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A man uses his mobile phone next to sculptures at the Apple Community in Beijing, July 29, 2012. The number of subscribers to third-generation (3G) mobile phone services in China increased by 47.33 million during the first six months of this year, as seen in the statistics released on Tuesday. The total number of 3G subscribers in China reached 176 million by the end of June, according to a statement by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on its website, Xinhua reported.

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A man rides a bicycle past an HSBC branch in Hong Kong on July 30, 2012. HSBC said on July 30 it took a provision of 700 USD million (571 million euros) to cover fines for failing to apply anti-money laundering rules but warned the overall cost could be 'significantly higher.'

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A protester from Occupy Central, part of the global Occupy movement, sleeps inside HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong July 30, 2012. HSBC's underlying profit dipped 3 percent from a year ago to $10.6 billion as Europe's biggest bank set aside $2 billion to cover U.S. law enforcement and regulatory costs and to compensate UK customers for mis-selling.

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A rail laying machine works at the rebuilding site of Liuzhou-Yongzhou section of Xianggui railway line in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 30, 2012. The Liuzhou-Yongzhou section is the only route for trains to inland provinces and cities from Guangxi. The 350.7-kilometer-long rebuilding rail route is expected to be put into operation in 2013. (Xinhua/Zhang Cunli)

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Workers carry rail laying equipment at the rebuilding site of Liuzhou-Yongzhou section of Xianggui railway line in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 30, 2012.

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An armed policeman works on a flooded road in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 30, 2012. A downpour hit the city on Sunday evening, causing the urban waterlogging and the torrential flood. More than 200 police members were dispatched for various rescue missions to guarantee the safety of pedestrians and vehicles. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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Firemen pump water from a flooded road in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 30, 2012.

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Rescuers wash out the rubble at the spot of the landslide in Lintao Expressway of Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, July 30, 2012. The rain-triggered collapse occurred early Monday, disrupting the traffic from Lintao to Lanzhou. The rescue is ongoing. (Xinhua/Zhang Meng)

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Two pedestrians walk on a flooded road in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 30, 2012. A downpour hit the city on Sunday evening and caused the urban waterlogging and the torrential flood along the Helan Mountain. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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Photo taken on July 26, 2012 shows the exquisite carving on a wooden bed during an exhibition in Taoyuan County, central China's Hunan Province. A total of 100 exquisite beds dating back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties were on display during the exhibition. (Xinhua/Zhao Zhongzhi)

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Collector Li Anhua views a carved wooden bed during an exhibition in Taoyuan County, central China's Hunan Province, July 26, 2012. A total of 100 exquisite beds dating back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties had been collected by Li in the past over two decades. (Xinhua/Zhao Zhongzhi)

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The 15th Harbin International Auto Show is held in Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center on July 30th. Some 472 manufacturers from 12 countries and regions participate in the show including Germany, the United States, Japan, South Korea, displaying more than 700 cars of new types. [Xinhua photo]

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A fishing fleet returns to Sanya Port in the southernmost province of Hainan, July 29, 2012, concluding its voyage of casting nets in the South China Sea. The 30-boat fishing fleet left Sanya Port on July 12 and arrived at Yongshu Reef, Zhubi Reef and Meiji Reef of Nansha Islands. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)

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Liang Yazhen, a fisherwoman casting nets in the South China Sea, plays with her granddaughter after returning to Sanya Port in the southernmost province of Hainan, July 29, 2012. The 30-boat fishing fleet left Sanya Port on July 12 and arrived at Yongshu Reef, Zhubi Reef and Meiji Reef of Nansha Islands. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)

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A vegetable vendor holds a banknote while napping at a market in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province Tuesday July 31, 2012.

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A woman talks on her mobile phone at the trunk of her car as she waits for rescue on a flooded street in Taiyuan, Shanxi province July 31, 2012. A total of eight people were killed and four are still missing after a rainstorm hit north China's Shanxi Province and northwest China's Gansu Province since Friday, local authorities said on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.

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Photo taken on July 30, 2012 shows the fishing boat on fire in the sea area of Dongchongkou in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian Province. Seven fishermen in the boat were rescued. One of them suffering from severe burns was sent to hospital. (Xinhua/Yuan Ziyou)

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Local officers help a fisherman escape from a fishing boat which is on fire in the sea area of Dongchongkou in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 30, 2012. Seven fishermen in the boat were rescued. One of them suffering from severe burns was sent to hospital. (Xinhua/Yuan Ziyou)

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Photo taken on July 30, 2012 shows the container terminals in Chongqing Lianglu/Cuntan Bonded Port, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. As China's first inland bonded port, Cuntan bonded area handled over 150,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers for import and export in the first six months this year, rising 10.6 percent year on year. Up to June, the investment for the bonded area reached 20 billion yuan (about 3.13 billion U.S. dollars) with the sales output value reaching 11.7 billion yuan (about 1.83 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Li Jian)

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Vistors take photos on the Wuhua Meadow in Guyuan County of Zhangjiakou City, north China's Hebei Province, July 29, 2012. Tourist volume in scenic zones of Wuhua Meadow soared as the summer vacation started. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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Fishermen tidy fishing nets on a fisher boat to prepare for fish catching in port of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, July 31, 2012. China has been implementing a summer fishing moratorium, lasting from May 16 to August 1, in some parts of the South China Sea, as a routine annual measure to rehabilitate marine resources. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)

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Photo taken on July 31, 2012 shows fisher vessels berthed in the port of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. China has been implementing a summer fishing moratorium, lasting from May 16 to August 1, in some parts of the South China Sea, as a routine annual measure to rehabilitate marine resources. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)

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Local officers help fishermen go back to port as Typhoon Saola approaches in coastal regions of Jincheng Village of Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 31, 2012. Typhoon Saola, the ninth typhoon of the year, is expected to reach seas off the northeast coast of Taiwan on Thursday and approach Fujian Province and east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday. Fujian Province has started to prepare to respond to possible disasters brought about by the typhoon, local authorities said Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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The 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu prays at the Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 31, 2012. The 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu visited the Tashilumpo Monastery, the traditional seat of successive Panchen Lamas, Tuesday. (Xinhua/Chogo)

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Beijing 30 July 2012...Showgirls at China Joy 2012

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Portuguese instructor Marco Borges (c) teaches VIP bodyguard trainees of a special training camp held by Genghis Security Acadamy (GSA), a professional VIP protection service provider, in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, July 30, 2012. A total of 109 bodyguard students, including 13 females, took part in the 21-day training camp which kicked off here on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Chuanqi)

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VIP bodyguard students participate in a special training camp held by Genghis Security Acadamy (GSA), a professional VIP protection service provider, in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, July 30, 2012. A total of 109 bodyguard students, including 13 females, took part in the 21-day training camp which kicked off here on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Chuanqi)

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A chicken scavenges for food in an alleyway in Beijing on July 31, 2012.

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A Chinese worker takes a rest behind a shop in Beijing on July 31, 2012.

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A Chinese paramilitary soldier walks down a street in Beijing on July 31, 2012.

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A Chinese boy eats snack food near the People's Liberation Army tanks on display at the Military Museum in Beijing Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. China marks Aug. 1 as the People's Liberation Army day.

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A customer eats chocolate ice cream served on a toilet shaped dish in a toilet themed restaurant in Shanghai on August 1, 2012. Themed restaurants in China have become popular recently to attract the growing middle class and their spending power.

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Staff members display mooncake glazed with Panda faces as part of the celebration of the upcoming Mid-Autumn festival during a media preview of the Food, Tea and Chinese Medicine Fairs in Hong Kong, Wednesday Aug. 1, 2012. More than 1,400 exhibitors from all over the world are expected to participate in the fairs.

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People brave winds and rain from an approaching typhoon in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Torrential rains from Typhoon Saola battered eastern Taiwan on Wednesday after killing at least 14 people and displacing 154,000 in the Philippines.

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DALIAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- A fire ripped through a Wal-Mart outlet in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Wednesday morning, local authorities said.

No casualties have been reported so far

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Rescuers are seen near a flooded coal mine in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012.

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Rescuers transport the waterpipes to the flooded pit in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

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A little girl sits on a displayed chair in a children's furniture market in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 1, 2012. A set of compulsory national standard on children's furniture is put into implementation on Wednesday, marking the end of only one set of standards on furniture for both adults and children. The new standards have clear and definite requirements on furniture for children's safety and health. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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Fire fighters put out fire in a warehouse of an electroplating factory in Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 1, 2012. The fire caused by an explosion ocurred Wednesday morning. No casualties have been reported so far. (Xinhua/Wang Tianrong)

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A villager looks through broken trees after cyclone in Hongyuzhuang Village of Tongjing Township in Linyi City, east China's Shangdong Province, July 31, 2012. A cyclone swept the town on Tuesday night, breaking 22 telegraph poles and damaging houses and croplands. (Xinhua/Du Yubao)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 01: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce these images) Ning Ding of China competes during her Women's Singles Table Tennis Gold Medal match against Xiaoxia Li of China on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL on August 1, 2012 in London, England.

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Chinese visitors shelter under umbrellas in the rain while waiting for the Qiantang River tides on the river bank in Haining in east China's Zhejiang province Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Typhoon Saola is expected hit eastern China, after moving across Philippines and Taiwan.

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Rescuers transport pipes into a flooded coal mine to drain out the water, in Hongtong county, Shanxi province, August 2, 2012. More than 600 rescue workers pumped water out of a flooded coal mine to rescue 12 trapped workers on Thursday in north China's Shanxi Province, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 1: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) leads Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (L) to speak to the press following a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on August 1, 2012 in Washington, DC.

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A girl rests during a training session at Hangzhou Chen Jinglun Sport school Natatorium, where Chinese Olympic swimmer Ye Shiwen also trained, in Hangzhou August 2, 2012. At the Chen Jing Lun Sports School in the picturesque city of Hangzhou, the slogan, "Today's sports school student, tomorrow's Olympics stars", that greets all who enter the compound was a prescient greeting for one little girl 10 years ago. London Olympics double gold medallist Ye Shiwen. The 16-year-old's powerful performances at the London Aquatic Centre propelled her to gold medals in the 200 and 400 metres individual medley, and a world record in the longer distance.

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A worker climbs down a conveyor after examining the belts at a private iron ore mine in Yangquan, Shanxi province, August 2, 2012. Chinese steel futures extended losses on Thursday to near a record low as a slowing economy inthe world's top steel producer and consumer crimped demand, with traders expecting even lower prices in the next few weeks.

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Firefighters deal with an explosion accident in Nanjiang County, Bazhong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 2, 2012. An explosion ripped through an office building in Nanjiang County of Sichuan Province on Thursday afternoon. Eleven people were injured, including four seriously, in an explosion that has ripped through an office building in Sichuan Province, local authorities said Thursday. An initial investigation indicated that the blast was caused by a natural gas leak, the county's publicity department said in a statement. (Xinhua)

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Children play at a fountain to relieve summer heat in Songhe Park in Luchuan County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2012. A heat wave continued to hit Guangxi Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

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Two car models present an automobile during a six-day automobile show in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2012. The 2012 Xinjiang International Automobile Industry Exhibition which lasts until Aug. 7 opened on Thursday, displaying more than 700 types of vehicles and 20 new cars from 10 exhibitors of home and abroad. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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08.02.2012...Pretty girl crowned as image ambassador to Songhua River

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A villager clears water in her waterlogged home in Ilan County, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 2, 2012. Typhoon Saola brought heavy rains around Taiwan, forcing most of the island's schools and offices to close Thursday. (Xinhua)

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An excavator clears mud on a road in Xinbei City, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 2, 2012. Typhoon Saola made its first landfall at 3 a.m. Thursday in Hualien, Taiwan, bringing heavy rains to the island and forcing most schools and offices to close on Thursday. (Xinhua/Hou Dongtao)

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A car moves on a flooded road in Ilan County, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 2, 2012. Typhoon Saola brought heavy rains around Taiwan, forcing most of the island's schools and offices to close Thursday. (Xinhua)

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A man looks at porcelain products at the 1st ceramics art festival in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 2, 2012. The festival, which kicked off on Thursday, will last for five days at Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)

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Workers repair a section of collapsed road in Chaoyang district in Beijing on Wednesday. (Photo/China Daily)

With persistent rains battering Beijing, the number of collapsed pavements has been soaring, the city's road and bridge maintenance authority said on Wednesday.

Since the floods on July 21, the Beijing Municipal Bridge Maintenance Management Group, a State-owned enterprise that repairs bridges and roads, has received nearly 300 calls reporting collapses.

"Our hotline operators have received about 25 calls a day after the heavy downpour," said an employee in the emergency information department of the group, who declined to be identified.

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Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2012 shows some franchised souvenirs made by Zindart Manufacturing Limited in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 1, 2012. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

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The old Chinese man Chen Guanming cycled his traditional Chinese tricycle from China to London. Here are his photographs with his rickshaw in Chinatown, central London[Photo/Agencies]

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