China
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Space race
Homebuyers are learning the hard facts of supply and demand: too many cars and too few parking spaces.
Micro blogs popular
In the aftermath of the train crash, more than 20 million micro-bloggers demonstrated power.
Ancient plate broken
An ancient porcelain plate that was accidentally destroyed was an invaluable part of the Palace Museum's collection but not the best piece of its type.
![Wang Jian, a brick bearer from Southwest China’s Guizhou province, poses in a hot brick kiln, which is heated by an open fire, in Jiaxing city, East China’s Zhejiang province, July 25, 2011.[Photo/CFP] Workers slog away in hot, hard conditions](../../attachement/jpg/site1/20110804/001aa018f83f0fa4a83d09.jpg)