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| Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2012 shows the general view of the United Nations Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. |
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| A Ghanaian student (C) plays the bridegroom in a Chinese wedding ceremony simulation held in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2012, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. |
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| A giant Chinese dragon lantern is seen illuminating the night sky to celebrate the traditional Chinese lunar Year of the Dragon, in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 26, 2012. |
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| Citizens buy snack food during a trade fair in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 14, 2012. |
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| A staff member of the Penglai Ocean and Polar Region World, a local aquarium, takes care of a polar bear cub in Penglai, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 17, 2012. |
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| A manufacturing company from east China's Shandong Province will buy Italian luxury yachtmaker Ferretti Group, according to an agreement the two firms reached on Tuesday in the provincial capital of Jinan. |
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| People ride motorcycles among heavy fog in Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 10, 2012. A heavy fog alert has been issued Tuesday morning in Tianjin Municipality and Hebei, Henan, Anhui and Shandong provinces, according to the National Meteorological Station. |
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| China's largest rail vehicle maker, CSR Corp. Ltd, over the weekend launched its first test train that features speeds reaching up to 500 km per hour. |
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| Local women practise waist drum dance in Zhongjia Village of Zouping County, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 26, 2011. |
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| Citizens visit the Place, a popular commercial center, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2011. |
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| Swans are seen on a lake after a snowfall in Rongcheng of east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 24, 2011. |
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| Jessica (2nd L) and Jared (1st R) from the United States make things with children at the Weifang Children's Welfare Home in Weifang City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 21, 2011. |
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| Chinese Navy hospital ship "Peace Ark" sails in the Pacific on Dec. 19, 2011. |
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| People choose festival decorations in a shop of a market in Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 19, 2011. |
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| A snowfall swept the province on Thursday. |
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| Swans fly in snow above a lake in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 16, 2011.Swans fly in snow above a lake in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 16, 2011. |
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| Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (front) and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter autograph on rackets during an activity to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy, which led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 8, 2011. |
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| Marl¨¨ne Martin practises Taiji with her master Zhang Hongmei in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 4, 2011. |
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| Peasants pack harvested wheat in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, June 1, 2011. |
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| High school students wear mouth-muffles bearing red banners during an HIV prevention campaign in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 29, 2011. |
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| Ferryboats are seen amid heavy fog at a dock in Zigui, central China's Hubei Province, Nov. 27, 2011. Fog hit many parts of China on Sunday, disrupting traffic. |
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| A rank of cabins are seen at a "capsule inn" in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 18, 2011. |
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| People visit Daming Lake Park in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 15, 2011. |
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| A couple of whooper swans frolic on the lake in the whooper swan nature reserve in Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 21, 2011. |
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| The re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-8 spacecraft is found at a landing site located in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 17, 2011. |
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| Farmers pick up Chinese cabbages in the field in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 13, 2011. |
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| John Rutledge, a former U.S. presidential economic advisor, addresses during the Boao Forum for Asia Global Energy and Resources Roundtable held in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 5, 2011. |
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| Amateur photographers take photos of a model in a gingkgo wood in Tancheng City, east China's Shandong, Nov. 6, 2011. |
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| Wen said the two countries in recent years have witnessed frequent high-level exchanges, growing political trust, fruitful economic and trade cooperation, and close coordination in international affairs. |
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| A spotted deer sent as a gift to the Chinese mainland by Taiwan gave birth to a fawn on Wednesday in Weihai in eastern Shandong province. |
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| All the 2028 dishes worth 500 million yuan are made up of rare stones. The rare stone dishes were collected by a stone museum in Tai'an City, east China's Shandong Province. |
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| Of the 9 rescued crew members on board the Oriental Sunrise, 1 were found dead. Search is in progress for the rest 10, who are still missing. |
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| A lady rides an electric bicycle against cold wind on a road in Yakeshi City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 23, 2011. |
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| The province set up a Cultural Assets and Equity Exchange office this year to attract more funding for the industry, and it has earmarked 70 million yuan for the industry. |
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| The dead body of Niu Zuotao lies in a coffin on Oct 21 as his wife and daughter bid a final farewell in Guangzhou. |
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| To begin to understand Confucius, one really should visit Qufu, where the sage was born, died, and taught his philosophy that would shape China. |
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| Forty-nine-year-old street beggar Cui Xianren prepares for drawing characters in the street in Qingdao city, East China's Shandong province, Oct 18, 2011. |
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| China Southern Airlines held press conference in Beijing, the capital of China, on Oct. 16, 2011. |
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| Models present cheongsams designed by Chen Yanqin during a fashion show in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 30, 2011. |
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| A student attends a ceremony commemorating the 2,562nd birthday of Confucius (551-479 BC), a great Chinese thinker, educationist and philosopher, in Quzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 28, 2011. |
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