Scenes from China (2)

2. A Chinese man eats a snack outside a food shop in Beijing, China. (March 22, 2011) (Andy Wong/Associated Press

3. A scavenger selects metal material from a garbage dump in Shanghai, China. (March 7, 2011) (Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press

4. A pet shop worker washes an ermine at a pet shop in Beijing. Exotic pets are growing more common as residents' income levels rise in the Chinese capital. (January 30, 2011) (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

5. A vendor sits at his stall selling garlic and cooking ingredients in Hutong alleys in Beijing. (March 8, 2011) (Andy Wong/Associated Press

6. A customer selects vegetables from a street vender in an alleyway in Shanghai. (March 7, 2011) (Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press)

7. Workers from a nightclub wait for customers along a bar district in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. (March 31, 2011) (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)

8. A couple rides a bicycle past a demolished housing area in Shanghai. (January 18, 2011) (Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press)

9. Newlyweds toast with champagne while posing for a photo behind a shopping mall in Beijing. (March 6, 2011) (Andy Wong/Associated Press

10. A child in traditional costume walks with his parents as they visit the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (March 2, 2011) (Andy Wong/Associated Press

11. Two girls rent a bicycle for a lake-round visit at famous tourist scene, Shichahai, in Beijing. (March 8, 2011) (Wang Xibao/Xinhua, via Associated Press

12. A Chinese man removes ropes used to protect a plant from the winter cold in Beijing. (March 1, 2011) (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)

13. A Chinese tourist wears a costume of an emperor during a photo session near the Qianmen Street in Beijing. (March 2, 2011) (Andy Wong/Associated Press)

14. Chinese elderly exercise at a public park in Beijing. (March 1, 2011) (Vincent Thian/Associated Press)

15. A worker wears a rabbit costume as part of an advertisement at the Bund, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Shanghai. According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit. (February 11, 2011) (Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press)

16. A man and woman kiss at the river front promenade called "the Bund," one of the most popular tourist spots in Shanghai. (Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press)

17. A visitor walks on the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, on the outskirts of Beijing. (January 12, 2011) (Andy Wong/Associated Press)

18. A Chinese child reacts while playing between sculptures outside a museum in Beijing, China, AP / Muhammed Muheisen

19. A woman walks past cast iron sculptures of wolves by Chinese artiste Liu Ruowang entitled "Wolf Coming" at a art district in Beijing, China, . AP / Ng Han Guan

20. A girl runs past fountain flows outside a shopping mall in Beijing . AP / Alexander F. Yuan

21. A Chinese bride waits her groom, right, to get his hair done during a photoshoot by a photographer, unseen, at Beijing World Park AP / Muhammed Muheisen

22. Chinese visitors watch performances at a manmade beach build at a park in Beijing, China, AP / Ng Han Guan

23. Chinese police officers stand guard while tourists, right, rest at the Great Wall of China in north of Beijing, AP / Muhammed Muheisen

24. A man rests on his trishaw while waiting for customers at a hutong alley near the drum tower, a tourist spot in Beijing, China, AP / Andy Wong

25. A woman cares for a child on a street in Beijing, China, . AP / Ng Han Guan

26. Elderly Chinese women talk while sitting in a hutong, or a traditional alleyway, in Beijing, China, . AP / Muhammed Muheisen

27. A Chinese man reacts while getting a haircut from a street barber in a hutong, or a traditional alleyway in Beijing, China, AP / Muhammed Muheisen

28. Chinese children play in an alley in a neighborhood of Beijing, China, . AP / Muhammed Muheisen

29. A Chinese boy, second right, imitates a body builder while playing with others in a hutong, or a traditional alleyway, in Beijing, China, AP / Muhammed Muheisen

30. A Chinese boy sits in front of his house in a hutong, or a traditional alleyway, in Beijing, China, . AP / Muhammed Muheisen

31. A Chinese woman bathes her daughter at the entrance of her house in a hutong, or a traditional alleyway of Beijing, China, AP / Muhammed Muheisen

32. A Chinese woman and man look through postings for job seekers and apartment rentals on the streets of Beijing, China, AP / Ng Han Guan

33. A child wearing an ethnic minority cap begs with a blind musician on the streets of Beijing, China, AP / Ng Han Guan

34. A Chinese roadside vendor sleeps beside his watermelons while waiting for customers on the outskirts of Beijing AP / Muhammed Muheisen

35. A Chinese man, and his daughter, center, work in their restaurant, while children look on from an alley in a neighborhood in Beijing, China, AP / Muhammed Muheisen

36. Actresses wait at backstage to perform Kunqu Opera "Dream of the Red Chamber" in Beijing, on Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan

37. A woman tries to open the door of a metal gate next to a statue of a headless red guard in Beijing, on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. (AP Photo)

38. Former Red Army soldier Pan Xianying, one of three remaining members of a famed Communist all-women army unit, poses for a photo at her home near the city of Qionghai on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, on April 16, 2011. Nearly 100 years old, Pan is one of the attractions of a "red" tour amid a renewed nationwide interest in revolutionary ideals as the ruling Communist Party prepares to mark its 90th anniversary. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

39. Models dressed in costumes perform during the opening ceremony of the Chaoyang International Pop Music Festival in Beijing, on Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo

40. A Chinese man, left, draws a painting of the scenery while a villager rows a wooden boat passing by the Ming Dynasty's ancient buildings built along a river in Xitang, Jiashan County, China's Zhejiang Province, on Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

41. A child wears a scarf during a sandstorm in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on May 12, 2011. (Reuters/China Daily)

42. Chinese residents line up to pay their respects to the victims of the 2008 earthquake near a memorial at Xuankou Middle School in Yingxiu town in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Thursday, May 12, 2011. May 12th marked the 3rd anniversary of the magnitude-7.9 Sichuan temblor that left almost 90,000 people dead or missing. (AP Photo)

43. A security guard stands near a statue of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius in front of China's National Museum near the Tiananmen Square on March 31, 2011. The statue was recently quietly removed by authorities -- the mysterious removal leaving many Chinese looking for an explanation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

44. Women wearing bikinis form the word "happy" during a bikini contest in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on Sunday, May 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

45. A worker walks on a steel girder at a building under construction in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on May 5, 2011. (Reuters/Sean Yong)

46. A woman and her daughter touch a structural model of the earth's core at Nanjing Geological Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on April 22, 2011. The Chinese characters on the model read "outer core". (Reuters/Sean Yong)

47. Chinese artists perform on stage during the opening ceremony of the International Horticultural Exposition 2011 at the Exposition Park on April 28, 2011 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province of China. The World Horticultural Exposition 2011 will be held in Xi'an from April 28 to October 22. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

48. A flock of snipes flies over the Yalu River Estuary Nature Reserve in the border city of Dandong, Liaoning province, on May 5, 2011. Spanning an area of around 100,000 hectares, the nature reserve encompasses a diverse ecosystem of plants, wild birds and fish. It is also an important habitat for migratory birds for the world's ten flyways, supporting some endangered species of migratory birds, according to local media. (Reuters/Jacky Chen)

49. A 22-year-old woman in a wedding gown is grabbed by Guo Zhongfan, a local community officer, as she attempts to kill herself by jumping out of a seven-story residential building in Changchun, Jilin province, in this combination picture taken May 17, 2011. According to local media, the woman tried to commit suicide after her boyfriend of four years broke up with her, just as they were making plans to get married. The woman did not sustain any injuries during the incident. (Reuters/China Daily

50. A large monument depicting fighting horses stands in the main square in the Kangbashi district of the town of Ordos, located around 30 km south of the city of Dongsheng in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on May 11, 2011. The Kangbashi district of Ordos, which means 'palaces' in the Mongolian language, is an area filled with thousands of residential apartments and duplex-style homes, built to house mainly workers for the nearby coal mines located just outside the town. However, the estimated one million people that were expected to move into the district's now decaying buildings, have yet to appear. (Reuters/David Gray)