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A young Chinese girl training in gymnastics.

Chinese Gymnastics Kids: Training with Tears, Sweat, & Dreams A series of photographs showing young Chinese children undergoing often painful and tiring gymnastics training for a future as professional gymnasts in China. 87

Doris Phua, general manager or CEO of Da Vinci Furniture Ltd. at a press conference responding to her company's product quality and falsification scandal.

Da Vinci Furniture Claims Extortion By CCTV Reporter Luxury furniture retailer Da Vinci Furniture has accused a CCTV reporter of conspiring with customers & extorting the company of millions with negative reports. 17

Two Chinese women looking at apartment buildings under construction in Chongqing.

Top 10 Problems in 2011 China, CASS Survey of Chinese Public A Chinese Academy of Social Sciences survey show residents focused on issues of rising prices (inflation), health care, wealth gap, corruption, housing in 2011. 27

Guangzhou wealthy couple uses in vitro fertilization and surrogate mothers to have 8 babies..

Rich Chinese Couple Uses 2 Surrogate Mothers To Have 8 Babies A wealthy childless Chinese couple in Guangdong has 8 babies at once with the help of in vitro fertilization and 2 surrogate mothers, & then employs 11 nannies. 48

Four students at a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China show their wounds from being disciplined physically.

Caning Corporal Punishment at Chinese Martial Arts School Photos of students disciplined by corporal punishment at a well-known Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China along with the resulting bruises and injuries. 87

Hang Gang's son holding a turnip that had been left over by the mob of Chinese people who plundered his vegetable farm.

Chinese Farmer Giving Away Free Turnips Plundered by Mob A farmer in Zhengzhou of Henan province who offered to give away for free turnips he couldn't sell gets more than he bargained for when 10,000+ people show up. 94

A 3-year-old Chinese girl with much of her face disfigured after her father poured gasoline on her and lit her on fire.

3-Year-Old Girl Doused in Gasoline and Lit on Fire by Father A Shaanxi, China man angry with his wife wanting to divorce him pours gasoline on his 3-year-old daughter and lights her on fire in front of his wife's family. 83

Chang Mao, a sheep, mounts Chun Zi, a deer at a wild animal park in China.

Sheep-Deer Love Affair in Yunnan Zoo, Now Proven With Photo Yunnan Wild Animal Park posts a photo of ram Chang Mao mating with doe Chun Zi in response to Chinese netizens skeptical of their sheep-deer love affair news. 31

Primary schoolchildren in Fujian province line the street with flowers in hand to welcome government officials attenting a Buddhism seminar.

Schoolchildren Line Streets to Welcome Government Officials Class is suspended for Chinese primary school students in Gutian county of Fujian province so they can go line the streets & welcome arriving government officials. 36

Broken glass, molotov cocktails, and propane tanks scattered across a village street in Guangzhou by residents trying to block a government demolition of illegal buildings in the village.

Molotov Cocktails & Propane Tanks Used to Block Demolition Crews Chinese villagers in Guangzhou attempt to block government demolition crews by blocking the road with glass shards, Molotov cocktails, and propane gas tanks. 46

A physical confrontation between Occupy Wall Street protesters and New York City police forces.

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Cleared Out, Chinese Reactions Translated Chinese netizen reactions to news and photos of "Occupy Wall Street" movement protesters being forcibly cleared out of Zuccotti Park by NYC police. 135

National Day Golden Week Holiday Crowds Throughout China Photos of crowds of tourists at famous tourist spots like the Great Wall and Imperial Palace throughout China during its 2011 week-long National Day holiday. 82

Li Zicheng, a Chinese migrant worker, has a toe transplanted onto his hand where his thumb was cut off.

Migrant Worker Unhappy with Toe Transplanted Onto His Hand A migrant worker who lost his thumb in a workplace injury is now unhappy with the doctor & hospital that transplanted one of his toes onto his hand in its place. 70

A Guangzhou police officer talking to an African.

Africans in Guangzhou: Opportunities & Discrimination A translated photo essay about black Africans who travel to Guangzhou to do trade business, plus the opportunities, difficulties, and discrimination they face. 512

Harbin Pharmaceuticals' Sixth Pharmaceuticals' luxurious factory plant.

Harbin Pharmaceuticals Plant Looks Like European Palace Hallways of luxurious carved wood and inlaid gold foil along with lavish amenities at a Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical drug company creates a stir online. 74

"Family Possessions" by Huang Qingjun and Ma Hongjie, showing the furniture and household items of ordinary families in China.

“Family Possessions”: Living Environments of Chinese Families 13 photographs of ordinary Chinese families displaying their everyday household possessions, such as furniture & appliances, taken by Ma Qingjun and Ma Hongjie. 73

Fuzhou's "Most Awesome Wall of Air Conditioners".

“Most Awesome Wall of Air Conditioners” in Fuzhou Photographs and videos of a building in Fuzhou, China with over 500 individual air conditioner compressor units densely mounted to & hanging off its outer wall. 51