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  • Children play next to a large painting in the likeness of Communist ideologist Karl Marx in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, China, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 02
  • Sugui Kriss, second left, cheers along with her team mates, Hope Lewellen, first left, Kari Miller, center, Brenda Maymon, second right and Alexandra Gouldie, first right, as her American team scores against China during a sitting volleyball match  at the Paralympic games in Beijing , China, Tuesday, Sept.9, 2008. Sugui Kriss always wanted to return to China to find a few of her roots and, perhaps, to leave her mark on the country She's done both She marched into the National Stadium _ the Bird's Nest _ last weekend for the opening ceremony of Beijing's Paralympic Games, representing the U.S. as a member of its sitting volleyball team. How different this was from her early life in southern China; an abandoned infant who was raised in an orphanage in Kunming until she was adopted 13 years ago by the American couple Charles and Marilyn Kriss. If Paralympic organizers are looking for a poster girl, SuGui Kriss would be a perfect choice.
    CHINA PARALYMPICS 07
  • A middle-aged petitioner from the countryside his head and shirt bloody, is carried away by police and paramilitary police at Tiananmen square in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 5, 2009. Police detained about two dozen people, among them a group of women from a central China village who had come to Beijing seeking redress for the murder of a family member. Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention.The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 09
  • Private forms of commerce, not seen in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, as people peddling food in the streets line up outside the walls of the city, a stone throw away from the model village in China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 12
  • A worker operates machinery at a factory in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 11
  • Workers dressed in communist style uniforms sing revolutionary songs ahead of a day's work in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 10
  • Images from revolutionary China adorn a wall in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 09
  • A home is decorated with Mao memorabilia in the model village Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 04
  • Chinese youth practice military drills outside of their school in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 03
  • A statue of late chairman Mao stands in the central square of model village  Nan Jie Cun, China, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009.Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 01
  • Statues line up the entrance to an apartment building in Chongqing, China, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country. In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 14
  • An add for an urban development is advertised at the entrance to a building in Chongqing, China, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline.Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 12
  • Postings for real estate are advertised on the window of property agents in Shanghai, China, Friday, May 29, 2009.Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. .Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 06
  • Dancers from National Ballet of China perform the Mao-era ballet  "The Red Detachment of Women" in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Signature works such as "The Red Detachment of Women",  a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism and her heroic turn in an all-female army troupe, satisfy a taste for nostalgia among China's older audiences and are kitschy fun for younger crowds.
    CHINA BALLET 12
  • A Petitioner is taken away by police at Tiananmen square in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 5, 2009.While the nearly 3,000 delegates to the National People's Congress met, rings of uniformed and plainclothes police sealed off Tiananmen and kept ordinary Chinese and the normal hordes of tourists away. Police detained about two dozen people. Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention.The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 15
  • A middle-aged petitioner from the countryside his head and shirt bloody,surrounded  by police and paramilitary police at Tiananmen square in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb.5, 2009. Police detained about two dozen people, among them a group of women from a central China village who had come to Beijing seeking redress for the murder of a family member. Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention.The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 12
  • Chinese Petitioners kneel before a car, blocking the vehicle's way, as they beg to display their petition letters near a local government office supposed to receive grievances in  Beijing, China, Friday, Feb.27, 2009.  Police have taken away more than 1,000 petitioners looking to air their grievances ahead of the annual meeting of China's legislature. Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention.The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 11
  • Li Shuzhen, who suffers of cancer and accuses her Doctors of medical malpractice shows her injuries in hopes to have her case seen by the petitions office in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTCE 04
  • Chinese youth dig in to their books during a lesson at a school in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 08
  • A Child eats free noodles at a communal dining hall in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 07
  • A worker waits for a free meal at a communal dining hall in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 06
  • Model workers are shown on a board at the entrance of a factory in the model village of Nan Jie Cun, China, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.  Nan Jie Cun village in central China's Henan province advertises itself as a commune which continues to adhere to the communist teachings of Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic 60 years ago. The village's industries are collectively owned. Workers receive bonds, instead of currency, and housing and healthcare are free. They sing revolutionary songs and march to work in lines. Despite being out of step with the rest of today's China, the village's industries are a success, and more than 7,000 migrants have requested to work at Nan Jie Cun.
    CHINA MODEL VILLAGE 05
  • Pedestrians walk along side high rises in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country. In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 14
  • A man commutes on the fast train from Tianjing to  Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country. In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 13
  • Chinese play football in a green area set against the back drop of apartment buildings in Shanghai, China, Saturday, May 30, 2009. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. .Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 11
  • A poster showing the projected view of an urban development on display at the site where investors plan to build it Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 09
  • A couple walks along a street lined with apartment buildings, seen through the window of a taxi cab, in Chongqing, China, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 08
  • A woman looks outside of her window in Chongqing, China, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. .Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 07
  • A man works out in a common green area at an apartment complex in Shanghai, China, Saturday, May 30, 2009. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. .Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities
    CHINA MEGACITIES 04
  • Workers in an office speak in Beijing, China, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. .Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 03
  • A young woman commutes across the city of Chongqing in a cable car in  China, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. .Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities
    CHINA MEGACITIES 02
  • A man looks out from the window of his home at his apartment complex in Shanghai, China, Saturday, May 30, 2009. Block after city block, towers of concrete, steel and glass fill the skyline. .Teeming and congested, the intensely urban landscapes of China's biggest cities show a glimpse of what the future will hold for the rest of the country.In the sprawling megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, where populations exceed 10 million people, extreme urban density means that the number of people living within a few square blocks here is equal to the population of entire mid-size U.S. cities. .China's urban population soared to 607 million people last year _ nearly equaling the 700 million living in the countryside. The country's headlong plunge toward urbanization continues unabated as tens of millions of migrants from the countryside flood to cities in search of money, jobs and other opportunities.
    CHINA MEGACITIES 01
  • Dancers from the National Ballet of China rehearse at the their studio in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.  For Chinese, ballet is tangled up with China's blood-soaked revolutionary past, arriving here in the 1950s on a wave of pro-Soviet fervor and quickly repurposed as a propaganda weapon during the Cultural Revolution.
    CHINA BALLET 05
  • A Chinese Petitioners approach a car, blocking the vehicle's way, as they plead to show their grievances, near a local government office supposed to receive petitions in  Beijing, China, Friday, Feb.27, 2009. Police have taken away more than 1,000 petitioners looking to air their grievances ahead of the annual meeting of China's legislature, supporter of the petitioners said. Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 14
  • Chinese police arrive to the seen where petitioners threw written accounts of their grievances in the air at a busy shopping street, near Tiananmen square, in hopes to have her case seen and heard by a larger audience, after failed attempts to have their cases heard at the Petition's office  in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 08
  • A Chinese petitioner writes an account of his grievances in hopes to have his case seen by the petitions office in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 06
  • Chinese petitioners prepare written statements of their of their grievances in the cramp quarters they share, as they in hopes to have her case seen by the petitions office in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 03
  • A Chinese petitioner shows a written account of her grievances in hopes to have her case seen by the petitions office in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 02
  • Dancers from the National Ballet of China rehearse scenes from Signature work "The Red Detachment of Women," a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism, in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.  For Chinese, ballet is tangled up with China's blood-soaked revolutionary past, arriving here in the 1950s on a wave of pro-Soviet fervor and quickly repurposed as a propaganda weapon during the Cultural Revolution.
    CHINA BALLET 13
  • One of the lead ballerinas from the  National Ballet of China heads to rehearsal at  the National Ballet's studio in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.  For Chinese, ballet is tangled up with China's blood-soaked revolutionary past, arriving here in the 1950s on a wave of pro-Soviet fervor and quickly repurposed as a propaganda weapon during the Cultural Revolution.
    CHINA BALLET 08
  • A dancer from National Ballet of China performs the Mao-era ballet  "The Red Detachment of Women" in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Signature works such as "The Red Detachment of Women",  a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism and her heroic turn in an all-female army troupe, satisfy a taste for nostalgia among China's older audiences and are kitschy fun for younger crowds.
    CHINA BALLET 07
  • Dancers from the National Ballet of China rehearse at the their studio in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.  For Chinese, ballet is tangled up with China's blood-soaked revolutionary past, arriving here in the 1950s on a wave of pro-Soviet fervor and quickly repurposed as a propaganda weapon during the Cultural Revolution.
    CHINA BALLET 06
  • Ballerina shoes belonging to Dancers from the National Ballet of China sit on the ground during a rehearsal at the their studio in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.  For Chinese, ballet is tangled up with China's blood-soaked revolutionary past, arriving here in the 1950s on a wave of pro-Soviet fervor and quickly repurposed as a propaganda weapon during the Cultural Revolution.
    CHINA BALLET 01
  • A group of women from a central China village who had come to Beijing seeking redress for the murder of a family member are taken away by police at Tiananmen square in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb.5, 2009.While the nearly 3,000 delegates to the National People's Congress met, rings of uniformed and plainclothes police sealed off Tiananmen and kept ordinary Chinese and the normal hordes of tourists away. Police detained about two dozen people.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 13
  • A young boy walks along a street lined with compacted electronic waste  in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside. The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. China's growing consumption of computers, cell phones and other gadgets poses new challenges, which much of the waste ending up in Guiyu and similar areas now coming from within the country.
    CHINA E-WASTE 10
  • Discarded screens lie by the side of the road in an area where much of the world's electronic-waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Nanyang, Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside.The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. Such pollution could be mitigated by moves to recycle and properly dispose of so-called electronic waste that are gaining ground in the West.
    CHINA E-WASTE 09
  • Workers unload electronic waste from trucks as seen from a hidden position inside of a vehicle, in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside. The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. China's growing consumption of computers, cell phones and other gadgets poses new challenges, which much of the waste ending up in Guiyu and similar areas now coming from within the country.
    CHINA E-WASTE 08
  • Delegates attend a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at Beijing's Great Hall of the people Beijing, China, Saturday, March 7, 2009.China's National People's Congress is a largely powerless body but it represents one of the country's last displays of old style communism. Ethnic minority delegates from around the country attend the meetings wearing traditional costumes, a conceit which allows the government to argue that the nation's different cultures co-exist harmoniously. Little is decided at these gatherings though. The NPC functions largely as a rubber stamp body for policies put forward by the Communist party's elite.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 12
  • Chinese Attendants wait for delegates at the second plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Monday, March 9, 2009. The Great Hall of the people's with it's impressive Stalinist building style and attention to protocol remains as one of the the country's last showcases  of old style communism on a grand scale.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 01
  • Dancers from National Ballet of China perform the Mao-era ballet  "The Red Detachment of Women" in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Signature works such as "The Red Detachment of Women",  a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism and her heroic turn in an all-female army troupe, satisfy a taste for nostalgia among China's older audiences and are kitschy fun for younger crowds.
    CHINA BALLET 11
  • A poluted water stream runs by homes in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside. The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. A water sample taken from the site revealed lead levels 2,400 times higher than the World Health Organization's limit for drinking water.
    CHINA E-WASTE 05
  • A Chinese military tank heads towards Tiananmen Square where a rehearsal for China's 60th anniversary will be held in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.Tanks, armored personnel carrier and rocket launchers rolled along a major Beijing boulevard Sunday in practice for a parade next month to mark the 60th anniversary.
    CHINA DAILY LIFE 10
  • A Uighur minority man offers a horse's head at his butcher shop in the Sunday Bazaar in Hotan, China, Sunday, July 12, 2009.
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  • Apartment blocks are seen from the window of a facing building in Chongqing, China, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
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  • Delegates head to a National People's Congress plenary session at the great Hall of the peopleBeijing, China, Monday, March 9, 2009. China's National People's Congress is a largely powerless body but it represents one of the country's last displays of old style communism. Ethnic minority delegates from around the country attend the meetings wearing traditional costumes, a conceit which allows the government to argue that the nation's different cultures co-exist harmoniously. Little is decided at these gatherings though. The NPC functions largely as a rubber stamp body for policies put forward by the Communist party's elite.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 04
  • A monk sits among fellow delegates at a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, at Beijing's Great Hall of the people Beijing, China, Saturday, March 7, 2009. China's National People's Congress is a largely powerless body but it represents one of the country's last displays of old style communism. Ethnic minority delegates from around the country attend the meetings wearing traditional costumes, a conceit which allows the government to argue that the nation's different cultures co-exist harmoniously. Little is decided at these gatherings though. The NPC functions largely as a rubber stamp body for policies put forward by the Communist party's elite.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 02
  • Dancers from National Ballet of China perform the Mao-era ballet  "The Red Detachment of Women" in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Signature works such as "The Red Detachment of Women",  a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism and her heroic turn in an all-female army troupe, satisfy a taste for nostalgia among China's older audiences and are kitschy fun for younger crowds.
    CHINA BALLET 10
  • Dancers from National Ballet of China perform the Mao-era ballet  "The Red Detachment of Women" in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Signature works such as "The Red Detachment of Women",  a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism and her heroic turn in an all-female army troupe, satisfy a taste for nostalgia among China's older audiences and are kitschy fun for younger crowds.
    CHINA BALLET 02
  • Protesters show letters detailing their complaints and asking for justice as they are taken away by police outside of the Foreign Ministry  Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec.10, 2008. Two dozen people held a bold protest using the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights to decry a myriad of alleged government abuses.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 01
  • A man sorts through trash in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside. The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. A water sample taken from the site revealed lead levels 2,400 times higher than the World Health Organization's limit for drinking water.
    CHINA E-WASTE 07
  • Discarded computer keyboards lie in a pile in the street in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside.The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. Such pollution could be mitigated by moves to recycle and properly dispose of so-called electronic waste that are gaining ground in the West.
    CHINA E-WASTE 04
  • Workers unload electronic waste from trucks as seen from a hidden position inside of a vehicle, in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside. The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. A water sample taken from the site revealed lead levels 2,400 times higher than the World Health Organization's limit for drinking water.
    CHINA E-WASTE 02
  • A man poses for a picture with two women and a chimpanzee at the Zoo in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009.
    CHINA DAILY LIFE 05
  • An Usher waits for delegates at the Great Hall of the people  Beijing, China, Friday, March 6, 2009. The Great Hall of the people's with it's impressive Stalinist building style and attention to protocol remains as one of the the country's last showcases  of old style communism on a grand scale.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 13
  • An usher clears tea cups from the stage where leaders sat, at the end of the  National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People, after the annual session's final day in  Beijing, China, Friday, March 13, 2009.The Great Hall of the people's with it's impressive Stalinist building style and attention to protocol remains as one of the the country's last showcases  of old style communism on a grand scale.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 05
  • Dancers from the National Ballet of China rehearse scenes from Signature work "The Red Detachment of Women," a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism, in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.  For Chinese, ballet is tangled up with China's blood-soaked revolutionary past, arriving here in the 1950s on a wave of pro-Soviet fervor and quickly repurposed as a propaganda weapon during the Cultural Revolution.
    CHINA BALLET 09
  • A Chinese paramilitary Police helps Chinese police clear the scene where petitioners threw written accounts of their grievances near Tiananmen square, in hopes to have their case seen and heard by a larger audience, after failed attempts to have their cases heard at the Petition's office  in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Many Chinese have come from around the country to Beijing seeking redress for problems with local officials, flocking to the capital to coincide with the annual National People's Congress session. Their numbers commonly increase ahead of the meeting, and they are often followed by local police to the capital and taken back home.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 17
  • Chinese petitioners start their day in the cramp quarters they share, as they prepare head out to air grievances in hopes to have her case seen by the petitions office in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Many Chinese have come from around the country to Beijing seeking redress for problems with local officials, flocking to the capital to coincide with the annual National People's Congress session. Their numbers commonly increase ahead of the meeting, and they are often followed by local police to the capital and taken back home.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 16
  • A homeless man with a broken arm lies at an alley where petitioners live as they wait to have her case seen by the petitions office in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Many Chinese have come from around the country to Beijing seeking redress for problems with local officials, flocking to the capital to coincide with the annual National People's Congress session. Their numbers commonly increase ahead of the meeting, and they are often followed by local police to the capital and taken back home.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 10
  • Heaps of electronic lie at a dumping site in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside. The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. A water sample taken from the site revealed lead levels 2,400 times higher than the World Health Organization's limit for drinking water.
    CHINA E-WASTE 12
  • Workers unload electronic waste from trucks as seen from a hidden position inside of a vehicle, in an area where much of the world's electronic waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside. The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials.Such pollution could be mitigated by moves to recycle and properly dispose of so-called electronic waste that are gaining ground in the West.
    CHINA E-WASTE 11
  • Worker process electronic trash in an area where much of the world's e-waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Nanyang, Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside.The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. Such pollution could be mitigated by moves to recycle and properly dispose of so-called electronic waste that are gaining ground in the West.
    CHINA E-WASTE 06
  • A worker processes electronic trash in an area where much of the world's e-waste _ from cell phone chargers to mainframe computers _ ends up in Nanyang, Guiyu and other small towns like it in eastern China, Thursday March 16, 2006. Workers, many of them poorly paid migrants strip, smash and melt down circuit boards, mainly to extract the copper and other precious metals inside.The business has created massive pollution from leaded glass and other toxic materials. Such pollution could be mitigated by moves to recycle and properly dispose of so-called electronic waste that are gaining ground in the West.
    CHINA E-WASTE 03
  • Costume characters of a Teletubbie and Pleasant Goat have a chat at a fun fair as the National Day holidays wind down in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009.
    CHINA DAILY LIFE 08
  • Chinese elderly ballroom dance at Coal Mountain Park in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 15, 2009.
    CHINA DAILY LIFE 11
  • A worker polishes the security cordon surrounding a very large chair set as decoration at the entrance to the plenary session room for the World Economic Foum in Dalian, China, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
    CHINA DAILY LIFE 07
  • A guest to a celebration of the 99th Anniversary of the International Women's Day at the Great Hall of the People poses for a souvenir snap shot next to a flower pot in Beijing, China, Friday, March 6, 2009. The Great Hall of the people's with it's impressive Stalinist building style and attention to protocol remains as one of the the country's last showcases  of old style communism on a grand scale.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 15
  • A Chinese Protester wrestles with police as she tries to retrieve  letters detailing her complaints and asks for justice outside of the Foreign Ministry  Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec.10, 2008. Two dozen people held a bold protest using the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights to decry a myriad of alleged government abuses.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 19
  • A Chinese Protester cries over the death of a relative as he shows letters detailing his complaints and asks for justice outside of the Foreign Ministry  Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec.10, 2008. Two dozen people held a bold protest using the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights to decry a myriad of alleged government abuses.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 20
  • Gold medalist Sweden's Jonas Jacobsson, center, celebrates along side Silver medalist Zhang Cuiping, left and bronze medalist Dong Chao during the award ceremony for the mixed R-6 50 mm Free Rifle Prone SH1 Shooting competition at the Paralympics in Beijing , China, Friday, Sept.12, 2008.
    CHINA PARALYMPICS 03
  • A Chinese attendant checks that everything is ready for an official ceremony at the  Great Hall of the People in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 07
  • Chinese head for the pool at a water park in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009.
    CHINA DAILY LIFE 04
  • Chinese pose for a pictue next to the likeness of a giant shark as they enjoy their May day holidays at the zoo in Beijing, China Thursday May 3, 2007.
    CHINA DAILY LIFE 01
  • A Chinese worker polishes the floors of the Great Hall of the People ahead of the annual meeting of the Chinese legislature next week  in Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb.28, 2009. The Great Hall of the people's with it's impressive Stalinist building style and attention to protocol remains as one of the the country's last showcases  of old style communism on a grand scale.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 14
  • Chinese soldiers stand guard during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Monday, March 9, 2009.The Great Hall of the people's with it's impressive Stalinist building style and attention to protocol remains as one of the the country's last showcases  of old style communism on a grand scale.
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  • A Chinese hostess wears Olympic rings in her hair during the opening ceremony for the Athletes village in Beijing , China, Sunday, July, 27, 2008.
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  • Chinese petitioners throw written accounts of their grievances in the air at a busy shopping street, near Tiananmen square, in hopes to have her case seen and heard by a larger audience, after failed attempts to have their cases heard at the Petition's office  in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 07
  • A Chinese petitioner takes a  2 hour ride to the city to air her grievances in hopes to have her case seen by the petitions office in  Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.Widespread frustration with the petition system is simmering and in several recent cases has boiled over, with a handful of people making desperate bids for attention. The peak season for the pilgrimages is the beginning of March, when China's lawmakers gather in the capital for their once-a-year legislative session. In an acknowledgement that the petition system is in crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to improve legal channels for grievances.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 05
  • China's Wang Yafeng gets ready to take a corner during the  Football 5-A side match between China and Spain at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics Games in Beijing , China, Saturday, Sept.13, 2008. China won 1-0.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
    CHINA PARALYMPICS 02
  • Ukraine's Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy, center prepares to start the leg of his relay for the  men's 4X50 medley at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in Beijing , China, Monday, Sept.15, 2008. China went on to win the gold.
    CHINA PARALYMPICS 08
  • Chinese swimmer Li Hanhua, center, rests  after the final for the men's 4X50 medley at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in Beijing , China, Monday, Sept.15, 2008. China went on to win the gold.
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  • USA's Roy Perkins prepares to leave at the end of the final for the men's 4X50 medley at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in Beijing , China, Monday, Sept.15, 2008. China went on to win the gold.
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  • A soldier dressed as an usher yawns before the third plenary session of the National People's Congress, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Tuesday, March 10, 2009.  The Great Hall of the people's with it's impressive Stalinist building style and attention to protocol remains as one of the the country's last showcases  of old style communism on a grand scale.
    CHINA GREAT HALL 16
  • Denmark's Peter Rosenmeier, left, shows his gold medal as Netherland's Nico Blok bites his bronze medal, at the medal award ceremony for Singles Standing Class 6 Table Tennis at the Paralympic Games in against  Beijing , China, Thursday, Sept.11, 2008.
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  • France's Christophe Durand, listens to the French national anthem aftere winning the gold medal for Singles sitting Class 4-5 Table Tennis during the medal award ceremony at the Paralympic Games  Beijing , China, Thursday, Sept.11, 2008. Durand won the Gold medal.
    CHINA PARALYMPICS 11
  • France's Christophe Durand celebrates a point scored against Korea's Jung Eun-Chang during the gold medal Singles sitting Class 4-5 Table Tennis match  at the Paralympic Games in Beijing , China, Thursday, Sept.11, 2008. Durand won the Gold medal.
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  • Chinese gold medal Athletes, Wu Yunhun, left and Zhang Hongwei bear the Olympic torch    at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing , China, Saturday, Sept.6, 2008.
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  • A Protester is approached by police after voicing his complaints and asking for justice outside of the Foreign Ministry  Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec.10, 2008. Two dozen people held a bold protest using the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights to decry a myriad of alleged government abuses.
    CHINA CHASING JUSTICE 18
  • USA's team makes their entrance to the court  for the gold medal final wheelchair rugby match between the USA and Australia at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing , China, Tuesday, Sept.16, 2008. The USA took the gold medal winning 53-44 against Australia.
    CHINA PARALYMPICS 10
  • A Chinese child is fed instant noodles at a food stall at  the Olympic green in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Aug.20, 2008. It is one of the strangest things about the Olympics: From far away, it looks very close.Watching the Olympics on television, the athletes are right in front of you.  Up close, though, it's normally a different story. From the spectators' stands, the athletes are often just distant specks amid the enormity of some of the largest sports stadiums in the world. And there's so much else to grab your attention. There are snack bars,Coke machines, and life-sized cutouts of Chinese athletes with which you can pose. There are parades of Fuwas, the Olympic mascots. There are dancing fountains in front of the Water Cube, and thousands of volunteers to help you out.
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