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2008 Clinton Global Initiative Asia Meeting closed

CFP — 2008-12-03T10:24:24+08:00

HONGKONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 3, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Former US president Clinton speaks in the closing ceremony of 2008 Clinton Global Initiative Asia Meeting in Hongkong, China on December 3, 2008. The Clinton Global Initiative brings together global leaders from business, government and non-governmental organisations as forum to develop and implement some of the world's challenges. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)

Premiere of the "Mei Lanfang" in Shanghai

CFP — 2008-12-03T10:03:03+08:00

SHANGHAI, CHINA-DECEMBER 3:(CHINA OUT) Zhang Ziyi at the premiere of the "Mei Lanfang" in Shanghai, China on December 3, 2008. (Photo by Zhu Yaozhong/ChinaFotoPress)

Yang Ping

CFP — 2008-07-22T15:19:19+08:00

YANGPING, CHINA - JULY 20,2008:(CHINA OUT)Yang Ping works at his desk on the internet in Zhuzhou,Hunan Province China. Yang Ping, the 47-year-old chief of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Zhuzhou city committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in central China's Hunan Province, never expected to get an internet nickname. But the netizens who interacted with him at a forum on rednet.com recently decided to call him "Classmate Yang Ping". And that wasn't the only thing he had to get used to since he began to use his real name to post articles and comments online in May. (Photo by Shao Xiaoxin/ChinaFotoPress)

China Ministry urges better job guidance, support to college graduates

CFP — 2008-12-02T17:03:03+08:00

TAIYUAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 2, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Students crowded at a job fair in held in Taiyuan University of Technology in north China's Shanxi province on December 2, 2008. China Ministry of Education has urged education departments across the country to offer better employment guidance and support to college graduates so that they can find proper jobs even in these difficult financial times. (Photo by Liu Ruigang/ChinaFotoPress)

Brushing teeth for hippopotamus

CFP — 2008-12-03T07:03:03+08:00

CHANGZHOU, CHINA - NOVEMBER 28, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Vets use a 1m long special made toothbrush brush teeth for a 10-year old hippopotamus in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu province on November 28, 2008. (Photo by Yu Ling/ChinaFotoPress)

Standard Chartered to lay off 200 staff in Hongkong

CFP — 2008-12-02T11:42:42+08:00

HONGKONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 2, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Citizens wait for bus at a bus station in front of the Standard Chartered Hongkong Headquarters in Central of Hongkong on December 2, 2008. Standard Chartered Bank yesterday said it will cut 200 jobs in Hong Kong - about 4 percent of the group's local work force. The bank has over 5,000 staff in the territory. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)

Still photo of the "A Frozen Flower"

CFP — 2008-12-03T04:11:11+08:00

SOUTH KOREA-DECEMBER 3:(CHINA OUT) Poster of the "A Frozen Flower". Actor Jo In Sung, Actress Song Ji-Hyo and Jin-Mo Joo. (Photo by Yuan Hongyan/ChinaFotoPress)

David Beckham arrives at the Auckland International Airport

CFP — 2008-12-02T23:36:36+08:00

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-DEVEMBER 3:(CHINA OUT) DECEMBER 03: David Beckham of the LA Galaxy (L) shares a hongi with Jackson Peke of the Te Waihono A Kupe Kapa Haka group (R) after arriving at the Auckland International Airport on December 3, 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hu Xujun/ChinaFotoPress)

Kylie Minogue arrives in Taibei

CFP — 2008-12-02T18:34:34+08:00

TAIBEI, CHINA-DECEMBER 2:(CHINA OUT) Australian singer Kylie Minogue arrives in Taibei, China on December 2, 2008. (Photo by Hu Zhiqin/ChinaFotoPress)

Alan Luo promotes his new record in Hongkong

CFP — 2008-12-02T17:33:33+08:00

HONGKONG, CHINA-DECEMBER 2:(CHINA OUT) Alan Luo receives an interview to promote his new record in Hongkong, China on December 2, 2008. (Photo by Hu Zhiqin/ChinaFotoPress)

2008 ClintonGlobal Initiative Asia Meeting in Hongkong

CFP — 2008-12-02T05:57:57+08:00

HONGKONG, CHINA-DECEMBER 2:(CHINA OUT) Michelle Yeoh(L2) and Jet Li(R2) attend the "2008 ClintonGlobal Initiative Asia Meeting" in Hongkong, China on December 2, 2008. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)

Sandstorm hit Turfan, north China

CFP — 2008-12-02T11:51:51+08:00

TURFAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 2, 2008:(CHINA OUT)��A view of the sand and wind folded Turfan city, north China's Sinkiang on December 2, 2008. Affected by Western Siberia cold air, sandstorm hit Turfan of Sinkiang.(Photo by Liu Jian/ChinaFotoPress)

Stimulus projects must meet green standards

CFP — 2008-12-02T11:51:51+08:00

WUHAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 2, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Workers of a garbage disposal plant sprinkle medication to the garbage to prevent the growing of fly in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on December 2, 2008. Over the past 30 years of opening up and reform, China has moved from believing that pollution is an artifact of only capitalist systems to recognizing that environmental protection is one of the key services that government provides. Throughout most of this period, the strategy has been "develop first, environment later". Unquestionably, the strategy has delivered some impressive growth rates, but also some considerable environmental damage. (Photo by Zhou Chao/ChinaFotoPress)

Liu Xiang to have surgery this month in US

CFP — 2008-12-03T03:26:26+08:00

SHANGHAI, CHINA-DECEMBER 3:(CHINA OUT) Chinese 110 meters hurdles player Liu Xiang at the press conference ahead he leaves to the US to have surgery on December 3, 2008 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Xu Wen/ChinaFotoPress)

Liu Xiang on his way to the press conference

CFP — 2008-12-03T03:13:13+08:00

SHANGHAI, CHINA-DECEMBER 3:(CHINA OUT) Chinese 110 meters hurdles player Liu Xiang rides a bicycle on his way to the press conference in Shanghai, China on December 3, 2008. (Photo by Xu Wen/ChinaFotoPress)

2.7m long hair kept for 32 years

CFP — 2008-12-03T01:35:35+08:00

HUAINAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 2, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Liu Jiagui shows her 2.7m long hair which she kept for 32 years in Huainan, east China's Anhui province on December 2, 2008.(Photo by Ma Qibing/ChinaFotoPress)

Premiere of the "Mei Lanfang" in Beijing

CFP — 2008-12-02T09:03:03+08:00

BEIJING, CHINA-DECEMBER 2:(CHINA OUT) Premiere of the "Mei Lanfang" in Beijing, China on December 2, 2008. (L-R) Actor Leon Lai, Director Chen Kaige, actress Zhang Ziyi and Chen Hong. (Photo by JHSB/ChinaFotoPress)

Gong Li promotes Midea brand in Beijing

CFP — 2008-12-02T08:53:53+08:00

BEIJING, CHINA-DECEMBER 2:(CHINA OUT) Chinese movie star Gong Li promotes Midea brand at a press conference in Beijing, China on December 2, 2008. (Photo by Chen Jian/ChinaFotoPress)

Queer

CFP — 2008-12-02T03:42:42+08:00

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 18,2008:(CHINA OUT) Cao Jing, wearing white long skirt rides bicycle on the street on November 18,2008, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Pu Feng/ChinaFotoPress)

Renminbi registers biggest one-day drop against US dollar

CFP — 2008-08-21T04:59:59+08:00

BEIJING, CHINA (CHINA OUT) Chinese RMB note and US dollar. The renminbi yesterday registered the largest one-day fall since it was de-pegged from the US currency in July 2005. The daily benchmark, or the central parity rate for the US dollar, dropped 156 basis points to close at 6.8505, the lowest level since August. (Photo by Zhang Mao/ChinaFotoPress)

World's largest indoor chocalate castle finished in Shenyang

CFP — 2008-12-02T08:03:03+08:00

SHENYANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 2, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Two girls pose for a picture in front of the chocolate castle inside a hotel in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province on December 2, 2008. The chocolate Castle is made of 213kg black chocolate, 57kg white chocolate and 14kg icing sugar and cost 4 chefs' 2-month to finish. The 7.3m long, 1.92m wide and 3.38m chocolate castle is considered the largest one in the world. (Photo by Zhang Wenkui/ChinaFotoPress)

2008 Clinton Global Initiative Asia Meeting kicks off in Hong Kong

CFP — 2008-12-02T05:57:57+08:00

HONGKONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 2, 2008:(CHINA OUT)Former President Clinton (right) talks with President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (right 2)in 2008 Clinton Global Initiative Asia Meeting held in Hongkong, China on December 2, 2008. Former President Bill Clinton kicked off his first charitable conference abroad in Hong Kong on Tuesday after his wife, US Senator Hillary Clinton, was named secretary of state by President-elect Barack Obama. The two-day Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong marks the first time the former US leader has held his annual charitable conference overseas �� but it also will be the last while his wife holds her new job.(Photo by ChinaFotoPress)

Alan Luo promotes his concert in Guangzhou

CFP — 2008-12-01T07:43:43+08:00

GUANGZHOU, CHINA-DECEMBER 1:(CHINA OUT) Alan Luo promotes his concert in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China on December 1, 2008. (Photo by Liu Wei/ChinaFotoPress)

Kylie Minogue sings in Beijing

CFP — 2008-12-01T13:55:55+08:00

BEIJING, CHINA-DECEMBER 1:(CHINA OUT) Australian singer Kylie Minogue performs during her concert in Beijing, China on December 1, 2008. (Photo by Chen Xiong/ChinaFotoPress)

Paperhanging cucurbit will apply for Guinness World Records

CFP — 2008-12-02T00:51:51+08:00

BAOTOU. CHINA - NOVEMBER 26, 2008:(CHINA OUT) The folk artist Wang Guigui shows his 2.3m tall cucurbit paperhanging at his home in Baotou, inner mongolia on November 26, 2008. The thickness of the cucurbit has reached 80 layer of paper, and he will draw picture "Fairy Maiden Snowing Flowers" on it. When finished, Wang Guigui will apply for Guinness World Records.(Photo by Feng Cheng/ChinaFotoPress)

Navel orange picture mosaic breaks Guinness World Records

CFP — 2008-12-01T12:34:34+08:00

PINGYUAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 1, 2008:(CHINA OUT) A huge picture mosaic composed of 3,725,250,000 fruits (34,920,000 are avel orange) and covering an area of 2,200 m2 breaks Guinness World Records as the largest one in the world in Pingyuan, south China's Guangdong province on December 1, 2008. The huge picture is shown in the opening ceremony of The 4th Navel Orange Tourisim Festival.(Photo by Zhong Xiaofeng/ChinaFotoPress)

Venus, Jupiter, Moon make face in the sky

CFP — 2008-12-01T13:58:58+08:00

ZHANJIANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 1, 2008:(CHINA OUT) Venus and Jupiter, two of the brightest naked-eye planets, join a thin crescent moon to create a brief "happy face" in the sky as seen in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong province, December 1, 2008. Astronomers and star gazers across the world are keeping watch on Monday night for the rare astronomical phenomenon known as "Planetary Conjunction". (Photo by Li Manqing/ChinaFotoPress)

Emmanuel Olisadebe

CFP — 2008-04-09T10:32:32+08:00

Emmanuel Olisadebe from Henan Jianye

Rural household appliance purchase gains help from the government

CFP — 2008-12-01T04:00:00+08:00

HUAYING, CHINA - DECEMBER 1, 2008:(CHINA OUT) A farmer select the refrigeratory at a "Home appliance to rural areas" store in Huaying, west China's Sichuan province on December 1, 2008. Chinese government promised to grant a 13 percent subsidy for household appliances for farmers' on purchase of these household appliances to improve 900 million rural residents' living standards and boost domestic consumption. The government expanded the experiment of the subsidy policy tonine more provinces from the initial three provinces of eastern Shandong, central Henan and southwestern Sichuan which kicked off the pilot program in December 2007. The new areas included Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Hubei and Shanxi, among others. (Photo by Qiu Haiying/ChinaFotoPress)

China launches remote sensing satellite

CFP — 2008-12-01T07:59:59+08:00

JIUQUAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 1, 2008:(CHINA OUT) China launched a new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan IV" on Monday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province. The satellite will be used for scientific research, land resources surveying, crop yield estimate and disaster prevention and relief, according to its chief developer, China Academy of Space Technology. The satellite was launched on a Long March-2D carrier rocket. This was the 113th launch of China's Long March series of rockets. (Photo by Xu Haihan/ChinaFotoPress)

Lan Ching Lung attends press conference of the "Police et Vous" in Taibei

CFP — 2008-11-30T15:33:33+08:00

TAIBEI, CHINA-NOVEMBER 30:(CHINA OUT) Lan Ching Lung attends press conference of the "Police et Vous" in Taibei, China on November 30, 2008. (Photo by Hu Zhiqin/ChinaFotoPress)

Sick orang do examination in hospital

CFP — 2008-12-01T05:32:32+08:00

QINHUANGDAO, CHINA - DECEMBER 1, 2008:(CHINA OUT��A nurse draws blood for analysis for a orang which is diagnosed as cold of stomach and intestines at Qinhuangdao No 1 Hospital in north China's Hebei province on December 1, 2008. The orang did not have any food for 3 days and the feeder bring it to the hospital to do an examination, the result is that it has cold of stomach and intestines and severe anemia. (Photo by Liu Xuezhong/ChinaFotoPress)

Alec Su promotes the World AIDS Day in Beijing

CFP — 2008-11-30T14:38:38+08:00

BEIJING, CHINA-NOVEMBER 30:(CHINA OUT) Alec Su attends the promotional event of the World AIDS Day in Beijing, China on November 30, 2008. (Photo by Cui Hao/ChinaFotoPress)

Aaron Kwok promotes Longines watch in Shanghai

CFP — 2008-11-30T23:44:44+08:00

SHANGHAI, CHINA-NOVEMBER 29:(CHINA OUT) Hongkong singer and actor Aaron Kwok promotes Longines watch as spokesman in Shanghai, China on November 29, 2008. (Photo by Zhu Ren/ChinaFotoPress)

Huo Liang (file photos)

CFP — 2005-10-01T13:44:44+08:00

The file photo of Huo Liang.

ISU World Cup: LEE Ho-Suk wins the Men's 1000m

CFP — 2008-11-30T12:20:20+08:00

BEIJING, CHINA-NOVEMBER 30:(CHINA OUT) LEE Ho-Suk of S.Korea celebrates with his teammate after he won the Men's 1000m race during the China open of the ISU World Cup in Beijing on November 30, 2008. (Photo by Song Lu/ChinaFotoPress)