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Citizens try to dodge a downpour on a street in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 13, 2013. (Xinhua/Wu Zixi)

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Two workers clean the exterior of the landmark 468-meter-high Oriental Pearl Tower during the first general cleaning after its construction in 19 years in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 13, 2013. (Xinhua/Lai Xinlin)

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Visitors look at a robot which can both speak and dance during the 15th International Apparel Festival in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 13, 2013. (Xinhua)

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Participants of the 2013 Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant make moon cakes for pandas at the Chime Long Safari Park in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 13, 2013. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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Pupils of Seoul Overseas Chinese Primary School learn to bake moon cakes during an event to promote the traditional Mid-Autumn festival, in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 13, 2013. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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Visitors from China take pictures at the steam clock in downtown Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 12, 2013. According to Tourism Vancouver, figure showed that visitors from China were up 20 percent in the first half of 2013 from the same period of last year. Moreover, China has tied with Britain for the second most tourists to British Columbia, just behind the United States. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)

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A woman works by the Poyang Lake in Duchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 12, 2013. China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, has seen decreasing water level in recent days. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Photos taken on September 11, 2013 shows a tiger cub and its breeder at Zhengzhou Zoo in Henan province. [Photo/CNS]

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SteelBird said:

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kwaigonegin said:

no different here SB.. in the US we have glue sniffers, paint sniffers etc.. heck we even have folks who lick poison cane toads to get high!!!

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, new plastic iPhones 5C are displayed during a media event held in Beijing, China. Last year, eager buyers in Beijing waited overnight in freezing weather to buy the iPhone 4S. Pressure to get it — and the profit to be made by reselling scarce phones — prompted some to pelt the store with eggs when Apple, worried about the size of the crowd, postponed opening. Just 18 months later, many Chinese gadget lovers responded with a shrug this week when Apple Inc. unveiled two new versions of the iPhone 5. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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09.13.2013...Workers toil, and play cards, in the fur market in Chongfu township in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The 100-square-metre township, which houses over 100,000 residents, is known as the biggest fur designing, researching, producing and exporting center.The township is the home of 1,469 fur companies, according to its government website. (Reuters)

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People wait in line to visit the Oriental Pearl Tower in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Sept. 14, 2013. The 2013 Shanghai Tourism Festival kicked off Saturday. From Sept. 14 to Sept. 18, up to 52 scenic spots in Shanghai will have promotions and half-price tickets. (Xinhua/Lai Xinlin)

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Overseas Chinese perform lion dance at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Osaka, Japan, Sept. 14, 2013. The two-day, Fifth Mid-Autumn Festival was opened in Osaka on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ma Xinghua)

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09.12.2013...The tomb of Shangguan Wan'er (664–710), an influential female politician and poet during the regime of Empress Wu Zetian (690-705), is found near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport in Xianyang City of northwest China's Shaanxi province, according to the provincial cultural relics bureau on Monday. Archaeologists confirmed that the tomb belonged to Shangguan Wan'er from an epitaph that was seriously damaged when discovered. (Photo: ecns.cn)

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09.10.2013. Washington DC....Students From Maryland Howard County Chinese school welcome the top admiral of the PLAN, Admiral Wu Shengli

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, Xanadu, WangLuYao, AD2 attend Bikini swimwear activities in low cut dresses.. TUNGSTAR / Text and figure

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Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2013 shows the detained cruise Henna in Jeju Island, South Korea. The first batch of around 280 passengers on the detained cruise Henna in Jeju Island has departed from Jeju for China by plane at 3:20 p.m. local time on Sunday, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Jeju Island. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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Stranded Chinese passengers eat food on the detained cruise ship Henna in Jeju Island, South Korea, Sept. 15, 2013. The first batch of around 280 passengers on the detained cruise Henna in Jeju Island has departed from Jeju for China by plane at 3:20 p.m. local time on Sunday, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Jeju Island.

The cruise ship Henna, which was scheduled to sail at 4:00 p.m. local time Friday from Jeju to Incheon, was detained before departure by a Jeju court which received a seizure application on claims of legal disputes from a subsidiary company of Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd.. The first batch of around 280 of the 1,659 passengers on Henna returned Beijing Sunday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu) (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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Yu Zhenning, a nine-year-old boy on the detained cruise Henna in Jeju Island, gathers with his mother at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 15, 2013.

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Members of China International Search & Rescue Team (CISAR) cooperate during their training in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 15, 2013. The CISAR, which was established in April 2001, is a national-level professional search and rescue team in China. Members of the CISAR have conducted rescue work in major disasters both in and out of China. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

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Fishermen unload fish at a harbour in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 15, 2013. Good weather boosted harvests of fishing in Hainan. (Xinhua/Chen Weiwu)

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NBA Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose poses with fans during a promotional event as part of Rose's Asia tour in Hong Kong, September 13, 2013

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-khalifa before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 16, 2013. (Xinhua/Pang Xingle

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Han Lei, who has been charged with intentional homicide for killing a 34-month-old toddler, sits in the court at the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, Beijing, Sept. 16, 2013. The court began hearing the homicide case on Monday. After a dispute with the baby's mother over a parking space, Han lifted the girl from her carriage and hurled her to the ground in the Daxing District of Beijing on July 23. The girl was severely injured and died days later despite treatment. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)

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The detained Chinese cruise liner Henna is seen in Jeju, South Korea, Sept. 16, 2013. The detained Chinese cruise liner Henna departed from South Korea's Jeju Island for China at 8:30 p.m. local time on Monday with the rest of more than 50 passengers on board, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Jeju Island. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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Stranded passengers walk out of the staff exit at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 16, 2013. Most of the stranded passengers on the cruise Henna went back to China on Monday as the HNA Tourism, the Beijing-based operator of the Henna, has so far sent five chartered planes to South Korea to bring them back. The cruise Henna, with 1,659 passengers and a crew of 650 on board, was detained on Friday by a Jeju court, which received a seizure application on claims of legal disputes from a subsidiary company of Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

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Fishing boats start sailing from Shenjiamen Port in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 16, 2013. A total of 3,000 fishing boats in Zhoushan City started operation on Monday as the three-month-long fishing off season of East China Sea came to an end. (Xinhua/Hu Sheyou)

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A plane takes off from Daocheng Yading Airport, in Daocheng County, Garzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 16, 2013. Daocheng Yading Airport, the world's highest-altitude civilian airport, started operating on Monday. The traffic time between the county and the provincial capital of Chengdu is cut from two days by bus to 65 minutes by plane upon the operation of the new airport. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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Photos taken on Sept. 16, 2013 shows the terminal interior of Daocheng Yading Airport, in Daocheng County, Garzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

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Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan adds elegance to military style in her red army-cut dress at a product-launch event for a watch she endorsed in the coastal city in Xiamen, Fujian Province, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. [Photo: Enjoy Cultural Communication Workshop]

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September 16 7:00 am, during the morning rush hour aboard the just opened in Xi'an Metro Line four women in white wedding dresses carry signs about subway etiquette(?).

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On September 5..Local villagers loot paper towels from a truck roll over accident near Chengdu, Sichuan

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September 15, Sichuan Quxian, A bus and a truck collided on a bridge. 25 people were rescued and 16 were killed. Others suffered injuries.

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Wen Shengming, a veteran who fought in the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) during World War II, gives a salute out his house, in Tongchuan City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 14, 2013. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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Bao Honghai (R), a 93-year-old veteran who fought in the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) during World War II, recalls his memories about the war at home, in Tongchuan City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 14, 2013. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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People select goods during the first China-Arab States Expo in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2013. The expo was opened to the public on Tuesday.(Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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A villager shows the mud after a flood in Laoyoudian Village, Meichuan Township, in Minxian County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 17, 2013. Seven people died and another went missing after downpours and hailstorms lashed Gansu late Monday, the local authorities said Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wang Yanming)

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Villagers salvage a motor bike from house remains in Laoyoudian Village, Meichuan Township, in Minxian County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 17, 2013.

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Photo taken on Sept. 17 shows the Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court. The Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court on Tuesday sustained its verdict in the case of Lei Zhengfu, a former Chongqing official who was embroiled in a sex video scandal and later handed a 13-year imprisonment for bribery. (Photo: Xinhua)

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Ji Zhongxing, who is charged with causing a blast in the Beijing Capital International Airport in July, stands trial at the Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court, in Beijing, China, Sept. 17, 2013. Ji, a wheelchair-bound man from east China's Shandong Province, set off a homemade explosive device outside the airport's Terminal 3 arrivals exit on July 20, severely injuring himself. A police officer at the scene suffered minor injuries in the explosion. The Beijing Chaoyang District People's Procuratorate filed charges against Ji of causing an explosion on August 29. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)

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A cook makes moon cakes in a workshop in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 16, 2013. With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, a long queue appeared in front of a moon cake shop in Changsha. Chao Jinyun, founder of the shop, has studied in making handmade moon cake for over 40 years. All moon cakes are featured by traditional ingredients, workmanship, savors and simple package. With reasonable prices and a purchase limit due to the relatively low productivity, the shop attracted people from all over. (Xinhua/Bai Yu)

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Chao Jinyun (R) and a cook hold moon cakes in a workshop in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 16, 2013.

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Children take part in a knowledge contest on the Mid-autumn Festival at a kindergarten in Tianjin, Sept. 17, 2013. The Mid-autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese festival for the reunion of family members, will fall on Thursday this year. (Xinhua/Liu Dongyue)

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A teacher (1st L) introduces to the children the knowledge about the Mid-autumn Festival at a kindergarten in Tianjin, Sept. 17, 2013. (Xinhua/Liu Dongyue)

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Children show their painting on the Mid-autumn Festival at a kindergarten in Tianjin, Sept. 17, 2013

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September 16th, Chongqing City, excavators are ready to work on top of a tower. An old hi-rise is being demolished... Chen Chao photo

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Jing Zhenqing shows his handmade locomotive model at his studio in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 17, 2013. The 68-year-old veteran used to work on machinery production before retirement. He spent three years making this model with a real steam-power locomotive as the prototype. The miniature locomotive, 0.45 meter in height, could cruise on a railroad model. (Xinhua/Yang Xinyue)

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Cao Xinyuan (M), a master in seal cutting, painting and calligraphy, introduces knowledges about seal to Egyptian students in his studio in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 29, 2013. Cao, an artist born in 1960, is famous for his bird-and-insect seal cutting. Seal cutting, a traditional art of China, originated during the Period of Warring States (475-221 B.C.) and became popular during the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.). (Xinhua/Zhang Chuanqi)

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Giant panda cub nicknamed "Yuan Zai" tries to turn over at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Sept. 18, 2013. The female cub, born on July 6, weighs 4, 702g and is healthy. (Xinhua/Taipei Zoo)

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The cruise ship Henna arrives in the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port with the rest passengers, north China's Tianjin, Sept. 18, 2013. Most of the stranded passengers on the cruise Henna have returned to China by planes, and the rest them on the cruise were allowed to leave South Korea around 20:30 local time Monday. The cruise ship Henna, with 1,659 passengers, was detained on Friday by a Jeju court, which received a seizure application on claims of legal disputes from a subsidiary company of Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd. (Xinhua/Zhou Wei)

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A passenger of detained Chinese cruise liner Henna arrives in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 18, 2013. The detained ship, with the last batch of people on board, arrived in China's Tianjin city on Wednesday morning.

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Photo taken on Sept. 18, 2013 shows the court trial of Le Yan at the Nanjing Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. The court on Wednesday sentenced Le, a 22-year-old mother, to life in prison for intentional homicide after she left her two young daughters at home and let them starve to death. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2013 shows the west 2nd Ring road at the afternoon rush hour in Beijing, capital of China. Due to the coming of national holiday and a light shower, Beijing suffered from heavy traffic on the main roads on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Wen)

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American pilot David Riggs prepares for a test-fly in Faku County of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 16, 2013. A small aerobatic aircraft crashed into a lake in northeast China's Liaoning Province Tuesday, leaving the U.S. pilot Riggs missing and his Chinese translator dead, local authorities said. (Xinhua)

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Rescuers prepare to search for U.S. pilot David Riggs in a lake in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 17, 2013

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Rescuers search for the missing pilot at the aircraft crash area in Faku County of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 17, 2013. A small aerobatic aircraft crashed into a lake in northeast China's Liaoning Province Tuesday, leaving the U.S. pilot David Riggs missing and his Chinese translator dead, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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Dozens of fishing boats in Shanwei Village in Meizhou Town, southeastern Fujian Province catch fire on Sept. 17, 2013. Losses have been estimated at US$8.17 million. No casualties have been reported and an investigation is underway. [Photo/People.com.cn]

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