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U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. waves farewell after delivering a speech at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Georgetown guard Jason Clark (21) acknowledges his team's tour of China will "be a huge cultural change."

In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, fishing boats are seen parked in the Shenjiamen Harbor in Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang province. China warned residents and alerted emergency relief centers Friday to prepare for Typhoon Muifa to hit the country's heavily populated eastern coast. (AP Photo)

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The deadly bullet train crash in China's Zhejiang province on July 23 was the result of a lightning strike and malfunction of a monitoring device, according to government authorities.

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Workers are seen on the flight deck of China's first aircraft carrier, the former "Varyag" of Ukraine, which is under restoration at a shipyard in northeastern China's Liaoning province. China has acknowledged it is rebuilding an aircraft carrier bought more than a decade ago, but says the refurbished ship will be used only for research and training - a strong indication it plans to build carriers of its own. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)

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Chinese policemen stands guard on a roadside near the Erduoqiao neighborhood in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. China on Monday blamed Muslim extremists trained in Pakistan for launching one of two deadly weekend attacks in a troubled far western region. (AP Photo/David Wivell)

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**FILE** In this photo from July 10, 2009, Muslim worshipers come out of a mosque after noon prayers in Kashgar, China. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Ryan Lochte shows the gold medal he won in the men's 200m backstroke final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China on Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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** FILE ** Walt Disney cartoon characters perform with children during a celebration held for the start of construction work on the Shanghai Disneyland in eastern China.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (center) visits on July 28, 2011, Xiang Weiyi, a 2½-year-old toddler who was hospitalized after a July 23 high-speed train crash, in Wenzhou, in east China's Zhejiang province. (Associated Press/Xinhua)

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Illustration: China by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps adjusts his cap prior to a training session at the FINA 2011 Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps adjusts his cap prior to a training session at the FINA 2011 Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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Emergency workers and people work to help passengers from the wreckage of train after two carriages from a high-speed train derailed and fell off a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AP Photo)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS This fake Apple store is one three such locations in Kunming, China. The 27-year-old blogger who exposed the fakes said the stores were so convincing that the employees seemed to think they worked for Apple.

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China's Gen. Chen Bingde (right) and Adm. Mike Mullen, who is on a four-day visit to China, disagree on the propriety of American naval exercises with its allies on the South China Sea. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: U.S. and China in space by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Tickets sold in China for the Hollywood animated movie "Kung Fu Panda 2" are allegedly being counted toward the box office total for the Communist Party propaganda film "Beginning of the Great Revival."

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A couple in Shanghai walk past an advertisement for "Beginning of the Great Revival," a propaganda film celebrating the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party. At least one multiplex chain is being accused of trying to inflate the film's box office numbers.