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A flash mob appears to celebrate the one-month anniversary of the operation of Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed rail on a square of the Wuyishan North Station in Wuyishan City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 28, 2015. The high-speed rail has brought an increasing number of tourists to Wuyishan, which is famous for its scenery. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right shakes hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as they attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Erdogan met with top Chinese officials Wednesday amid tensions over China's treatment of its Uighur minority and sensitive negotiations surrounding the possible purchase of a Chinese missile system. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

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A child plays with Chinese and Turkish national flags before a welcome ceremony for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, inspect a Chinese guard of honor during a welcome ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, are greeted by Chinese children jumping and waving Chinese and Turkish national flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, is shown the way by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Erdogan met with top Chinese officials Wednesday amid tensions over China's treatment of its Uighur minority and sensitive negotiations surrounding the possible purchase of a Chinese missile system. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

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The news is a little dated but this cowfish looks like a river dolphin to me

Researchers carry a cowfish from Poyang Lake, East China’s Jiangxi province, with the aim of transferring it to a new habitat as part of a project to ensure the survival of the species, on March 19 2015. There are only about 1,000 cowfish in China, with nearly half of the total number inhabiting the Poyang Lake. In recent years, the development of shipping as well as overfishing in the lake has caused a decrease in the number of cowfish. The authorities plan to move eight of the fish, four male and four female, to two nature reserves in the provinces of Hubei and Hunan.[Photo by Zhou Mi/Xinhua]

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Researchers measure a cowfish on a boat on Poyang Lake, East China’s Jiangxi province, with the aim of transferring it to a new habitat as part of a project to ensure the survival of the species, on March 19 2015. There are only about 1,000 cowfish in China, with nearly half of the total number inhabiting the Poyang Lake. In recent years, the development of shipping as well as overfishing in the lake has caused a decrease in the number of cowfish. The authorities plan to move eight of the fish, four male and four female, to two nature reserves in the provinces of Hubei and Hunan.[Photo by Zhou Mi/Xinhua]

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Researchers examine a cowfish on a boat on Poyang Lake, East China’s Jiangxi province, with the aim of transferring it to a new habitat as part of a project to ensure the survival of the species, on March 19 2015. There are only about 1,000 cowfish in China, with nearly half of the total number inhabiting the Poyang Lake. In recent years, the development of shipping as well as overfishing in the lake has caused a decrease in the number of cowfish. The authorities plan to move eight of the fish, four male and four female, to two nature reserves in the provinces of Hubei and Hunan.[Photo by Zhou Mi/Xinhua]

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In this Tuesday, July 28, 2015 photo, a woman walks past pickup trucks parked outside a luxury import car dealership in Beijing. General Motors Co.’s $5 billion initiative to create cars for China and other emerging markets comes just as automakers face a collapse in the booming Chinese demand they were counting on to power their growth. June sales in the biggest car market by number of vehicles sold shrank by 3.4 percent from a year earlier as an economic slowdown deepened and smog-choked cities tried to curb growth in car ownership. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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In this Tuesday, July 28, 2015 photo, maintenance workers walk past a billboard for a Mercedes sedan outside a car dealership in Beijing. June sales in the biggest car market by number of vehicles sold shrank by 3.4 percent from a year earlier as an economic slowdown deepened and smog-choked cities tried to curb growth in car ownership. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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A staff member of Microsoft Taiwan demonstrates the interface of the new Windows 10 operating system at a press conference in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, July 29, 2015. Windows 10 was launched in 190 countries and regions on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing)

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A staff member of Microsoft Taiwan (R) guides a reporter to experience the new Windows 10 operating system at a press conference in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, July 29, 2015. Windows 10 was launched in 190 countries and regions on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing)

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Giant panda triplets and the keepers celebrate during the triplets' one-year-old birthday party at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 29, 2015. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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Tourists watch lusheng dance performance at Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village in Leishan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 29, 2015. The village with more than 1,000 wooden stilted houses attracted a large number of tourists in the summer travel season. (Xinhua/Qiao Qiming)

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Villagers of Miao ethnic group propose a toast to a tourist at Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village in Leishan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 29, 2015. The village with more than 1,000 wooden stilted houses attracted a large number of tourists in the summer travel season. (Xinhua/Qiao Qiming)

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Laundry workers of the Yinchuan section of Lanzhou railway administration eat watermelon during breaktime in Yinchuan, capital of northeast China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 29, 2015. Watermelons and mung bean soup are provided for railway workers on the Yinchuan section to relieve the intense heat of summer recently. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

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Students pay a silent tribute at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, July 29, 2015. Some 1200 students from China's Jiangsu Province, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan visited the memorial hall on Wednesday to commemorate the victims killed by the Japanese Army and also the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggressions and World War II. (Xinhua/Sun Can)

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At least 15,000 people played mahjong in rivers in the suburbs of Chengdu City in west China’s Sichuan Province over the past weekend. As the temperatures soared, people retreated to the Hongkou Tourism Protection Zone, which is about 70 kilometers from Chengdu. They set up tents and played their beloved mahjong while soaking their feet in the river. [Photo/Sina Weibo]

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Qin Hailu

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Magnificent scenery of prairie in Inner Mongolia, Enjoy!

She has such a sweet face. I can get lost in her eyes.. Happy Wednesday Popeye! Thanks!!!!!

Chinese border security soldiers train in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China
Picture: LANDOV/BARCROFT MEDIA



A dancer from Beijing Dance Academy performs during the 4th China Xinjiang International Folk Dancing Festival in Urumqi
Picture: Xinhua /Landov / Barcroft Media



A calligraphy and seal cutting exhibition combined with art forms of fashion design and music kick off the Art Exhibition fashion show at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou, China
Picture: Rex/Xinhua/Shutterstock



Investors look at screens showing stock market movements at a securities company in Beijing. Chinese shares sank on July 28, a day after Shanghai's steepest one-day slide in eight years, defying renewed government vows of support that analysts warned were not enough to soothe nervous investors.
Picture: Fred DuFour/AFP/Getty Images


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Plants grow on houses in the abandoned fishing village of Houtouwan on the island of Shengshan July 26, 2015. Just a handful of people still live in a village on Shengshan Island east of Shanghai that was once home to more than 2,000 fishermen. Every day hundreds of tourists visit Houtouwan, making their way on narrow footpaths past tumbledown houses overtaken by vegetation. The remote village, on one of more than 400 islands in the Shengsi archipelago, was abandoned in the early 1990s as first wealthy residents then others moved away, aiming to leave problems with education and food delivery behind them.

Just a handful of people still live in a village on Shengshan Island east of Shanghai that was once home to more than 2,000 fishermen. Every day hundreds of tourists visit Houtouwan, making their way on narrow footpaths past tumbledown houses overtaken by vegetation. The remote village, on one of more than 400 islands in the Shengsi archipelago, was abandoned in the early 1990s as first wealthy residents then others moved away, aiming to leave problems with education and food delivery behind them.











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