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Israeli pianist Arie Vardi plays 4-hands with Chinese 8-year-old pianist Wang Yalun during the Chinese-Israeli Piano Master Classes in Jerusalem Music Center on Jan.1, 2013. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

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Artist Chen Forng-Shean shows his miniature sculpture work at his studio in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Jan. 1, 2013. Chen Forng-Shean, the Taipei artist for miniature sculpture, has been working on miniature sculpture for over 30 years, producing many works awarded the Guinness World Record. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

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A Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim prays at the Kumbum Monastery in Huangzhong County, about 25 km away from Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, Jan. 2, 2013. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)

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Tourists pose for photo in front of a snow sculpture of South Korean rapper Psy in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 2, 2013. Psy's music video of "Gangnam Style," featuring the horse-riding dance, became a global sensation this year. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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People gather to mourn for the deceased firefighters who lost lives in a rescue operation on Tuesday at the Hangzhou Yusei Machinery Co., Ltd in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 2, 2013. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

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Policemen gather to mourn for the deceased firefighters who lost lives in a rescue operation on Tuesday at the Hangzhou Yusei Machinery Co., Ltd in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 2, 2013. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a tannery in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, January 3, 2013. A fire broke out in the Hongdeli Tannery at about 0750 hrs local time on Thursday at Wenchang Road in Wenzhou city. There were no casualties, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily

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Beijing 01.02.2013..... Employees take their meal near a heater at a shop selling variety of Chinese traditional dresses in Beijing.

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Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2013 shows the snow-shrouded scenery at Gaomiao Town of Hongya County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Gaomiao Town, having a history of over 700 years, received heavy snowfall Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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A tourist feels the snowflakes at Gaomiao Town of Hongya County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Gaomiao Town, having a history of over 700 years, received heavy snowfall Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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Tourists visit the "ice waterfall" by the Qinling Mountains in Huxian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 3, 2013. People's New Year holiday mood wasn't affected by the dropping temperature in most parts of China. (Xinhua/Jiao Hongtao)

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A boy feeds pigeons at the square of Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, on Jan. 3, 2012, the last day of the New-Year Day holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)

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Students prepare for the upcoming National Entrance Examination for Postgraduate (NEEP) at a classroom in Anhui University in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Examinees taking the NEEP scheduled on Jan. 5 have rocketed up to 1.8 million this year, hitting an all-time high. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)

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Students taking the upcoming National Entrance Examination for Postgraduate (NEEP) discuss at a corridor in Anhui University in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 3, 2013.

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Models present flowers at a press conference aimed at promoting the upcoming Seventh Hong Kong Lunar New Year Flower Market in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 2, 2013. The flower market is to kick off on Jan. 25, 2013. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei)

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A man eats free porridge with his wife near the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Some 500 portions of porridge were provided for the tourists here every noon during the three-day New Year's Day holiday. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao

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Houston Rockets' Jeremy Lin (L) goes to the basket during the NBA basketball game against New Orleans Hornets in Houston, the United States, Jan. 2, 2013. Rockets won 104-92. Lin contributed a paltry 9 points despite playing 41 minutes. (Xinhua/Song Qiong)

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Finalist of Miss Tourism World in China

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Yuan Lihai (C) talks to investigators at a site of a fire accident in Lankao county, Henan province, January 4, 2013. A fire at a residential building killed seven children and left one, who is being treated in hospital, on Friday morning according to an initial investigation. Locals said a woman named Yuan Lihai used the home to shelter orphans and abandoned children. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Xinhua News Agency reported.REUTERS/Stringer

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| A damaged room is seen at the site of a fire accident in Lankao county, Henan province, January 4, 2013. A fire at a residential building killed seven children and left one, who is being treated in hospital, on Friday morning according to an initial investigation.REUTERS/Stringer (

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Soldiers inspect a port where boats are stranded in ice, in Yingkou, Liaoning province, January 4, 2013. Sea ice continues to occur in some Chinese coastal provinces as a result of recent cold waves according to Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/China Daily

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Hong Kong Customs & Excise Department Port Control Group Head Vincent Wong (C), Containers Terminal Divisional Commander Clare Kwan (R) and Agricultural, Fisheries & Conservation Department Endangered Species Protection Officer Azaria Wong hold a news conference regarding their seizure of illegal ivory, in Hong Kong January 4, 2013. According to the customs department, 779 pieces of ivory tusks from Kenya weighing about 1,300 kg and worth about HK$10.6 million ($1.36 million) were confiscated from an imported shipping container sent from Malaysia to the Hong Kong port. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (

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A bridegroom kisses his wife as they pose for pictures under the Chinese national emblem after having their marriage registered at a civil affairs branch office in Wuhan, Hubei province, January 4, 2013. The date numbers 201314, when pronounced in Mandarin, sounds similar to "Ai Ni Yi Sheng Yi Shi", which means "loving you for my whole life" in English. Hundreds of thousands of people throughout China made appointments to register their marriages on the day, according to local media. REUTERS/Stringer

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Young couples wait for their marriage certificates at a civil affairs branch office in Qingdao, Shandong province, January 4, 2013.

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Investors look at computer screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai January 4, 2013. Mainland China shares eked out a gain to start 2013, with a rise in property counters on anticipated demand helping reverse midday losses as investors returned on Friday from a three-day New Year holiday. REUTER/Aly Song

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JANUARY 03: Singer Elva Hsiao attends a charity event for children on January 3, 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Anti-government protesters, surrounded by police officers, block the main road in downtown, on New Year's Day in Hong Kong Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 to call for the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Several hundred members of a small radical group briefly blocked roads after they were stopped by authorities from marching to Leung's official government residence. At one point, protesters pushed and shoved with police. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Chinese and foreign tourists throw snowballs near the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 4, 2013. Citizens and tourists enjoyed the snow-covered landscape of West Lake here on Friday after northern and central Zhejiang received continuous snowfall since this Thursday. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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A tourist visits the West Lake with a pet dog in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 4, 2013.

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Passengers are seen at the Changshui International Airport in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 4, 2013. Flights have resumed at Kunming's Changshui International Airport as the dense fog that hit the airport on Jan. 3 began to lift on Friday afternoon. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)

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Huang-Hsiang Sun (R), general manager of China Airlines, issues a membership card to Lin Chiling, a famous model from Taiwan, during the press conference in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Jan. 3, 2013. China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines from mainland and China Airlines from Taiwan on Thursday signed an cooperation contract and launched the"great China, fly together" program, aiming at providing better services by sharing resources together. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

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Rescue vehicles wait on the fire accident site in Lankao County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 4, 2013. A fire broke out in a residential building in Chengguan Township of Lankao County at about 8:30 a.m. on Friday and was extinguished about two hours later. Four children were killed on the spot, three died on the way to hospital and one other is still being treated in the hospital. An initial investigation showed that the accident site was an adoptive family where the children killed and injured lived in. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Xinhua)

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Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2013 shows a destroyed bed at the fire accident site in Lankao County, central China's Henan Province. A fire broke out in a residential building in Chengguan Township of Lankao County at about 8:30 a.m. on Friday and was extinguished about two hours later. Four children were killed on the spot, three died on the way to hospital and one other is still being treated in the hospital. An initial investigation showed that the accident site was an adoptive family where the children killed and injured lived in. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

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Yuan Lihai, the owner of the adoptive family suffering from fire accident, is investigated at the fire accident site in Lankao County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 4, 2013. A spokesman for the Lankao county government said the fire, which broke out around 8:30 a.m., was contained within two hours. Four children died at the scene of the fire, while another three perished on their way to a local hospital. The house is apparently a private orphanage, as local residents said a woman named Yuan Lihai has used the home to shelter orphans and abandoned children. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

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A staff member inspects the fire accident site in Lankao County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 4, 2013.

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A staff member shows a smaller-size page of "year of snake" stamps at Handan Post Office in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 4, 2013. The lunar year 2013 is the "Year of the Snake" in the Chinese zodiac. The stamp of "year of snake" will be released by China Post on Jan. 5. (Xinhua/Hao Qunying)

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Trucks are stranded on the Nanchang-Zhangshu section of the Shanghai-Kunming highway in east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2013. Vehicles were blocked in a traffic jam on the highway for a couple of hours due to a heavy snowfall in Jiangxi on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)

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A truck veers off the road on the snow-covered Nanchang-Zhangshu section of the Shanghai-Kunming highway in east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2013. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)

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A truck overturns on the icy road at the Changzhang section of the Shanghai-Kunming expressway in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2013. The snowfall which hit most areas of Jiangxi on Friday disrupted expressway traffic, causing several car accidents. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)

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Children play with the small hand lanterns featuring a cartoon snake during a news conference at the Grand Hotel in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Jan. 4, 2013. The conference held on Friday was to issue the shapes of the main lantern and small hand lantern of 2013 Taiwan Lantern Festival. The festival will kick off in Taipei on Feb. 24. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

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Visitors view an exhibition which displays the works of Zhang Zexun, the fifth-generation descendant of Tianjin-based clay sculpture art Clay Figure Zhang, in south China's Macao, Jan. 4, 2013. The exhibition will be held at the UNESCO Centre of Macao from Jan. 4 to 13. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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Pianist Lang Lang gives performance during the new year concert "Chopin In My Mind" in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 2, 2013. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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So sad to hear so many young lives taken away. I wouldn't be surprise if the fire was cause by an electrical outlet or heater.

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