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TV screws make final checks to monitors and other equipments at the Golden Hall in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on the afternoon of Thursday, March 1, 2012, one day before the press conference of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) scheduled on Friday afternoon, March 2, 2012. [China.org.cn]

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Staff members of the Great Hall of the People tidy the chairs at the Golden Hall, the venue for important press conference during China's National People's Congress (NPC) and CPPCC sessions on the afternoon of Thursday, March 1, 2012 [China.org.cn]

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NEW DELHI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in New Delhi.

Hamid Ansari said India-China relations are moving forward on the right track. The Indian side is pleased to see productive results in bilateral cooperation in various fields.

India and China are committed to promoting regional peace, stability and prosperity.The two sides should further expand mutual investment, increase exchanges between business leaders, promote provincial and local-level exchanges and push for further growth of friendly cooperations to the benefit of the two peoples, the vice president said.

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Beijing's Subway Line 14 will become China's biggest subway tunnel, with a diameter of 10 meters and a height of three stories. Two trains will operate in the tunnel.

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Disabled people in Beijing will be allowed to board the bus for free with their disabled card from March 1, according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled persons. The capital has about one million disabled people and offers more than 4,400 buses designed for the disabled.

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A visitors walks past a booth on the opening day of the annual East China Fair at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in Shanghai on March 1, 2012. China's manufacturing activity expanded for the third straight month in February as export orders improved, official data showed raising hopes the Asian giant was heading for a soft landing.

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Workers load lights on a tricycle on a street in Shanghai on March 1, 2012

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An elderly Chinese man asks for directions from security personnel deployed ahead of the upcoming legislature meetings to be held in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 1, 2012.

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 29: Police officers inspect an air sports club after Beijing police imposed a ban on any flying activities within a 200-km semi-diameter of Tiananmen Square during the 'Two Organizations' on February 29, 2012 in Beijing, China. The 'Two Organizations', known as 'Liang Hui', including the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), will open on March 5.

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Tibetan exiles shout slogans against the Chinese government as they are detained by Indian police, outside Hyderabad House where Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was meeting with his Indian counterpart, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 1, 2012. About a dozen Tibetan exiles held a street protest as the foreign ministers of China and India met in the Indian capital. Police detained the protesters as they shouted "No border talks without free Tibet," a reference to India's boundary dispute with China.

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Nan Weidong (L), 43, tests the sound of the newly-made musical instruments made of lotus roots, carrots and scallions with his brother Nan Weiping, 41, in their apartment in Beijing March 1, 2012. The two brothers are musicians who specialize in performing with instruments made of vegetables and other groceries. They became famous after participating in many television talent shows in China, local media reported.

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A young boy holds a placard against allowing mainland Chinese drivers into Hong Kong, at a demonstration in a park in Hong Kong on February 12, 2012. A few hundred protesters attended the demonstration, organised on social networking websites, to show their dismay at the Hong Kong government's plan starting in March to allow small groups of mainland Chinese to drive their private vehicles into the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). Despite Hong Kong's return to Chinese control in 1997, cross border traffic is severely restricted since Hong Kong motorists drive on the left and mainlanders drive on the right. The protest 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.

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A villager casts a ballot into the ballot box at a school turned into a polling station in Wukan village in Lufeng, Guangdong province, February 1, 2012. Thousands of residents of the restive village in southern China cast their ballots on Wednesday, marking the start of a gradual restoration of grassroots rights following violent confrontations with authorities over land grabs. The vote will select an independent election committee to oversee upcoming ballots, including one for the village committee on March 1.

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A customer tests out an Apple iPad at an Apple Store in downtown Shanghai March 1, 2012. Lawyers for Apple Inc. argued for its right to use the iPad trademark in China on Wednesday, as a higher court began a crucial hearing that could result in sales of the wildly popular tablet computer being halted throughout the Chinese mainland.

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A protester wearing a mask illustrating Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang and wearing handcuffs protests outside the southern Chinese city's parliament as Tsang give s speech inside on March 1, 2012 in Hong Kong. Tsang, whose term expires in June after seven years as the city's effective mayor, promised during his speech to cooperate with an investigation into his alleged ties to rich tycoons, after revelations of his jaunts on private jets and yachts. The character on the mask reads 'greed'.

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Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang reacts as he speaks to lawmakers in the southern Chinese city's parliament on March 1, 2012. Tsang, whose term expires in June after seven years as the city's effective mayor, promised to cooperate with an investigation into his alleged ties to rich tycoons, after revelations of his jaunts on private jets and yachts.

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Wang Shuming (Front L), a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from northeast China's Jilin Province, speaks to a journalist as he arrives in Beijing, capital of China, March 1, 2012. The Fifth Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee will open on March 3. [Xinhua]

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Two women who travelled from the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou cry in front of media members assembled for elections in the village of Wukan in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on March 2, 2012 where they came to seek justice for jailed family members in an unrelated incident.

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Candiate for village elections Zhang Jiancheng speaks in the village of Wukan in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on March 2, 2012. The village, which staged an extraordinary rebellion against authorities last year, will go to the polls on March 3 to elect candidates for a seven-member village committee showing a rare exercise in democracy taking place in China.

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Members of staff place a line on the steps outside the Great Hall of the People prior to a press conference for the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 2, 2012. China's parliament will open its last annual session under the current leadership on March 5, amid what analysts say may be a bitter power struggle to replace outgoing Communist Party rulers.

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Soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) march near Tiananmen Square ahead of the annual session of China's parliament, which starts from March 3, in Beijing March 2, 2012. China is likely to unveil its military spending for 2012 on the weekend, flagging the direction that Beijing will take after President Barack Obama launched a new "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across Asia.

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Soldiers participate in a "Learning Lei Feng" campaign which encourages them to follow the example of Lei Feng, a Chinese national folk-hero, at a military base in Nanjing, Jiangsu province March 2, 2012.

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Security guards monitor the scene at Tiananmen Square outside the Great Hall of the People prior to a press conference of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 2, 2012.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 02: A security officer looks in the mirror at the entrance of the Great Hall of the People on March 2, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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Security officers walk towards the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the National People's Congress or parliament, in Beijing March 2, 2012.

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Hong Kong's Cardinal John Tong smiles as he speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong on March 2, 2012. Having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in February, Cardinal Tong held his first press conference in Hong Kong saying that he was optimistic that China will be more open on religious freedom.

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A villager cleans up ballot filling-in desks at a polling station set up in a school in Wukan village, Lufeng city, south China's Guangdong province, Friday, March 2, 2012. The village where mass protests over land disputes drove out local officials and police last December will hold a election on Saturday to select village committees.

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In this photo taken through a glass window, buildings are obscured by haze in Beijing, China Friday, March 2, 2012. A senior environmental official said Friday, two-thirds of Chinese cities will fall short of stricter air quality standards released this week that include measurements of fine particles.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 01: (CHINA OUT) Actress Shu Qi attends 'The Second Woman' Beijing premiere at Yonghe Science Park on March 1, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

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PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 29: Fashion designer Zhu Wen (R) and her friend Tian Tian attend the China In Paris: Cocktail Party - Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2012 at the Salon France-Ameriques on February 29, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Foc Kan/WireImage)

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A deputy to the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region speaks to journalists as he arrives in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2012. The Fifth Session of the 11th NPC is scheduled to open in Beijing on March 5. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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Let that be a warning to blokes that are into this body beautiful thing and take steroids.Girls will laugh at ya.

Whats more I think Shu Qi is nicer than another actress Dong Xuan whose being utilised to promote NZ

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The Fifth Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Saturday. As an open forum where the ruling CPC, non-Communist parties and people without party affiliation discuss state affairs freely and on an equal footing, the CPPCC is the manifestation of China's socialist democracy. [Photo: Xinhua]

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Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from around the country wait for the opening of CPPCC annual session that is slated to kick off at 3 p.m. in Beijing. [Photo: China.org.cn]

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Police patrol outside the Great Hall of the People before the opening session at the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 3, 2012.

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Hostesses pose outside the Great Hall of the People after the opening session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 3, 2012.

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Armed police officers patrol near a tunnel of the Qinghai-Tibet railway on Kunlun Mountain in northwest China's Qinghai Province, March 3, 2012. The watchhouse of the tunnel was built on an elevation of 4,772 meters.(Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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Villagers dig well to get water in Longwu Township of Honghe Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 2, 2012. Since December 2011, the drought ravaging Yunnan's 15 prefectures and municipalities, has left 3.19 million people and 1.58 million livestock short of drinking water, according to the provincial government. Meteorological authority carried out artificial precipitation on Friday and Saturday when weather permitted. (Xinhua/Hu Yanhui)

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Girls dance as they celebrate the New Year of Tibetan Calendar in Damxung County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 2, 2012. Friday is the 9th day of Tibetan's Water Dragon year. According to the traditions, a series of celebrations will be held in the first fifteen days of the new year. (Xinhua/Wen Tao)

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A villager and his child are seen at a voting center in Wukan Village of Donghai Township in Lufeng City, south China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2012. Thousands of people in south China's village of Wukan went to polls Saturday to elect a new village committee, several months after staging massive protests over illegal land sales and other issues. The villagers cast their ballots at a voting center set up on a village school campus from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. Saturday. The results are due late Saturday night. Twenty-two candidates delivered public speeches on Wednesday to woo votes. The village committee includes at most seven members, including a chief and two deputy chiefs. A 50-percent turnout is required to validate the election results, and winning candidates are required to take at least half of the votes. An additional election would be held Sunday if fewer than three people obtain the required number of votes. Saturday's voting marked the last phase of a three-phase election that has resulted in the selection of an 11-member election committee and 109 village representatives thus far. Voters are required to show identification and obtain written authorization before they can cast their votes. The voter turnout was 81.4 percent Saturday, sustaining the high levels seen during the last two elections and indicating the villagers' enthusiasm for more open and transparent direct elections. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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A visitor looks at the exhibited tea-sets on an exhibition for creative gifts and crafts in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2012. Over 700 exhibitors from home and abroad participated in the 2012 Beijing International Creative Gifts and Crafts Exhibition which kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

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A protester wearing a facemask saying 'protest' displays a placard against the imports of US beef in front of the Agriculture Council during a demonstration in Taipei on March 3, 2012. Officials said on March 2 that a top US trade official has put off a scheduled visit to Taiwan as local health authorities intensified checks on US beef imports containing the banned drug ractopamine. The announcement came at a sensitive time as health officials in several cities across the island conducted checks on US beef products after a growth drug banned in Taiwan was found in some items. The additive ractopamine is the active ingredient of 'Paylean'. The ractopamine is banned by Taiwan, China and European Union due to human health risk concerns but allowed by 26 countries, including the US, Canada and Brazil.

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Protesters march to voice their dissatisfaction with the territory's leader, Chief Executive Donald Tsang, in Hong Kong on March 3, 2012. Protesters also called for direct elections in the southern Chinese territory ahead of elections on March 25. Tsang, whose term is up in June, promised on March 1 during a speech in the city's legislative body to cooperate with an investigation into his alleged ties to rich tycoons, after revelations of his jaunts on private jets and yachts and denied he had breached bribery laws.

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A woman activist from Taiwan's Green Party holds a photo featuring a five-year-old girl diagnosed with brain tumors, wearing a type of mask in preparation for a brain scan, reportedly caused by nuclear power waste, during a press conference held in Taipei on March 1, 2012. Conservationist groups say they suspect that the girl, a resident on the offshore Lanyu (Orchid Island), was caused by the more than 100,000 barrels of low-radiation nuclear waste stored on the island.

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Chinese actress Zhang Xinyu [Photo/enorth.com.cn]

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