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One of China's biggest banks on Tuesday said it has halted business with the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea, accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs, in a recent sign of Beijing pressuring its ally. (Associated Press)

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Chinese people wear face masks with "No to Kunming PX," paraxylene, written, chant slogans as they hold protest against a planned refinery project in downtown Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Chinese soldiers unload relief supplies from a helicopter in quake-ravaged Sichuan province. Saturday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least 186 and injured thousands. The military is in full control of relief and rescue, with citizen-initiated efforts to help strictly banned.

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An electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the H7N9 virus which can take on a variety of shapes, April 15, 2013. Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when many appear to have had no recent contact with live fowl and the virus isn't supposed to pass from person to person. (Associated Press)

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A woman cuts weeds in a field near an unfinished real estate project in Chongqing, China, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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Chinese paramilitary policemen stand watch on Sunday, April 21, 2013, while rescuers operate backhoes to clear a road damaged by a landslide that was triggered by a strong earthquake in Baosheng township of Lushan County in southwest China's Sichuan province. Saturday's earthquake in Sichuan province killed more than 186 people, China's Xinhua News Agency said. (AP Photo)

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Buildings are destroyed by a powerful earthquake at Gucheng village of Longmen Township of Lushan County in Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013, after a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hai Mingwei) NO SALES

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"I want you all to combine your personal ideals with the 'dream to strengthen the military,'" Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a recent visit to a submarine and destroyer base. (Associated Press)