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In China there's a shortage of potential brides so..

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paintgun said:

awesome tracks, and trains
look at a country, look at the infrastructure
money well spent!



that's been a trend for soooo long
but you got to admit there is something alluring with those bamboo hats and long dresses

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A Chinese child poses for a family photo beside a Spot-Eye Cichlid fish at the Beijing Aquarium on May 30, 2012. The aquarium is the largest in China and shaped like a huge conch shell. State media named it a 'Beijing civilized Tourist Scenic Spot' and it houses more than 1,000 marine species and freshwater fish.

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Children view a Pacific white-sided dolphin at the Beijing Aquarium on May 30, 2012.

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Technicians sit in a control room at the State Grid vehicle battery recharging and exchange station in Beijing on May 30, 2012. According to government sources, China is to set aside around two billion yuan (320 million USD) as part of drive to cut carbon emissions and produce energy-saving vehicles.

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Former Argentine national coach Sergio Batista, left, and Shanghai Shenhua director Zhou Jun hold the club's jersey as they shake hands during a press conference Wednesday, May 30, 2012 in Shanghai, China. Batista became Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua's new head coach.

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A worker stands near molten steel flowing into a cauldron at a steel plant in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province Wednesday May 30, 2012.

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Liu Qiaoying, whose family lost four fifth of the abalones in a red tide, demonstrates a handful of dead abalones in Suao Township of Pingtan County, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 29, 2012. Abalone farms in the offshore waters of Pingtan have suffered from a red tide that occurred on May 25. Direct economic losses could be estimated at 220 million yuan (34.8 million U.S. dollars), as more than half of the area's 100 million abalones have died as a result of the algal bloom. Local authorities are making efforts to help abalone raisers minimize their losses. [Xinhua/Zhang Guojun]

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Ahead of the World Anti-Tobacco Day 2012, over 200 students from Zhentou Town middle school in China's Jiangxi Province form a live non-smoking sign. Additionally, their anti-smoking drawings and giant fake cigarettes aim to raise public awareness on the dangers of smoking. Statistics show China has over 0.3 billion smokers and 0.74 billion people suffering from second-hand smoke. About 1.2 million people die of tobacco- related illnesses every year. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

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Students of Wendeng Red Army Primary School of Shandong Province perform traditional operas during a show in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2012. Children across China joined in various activities in recent days to celebrate the upcoming International Children's Day, which falls on June 1. (Xinhua/Shen Peng)

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Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafik Abdessalem shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi (L) as the latter arrives to attend the 6th political and economic cooperation summit between the Arab League and China in Tunis May 30, 2012.

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A man wearing rabbit ears sits on a street on May 31, 2012.

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In these pictures taken on May 30, 2012, Chinese police take one (C) of 13 Chinese nationals seized by police in Sri Lanka over a 11.5-million USD telecom scam targeting people in China off the plane into custody upon their return back to Beijing. Most of the 482 people held were from China and Taiwan, as they were arrested there, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Fiji.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 30: Visitors view artwork in the 2012 Poly Spring Auction Exhibition at the National Agriculture Exhibition Centre on May 30, 2012 in Beijing, China. Beijing Poly International Auction scored 12.1 billion RMB (about US$ 2 billion) in 2011 and topped the first in Chinese art sales market.

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A woman sits in her food stall on May 31, 2012. China's state news agency has sought to dampen hopes of a major stimulus package to boost the slowing economy following days of market speculation, it said in an online report on May 30.

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Chinese bridal couples dance after their symbolic wedding in Fuessen May 31, 2012. 15 Chinese couples who already got married in China, travelled to Germany to repeat their promise of marriage at Neuschwanstein Castle, one of the most popular destinations in Europe.

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Chinese brides pose after their symbolic wedding in Fuessen May 31, 2012.

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Zhu Jun, owner of the Shanghai Shenhua football club kicks a ball before a friendly match between his team and Argentina CN Sports during the 2012 Shanghai International Football Tournament in Shanghai, May 31, 2012. Former Argentina manager Sergio Batista has been appointed head coach of Shanghai Shenhua to replace the sacked Jean Tigana, the big spending Chinese club said in a statement on Wednesday.

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A labourer walks down the stairway of a ship under construction at a shipyard in Yueqing, Zhejiang province March 27, 2012. Chinese shipyards are offering to sell vessels at discounts of more than 20 percent as builders look to protect market share from higher quality Asian rivals and stay afloat amid a wave of consolidation, industry sources said. Picture taken March 27, 2012.

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Bill, the mascot of the British and Irish Lions, poses with children inside a sport stadium in Hong Kong on May 31, 2012. Bill is being used to launch the one year to go programme celebrating the forthcoming rugby match between The British and Irish Lions and the all star Barbarians to be played in Hong Kong on June 1, 2013.

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Workers make preparation on the Xiangjiang North Bridge in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 28, 2012. A five-month project to replace stay cables of the bridge started recently. The bridge is opened to traffic in 1991. It is the first time to replace the stay cables of the bridge thoroughly. [Xinhua]

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Students of Baotou Road Primary School visit a ship of the coast guard in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, May 30, 2012. Children across China joined in various activities in recent days to celebrate the upcoming International Children's Day, which falls on June 1. [Xinhua]

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang looks downwards as he apologizes during a news conference in Hong Kong June 1, 2012. Hong Kong's outgoing leader Tsang tearfully apologized on Friday for his part in one of a series of corruption scandals that have embarrassed China, a day after an independent report called for him to be held more accountable

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Liu Zhenmin, Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of China to Geneva, delivers his statement during the special session of the of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, June 1, 2012. The Human Rights Council holds a special session on "the deterioration of the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the recent killings in Houla"

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Office in Taipei June 1, 2012. Ma said on Friday he was hopeful China's next rulers would maintain improving relations and that anointed leader Xi Jinping's understanding of cross-Strait issues would help keep economic cooperation on track.

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Hostesses gather outside a restaurant in Beijing on June 1, 2012.

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People play cards on a street in Beijing on June 1, 2012

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A man watches as others swim in a lake in Beijing on June 1, 2012.

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Women work at a textile factory in Huaibei in central China's Anhui province, Friday, June 1, 2012.

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A girl watches a performance to celebrate International Children's Day at a kindergarten for children of migrant workers, in Beijing June 1, 2012.

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A volunteer teaches children to dance to celebrate International Children's Day at a kindergarten for children of migrant workers, in Beijing June 1, 2012. China's Premier Wen Jiabao recently visited several children of migrant workers in central China's Hunan province and acknowledged the contributions migrant workers have made toward boosting China's economic growth, reassuring them that their children will be well taken care of in their absence, Xinhua news agency reported.

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A boy sits on a basin in a toilet at a kindergarten for children of migrant workers on International Children's Day, in Beijing June 1, 2012.

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This picture taken on May 31, 2012 shows Chinese actress Fan Bingbing arriving on the red carpet for the fashion show by 77-year-old designer Giorgio Armani at the 798 art complex in Beijing. Entitled 'One Night Only in Beijing', the show presented 12 autumn/winter collections and was billed as a celebration of 'over a decade of Armani in China'.

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This picture taken on May 31, 2012 shows Taiwanese actress Shu Qi arriving on the red carpet for the fashion show by 77-year-old fashion designer Giorgio Armani at the 798 art complex in Beijing.

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A model presents a creation by Italian fashion house Armani in Beijing on May 31, 2012.

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Xiao Cao, a 57-year-old gay man, shaves as he sits next to his partner in his eight-square-metre apartment in Shanghai. China's gay community has long been on the edges of society but it is gradually becoming more accepted. Cao, who is an unemployed drag queen, is one whose life lifts the curtain on a less romanticised view of Chinese homosexuals. Living in an eight-square-metre apartment behind a public toilet and with a monthly income of 500 yuan ($79) from social insurance, he passes his days dancing in public and spending time with friends at gay clubs. Picture taken April 22, 2012.

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Children perform in a show marking the Children's Day in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2012. Children gave a performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on May 29 to celebrate the upcoming Children's Day, which falls on June 1. [Photo: Xinhua]

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Children answer a curtain call after performing Yuju Opera in a show marking the Children's Day in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2012. [Photo:Xinhua]

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Students of Yanxing Primary School pose for a group photo during a visit to a botanical garden in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 30, 2012. Some 5,000 students of over 10 primary schools of Harbin visited the Heilongjiang Forest Botanical Garden on Wednesday. Children across China joined in various activities in recent days to celebrate the upcoming International Children's Day, which falls on June 1. [Xinhua]

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Children perform dance in a show marking the Children's Day in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2012. Children gave a performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on May 29 to celebrate the upcoming Children's Day, which falls on June 1. [Photo: Xin

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President Hu Jintao joins in the fun on Thursday at a party in the Children's Palace in Dongcheng district, Beijing, ahead of Children's Day on June 1. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Workers transport China's manned submersible Jiaolong to its mother ship the "Xiangyanghong 09" scientific exploration ship in Jiangyin, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 31, 2012. The Jiaolong would challenge a 7,000-meter dive to the Mariana Trench on June 3. [Xinhua]

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Artisans work on a bronze buddha statues in Baina Village, Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 30, 2012. Artisans of Baina Village have been making bronze buddha statues for over a century. The statues are produced based on orders placed by domestic and international customers. For some artisans, the orders have queued up to years into the future. [Xinhua]

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Fisherman on their boats at a fishing village in Tanmen town, Hainan province, next to the South China Sea, June 2, 2012. A two-and-a half month fishing ban began on May 16, 2012 in most parts of the South China Sea as part of ongoing efforts to rehabilitate the area's marine resources, according to fishery authorities, Xinhua News Agency reported

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China's coach Spanish Jose Antonio Camacho and China' midfielder Zhenh Zhi (L) arrive to give a press conference at the Cartuja stadium in Sevilla on June 2, 2012 ahead of the international friendly football match Spain against China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 01: Model Patina Lin Jia-qi attend the Montblanc international gala to celebrate the official opening of its new and biggest concept store in the world at the Montblanc Sanlitun Concept Store on June 1, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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In this picture taken on June 1, 2012, a group of children of migrant workers who are working in the big Chinese cities, queue up for their lunch at an illegal migrant school in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. Under China's complex residency laws, most migrant workers remain registered in their native towns and villages and do not qualify for the all-important hukou, or household registration permit, in the city where they live, and without this document, their children do not qualify for places in public schools, making the unregistered fee-paying migrant schools their only option.

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In this picture taken on June 1, 2012, a group of children of migrant workers who are working in the big Chinese cities, eat their lunch at an illegal migrant school in Hefei, east China's Anhui province.

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A boy runs on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 3, 2012,

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In this picture taken on June 2, 2012, an auctioner takes bids for the various artwork during the Poly 2012 Spring Art Auction in Beijing. Chinese auction houses in Beijing including Poly International, China Guardian and Council have broken Sotheby’s and Christie’s once dominant share of the China art market, as global art auction sales rose to a record 11.5 billion USD in 2011, with China cementing its spot as the top market with 4.79 billion USD in sales.

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Pope Benedict XVI looks as a Chinese family leaves the stage during a meeting with the families gathered for the celebration of the Feast of Testimonies at the 7th World Meeting of Families at Bresso Park in Milan June 2, 2012.

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Teo Dai Han, a Malaysian of ethnic Chinese descent, smokes a cigarette at the Chinese village of Pulau Ketam outside Kuala Lumpur May 18, 2012. Ethnic Chinese voters, upset over policies that favor majority Malays, have become increasingly alienated from Malaysia's ruling coalition, raising the risk of racial polarization and a slowdown in the pace of reforms. Support for Prime Minister Najib Razak among Chinese voters plunged to 37 percent in May from 56 percent in February, a survey by the independent Merdeka Center showed on Friday. It found 56 percent of Chinese were dissatisfied with the government, compared to 30 percent of Indians and 23 percent of Malays. Picture taken May 18, 2012.

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A Chinese flag is displayed in a cap as people gather to watch the daily national flag raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square in Beijing early on June 3, 2012.

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Student protesters sit on the ground in front of an installation depicting the 1989 pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, during a rally at Hong Kong's Victoria Park June 3, 2012.

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Photo taken on June 2, 2012 shows the group photo of Wu Bin and his wife in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Wu Bin, a 48-year-old Hangzhou bus driver lost no time to stop his vehicle and saved 24 passengers after a piece of iron broke through the windscreen and hit him badly. The driver died of the wounds on Friday in hospital. [Xinhua]

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The combined photo captured from surveillance video on June 2, 2012 shows the process of driver Wu Bin's stopping the bus after the fatal hitting. Wu Bin, a 48-year-old Hangzhou bus driver lost no time to stop his vehicle and saved 24 passengers after a piece of iron broke through the windscreen and hit him badly. The driver died of the wounds on Friday in hospital. [Xinhua]

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Participants line up to take part in an airline recruitment in Beijing, capital of China, June 2, 2012. More than 1,000 applicants attended the recruitment Saturday, through which 200 job vacancies of stewards and air safety personnel by the China Southern Airlines are offered. [Xinhua]

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