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  • Kangbashi's town end, on the north bank of the Wulan Mulun River. To the other side another ghost city, Ejin Horo, that is still Ordos District. On the walls along the the river bank, scenes of Mongol history.<br />
*** General Caption ***<br />
China became an urban society in 2011, when for the first time the number of city dwellers exceeded the rural population, indeed, the 51% of the Chinese population live in cities, as in 1979, at Deng Xiaoping's time, it was 19%. A report from the McKinsey Global Institute projected that between 2009 and 2025, 350 million people would move from China’s rural parts to its eastern cities. <br />
The migrations are expected and driven towards the city of second and third size. These new cities, which are often zoned as new districts of existing municipalities, are built up from scratch, topped off with public works infrastructure, schools, government buildings, stores, malls, massive amounts of housing, universities, and sometimes even stadiums all before a single resident moves in.<br />
The benefits of this urban development strategy are that an entire city can be built on a single, fully integrated plan, but the risks are absolute: if the project fails, an entire city goes under. Nowadays the Kangbashi district, built on the north bank of the Wulan Mulun River, planned to accommodate a population over of one million, is home to a lonely 10,000 people – leaving more than 98% of this 355-square kilometer site either under construction or abandoned altogether. Housing prices have fallen from $1,100 to $470 per square foot, over the last five years.
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  • It continues to build, although there are thousands of vacant apartments. Fishermen are hoping to catch something.<br />
*** General Caption ***<br />
China became an urban society in 2011, when for the first time the number of city dwellers exceeded the rural population, indeed, the 51% of the Chinese population live in cities, as in 1979, at Deng Xiaoping's time, it was 19%. A report from the McKinsey Global Institute projected that between 2009 and 2025, 350 million people would move from China’s rural parts to its eastern cities. <br />
The migrations are expected and driven towards the city of second and third size. These new cities, which are often zoned as new districts of existing municipalities, are built up from scratch, topped off with public works infrastructure, schools, government buildings, stores, malls, massive amounts of housing, universities, and sometimes even stadiums all before a single resident moves in.<br />
The benefits of this urban development strategy are that an entire city can be built on a single, fully integrated plan, but the risks are absolute: if the project fails, an entire city goes under. Nowadays the Kangbashi district, built on the north bank of the Wulan Mulun River, planned to accommodate a population over of one million, is home to a lonely 10,000 people – leaving more than 98% of this 355-square kilometer site either under construction or abandoned altogether. Housing prices have fallen from $1,100 to $470 per square foot, over the last five years.
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  • Building designed by Daniel Libeskind at Citylife.<br />
CityLife is the redevelopment project of the Fiera Campionaria, in the neighborhood of the Portello, Milan. The project is  designed by architects Arata Isozaki, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid.
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  • UniCredit Pavilion è il nuovo spazio di incontro polifunzionale di UniCredit in Piazza Gae Aulenti. Ecosostenibile perchè è completamente indipendente dal punto di vista energetico grazie ai suoi 300 pannelli solari. Particolare del palazzo è che è privo di fondamenta.
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  • Tabarlasi area, next to the central area of Taksim, was  inhabited by Greeks and Armenians, who left the city many years ago. In later years settled all those poor people who came from abroad or from the east of Turkey, Kurds first.<br />
According to Turkish law in 2007 to Tabarlasi the owners could not renew their homes as well as in other areas of the city.<br />
Tarlabasi needed a "comprehensive and integrated solution." On 4 April 2007, the contract was won by Construction GAP, headed by the Calik Holding (whose chairman is the son of Prime Minister Erdogan), which among other things has also won a similar contract for the district of Fener-Balat. The project, which consists of 9 blocks and 278 buildings provides for the expropriation and demolition of most of the area, to build in its place a shopping center, a business center and two hotels.<br />
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Istanbul is changing face. The ruling party, AK Party, gave a twist to the country. On one hand, a slow and steady return to religious practices in everyday life, on the other hand the strong push to build new neighborhoods in the city. Entire areas are been demolished, thousands of people have moved to distant places. Some neighborhoods already have been slaughtered and rebuilt (not for old residents!), on others are working on. Some residents are struggling, others agree with the builders.<br />
But the population begins to not passively accept this anymore. <br />
First the troubles of Gezi Park, which the government wanted to destroy, and now the recent scandals affecting the sons of some ministers. <br />
Meanwhile, however, the bulldozers are going on.
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  • Giuseppe Fiore all'arrivo alla stazione di Milano. Per passare il week end con i ragazzi ha dovuto prendere un bilocale in affitto. Dopo la separazione, per lavoro, si è trasferito da Milano prima a Pescara e poi a Roma. Vede i suoi figli a week end alternati. La separazione con la ex compagna è stata sofferta e non è ancora approdata a un rapporto continuativo sereno.<br />
Il tempo è il suo punto focale.<br />
Il tempo che passa, che ogni 13 giorni fa crescere i figli, Rachele e Stefano. Il tempo che si manifesta, quando li rivede cresciuti. <br />
E’ il tempo che manca, che sarebbe necessario per seguirli con continuità nelle cose della vita, dai sentimenti allo studio.<br />
E’ il tempo che c’è, fatto di 48 ore dove, dice, si illude di poter concentrare tutto, esagerando a volte, rischiando di ottenere il risultato opposto a quello sperato.<br />
Il tempo che è passato da quando, nel 2008, dalla cura quotidiana, è arrivato a questa mutilazione del suo e del loro essere, condito da una co-genitorialità ancora sotto certi aspetti, conflittuale.
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  • il Pavilion, infatti, pUniCredit Pavilion è il nuovo spazio di incontro polifunzionale di UniCredit in Piazza Gae Aulenti. Ecosostenibile perchè è completamente indipendente dal punto di vista energetico grazie ai suoi 300 pannelli solari. Particolare del palazzo è che è privo di fondamenta.<br />
Serata di apertura al pubblico del Pavilion: <br />
Concerto fotografico 'Sinfonie in Scena', ideato e prodotto da Tullio Mattone in collaborazione con il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale, condotto dall’attore Giancarlo Giannini, con musiche eseguite live dall’Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana.
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  • The red light of the Ejin Horo Banner Gymnasium. Ejin Horo, that is still Ordos District, is another ghost city. <br />
*** General Caption ***<br />
China became an urban society in 2011, when for the first time the number of city dwellers exceeded the rural population, indeed, the 51% of the Chinese population live in cities, as in 1979, at Deng Xiaoping's time, it was 19%. A report from the McKinsey Global Institute projected that between 2009 and 2025, 350 million people would move from China’s rural parts to its eastern cities. <br />
The migrations are expected and driven towards the city of second and third size. These new cities, which are often zoned as new districts of existing municipalities, are built up from scratch, topped off with public works infrastructure, schools, government buildings, stores, malls, massive amounts of housing, universities, and sometimes even stadiums all before a single resident moves in.<br />
The benefits of this urban development strategy are that an entire city can be built on a single, fully integrated plan, but the risks are absolute: if the project fails, an entire city goes under. Nowadays the Kangbashi district, built on the north bank of the Wulan Mulun River, planned to accommodate a population over of one million, is home to a lonely 10,000 people – leaving more than 98% of this 355-square kilometer site either under construction or abandoned altogether. Housing prices have fallen from $1,100 to $470 per square foot, over the last five years.
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  • The Unicredit Tower with a height of 231 metres, is the tallest building in Italy. The building was designed by architect Cesar Pelli and it will serve as the new headquarters of UniCredit Bank. The Unicredit Tower is part of a larger development of new residential and business structures in Milan's Porta Nuova district, near Porta Garibaldi railway station..At the heart of the buildings of the Tower Unicredit, is placed square Gae Aulenti. This also designed by architect Cesar Pelli Argentina, in addition to the towers, it is a circular plaza with 100 meters in diameter, raised by 6 meters above the street level.
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  • The Unicredit Tower with a height of 231 metres, is the tallest building in Italy. The building was designed by architect Cesar Pelli and it will serve as the new headquarters of UniCredit Bank. The Unicredit Tower is part of a larger development of new residential and business structures in Milan's Porta Nuova district, near Porta Garibaldi railway station.
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  • Swimming pool on the roof of the Marmara Pera hotel. Built on the Highest of Istanbul's "Seven Hills", offers magnificent views The Marmara Taksim Bosphorus and the Seraglio Point of stretching all the way to the Sea of Marmara.*** General Caption *** The Ottoman Empire was once known as the "Sick Man on the Bosphorus," but today's Turkey looks very healthy indeed. After eight years of Erdogan, it is much richer and more modern than the poor country that applied to join what was then known as the European Community more than 20 years ago. Its economy is growing three times as fast as those of other European countries. Driving from the western part of Turkey into the eastern provinces of Bulgaria and Romania, one wonders which side of the border the affluent part of Europe is actually on..Turkey achieved a growth rate of 9 percent last year. Unemployment has fallen to 11 percent, inflation is now down to 6 percent, Per capita income has tripled since Erdogan came into office. The British magazine The Economist has dubbed the country "the China of Europe.".A trip to Istanbul through the eyes of Ege sisters. Ayse and Ece Ege are the founders of the brand, "Dice Kayek". Dice Kayek is one of the most known fashion brands of Turkey, it takes its roots in Parisian Couture as well as Ottoman culture.
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  • *** Local Caption *** Kids dive from the Galata Bridge.
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  • The first boutique hotel by Swire Hotels, the property, opened its doors in time to welcome swarms of Olympic revelers and the first shoppers at the Village at Sanlitun, the neighboring open-plan leisure, shopping and cultural community. Swire Properties acquired the site for The Village at Sanlitun, a shopping and entertainment destination, with plans for a boutique hotel within it. In Chinese culture, the phrase ?opposite house? refers to the guesthouse which is customarily located on the other side of a traditional courtyard home. The hotel group chose award-winning Kengo Kuma and Associates to bring the vision to life with the exterior and interior design.
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  • The Beijing National Aquatics Centre, better known as the 'Water Cube', will be one of the most dramatic and exciting venues to feature sporting events for the 2008 Olympics. The structure of the Water Cube is based on the most effective sub-division of three-dimensional space - the fundamental arrangement of organic cells and the natural formation of soap bubbles. This US$100 million premier recreation centre will have five pools, including one with a wave machine and rides that are six times the size of an Olympic pool. Expertise from all over the Arup world will contribute to the centre.
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  • The fast developments of the city leave temporary traces that as well fast disappear to make room to new skyscrapers..Lujianzui area, in the financial center of Pudong, has no more than 15 years, but is already old. The land value wants something more than just two floor restaurants. .A worker..
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  • The Felix Bar, designed by Philippe Starck, is located on the top two floors of The Peninsula and you get a panorama of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong Island and Kowloon in the neon jungle below. And in the men's room there are a stone urinals with a view of the city below. *** General Caption *** Hong Kong - referred to officially as the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" by the Chinese government - was under British administration from 1842 until a transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Today, the region operates with a great degree of autonomy under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which provides for semi-autonomous status until at least 2047. Hong Kong's sovereignty is protected by the declaration except in areas regarding national defense and foreign relations, which are overseen by China's national government in Beijing. The region's status as China's wealthiest urban center is owed in large part to the nature of its highly capitalist economy, which boasts free markets, low taxation and government non-intervention. An important center for international finance and trade, Hong Kong - which lacks natural resources and has little arable land - operates via an economy dominated by services, which accounts for over 90 percent of the region's gross domestic product.
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  • Uriel Cozzolino, 16 years old, overlooking the balcony of his house. Uriel wakes up shortly before 6 am to go to school, by public transport it takes one hour and a half.
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  • A table set up for the Kurban Festival in a private home. The Kurban Festival "Festival of Sacrifice" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, but instead was able to sacrifice a ram (by God's command). At times of the Kurban festival, more than hundreds thousand Muslims come to Id Kah Mosque to pray and celebrate. Traditional Uyghur music sounds from the minarets and people perform the "sama" dance in front of the mosque. As tradition, each family would sacrifice a domestic animal, such as a sheep, goat, cow, or camel, by slaughter. The family eats one third, another third is given to other relatives, friends or neighbors, and the other third is given to the poor as a gift. It is indeed habit to move from house to house for a short visit sitting at a set up table. *** General Caption *** The ancient Silk Road trading hub of Kashgar, in China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is being threatened by a government redevelopment plan that some say has a hidden political agenda. Kashgar's old city has survived the centuries, and remains an important Islamic cultural center for the Uyghurs, the Turkic ethnic group living in Xinjiang. Two-thirds of Kashgar's Old City will be bulldozed in the next few weeks under a government plan to "modernize" the area. According to the nongovernmental Beijing Cultural Protection Center, the densely packed houses and narrow lanes of old Kashgar are the best-preserved examples of a traditional Islamic city in all of China and "From a cultural and historical perspective, this plan of theirs is stupid," said Wu Lili, the managing director of the BCPC, "From the perspective of the locals, it's cruel." City officials have been moving a number of families out of Kashgar's city center, saying they need to rebuild old, dangerous houses and improve infrastructure. In total, the government says it plans to renovate or
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  • The railway station of Lunghezza. Ponte di Nona is still waiting for its own station.
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  • Piazza della Scala. Crosswalk.
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  • *** Local Caption *** Basket ball players in a pubblic park.
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  • The area inside the third floor. *** General Caption *** Chungking Mansions building, located at 36-44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, is supposedly residential, it is made up of a labyrinth of hundreds  low cost guesthouses, curry restaurants, African bistros, clothing shops, sari stores, and foreign exchange offices. It often acts as a large gathering place for some of the ethnic minorities in Hong Kong, particularly South Asians (Indians, Nepalese, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans), Middle Eastern people, Nigerians, Europeans, Americans, and many other peoples of the world. Chungking Mansions is 17 stories tall and consists of five blocks, A, B, C, D and E. There are two lifts in each block, one of which serves even-numbered floors, the other one odd-numbered floors. A CCTV camera system exists at the ground floor level for each of the lift cars. The first two floors are however common space where you can wander around under the blocks , the third floor is actually a terrace level between the blocks where the tower blocks rise out of the base of the building and all floors above this are accessible only by the stairways and lifts contained in each block. It is also known to be a centre of drugs, and a refuge for petty criminals, scammers, and illegal immigrants. 208 CCTVs were installed throughout the building in 2004 and under the central control of a security company. It also hires security guards and cleaning workers to patrol in the building day to night and ensure the cleanliness of the building respectively. From time to time, police officers and the immigration officers check the identity of the people inside this building in order to crackdown on drug-trafficking, overstaying and other criminal offences. With all these effort the security and environment in Chungking Mansions has been improving significantly.
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  • The Olympic park in the Chinese capital reopen to Beijing citizens after the games, they are are free to enter into the common area of the park, otherwise called Olympic Green.
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  • *** Local Caption *** La Perla and Artemide opening party at the Gren Tea House.
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  • Candy cotton sellers in Kadikoy.
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  • Ferry waiting room. Landau Island, Hong Kong. *** General Caption *** Hong Kong - referred to officially as the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" by the Chinese government - was under British administration from 1842 until a transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Today, the region operates with a great degree of autonomy under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which provides for semi-autonomous status until at least 2047. Hong Kong's sovereignty is protected by the declaration except in areas regarding national defense and foreign relations, which are overseen by China's national government in Beijing. The region's status as China's wealthiest urban center is owed in large part to the nature of its highly capitalist economy, which boasts free markets, low taxation and government non-intervention. An important center for international finance and trade, Hong Kong - which lacks natural resources and has little arable land - operates via an economy dominated by services, which accounts for over 90 percent of the region's gross domestic product.
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  • The 751 d-Park is a usual location for wedding photo shooting. While the internationally renowned art district 798, located in the immediate vicinity, is a hotspot for contemporary and modern art, the focus at the 751 D-Park has become a center for Beijing's design scene housing interior designers, furniture showrooms and fashion firms..*** General Caption *** In view of Beijing Design Week, a look at the places where there are most of the events.
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  • Beidaihe on the Bohai Sea 280 kilometers east of Beijing, is North China's most famous seaside resort. Every year from June to September some five million tourists, mostly Chinese but including foreign, some who live in China but host of them from eastern Russia, pass through for sun and sand. Crowds walk or drive hired bicycle along the main streets and the promenade. Heading to the sea, while there is space on roped-off, private beaches, several of them restricted to guests of adjacent hotels, the public beach is packed. People in outsize trunks and frilly one-piece costumes, beach-goers bounced over waves on airbeds and inner tubes, or just splashed in the cooling water. Beidaihe once was a famous resort for Chinese leadership. It was the former summer home of Lin Biao, the army leader who died in mysterious circumstances in 1971 after apparently trying to stage a coup against Chairman Mao Zedong. Beidaihe's resurgence began again after Deng took control of China in 1978, since than China's senior leaders slip away to Beidaihe on the Bohai coast to escape the heat of Beijing and plot strategy for the coming year. Still now there are houses of important Chinese party leader, but since Mr. Hu gained the power it's not anymore the place were the leaders use to met each other informal.  *** Local Caption *** A Russian-Chinese festival organized to celebrate the friendship between the two country, and the thousands of tourists that every year visit the town.
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  • In the 1970's, the South Korean capital of Seoul embarked on a course of development that would eventually cause it to become the world's 12th largest trading nation and a major exporter of cars, consumer electronics and computer components. Following the 1997 Asian financial crisis, economic growth made a strong rebound in 1999, and the economy continues to perform well thanks to a wide variety of exports. Today, with the restoration of the Cheonggyecheon - the stream running through the center of Seoul - the city is embarking on a mission to merge its spiritual soul with its newer, high-tech persona, in order to provide a higher quality of life for its citizens. *** Local Caption *** Restaurant's staffer job: attract diners.
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  • Beidaihe on the Bohai Sea 280 kilometers east of Beijing, is North China's most famous seaside resort. Every year from June to September some five million tourists, mostly Chinese but including foreign, some who live in China but host of them from eastern Russia, pass through for sun and sand. Crowds walk or drive hired bicycle along the main streets and the promenade. Heading to the sea, while there is space on roped-off, private beaches, several of them restricted to guests of adjacent hotels, the public beach is packed. People in outsize trunks and frilly one-piece costumes, beach-goers bounced over waves on airbeds and inner tubes, or just splashed in the cooling water. Beidaihe once was a famous resort for Chinese leadership. It was the former summer home of Lin Biao, the army leader who died in mysterious circumstances in 1971 after apparently trying to stage a coup against Chairman Mao Zedong. Beidaihe's resurgence began again after Deng took control of China in 1978, since than China's senior leaders slip away to Beidaihe on the Bohai coast to escape the heat of Beijing and plot strategy for the coming year. Still now there are houses of important Chinese party leader, but since Mr. Hu gained the power it's not anymore the place were the leaders use to met each other informal.  *** Local Caption *** The beach as perfect scenario for weddding set.
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  • *** Local Caption *** Sultanahmet blu mosque
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  • China's rapid economic growth has come at a cost: environmental degradation that stokes civil unrest, affects economic growth and ultimately surpasses its own borders. To meet the rapidly growing economy's huge demands, the country is building more coal-fired power plants, which emit large amounts of sulphur dioxide and other pollutants, causing acid rain and leading to respiratory illnesses; such heavy polluters are damaging the environment and harming its people and its neighbours. With its dependence on coal-fired power plants, China is among the world's most wasteful energy users, spending 2.4 times more energy per unit of gross domestic product than the rest of the world (according to the United Nations Development Program). *** Local Caption *** Truck drivers waiting to get in the energy plan to unload the coal from the trucks. A never ended queue of trucks is always waiting outside the energy plant.
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  • A blast at a chemical plant in November 2005 in Jilin City, Jilin Province, spilled some 100 tons of toxic chemicals (mainly benzene, which levels were 108 times above national safety levels) into the Songhua River, forming a toxic slick, which at its peak extended 80 kilometers. The toxic slick plagued millions of residents living along the downstream sections of the river. Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province with an urban population of nearly 4 million, was forced to cut off its water supply for four days. More than 300 residents of Niujiadian village, Songpu County, in Harbin were relocated for more than a month in several city's hotels. It's not clear the meaning of that action: the village is on the opposite bank of the river where lays the 5 million city of Harbin. In spring 2006 rumors had warned that the problem could become worse when ice, that have trapped some of the pollution melt, thaws and flows again along the river. But China government in April 2006 claims there are no problem at all and, anyway, would spend 1.2 billion dollars to clean up the polluted Songhua Rive, its third biggest river. *** Local Caption *** An unemployed have a rest on the beach along the river during a sunny day.
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  • "Tianmo" (Natural Desert, a desert formed within recent years) is no more than 70 kilometers from the center of Beijing. The windy and dusty line give rise to severe sand and dust pollution in Beijing frequently. There are 4 sandy belts, which cover 0.9 million mu of shifting dunes, in Weichang County, northeast of Beijing. They are moving forward with 26.4 meters per year in the direction of southeast and seriously affect eco-environment problems of Beijing and Tianjin. *** Local Caption *** The "Tianmo" is also a kind of amusement park where guest can enjoy a ride on a camel or horse as slide with little sled down the dune.
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  • "Tianmo" (Natural Desert, a desert formed within recent years) is no more than 70 kilometers from the center of Beijing. The windy and dusty line give rise to severe sand and dust pollution in Beijing frequently. There are 4 sandy belts, which cover 0.9 million mu of shifting dunes, in Weichang County, northeast of Beijing. They are moving forward with 26.4 meters per year in the direction of southeast and seriously affect eco-environment problems of Beijing and Tianjin. *** Local Caption *** Farmers in a dry land cover by dust and sand few kilometers from the dunes of "Tianmo".
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  • If a Chinese citizen felt that he was wronged but the local officials would give him no satisfaction, he could bring his recourse to Beijing and petition the National Petition Office or the Ministry of State or, more spectacular, CCTV in the hope of getting justice rendered..Seeking justice in the capital is a tradition rooted in China's imperial days, and even today Beijing maintains offices for tens of thousands of petitioners to file complaints against local officials for alleged corruption, theft, even murder. The practice of appealing to the central government reflects a lack of avenues available to ordinary Chinese to fight abuses of power as most courts remain under the control of Communist Party and government officials. When petitioners get to Beijing, they still face huge obstacles. They are therefore unlikely to be able to afford stay in hotels while they do their rounds of visits. So they congregate in certain 'petition' villages in the Beijing area, where they can stay at 'affordable' prices, as 3 to 50 Yuan for day. Then every day, hundreds of provincial prosecutors, local officials, undercover police and hired criminals are working in the capital as "retrievers" to stop the petitioners. When captured, petitioners are beaten and sent straight home. Where often staff doctors, all police employees, diagnose them with unspecified "mental disorders," trying to stop them before take other trip to Beijing.  *** Local Caption *** Wang Hong Ling, 63 years old, shows the consequences of 3 years of labor re-education where she was submitted. It was approved by the labor re-education committee of Sui Hua municipal government, Heilongijiang province in the name of pick quarrel and make troubles.
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  • With China hosting its first-ever Olympics, the country has seen a surge in national pride. But Chinese are angry at what they see as the West trying to spoil their party. China's nationalism today is shaped by its pride in its history as well as its century of humiliation at the hands of the West and Japan. Beyond the party's control, the emergence of the Internet in the last two decades has given nationalists more power to vent their anger after particular incidents: the bombing of Chinese embassy in Belgrade or the anti-government protests in Tibet. *** Local Caption *** The Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, soldiers take pictures with Mao statue.
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  • On a roof at 798 art district
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  • *** Local Caption *** La Perla and Artemide opening party at the Gren Tea House.
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  • At the heart of the buildings of the Tower Unicredit, is placed square Gae Aulenti. This also designed by architect Cesar Pelli Argentina, in addition to the towers, it is a circular plaza with 100 meters in diameter, raised by 6 meters above the street level.
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  • *** Local Caption *** Mirador Mansion, Kowloon, with his low budget hotel and taylor's lab  is one of a few old high rises that remain among the new development and high end hotels that appear to be taking over the area.  Comparing the dirty concrete facads of Mirador and it's neighbor, Cheungking Mansions, with the swanky department stores, Holiday Inn, and the "New Heart of the City" going up across the street, it wonder how long the budget establishments will last.
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  • *** Local Caption ***  The controversial hundreds-million dollars glass and titanium Opera House, designed by French architect Paul Andreu, chosen from among 69 architectural plans submitted by 36 architectural firms in 10 countries in 1999, is intended to be at the core of Beijing's cultural life when it is completed in the end of 2003. .Located near the Forbidden City in the heart of the capital, the theatre will consist of three halls of Concert Hall, Opera House and Hall for Traditional Entertainment with total number of seats exceeding 6,000. It will house a 2,500-seat opera house, a 2,000-seat concert hall, a 1,200-seat traditional theatre. .The basic design is an egg-shape dome of 220 meters long, 150 meters wide, and 49 meters high (and 30 to 40 metres above ground) floating on an artificial lake. Its roof part is divided into two parts: glass roof and the Titanium composite material. Picture of completion provides an image of UFO landing on the surface of a lake, an extra located to the west of the Great Hall of the People, the State Theatres will occupy an area of 118,900 square meters and boast a floor space of 149,500 square meters. It is the biggest construction project in central Beijing since the mausoleum of Mao Zedong in 1977. .Hundreds of labourers have been working for a year to demolish 1,000 homes, restaurants, offices and workshops in the old Hutong area was there. The Opera House/The National Grand theatre.
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  • Dazhanzi area. Old Chinese home, the hutong, almost ready to make room for the new buildings.
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  • Nebbia in Val Padana
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  • View of Istanbul from Galata Bridge.
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  • Clifton Beach, the beach has attractions for families and tourists, including beachside horse and camel rides, amusement parks, restaurants, and swimming in the Arabian Sea. Many of the boys renting horses are Afghans fled their country. The beach is crowded of IDPs who collect money to survive before returning to the valleys where the Pakistani army is fighting the Taliban. Afghan with his horse on the beach. *** General Caption *** Muttahida Quami Movement, generally known as MQM , ("United National Movement" in English) is an progressive liberal secular centre left party in Pakistan (initially on quasi-socialist lines) founded on 11 June 1978 as a student organization of "muhajir" (immigrants), the  All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization or APMSO, at the University of Karachi by Altaf Hussain who continues to remain its chief. Supposedly it represent the majority of immigrants who migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947. APMSO then gave birth to the Muhajir Quami Movement (MQM) on March 1984. From 1992 to 1994, the MQM was the target of the Pakistan Army's Operation Cleanup leaving hundreds of civilians dead. On July 26, 1997, MQM officially removed the term Muhajir from its name, and replaced it with Muttahida ("United"). In 1992, after the operation "Clean up", there was the split with key members of the party: the MQM-H or MQM Haqiqi, the "real" MQM, was born. Since then have not stopped the target killing from both sides. The target killing is getting intensified in Karachi with the military's ongoing counterinsurgency operation in Swat and Malakand. The MQM party is, maybe, the worst enemy of the taliban in Pakistan.
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  • Restaurants and bar on the roof of the IFC mall. *** General Caption *** Hong Kong - referred to officially as the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" by the Chinese government - was under British administration from 1842 until a transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Today, the region operates with a great degree of autonomy under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which provides for semi-autonomous status until at least 2047. Hong Kong's sovereignty is protected by the declaration except in areas regarding national defense and foreign relations, which are overseen by China's national government in Beijing. The region's status as China's wealthiest urban center is owed in large part to the nature of its highly capitalist economy, which boasts free markets, low taxation and government non-intervention. An important center for international finance and trade, Hong Kong - which lacks natural resources and has little arable land - operates via an economy dominated by services, which accounts for over 90 percent of the region's gross domestic product.
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  • *** Local Caption *** Art student visiting the 798 art dstrict.
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  • Vitya, 9 years old, lives  in the house of Way Home. His mother has psychological problems.
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  • In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using the 1946 constitution drawn up for all of China. Over the next five decades, the ruling authorities gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within the governing structure. In 2000, Taiwan underwent its first peaceful transfer of power from the Nationalist to the Democratic Progressive Party. Throughout this period, the island prospered and became one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issues continue to be the relationship between Taiwan and China (far less than 200km). *** Local Caption *** Evening rush time at traffic light.
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  • The park "Splendid China" spreads almost 300,000 square meter of land. Its miniature scenic area is a replica of China, reflecting long-standing history and ancient architecture, as well as the customs and habits of 56 nationalities in China. *** Local Caption *** Boy jumps on the Great Wall in miniature. On the background the skyscrapers of Shenzhen.
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  • The park "Windows of the World" contains examples of famous attractions from all over the world. With an area of 480,000 square meters, the park contains different sections covering Asia, the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and America. Sights and sites of historical interest in the world, ancient and modern, natural landscapes and cultural sites are here. *** Local Caption *** The square in front of the park's gate.
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  • South Korea is working hard to set a network of robot in every house. It's already available for the new houses an option of remote control of the house and in this package will be insert an home robot. Networked robots that are scheduled to enter mass production by next year, for example, will move all around home with a camera checking for the children as home safety or relay messages to parents or teach children English. If all goes according to plan, robots will be in every South Korean household by 2015-20. As with robots and most other specific technologies, the government has had a strong hand in guiding businesses and research centers sponsoring it. It's a kind of new market that doesn't exit still now, but the government and the company as Yjin claim as promising. In late 2005, three types of Yujin robots were distributed to 64 randomly selected households. By 2007, the networked robots are expected to be on the market, the price will be around 2000$. Yujin Robot started developing prototypes in 2004 and has sold 100, mostly to universities and research institutes, said Shin Kyung Chul, the company's president. At the moment it is the leader in making small $500 robots that move around the house using sensors, vacuuming or sweeping. *** Local Caption *** Albert HUBO, an android robot, had been finished at November, 2005 by Humanoid robot research center (HUBO Lab) founded at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) . It is composed of a head, which takes after Dr. Albert Einstein, and HUBOÍs body. The head part was developed by Hanson-Robotics. Its skin is a special material, Frubber, which oftenly be used at Hollywood. The head has 35 joints, so it can impersonate various facial expressions using independent movements of eyes and lips. It has 2 CCD cameras to do vision recognition.
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  • According Associated Press-Ipsos poll of the United States and nine of its allies on religious attitudes, 19 percent of Koreans said they did not believe in God, the highest percentage among nations polled. According to the poll, Buddhism was the most popular religion in Korea with 24 percent of the respondents regarding themselves as its followers. Twenty-three percent and 11 percent identified Protestantism and Catholicism, respectively. Christianity was unkown in the Korean Peninsula before the 18th century. The social composition of the two Christian communities was different as well. The Protestants were by no means an elite group, but they included a large number of the best and brightest. Catholicism, on the contrary, remained the religion of simple, uneducated people, largely farmers and small craftsmen. The Catholics were deeply involved in the change of the regime. In 1974 one of the most radical Catholics, Bishop Chi Hak-sun, was imprisoned for allegedly supporting anti-government activities. The arrest of the bishop was a shock and led to an outpouring of resistance. From that time, the Catholic churches became major strongholds of the opposition. The nationÍs major cathedral, Myngdong Cathedral in Seoul, was the usual place of the democracy rallies, and the priests often signed sharply worded anti-government declarations. Today the Protestant activism gain growth and the percentage is higher than Catholics. *** Local Caption *** Martyr's Shrine at Saenamteo Church was build on a site used as milaty training ground and as execution site During the persecution of Catholics in Korea many priest gave witness to their faith with the death on this site. Among them in 1801 the Chinese pries Mun-mo Chu, the first Catholic priest in Korea.
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  • A man hae a prayer on the holy tomb in the desret of Taklamakan.
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  • Moqtada Al Sadr spech in Al Kufah Mosque on friday.
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  • One of the bigest transport company (they ask to do not release the name) in Baghdad. Two hundreds trucks and more than two hundredes drivers. They travel all around Iraq. The owner and the driver as well do not say to anybody they work for American company. The owner  didn't say with wich American company he work as well. The truck drivers earns around 350$ for month. An american truck attacked.
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  • The check to entry in Falluja takes several hours of queue and not always it's possible for the Iraqi people the go home. Just 75 families are allowed to come back to their home by the Colaition Army today.
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  • Muhjaidin in El Golan (or Jolan) area ready to fight if americans try to come in Falluja. Here they show Rpg, Kalashnikov and 6mm BKS
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  • Ambush to western journalist. One algerian journalist and one polish journalist killed and another polish injuried...The ambush was after Mahmudya and Hella.
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  • Piazza Alimonda. The death of Carlo Giuliani.
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  • The family of the activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) 28-year-old Atiq-ur-Rehman. He was shot dead while two others were injured by unidentified assailants. No one says openly, but everyone thinks and indicate the MQM-H, the rival faction of the MQM. *** General Caption *** Muttahida Quami Movement, generally known as MQM , ("United National Movement" in English) is an progressive liberal secular centre left party in Pakistan (initially on quasi-socialist lines) founded on 11 June 1978 as a student organization of "muhajir" (immigrants), the  All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization or APMSO, at the University of Karachi by Altaf Hussain who continues to remain its chief. Supposedly it represent the majority of immigrants who migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947. APMSO then gave birth to the Muhajir Quami Movement (MQM) on March 1984. From 1992 to 1994, the MQM was the target of the Pakistan Army's Operation Cleanup leaving hundreds of civilians dead. On July 26, 1997, MQM officially removed the term Muhajir from its name, and replaced it with Muttahida ("United"). In 1992, after the operation "Clean up", there was the split with key members of the party: the MQM-H or MQM Haqiqi, the "real" MQM, was born. Since then have not stopped the target killing from both sides. The target killing is getting intensified in Karachi with the military's ongoing counterinsurgency operation in Swat and Malakand. The MQM party is, maybe, the worst enemy of the taliban in Pakistan.
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  • The check point to Palestine and Sheraton Hotel.
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  • The wall to protect Gilo settlers from sniper who shot from the opposite hill Betlhem.
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  • A man looks woman walking along the wall
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  • China, the world's biggest coal producer (more than a billion tons of coal a year, accounting for 60 percent of world trade), is beginning to wield its influence as a major coal-exporter to secure a dominant position in the sector and control world prices...China's economic boom has been built on the back of coal. Under the actual conditions in China, coal fired power generation is generally the most practical and economical way of power generation in this country. The 80% of power generated in China comes from coal; nuclear power will account for less than 1% and hydropower less than 20%. It is expected that coal fired power generation has long been and will continue to be the main source of electricity of this country in the past, present and in the next 50 years in the future...The first half of this year has seen successive coalmine accidents. Statistics show that from April 1 to May 16, 62 accidents occurred in coalmines, causing casualties of 503 people. Often the pits may be as much as 260 metres below the surface and their condition is also unknown...These small coalmines, which are usually run by enterprises to gain profit for themselves, have no basic safety guarantee and their management paid less attention to government regulations on safety working and operation...Small coal mines in Wuhai area. Miner have a rest after work.
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  • China, the world's biggest coal producer (more than a billion tons of coal a year, accounting for 60 percent of world trade), is beginning to wield its influence as a major coal-exporter to secure a dominant position in the sector and control world prices...China's economic boom has been built on the back of coal. Under the actual conditions in China, coal fired power generation is generally the most practical and economical way of power generation in this country. The 80% of power generated in China comes from coal; nuclear power will account for less than 1% and hydropower less than 20%. It is expected that coal fired power generation has long been and will continue to be the main source of electricity of this country in the past, present and in the next 50 years in the future...The first half of this year has seen successive coalmine accidents. Statistics show that from April 1 to May 16, 62 accidents occurred in coalmines, causing casualties of 503 people. Often the pits may be as much as 260 metres below the surface and their condition is also unknown...These small coalmines, which are usually run by enterprises to gain profit for themselves, have no basic safety guarantee and their management paid less attention to government regulations on safety working and operation...Small coal mines in Wuhai area. Miners ready to go down the mine.
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  • China, the world's biggest coal producer (more than a billion tons of coal a year, accounting for 60 percent of world trade), is beginning to wield its influence as a major coal-exporter to secure a dominant position in the sector and control world prices...China's economic boom has been built on the back of coal. Under the actual conditions in China, coal fired power generation is generally the most practical and economical way of power generation in this country. The 80% of power generated in China comes from coal; nuclear power will account for less than 1% and hydropower less than 20%. It is expected that coal fired power generation has long been and will continue to be the main source of electricity of this country in the past, present and in the next 50 years in the future...The first half of this year has seen successive coalmine accidents. Statistics show that from April 1 to May 16, 62 accidents occurred in coalmines, causing casualties of 503 people. Often the pits may be as much as 260 metres below the surface and their condition is also unknown...These small coalmines, which are usually run by enterprises to gain profit for themselves, have no basic safety guarantee and their management paid less attention to government regulations on safety working and operation...Down 200 metres below the surface in a big coal mine in Wuhai area.
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  • The Daqing oil region (northeast of China) is the largest oil region in China and the Petrochina's largest oil and gas producing property; it covers an area of approximately one million acres. The crude output from Daqing oil field will continue to slide in 2004, falling 4.3% to 46.3 million metric tons, after hitting a 27-year low last year. Some attribute the fall in output to "the natural decline of recoverable oil reserves" after 40 years of intensive production, other sources express that the oil field is faced up with increased costs because of higher water content, thus will have to adopt advanced technologies to enhance production efficiency. A new hope to fulfill China's demand for oil was expected to come from the Yukos Russian oil company which considers selling its Siberian oil to China via a pipeline to Daqing. But Japan is offering financial incentives to the Russian pipeline and it appears that Japan will beat China and benefit from the Siberian oil.
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  • Workers in the ship.
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  • The ships are hoisted to shore from the same engines used by to drop anchor.
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  • East Beijing Chaoyang yard. Workers at change turn.
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  • Works exhibited at the Shanghart Gallery in Moganshan Rd. along the Suzhou river.
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  • A united Germany's capital since 1999, Berlin has evolved into a cosmopolitan city to rival both London and Paris. Following World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, Berlin became a divided city, partitioned into British, French and American zones in the west, and a Soviet zone to the east. The western zones gradually merged into West Berlin while the eastern zone continued to fall under Soviet rule. Following the collapse of the Berlin wall in 1989, the city's two haves were re-united and eventually became Germany's capital, yet again. *** Local Caption *** The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is Germany's central Holocaust memorial site, a place for remembrance and commemoration of the victims..The Memorial consists of the Field of Stelae designed by architect Peter Eisenman and the underground Information Centre with concrete facts and information about the victims.
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  • As Moscow's urban landscape continues to change, with soaring skyscrapers piercing the city skyline and restoration on historic buildings becoming more-and-more common, foreign curiosity of the Russian capital often focuses on the metropolitan center rather than the city's outskirts. I used the last stops on the city's metro system as a connect-the-dots perimeter map, investigating the fringes of the city, venturing off no more than 450 feet from each subway entrance to produce a photographic sketch of the "edges of Moscow." *** Local Caption *** Krylatskoe station. Metro line n.4 (north).
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  • As Moscow's urban landscape continues to change, with soaring skyscrapers piercing the city skyline and restoration on historic buildings becoming more-and-more common, foreign curiosity of the Russian capital often focuses on the metropolitan center rather than the city's outskirts. I used the last stops on the city's metro system as a connect-the-dots perimeter map, investigating the fringes of the city, venturing off no more than 450 feet from each subway entrance to produce a photographic sketch of the "edges of Moscow." *** Local Caption *** Mar'ino station metro line n.10 (south).
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  • The Masterplan of Milanofiori North has been realized by Designed by Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects of Rotterdam, architects known for interventions with low environmental impact..Milanofiori North has the objective to achieve a high quality environment where architecture and landscape are closely linked..In addition to meeting the sustainability criteria in terms of composition, technology and materials (green building, solar panels) will be exploited forest areas and protected the existing biodiversity..The building designed by Erick van Egeraat.
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  • On the hill facing the  onastery some monk and faithful leave the marks of their prayers.
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  • Dani Pedrosa took his first MotoGP victory today at the Shanghai Circuit, confirming his status as a serious title contender in his debut season. The Repsol Honda rider, who started from pole, came back from a quiet start to lead the entire second half of the race ahead of team-mate Nicky Hayden. Colin Edwards put himself on the podium for the first time this season whilst fellow Camel Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi saw his spectacular fight back through the field cut short by a tire problem. Rossi had been making positive progress through the field, working his way up from thirteenth on the grid to fifth place in the race before bad luck struck once again. RossiÕs exit from the race came after his second trip to the pits.  The reigning World Champion entered the box on lap fifteen, but completed only one lap more before having to retire.  *** Local Caption *** Valentino Rossi at the eastern grandstand, gains positions before he got a problem with the front tire.
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  • Dani Pedrosa took his first MotoGP victory today at the Shanghai Circuit, confirming his status as a serious title contender in his debut season. The Repsol Honda rider, who started from pole, came back from a quiet start to lead the entire second half of the race ahead of team-mate Nicky Hayden. Colin Edwards put himself on the podium for the first time this season whilst fellow Camel Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi saw his spectacular fight back through the field cut short by a tire problem. Rossi had been making positive progress through the field, working his way up from thirteenth on the grid to fifth place in the race before bad luck struck once again. RossiÕs exit from the race came after his second trip to the pits.  The reigning World Champion entered the box on lap fifteen, but completed only one lap more before having to retire.  *** Local Caption *** Valentino Rossi, world champion during the qualifying practice, ready to go at the Yamaha pit.
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  • The Chinese Olympic Canoe Team is leaded by a German coach who already won many gold medals with the German team in tha last Olympic games. He got the challenge to lead the Chines Team to win in the next Olympic Games in China.  *** Local Caption *** Chinese Olympic Canoe Team. Athletes having rest eating ice cream in one of the few local shops.
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  • *** Local Caption *** In a restaurant.*** General Caption *** The ancient Silk Road trading hub of Kashgar, in China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is being threatened by a government redevelopment plan that some say has a hidden political agenda. Kashgar's old city has survived the centuries, and remains an important Islamic cultural center for the Uyghurs, the Turkic ethnic group living in Xinjiang. Two-thirds of Kashgar's Old City will be bulldozed in the next few weeks under a government plan to "modernize" the area. According to the nongovernmental Beijing Cultural Protection Center, the densely packed houses and narrow lanes of old Kashgar are the best-preserved examples of a traditional Islamic city in all of China and "From a cultural and historical perspective, this plan of theirs is stupid," said Wu Lili, the managing director of the BCPC, "From the perspective of the locals, it's cruel." City officials have been moving a number of families out of Kashgar's city center, saying they need to rebuild old, dangerous houses and improve infrastructure. In total, the government says it plans to renovate or reconstruct more than 5 million square meters of old homes and resettle some 45,000 households. Some Uighurs argue the demolition is part of an orchestrated campaign by the Chinese government to destroy Uighur culture. "The Kashgar project appears to be a tool to assimilate Uyghurs and to actually stifle peaceful dissent by putting old city residents from an organic living arrangement into a regimented, government-organized living arrangement. The Chinese authorities are able to monitor the activity of any peaceful dissent among Uyghurs," they say. There are also concerns about how people will earn a living once they are moved far from the centre of tourism - the government plan apparently does not include any mention of job creation. Disappearing the old city, tourism will disappear.
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  • During the Kurban Festival in every corner of the city, small groups of Uighurs selling and buying sheeps. The Kurban Festival "Festival of Sacrifice" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, but instead was able to sacrifice a ram (by God's command). At times of the Kurban festival, more than hundreds thousand Muslims come to Id Kah Mosque to pray and celebrate. Traditional Uyghur music sounds from the minarets and people perform the "sama" dance in front of the mosque. As tradition, each family would sacrifice a domestic animal, such as a sheep, goat, cow, or camel, by slaughter. The family eats one third, another third is given to other relatives, friends or neighbors, and the other third is given to the poor as a gift. It is indeed habit to move from house to house for a short visit sitting at a set up table. *** General Caption *** The ancient Silk Road trading hub of Kashgar, in China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is being threatened by a government redevelopment plan that some say has a hidden political agenda. Kashgar's old city has survived the centuries, and remains an important Islamic cultural center for the Uyghurs, the Turkic ethnic group living in Xinjiang. Two-thirds of Kashgar's Old City will be bulldozed in the next few weeks under a government plan to "modernize" the area. According to the nongovernmental Beijing Cultural Protection Center, the densely packed houses and narrow lanes of old Kashgar are the best-preserved examples of a traditional Islamic city in all of China and "From a cultural and historical perspective, this plan of theirs is stupid," said Wu Lili, the managing director of the BCPC, "From the perspective of the locals, it's cruel." City officials have been moving a number of families out of Kashgar's city center, saying they need to rebuild old, dangerous houses and improve infrastructure. In to
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  • Young worker.
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  • Kulunshan pass, 4700 meters, the second higher pass of the railway. Trains already journey on the bridge close to a tibetan prayer place.
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  • The Three Gorges Dam resettlement involves the building of new cities and towns and the movement of large numbers of peasants, usually relocate near the original location otherwise to the 11 provinces throughout Eastern China. .Jiang Zemin's speech (Nov 8, 1997) said: "A successful resettlement of the people affected by the Three Gorges Project is the key to the progress and eventual success of the project.".By building the world's largest dam across the world's third-longest river, China will force, at the end of the process, 1.2 million (somebody says 2 million) people to move from fertile farmlands along the Yangtze and will affect the lives of roughly 400 million people who live along its banks before 2008, when the water in the reservoir will rise to 175 meters.The Three Gorges Dam resettlement involves the building of new cities and towns and the movement of large numbers of peasants, usually relocate near the original location otherwise to the 11 provinces throughout Eastern China. .Jiang Zemin's speech (Nov 8, 1997) said: "A successful resettlement of the people affected by the Three Gorges Project is the key to the progress and eventual success of the project.".By building the world's largest dam across the world's third-longest river, China will force, at the end of the process, 1.2 million (somebody says 2 million) people to move from fertile farmlands along the Yangtze and will affect the lives of roughly 400 million people who live along its banks before 2008, when the water in the reservoir will rise to 175 meters. *** Local Caption *** A guard take a walk on a bridge on the reservoir still close to the traffic.
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  • The "Mi-Di" annual music festival. For three days  bands that belong to the Chinese contemporary music scene play in a park for thousands of youngs.
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  • Heroin addicts on a side street off Jiegang road.
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  • People looking jellyfishes in the Aquarium.
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