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Tourists visit the Laolongtou scenic spot in Shanhaiguan, Qinhuangdao City, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Shanhaiguan has received tourists of over 48,000 person times during the first 6 days of the 8-day-long holiday, 51.57% higher than the same period last year. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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Tourists visit the Nanjing Road in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 5, 2012. Shanghai has received visitors of over 5 million person times during the first 6 days of the 8-day-long holiday. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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Passengers leaving the Beijing Railway Station enter to a subway station in Beijing, China, Oct. 5, 2012. Railway in the capital city witnessed a travel peak on Friday, the sixth day of the week-long holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Holiday. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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A visitor bargains with an African seller at a products show held in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 5, 2012. A tour exhibition of products made in ten countries and regions were held here Friday. (Xinhua/Li Huangliang)

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A visitor takes a photo of commodities at a products show held in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 5, 2012. A tour exhibition of products made in ten countries and regions were held here Friday. (Xinhua/Li Huangliang)

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Volunteers distribute free steamed buns to visitors at the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Tourists can get free steamed buns and free tea at many scenic spots at the West Lake during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, which lasts from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Tourists from France barbecue with women from Miao ethnic group in Gaowen Village of Miao Autonomous County of Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 3, 2012. Tourists from home and abroad participated in a series of activities held by local people to celebrate China's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Long Linzhi)

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Audience cheer for people taking part in the tug-of-war game in Gaowen Village of Miao Autonomous County of Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 3, 2012. Tourists from home and abroad participated in a series of activities held by local people to celebrate China's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Long Linzhi)

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Singer Jolin Tsai holds a press conference promoting her new album "MUSE" in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Sept. 26, 2012. (Xinhua)

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Li Na of China returns the ball during the women's singles 3rd round match against Peng Shuai of China at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing China, on Oct. 4, 2012. [Xinhua]

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front) presents a bouquet for the victims of a landslide in the village of Zhenhe in Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 5, 2012. The landslide that occurred Thursday killed 18 primary school students and one villager. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

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A fire breaks out in the wake of vehicles' collision along a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Seven people died and another three were injured in a nine-vehicle pile-up early on Friday, authorities said. (Xinhua/Deng Gaohua)

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A fire fighter tries to put out a fire caused by vehicles' collision along a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Seven people died and another three were injured in a nine-vehicle pile-up early on Friday, authorities said. (Xinhua/Deng Gaohua)

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A fire fighter carries a passenger injured in the vehicle collision along a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 5, 2012

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Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2012 shows the site where a vehicle collision occurred along a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province.

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Two bodies are brought ashore by rescuers after a ship collision accident occurred in Yuanjiang City, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 6, 2012. The death toll has climbed to 11 after two ships collided Friday afternoon, local government said Saturday.

As of noon time, one person remained missing. A steel ship carrying 22 people collided with an unloaded sand carrier around 4 p.m. Friday at a river in Yuanjiang City. All the 22 onboard the steel ship fell into the river. Rescuers have salvaged 21 people, and 11 of them were confirmed dead, according to local government.(Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

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Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Zhenhe Village in Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 6, 2012. The landslide that occurred Thursday killed 18 primary school students and one villager. (Xinhua/Qin Qing)

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Passengers prepare to get on the train to head for Beijing, capital of China, at the railway station in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, Oct. 6, 2012. China witnessed a travel peak on Saturday, as many people were on their return trip on the seventh day of the eight-day holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. (Xinhua/Li Jian)

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Several senior tourists visit a scenic spot in Bozhou, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 4, 2012. During the 8-day-long holiday, many aged people in China enjoy themselves by traveling. (Xinhua/Liu Qinli)

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Newly-wed couples attend a group wedding ceremony in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 6, 2012. A total of 100 pairs of newly-wed couples from home and abroad took part in the group wedding. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Twins are seen at a get-together in Hsinchu, southeast China's Taiwan, Oct. 6, 2012. A get-together for twins was held here Saturday, with 200 pairs of twins participated. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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Muslims in Ningxia going for Mecca pilgrimage go through border check before boarding the charter flight at Hedong Airport in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 7, 2012. The first group of 332 Muslims in Ningxia going for pilgrimage in Mecca of Saudi Arabia left Yinchuan on a charter flight on Sunday. About 13,800 Muslims in China, including 2,642 from Ningxia, will go to Mecca for pilgrimage this year. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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Vehicles run past an entrance to the Zhengzhou Yellow River Highway Bridge in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Oct. 7, 2012. The 5,549-meter-long bridge, which was opened to traffic on Oct. 1, 1986, will stop charging toll from Oct. 8. (Xinhua/Li Bo)(mcg)

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Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2012 shows the site of an explosion in a residential building in the Nanshi District of Baoding, north China's Hebei Province. The explosion took place on Saturday afternoon. Three men were confirmed dead and thirty others were sent to hospital for rescue. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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Passengers wait to board trains at the Suzhou Railway Station in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 7, 2012

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Passengers wait to check in at the Suzhou Railway Station in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 7, 2012. The railway station witnessed a travel peak on Sunday, as many people were on their return trip on the last day of the eight-day holidays of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)

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A bullet train leaves the Nanjing South Railway Station in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 6, 2012. Many tourists chose to travel by high-speed railways during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays. (Xinhua/Yan Minhang)

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A performance is staged during the 2012 Kuandu Arts Festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Oct. 7, 2012. Artists from 14 countries and regions have been invited to give performances in the festival, which kicked off Sunday. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

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Citizens greet the arrival of Matsu statues during the 2012 Northern Taiwan Mazu Culture Festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Oct. 6, 2012. Mazu is the Chinese sea goddess. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

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Novak Djokovic (Front) of Serbia dances with the ballkids during the victory ceremony for the men's singles final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France at the 2012 China Open tennis tournament held in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 7, 2012. Djokovic won the match 2-0 and claimed the title. (Xinhua/Guo Yong)

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OCT 7th 2012 Beijing...A man stretches himself during a morning exercise session at a park in Beijing. REUTERS/Grace Liang

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Chen Mingzhi, a shoe designer, lies inside of his handmade 1.9 metre-long (6.23 foot-long) right shoe at his family store in Wenling, Zhejiang province September 27, 2012. Chen, new to the business of shoe-making, was challenged by a neighbour to create a big shoe. The leather right shoe weighs 38 kg (83.8 pounds) and took him two months to make at a cost of 2000 rmb ($317.30). REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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China's Vice President Xi Jinping listens to U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (not pictured) in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in this September 19, 2012 file photo. China risks economic malaise, deepening unrest and ultimately even a crisis that could shake the Communist Party's grip on power unless its next leader, Xi Jinping, pushes through stalled reforms, experts close to the government have warned. M REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files

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Drivers wait outside their cars during a traffic jam at an entrance of an expressway in Beijing, October 3, 2012. The Golden Week holiday, when millions of people take time out to travel and spend more than usual, brings huge discounts and promotions as retailers battle for market share. China's retail sales growth slowed during the Golden Week break, but demand was better than expected, and a raft of other data helped provide a snapshot of increasingly important sources of demand in the world's second-largest economy. Picture taken October 3, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily

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In this photo taken Thursday Oct. 4, 2012, Chinese paramilitary police move mud as they dug for children buried by a landslide in Yiliang county in southwest China's Yunnan province. All 18 elementary school students buried in the landslide were confirmed dead Friday, while one other person remained missing a day after the hillside collapsed and smothered part of a village in mountainous southwestern China. (AP Photo)

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Damage is seen on a ferry berthed at a pier on Lamma Island in Hong Kong October 3, 2012 after a collision with a company boat on Monday evening. Hong Kong police arrested six crew on Tuesday after a ferry and a company boat carrying more than 120 staff and family celebrating the mid-autumn festival collided, killing 37 people as the boat sank.

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Military honour guards participate in a national day rehearsal in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei October 7, 2012. Taiwan's national day will fall on October 10. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

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Washington Nationals pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, of Taiwan, throws during baseball practice, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in St. Louis. The Nationals and the St. Louis Cardinals are scheduled to play Game 1 in the National League division series on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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A man sets up a decoration featuring the "double ten" symbol, which is a combination of two Chinese characters for the number 10, during a national day rehearsal in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei October 7, 2012. Taiwan's national day will fall on October 10.

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Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2012 shows debris of a blast-hit residential building in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province. The death toll of an explosion that happened at around 3 p.m. last Saturday has climbed to eight, while 27 injured remain in hospital. (Xinhua/Gong Zhihong)

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Two residents carrying their baggage leave the blast-hit residential building in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 8, 2012. The death toll of an explosion that happened at around 3 p.m. last Saturday has climbed to eight, while 27 injured remain in hospital. (Xinhua/Gong Zhihong)

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Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2012 shows the outdoor scene of the Harbin West Railway Station in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

China on Monday showcased the world's first alpine high-speed rail line, which threads through the country's three northeastern provinces. A test train departed from Harbin West Station on Monday morning for Dalian, a port city in Liaoning Province. With a trial speed averaging 300 km per hour, the train completed the 921-kilometer journey in about four hours. Engineers with the railway project said the rail track built using cutting-edge technology can accommodate temperatures between 40 degrees Celsius below zero and 40 degrees Celsius above freezing. Trains will be able to run at an average of 350 km per hour on the line after safety tests are conducted. They have adopted the eight-compartment CRH380B train model built by China Northern Railways. The rail line, featuring 24 stations, is expected to go into normal operation by the end of the year.(Xinhua/Zhang Qingyun)

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Singer Jing Chang (front) poses for photos with her fans during the autograph session of her new album "Little Girl" in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Oct. 7, 2012. The new album was released on Sept. 22.[Xinhua]

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China witnessed a travel peak on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, as many people were on their return trip on the seventh day of the eight-day holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 09: Gilles Simon of France signs autographs after his match against Jurgen Melzer of Austria during the Shanghai Rolex Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on October 9, 2012 in Shanghai, China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 09: Workers inspect bicycles prior to the 2012 Tour of Beijing Professional Road Race at Tiananmen Square on October 9, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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Competitors in the Tour of Beijing cycle race, during the start of the five-day event, ride past a portrait of the former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Square October 9, 2012 The race, which was held for the first time last year, will cover a distance of 761.5 kilometers. REUTERS/David Gray

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By Andrew D. Bernstein

LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 08: Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Clippers poses for picture following his arrival with the team at Beijing Capital International Airport on October 8, 2012 to begin the first leg of the 2012 NBA China games in Beijing, China. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

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OCTOBER 08: Chris Paul of Los Angeles Clippers signs an autograph for a fan as teammate Blake Griffin looks on following the team's arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport on October 8, 2012 to begin the first leg of the 2012 NBA China games in Beijing, China.

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By Andrew D. Bernstein | National Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 08: Fans cheer on the arrival of the Los Angeles Clippers at Beijing Capital International Airport on October 8, 2012

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By ChinaFotoPress | ChinaFotoPress | Getty Images

BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 08: LeBron James and his Miami Heat team mates arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport before the first leg of the 2012 NBA China games on October 8, 2012 in Beijing, China

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OCTOBER 08: Los Angeles Clippers Assistant Coach for Player Development Howard Eisley (L) and Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport on October 8, 2012 to begin the first leg of the 2012 NBA China games in Beijing, China.

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The passenger plane CZ680 prepares to take off at Gansu Zhongchuan Airport in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 8, 2012. The passenger plane, which made a forced landing in Lanzhou on Monday afternoon after receiving an anonymous "terrorist threat," took off at about 10:45 p.m. Monday after a security check. [Xinhua]

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A man walks past a poster of a painting "Revolutionary Family Series – Invitation to Dinner" by Chinese artist Liu Wei at the Sotheby's autumn auction in Hong Kong Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The work sold for US$2.24 million set a world auction record for the artist. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Pedestrians walk on the piano-style stairs at the Wulin Plaza in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 9, 2012. The stairs are able to make relevant sounds when people foot on the "key" of its steps. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Young performers operate the shadow puppets during the International Design Festival in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 9, 2012. (Xinhua/Long Wei)

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A visitor takes photos of chinaware displayed during the International Design Festival in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 9, 2012. (Xinhua/Long Wei)

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A Chinese rocket loaded with Venezuelan satellite VRSS-1, a remote sensing satellite, lifts off from the launch pad in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province, September 29, 2012.

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Rescuers attempt to stop a man from committing suicide on a bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province, October 8, 2012. The man was rescued after he climbed onto the top of a bridge, attempting to jump off, over the Yangtze River and threatened his own life if his economic dispute could not be resolved. REUTERS/Stringer

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By Hong Wu | Getty Images News

QINGDAO, CHINA - OCTOBER 08: A resident on low-income washes clothes outside an old building as redevelopers plan to make way in the area for new residential complexes on October 8, 2012 in Qingdao, China. High property prices in China have seen an increase in new developments, this has led to many residents on low-income being forced to move.

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| An employee walks past new cars at the parking lot of Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. Ltd, Ford Motor's joint venture in China, in Chongqing Municipality, in this October 12, 2010 file photo. Mazda Motor Corp said on October 4, 2012 that sales in China for September tumbled 35 percent, one of the first signs that sales from Japanese automakers there are likely to weaken sharply on a row over islands claimed by both nations. Picture taken October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

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Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen, of Taiwan, throws to the New York Yankees in the second inning of Game 2 of the American League division baseball series on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Baltimore. Wei-Yin Chen outdueled the winningest postseason pitcher in MLB history, Andy Pettitte, in Game 2 of the American League Division Series, carrying the Orioles over the New York Yankees, 3-2, to even the best-of-five set. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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By Baltimore Sun | McClatchy-Tribune

Baltimore Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen is congratulated in the 7th inning after leaving the game during Game 2 of the American League Division Series at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, Monday, October 8, 2012. The Orioles won, 3-2.

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bladerunner said:

They look rather shabby when compared to the PLA on parade. The U.S.forces has the "snappiest/crispness look of the lot when they do all that parade ground marching stuffs. Those parade pants stuffed inside their boots gives the impression that they have shrunk in the wash.

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The PLA in a parade is spectacular.

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