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Wu Jingyu, left, who won a gold medal in taekwondo at the 2012 London Olympics, issues trophies to students. Beijing No 5 Middle School held its opening ceremony on Aug 31. Olympic gold medalists Chen Yibing, Xu Anqi and Wu Jingyu participated in the opening ceremony. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A woman buys flowers at a flower stand in Huangshan, East China's Anhui province, Aug 22, 2012. [Shi Guangdong/Asianewsphoto]

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A teacher paints a red spot on a pupil's forehead during a ceremony to mark the start of the school year at Fuzimiao, or Confucius Temple, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Sept 1. New pupils dressed in traditional Chinese costume. [Yang Duoduo/China Daily]

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A teacher puts a red dot on a first-grader's forehead in Beijing Leifeng Primary School on Sept 1. The school held a writing ceremony to help the students learn about the traditional virtues and culture of China. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A student passes by a LCD screen which shows an advocated hairstyle in Beijing No 171 middle school on Aug 31, 2012. Whenever the school term starts the school shows hair and dressing norms with example photos displayed on large LCD screens. According to the norms, girls should not dye or curl their hair, long hair must be tied back and no makeup or nail polish can be worn. Boy students should not have facial hair, long hair or a shaved head. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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Dongfanghong Primary School in Yichang, Hubei province, holds the school's opening ceremony on Sept 1, 2012. [Photo by Liu Junfeng/Asianewsphoto]

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A primary school student hands a red balloon symbolizing blessings to his teacher in Kunminglu Primary School in Tianjin on Aug 31. Middle schools and primary schools in Tianjin opened on Aug 31. Kunminglu Primary School asked students to share what they learned during the summer holiday. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Vice Principal Gao Manhong of Fuxue Hutong Primary School in Beijing handed out textbooks to students at the opening ceremony. Most middle schools and primary schools opened on Sept 1. Many students got their textbooks for the new semester and started their school life. [Photo/Xinhua]

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An ancient supervolcano discovered by geologists in Southeast Hong Kong on Aug 30, 2012. A volcano is defined as "super" when it erupts more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of ash. This supervolcano last erupted 140 million years ago. [Photo/Xinhua]

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NBA star Kevin Durant, right, defends an attack from a young basketball player during a basketball camp in Hong Kong, on Aug 30, 2012. Durant shared his experiences and skills of basketball with young players at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Hong Kong is the third stop of Durant's China trip after Xi'an and Shanghai. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Three-year-old Wang Ziqi makes his journey for the first day of preschool in Changchong village, Macheng city in Central China's Hubei province, Sept 1, 2012. Following little Wang are his sister and grandmother carrying the desk and chair he will use to study. Due to a shortage of desks and chairs, students in Nangang and Changchong villages of Shunhe town in Hubei province have been asked to bring their own school furniture. The schools in Shunhe town have a total of 5,000 students, but there are only 2,000 desk and chairs available. The other 3,000 have been provided by the families of students.[Photo/CFP]

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A mother rides a motorbike with her daughter and a desk on the back for the first day of school in Shunhe town, Macheng city in Central China's Hubei province, Sept 1, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

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A boy sits behind a tea table that has been provided by his family in Changchong village, Macheng city in Central China's Hubei province, Sept 1, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

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The first day of school caused teachers at one primary school in Jinan, Shandong province, to do a double take. For the new semester brought five sets of twins in the same grade one class at Dianliu No 1 Primary School on Sept 3, 2012. The ten have become "stars" in their class and teachers find it difficult to distinguish them. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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Sun Wenxia, 74, exercises in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Photo by D J Clark / China Daily

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Visitors take photos of a transformer at exhibition of China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2012. The 8-meter tall transformer was produced by SANY Goup. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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Members of the investigation team enter the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 4, 2012. An investigation team established by the State Council arrived at the exploded mine to look into the accident on Tuesday. Death toll from last Wednesday's colliery blast at the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine has climbed to 45, with one still missing, authorities said. The mine was struck by a gas blast at around 5 p.m. on Aug. 27, trapping about a third of the 154 miners who were working underground and injuring 54 others, 17 of them seriously. (Xinhua/Deng Liangkui)

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Firemen participate in a drill to handle the explosion of some chemicals in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2012. Local fire department held a drill in Yinchuan on Tuesday to examine and improve the response of firemen under emergent situations. (Xinhua/Liu Quanlong)

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Performing artist Liu Yan attends the opening ceremony of the 2nd Street Snap Competition in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2012.

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Contestants attend the opening ceremony of the 2nd Street Snap Competition in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2012. The competition, which will last for two months, opened in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

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In Shunhe town, Macheng city of Central China's Hubei province, some students will no longer have to bring their own desks. On Sept 4, 2012, many desks were carried back home. The schools are short of desks and chairs, as the town has more than 5,000 students and 3,000 of them have to bring their own. The city government of Macheng has provided 32,000 sets of desks and chairs for local primary and middle schools and will allocate 5 million yuan ($787,000) to meet the demand of all the students. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A classroom equipped with new desks and chairs in Shunhe town, Central China's Hubei province, Sept 4, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Policemen check a manta ray, weighing over 1,000 kilograms, caught by fishermen in Taizhou, a coastal city in East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 3, 2012. The creature measures about eight meters in width and will be cut into pieces to be sold. Manta rays are typically found in tropical and subtropical waters. They feed on plankton, fish larvae and the like. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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Zhou Yongkang (L, front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and secretary of the Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, meets with S.W.A.T. police officers in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 3, 2012. Zhou made a two-day inspection tour in Anhui. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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Volunteers attend an inauguration ceremony before the sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 5, 2012. The sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos Forum, will be held in Tianjin on Sept. 11, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Chaoqun)

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A construction site after a cave-in is seen in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 5, 2012. An unknown number of people were trapped following the accident. The city's fire brigade has sent three teams of rescuers with life detectors to search for survivors in the rubble. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

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African apprentices practise kungfu under master Yanxiu's instructions at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2012.

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African apprentice Ngalle Emmanuel (L) practises kungfu at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2012. Ten apprentices from Africa have practiced kungfu and learned Shaolin culture at the Shaolin Temple since last November. The temple provides them with a five-year training program and accommodation free of charge. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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KFC buckets are put at the entrance of a KFC restaurant by a customer to protest its worker's irregularities during food production in Hankou city, Central China's Hubei province, Sept 4, 2012.

Mr Yang, 30, brought 22 sets of take-out KFC buckets and put them at the entrance of the restaurant in Hankou, Hubei province, on Tuesday.

The man said he has saw the chef of the restaurant making food without wearing gloves, hat and mask as KFC regulations state. Yang refused to eat the food and requested 20 sets of buckets as compensation, but the restaurant's manager refused.

Yang then tried to buy 2,000 family buckets after he didn't get any response from the restaurant and KFC customer hotline, but the KFC restaurant refused to sell the other sets to Yang.

YUM! Restaurants (China) Investment Company Limited, KFC's parent company, responded late Tuesday night, saying they discipline the workers and appreciate Yang's supervision.[Photo/CFP]

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African apprentices practice kungfu at the Shaolin Temple on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2012. Ten apprentices from Africa have practiced kungfu and learned Shaolin culture at the Shaolin Temple since last November. The temple provides them with a five-year training program and accommodation free of charge. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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