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  • Passengers wait for trains at the new Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai, China on 19 August 2010. The station will cater exclusively to passengers taking high-speed inter-city trains. In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently. The Railways Ministry's debts have ballooned in recent years. At the end of the first quarter its obligations totaled 1.98 trillion yuan ($307 billion), about 5% of China's gross domestic product.
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  • Passengers wait for their trains above the high-speed railway tracks at the railway station in Wuxi, China on 19 August 2010.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently. The Railways Ministry's debts have ballooned in recent years. At the end of the first quarter its obligations totaled 1.98 trillion yuan ($307 billion), about 5% of China's gross domestic product.
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  • High Speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing parked on a track at the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • Workers travels through the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers travels through the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers travels through the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers repairs a ship at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers make final preparation before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers operate on a ship frame at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers gather before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers make final preparation before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying029.jpg
  • Workers gather before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying025.jpg
  • Workers gather before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying019.jpg
  • Workers gather before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying018.jpg
  • Workers make final preparation before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying012.jpg
  • Workers operate on a ship frame at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Steel bars sit in an idle steel stock yard in Shanghai, China on 06 January 2010. China's central Banking governor Zhou Xiaochuan warned yesterday that industrial overcapacity could "pose a risk to the quality of bank loans." Even so, China will continue its "moderately loose" monetary policy. Some critics say that China's stimulus package, which has been much credited for leading the world out of a recession, had been used mainly to create more capacity in industries such as steel and manufacturing, which in turn will further put pressure on the world economy. Already this year the U.S. has slapped additional duties of 43 to 289 percent on imports of more than $300 million worth of a steel product from China.
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  • A high-speed train driver waits on the platform of  the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • A high-speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing enters the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • A high-speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing enters the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • High Speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing parked on a track at the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • High Speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing parked on a track at the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • High Speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing parked on a track at the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • High Speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing parked on a track at the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • A new high speed inter-city train that connects Shanghai and Hangzhou waits for passengers prior to the line's maiden launch in Shanghai, China on 26 October 2010. In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • Welders at work at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying087.jpg
  • Workers travels through the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying079.jpg
  • Workers watch as the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture slids into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying045.jpg
  • Workers gather before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying031.jpg
  • Workers gather before launching the 57,000 dead weigh ton bulk carrier Sabina Venture into the Yangzte River at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
    QS100913Jiangying016.jpg
  • Workers operate on a ship frame at the China CSSC Holdings Ltd. Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation's biggest shipyard, sees orders surge as China's voracious appetite for commodities demands more fleets of large vessels.
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  • Workers on strike wait outside the Honda Lock factory in Zhongshan, China on Friday 12 June 2010.Workers on strike walks away from the Honda Lock factory as they saw no progress in their negotiations with the management in Zhongshan, China on Friday 12 June 2010.China's vast labor force is increasingly using strikes and walkouts as a way to demand higher salary and better compensation with success, many see this as the beginning of the end of China's role as the sweatshop of the world.
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  • A view of an offshore wind farm seen through heavy fog on the East China Sea near Shanghai, China on 25 January 2010. China has identified wind power as a key growth component of the country's economy. China is currently the fourth largest producer of wind power, after the United States, Germany, and Spain but has plans to rapidly expand capacity, including building the world's largest wind farm in the country's western deserts.
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  • Visitors look at vehicles displayed by China's largest electric car maker BYD at a technology fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China on 17 November 2009. Headed by China's richest man along with a 232 million USD investment by Warren Buffett, BYD looks to expand its clout in the auto industry by announcing that it will spend roughly 200 million USD to build China's largest vehicle testing center.
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  • Visitors look at vehicles displayed by China's largest electric car maker BYD at a technology fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China on 17 November 2009. Headed by China's richest man along with a 232 million USD investment by Warren Buffett, BYD looks to expand its clout in the auto industry by announcing that it will spend roughly 200 million USD to build China's largest vehicle testing center.
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  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu054.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • A CRH high speed inter city train pulls ouf the Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, China on 14 February, 2011.  Liu Zhijun,  China's Railways minister and a champion of  investment in the country's high-speed rail network.   is being investigated for "severe violation of discipline" according to Xinhua, China's state news agency. China aims to build 27,000 KM of high speed rail by the year 2020, however the contract and procurement process involoved in this rapid and ambitious project often remains opaque at best.
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  • A view of a densely populated housing complex in downtown Shanghai, China on 09 December 2010. A report by a leading think tank in China showed Wednesday that residential housing in the country's cities is overpriced and in some cities is severely overpriced. Commercial residential housing in 35 large and medium-sized cities are, on average, about 29.5 percent overpriced, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) said in its annual report on China's housing conditions.
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  • Models pose near a Fiat Bravo at the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China, on Monday, 20 December 2010. Automakers from across the world are increasingly focusing their efforts on China, the largest auto market in the world and the only major market with prospects of high growth rate.
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  • A butcher chops up a pig carcass at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_034.jpg
  • A  pig carcass sits on a cart at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_032.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_029.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_028.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_014.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_013.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_010.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_006.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_004.jpg
  • Workers examine and move pig carcasses at a meat wholesale and distribution center in Shanghai, China on 03 March, 2011.  Inflation, especially the persistent rise of food prices, has been a major conversation topic for China's masses and concern for its leaders as inflation often lead to political instability throughout China's history.
    QS110303Shanghai_002.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu101.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu090.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu081.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu073.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu071.jpg
  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu065.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu061.jpg
  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu058.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu050.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu049.jpg
  • Workers on strike wait outside the Honda Lock factory in Zhongshan, China on Friday 12 June 2010. China's vast labor force is increasingly using strikes and walkouts as a way to demand higher salary and better compensation with success, many see this as the beginning of the end of China's role as the sweatshop of the world.
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  • An unidentified manager from the Honda Lock factory tries to persuade workers to go back to the factory in Zhongshan, China on Friday 12 June 2010. China's vast labor force is increasingly using strikes and walkouts as a way to demand higher salary and better compensation with success, many see this as the beginning of the end of China's role as the sweatshop of the world.
    QS100612Zhongshan020.jpg
  • An HSBC employee counts Chinese Renminbi (RMB) notes at the bank's newly opened 100th China branch in Shanghai, China, on 09 June, 2010. To the worry of China's exporters, the Chinese currency has steadily appreciated against other major world currencies abolishing its peg system to the United States Dollar.
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  • An HSBC employee counts Chinese Renminbi (RMB) notes at the bank's newly opened 100th China branch in Shanghai, China, on 09 June, 2010. To the worry of China's exporters, the Chinese currency has steadily appreciated against other major world currencies abolishing its peg system to the United States Dollar.
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  • An HSBC employee counts Chinese Renminbi (RMB) notes at the bank's newly opened 100th China branch in Shanghai, China, on 09 June, 2010. To the worry of China's exporters, the Chinese currency has steadily appreciated against other major world currencies abolishing its peg system to the United States Dollar.
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  • An HSBC employee counts Chinese Renminbi (RMB) notes at the bank's newly opened 100th China branch in Shanghai, China, on 09 June, 2010. To the worry of China's exporters, the Chinese currency has steadily appreciated against other major world currencies abolishing its peg system to the United States Dollar.
    QS100609Shanghai25.jpg
  • An HSBC employee counts Chinese Renminbi (RMB) notes at the bank's newly opened 100th China branch in Shanghai, China, on 09 June, 2010. To the worry of China's exporters, the Chinese currency has steadily appreciated against other major world currencies abolishing its peg system to the United States Dollar.
    QS100609Shanghai24.jpg
  • A policeman stands in front of a billboard featuring Deng Xiaoping, commonly recognized as the architect of China's economic reform,  in Shanghai, China on 27 April 2010. While economic reform has lifted millions out of poverty in China, there has been little to no political reform to address increasingly volatile problems such as corruption, state monopoly, land issues, while an increasing amount of funds have been channeled into beefing up domestic surveillance and public security.
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  • A visitor takes a rest while sitting beside a poster showing high-tension power lines at a technology fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China on 17 November 2009. China is heavily investing in its solar power sector as it announced that the government has decided to subsidize 294 solar power plants which will generate 642 megawatts of power. The subsidies are part of China's "golden sun" plan, a project meant to find alternative energy sources.
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  • Two construction workers climb a scaffolding outside the entrance of an unfinished Wal-Mart store in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China on September 09, 2009. Walmart is increasing its presence in China's smaller cities to tap into the vast consumer base of China's interior.
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  • A  exhibition staff stands under Honda logo at the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China, on Monday, 20 December 2010. Automakers from across the world are increasingly focusing their efforts on China, the largest auto market in the world and the only major market with prospects of high growth rate.
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  • A visitor walks past a GAC Honda Fit t on display at the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China, on Monday, 20 December 2010. Automakers from across the world are increasingly focusing their efforts on China, the largest auto market in the world and the only major market with prospects of high growth rate.
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  • Exhibition staff walks through Kia Motor's display area before the opening of the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, 21 December 2010.  Automakers from across the world are increasingly focusing their efforts on China, the largest auto market in the world and the only major market with prospects of high growth rate.
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  • A woman walks past a China Unicom advertisement in Shanghai, China on 17 August 2009.   The company said recently it is talking with Apple  about becoming an iPhone carrier but denied a report it has reached a deal and will buy 5 million handsets.
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  • Pigs to be fattened up and sold to the market sleeps in a pen in the Grand Canal Pig Farm in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China on 04 August, 2011. Pork is by far the most popular meat eaten in China, with its value deeply ingrained in the mind of the Chinese people. The importance of pork in the Chinese diet and the role of prices in affecting social stability are demonstrated by the establishment in 2007 by the central government of a "strategic pork reserve", the only one of its kind in the world.
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  • A hire help from Sichuan Province stands in the pig pen that he takes care of at the Grand Canal Pig Farm in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China on 04 August, 2011. Pork is by far the most popular meat eaten in China, with its value deeply ingrained in the mind of the Chinese people. The importance of pork in the Chinese diet and the role of prices in affecting social stability are demonstrated by the establishment in 2007 by the central government of a "strategic pork reserve", the only one of its kind in the world.
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  • A man rides his bike past a large poster showing saluting Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in Shanghai, China, on 01 April 2011.  In its recently released national defense white paper, China has tried to praise its military modernization while assuring foreign countries, especially the United States, that its build ups are not geared toward expansionism and regional dominance.
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  • A pedestrian walks past a large poster showing saluting Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in Shanghai, China, on 01 April 2011.  In its recently released national defense white paper, China has tried to praise its military modernization while assuring foreign countries, especially the United States, that its build ups are not geared toward expansionism and regional dominance.
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  • A pedestrian walks past a large poster showing saluting Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in Shanghai, China, on 01 April 2011.  In its recently released national defense white paper, China has tried to praise its military modernization while assuring foreign countries, especially the United States, that its build ups are not geared toward expansionism and regional dominance.
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  • A red carpet is rolled out in anticipation to the arrival of Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago, at Wanxiang Group's electric automobile division in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on 25 March, 2011. Wanxiang is China's largest provider of technology for electric cars.
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  • A woman walks past a large luxury goods advert in Shanghai, China on 24 March, 2011.  Some local governments in China are instituting limits or banning outdoor advertisements for luxury brands, in hopes of curbing increasing public awareness of the widening wealth gap.
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  • A construction worker walks past a large luxury goods advert in Shanghai, China on 24 March, 2011.  Some local governments in China are instituting limits or banning outdoor advertisements for luxury brands, in hopes of curbing increasing public awareness of the widening wealth gap.
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  • A woman cleans the side of a building beside a large luxury goods advert in Shanghai, China on 24 March, 2011.  Some local governments in China are instituting limits or banning outdoor advertisements for luxury brands, in hopes of curbing increasing public awareness of the widening wealth gap.
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  • Pedestrians walk past an advert for Disney in Shanghai, China on 10 March, 2011. Shanghai mayor Han Zhen recently announced that the investment for the first phase of Disney's mainland China theme park, located in Pudong Shanghai, will cost 24.5 billion yuan (2.7 billion euros) and will cover an area of 2.7 square miles. The park is expected to attract 7.3 million visitors a year when it opens in 2015 in the Pudong area, the city government said in a statement on March 3.
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  • A man steams dumplings at a market in Zhujiao Township, Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.  Chuzhou is the city where Dongdaxu Village is located, the ancestral home of current Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, slated to be the next premier and the man in charge of China's economic transformation
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  • A woman wearing a Hello Kitty apron eats a bowl of noodles at a market in Zhujiao Township, Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.  Chuzhou is the city where Dongdaxu Village is located, the ancestral home of current Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, slated to be the next premier and the man in charge of China's economic transformation
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  • A man weighs his geese at a market in Zhujiao Township, Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.  Chuzhou is the city where Dongdaxu Village is located, the ancestral home of current Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, slated to be the next premier and the man in charge of China's economic transformation
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  • A man looks at geese on sale at a market in Zhujiao Township, Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.  Chuzhou is the city where Dongdaxu Village is located, the ancestral home of current Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, slated to be the next premier and the man in charge of China's economic transformation
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  • A man eats a bowl of dumplings at a night market in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.  Chuzhou is the city where Dongdaxu Village is located, the ancestral home of current Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, slated to be the next premier and the man in charge of China's economic transformation.
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  • A food stall owner prepare dishes for customers at a night market in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.  Chuzhou is the city where Dongdaxu Village is located, the ancestral home of current Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, slated to be the next premier and the man in charge of China's economic transformation.
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  • A barbecue stall owner prepare dishes for customers at a night market in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China on 02 March, 2011.  Chuzhou is the city where Dongdaxu Village is located, the ancestral home of current Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, slated to be the next premier and the man in charge of China's economic transformation.
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  • Shoppers browse through the clothing and accessories on sale at a Chloe store in Shanghai, China on Friday, 25 February, 2011.  China is on track to become the largest luxury goods market, past the current leaders of United States and Japan, in the next five to ten years.
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  • Shoppers browse through the clothing and accessories on sale at a Chloe store in Shanghai, China on Friday, 25 February, 2011. China is on track to become the largest luxury goods market, past the current leaders of United States and Japan, in the next five to ten years.
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  • A view of densely pupulated apartment blocks in Shanghai, China on 14 February, 2011.  While the latest introduction of property tax by the central government has yet to show its cooling effects on asset prices,  it is providing extra impetus for rent increases in many Chinese cities, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. In the survey, 81.6 per cent of the 4,060 respondents interviewed said they "are suffering from the increase in rents". Among them, 34.8 per cent said their quality of life has been "greatly affected by the increase".
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  • Investors monitor and trade stocks at a securities exchange house in Shanghai, China on Thursday, 25 November 2010. Despite the country's robust economy, China's stock market has not been kind to the ordinary investors, it is one of the worst performing major markets in recent years.
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  • Investors monitor and trade stocks at a securities exchange house in Shanghai, China on Thursday, 25 November 2010. Despite the country's robust economy, China's stock market has not been kind to the ordinary investors, it is one of the worst performing major markets in recent years.
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  • Investors monitor and trade stocks at a securities exchange house in Shanghai, China on Thursday, 25 November 2010. Despite the country's robust economy, China's stock market has not been kind to the ordinary investors, it is one of the worst performing major markets in recent years.
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