The jet valued at 30 million dollars, and Chang will be the ambassador of 'Embraer Executive Jets' in China.

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Chinese actor Jackie Chan holds a berimbau during the launching ceremony of the Legacy 650 executive jet, at Embraer's headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, some 90 km north of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 3, 2012. Chang, who bought the jet customized with the colors of China valued at 30 million dollars, will be the ambassador of 'Embraer Executive Jets' in China.

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People prepare a Chinese model on February 4, 2012 for the presentation of the Autumn-Winter collections of the Fashion Week Madrid in Madrid.

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Job seekers wait in line during a job fair at Shanghai Stadium February 4, 2012.

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China's national field hockey team attends the anthem ceremony before their Champions Trophy 2012 match against New Zealand in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on February 3, 2012.

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The four SUVs named "Xiaolong" with a highest speed of 115km/h were researched and developed by a Chinese company with 17 independent intellectual property rights, capable of climbing up a 45 degree slope .Its military version is bigger than the famous Hummer.

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SANYA - FEBRUARY 05: Teng Jiang He of China is interviewed as Team Sanya, skippered by Mike Sanderson from New Zealand, finishes sixth during leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi to Sanya on February 5, 2012 in Sanya, China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 05: Chinese people visit a lantern show for the Chinese Lantern Festival which falls on February 6 and traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations on February 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. The Lantern Festival also known as the Yuanxiao Festival or Shangyuan Festival in China.

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Chinese villagers perform a dragon dance along the village main street in Zhaiyinggu, southwest China's Guizhou province on February 5, 2012. China said retail sales surged 16.2 percent year on year to 470 billion yuan (74 billion USD) during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, as consumers splashed out on food, wine and clothes, while hundreds of millions of people journey across the country during the holiday to celebrate with their families and consumer spending typically soars during the period.

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Gold medallist Kexin Fan of China (C), silver medallist Arianna Fontana of Italy (L) and bronze medallist Qiuhong Liu of China pose for a picture as they take part in an awarding ceremony after the ladies' 500 m Final at the ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating in Moscow February 5, 2012.

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A man holds his daughter as they walk in an area decorated with lanterns ahead of the Lantern Festival at Yu Yuan Garden in downtown Shanghai February 5, 2012. The festival marks the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations and falls on February 6 this year.

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A competitor named Lau (only family name available) receives CPR from another competitor after finishing the Standard Chartered Hong Kong 2012 marathon on February 5, 2012. Lau, a 26-year-old runner, collapsed after crossing the finishing line of the half-marathon race and was certified dead after being taken to hospital, it was reported on local television.

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Photos taken on Feb. 4, 2012 shows the scene where police arrested suspects of an armed robbery case, which has been under police control, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Policemen have solved the Feb. 3 armed robbery and homicide case in Shenyang, the Public Security Department of Liaoning Province said on Sunday. One of the two suspects was arrested and the other was shot dead while resisting arrest. The case occurred at about 9:00 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2012, in which the suspects shot the victim in the head and took a bag with 40,000 yuan of cash. [Xinhua/Pan Yulong]

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2011 French Open Champion China's Li Na gives a press conference on February 6, 2012 at the Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, on the sideline of the Paris' WTA tennis tournament.

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An artist applies makeup on a folk performer before a "Blood Shehuo" parade, to celebrate the Lantern Festival on the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, at Chisha village in Baoji, Shaanxi province February 6, 2012. "Shehuo" is common name of Chinese traditional activities consisting of folk performances in Northern China. The "Blood Shehuo" performers wear facial makeup to appear as being pierced by objects including axes, scissors and knives, featuring scenes of horror in traditional stories like Water Margin. This activity is held only in Baoji county and performed only during leap years.

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Air China planes are parked at the terminal building of Beijing's International Airport February 6, 2012. The Chinese government said on Monday it has barred the country's airlines from joining a European Union scheme to charge for carbon emissions from flights into and out of Europe and prohibit airlines from charging customers extra because of the EU plan.

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WENLING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 05: Two lanterns, 20.08 meters in height, are installed in Shangwang village to greet the Lantern Festival on February 5, 2012 in Wenling, Zhejiang Province of China. The Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, will fall on February 6, 2012.

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: A Chinese employee dresses as gods of fortune to attract customers while distributing discount vouchers at the entrance of a shopping mall during the Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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Exiled Tibetans participate in a protest vigil to remember Tibetans who self-immolated in Tibet last year, in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Tibetans have set themselves on fire since March to protest Chinese rule over their homeland.

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Local residents burn incense and offerings as they pray for good fortune outside Dafo Temple on the Lantern Festival, the last day of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Zhengding County, Hebei province, February 6, 2012.

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A Cambodian-Chinese worshipper cuts his tongue as he takes part in a procession featuring Chinese deities in Phnom Penh February 6, 2012. The event is celebrated annually by the Cambodian-Chinese community in the region

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BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A building in downtown of China's capital caught on fire late Monday afternoon, fire fighters said.

A fierce blaze engulfed a building near a bus stop in Gongzhufen, Haidian District in western Beijing, disrupting traffic in the region, fire fighters and witnesses said.
More than 15 fire trucks have been dispatched to fight the blaze

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Employers of socks factories hold job advertisement to look for workers in Datang Township of Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 3, 2012. After the Spring Festival in January 2012, socks factories in Datang met a shortage of labor recently. Some employers believed that most of the migrant workers went back home for family reunion during the festivals, while some hoped that migrant workers may return after the Lantern Festival on Feb. 6, 2012. The socks industry plays an important role in local economy in Datang Township of Zhejiang Province. According to statistics, in 2011, about 8.2 billion pairs of socks produced in Datang took 65 percent of the overall socks production in China and one third of the socks production of the world, which attracted more than 100,000 workers, most of whom were migrant workers. [Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi]

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