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.
![Xu Xiaotou, a welder from East China’s Anhui province, who often has to crouch in tight spaces with his welding torch, poses between two big iron pipes in Jiaxing city, East China’s Zhejiang province, July 29, 2011.[Photo/CFP] Workers slog away in hot, hard conditions](../../attachement/jpg/site1/20110804/001aa018f83f0fa4a8990d.jpg)