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"Signs taped to the walls from long ago are shown inside the Sam Wo restaurant in Chinatown in San Francisco, Friday, April 20, 2012. The 100-year-old Chinese restaurant known for having "the world's rudest waiter" is shutting its doors and serving its last customers Friday. "

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it never went out of style

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An ethnic Kyrgyz sheep vendor holds a bundle of Chinese 100 yuan banknotes as he squats with his father while awaiting customers at a market in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region April 22, 2012.

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100yr old restaurant has pedigree. By the look of it , it wouldnt have changed much since the first day it opened itas doors. Someone ought to have bought it and kept it going.

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David Ho, who has owned Sam Wo for the past 30 years, revealed this week that he could not afford to bring the building, with its precarious concrete balcony and idiosyncratic kitchen, up to health and safety standards. Come Saturday, the doors will be closed for good. The owners plan to appeal the health department's findings at a hearing next week, but they concede that reopening could prove too costly.

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Combo of three pictures shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao fitting heavy duty battery connectors together as they visit the Phoenix Contact stand during a tour of the Hannover Messe (Hanover Fair), in Hanover April 23, 2012. According to the organisers, focusing on trends and solutions for sustainable industrial production, 'greentelligence' will be the recurrent theme throughout this year's fair edition running from April 23 to 27, 2012. Around 5,000 exhibitors from various industrial sectors will showcase their products. China is the fair's partner country in 2012.

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Models unveil the Lamborghini URUS concept SUV next to Lamborghini President and Chief Executive Officer Stephan Winkelmann at Auto China 2012 in Beijing April 23, 2012. Global car makers are counting on China to maintain growth in their premium offerings, even as all the signs point to an overall slowing in the world's largest auto market. Even conservative forecasts have China's automobile market surging to 30 million vehicles a year by 2020 from last year's 18 million.

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A model walks between Honda 'Fit' cars at the Auto China 2012 car show in Beijing on April 23, 2012. Beijing is hosting the Auto China 2012 exhiition in which top world carmakers will roll out a host of new models as they scramble for an edge amid sharply slowing sales in the planet's largest automobile market. The show runs until May 2.

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Visitors look at a robotic hand at the stand of the Chinese Harbin Institute of Technology at the "Hannover Messe" industrial trade fair in Hanover April 23, 2012. The world's leading fair for industrial technology, with about 5,000 exhibitors from 69 nations, runs till April 27 with China as this year's partner country.

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Two men eat their lunch before a poster advertising the Auto China 2012 car show in Beijing on April 23, 2012.

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This picture taken on April 22, 2012 shows Chinese workers checking power lines in Haikou, south China's Hainan province. China relies on coal for nearly 70 percent of its energy needs, which have soared in recent years as the country's economy grew at a blistering pace.

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The picture taken on April 22, 2012 shows a Chinese worker checking power lines in Haikou, south China's Hainan province. China relies on coal for nearly 70 percent of its energy needs, which have soared in recent years as the country's economy grew at a blistering pace.

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Marco Fu of Hong Kong plays a shot during his first round match of the World Championship Snooker tournament against Matthew Stevens of Wales at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, north-west England on April 23, 2012.

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ANAHEIM, CA - APRIL 22: A baseball fan holds Taiwanese flags in support of pitcher Wei-Yin Chen #16 of the Baltimore Orioles (not in photo) from Taiwan, prior to the MLB game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on April 22, 2012 in Anaheim, California.

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Models pose for exhibitors at China International Photograph & Electrical Imaging Machinery and Technology Fair(China P&E), which is held from April 20 to 23 in Beijing. Since its debut in 1998, China P&E builds a perfect platform for communication for exhibitors, distributors and consumer. [Photo/By Daniel Deng/China.org.cn]

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Children pick comic books at a market along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2012. More than 100 kinds of classic comic books created from 1950 to 1980 were displayed at the market here on Sunday to greet the 2012 World Book and Copyright Day, which falls on April 23. [Xinhua]

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Muqimiya, recognized as the first beauty coach of yoga in Asia, is joined by thousands of people at the bank of the West Lake,Yangzhou, China's Jiangsu Province,April 22. This activity is to disseminate the healthy concept of green ecology and the harmony between nature and man. (Source:China news.com)

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kwaigonegin said:

China is a major manufacturer of almost every goods conceivable be it original, under license or imitation BUT I've always wondered why they never got into cameras and consumer photography devices, equipment etc.
Are there even chinese branded cameras out there? If there are it sure isn't known outside of China for sure.

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kwaigonegin said:

China is a major manufacturer of almost every goods conceivable be it original, under license or imitation BUT I've always wondered why they never got into cameras and consumer photography devices, equipment etc.
Are there even chinese branded cameras out there? If there are it sure isn't known outside of China for sure.

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bd popeye said:

Not sure if you knew but this is why they closed. Follow the link. A very interesting article.

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paintgun said:

not that i know of, high end cameras/SLR is another field where expertise is highly guarded and hard to earn

if there is profit to it i'm sure Chinese producers can come up with something high end, but the market is dominated by Nikon and Canon. and noone will look to other brands, it always boil down to those two kings of the hill

why go out make your own brand and risk investment, while you already making profit manufacturing them

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paintgun said:

it never went out of style

actually i'm more interested with the shapely dancers pic above, Converse shoes was the one caught your eyes? tsk tsk

it's also intriguing (for quite some time for me) that women and the general culture/people are not shy of showing alot of skin in China, overseas Chinese i think are more conservative with that

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Equation said:

Oh those Chinese dancers caught my eyes alright...I just need to behave better and control myself before I lose myself by the moderators.

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I would LOVE to be in front and center with her when she's teaching one of her classes. I don't care if I was the only guy there.

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kwaigonegin said:

Makes you wonder what that cop on the left is looking at in his viewfiinder of his SLR with telephoto lens. I don't think he was shooting wildlife scenaries

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The national flags of South Sudan and China (R) are displayed in front of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao, during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 24, 2012. Hu told Kiir on Tuesday that he hoped for calm and restraint between the two Sudans, state television reported. Kiir's visit to Beijing comes days after he ordered troops to withdraw from the oil-rich Heglig region after seizing it from Sudan, a move that brought the two countries to the brink of all-out war.

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Ding Junhui of China plays a shot during his first round match of the World Championship Snooker tournament against Ryan Day of Wales at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, north-west England on April 24, 2012.

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Canadian film director James Cameron shows his palm after making a handprint following a seminar on 3D technology and film cooperation during the second Beijing International Film Festival at the China National Film Museum in Beijing April 24, 2012.

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A security guard stands in front of an Apple store in downtown Shanghai in this February 18, 2012 file photo.

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A model poses with a Roewe 950 displayed at the Auto China 2012 exhibition in Beijing on April 23, 2012. Major carmakers gathered in Beijing for China's leading auto show, seeking an edge in the world's largest automobile market after a sharp slowdown in growth.

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 23: A model stands beside a Bugatti during the media day of the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition at Beijing International Exhibition Center on April 23, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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A Hu wine vessel, left, and a He wine vessel are displayed as part of the "Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor " exhibit at Discovery Times Square, in New York, Monday, April 23, 2012. The exhibition features artifacts dating back to 221 BCE, including the world premiere of a set of gates from an ancient Han burial chamber, the U.S. debut of more than 20 artifacts, and an up-close look at 10 of the authentic, life-sized clay soldiers and their armor.

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Chinese actress Fan Bingbing walks in during the red carpet event for the 2nd Beijing International Film Festival in Beijing on April 23, 2012. More than 260 films from across the word will be screened during the festival from April 23 to 28.

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 23: Hong Kong model and actress Angelababy arrives for the red carpet of 2nd Beijing International Film Festival at China National Convention Center on April 23, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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