 | A labourer works on a new bridge at Chongming Island in Shanghai July 19, 2007. click to open  |
 | A bellboy stands in front of Shanghai's Peace Hotel June 30, 2006. Built by the Sassoon family in the 1930s, the hotel is readying for a $50 million renovation. click to open |
 | A Chinese woman looks at television sets at a Changhong television store in China's financial centre Shanghai October 22, 2005. Sichuan Changhong, one of China's top television makers, on Saturday said its third-quarter profit rose sharply and forecast a return to the black this year amid an operations overhaul and progress in resolving a business dispute. click to open |
 | A Chinese construction worker digs the ground in a new skyscraper building site in Shanghai, China October 18, 2005. click to open |
 | A Chinese merchant sleeps while waiting for customers at a textile market in Shanghai October 13, 2005. China and the United States failed on Thursday to find a formula to regulate China's booming textile shipments, immediately prompting American manufacturers to seek curbs on imports of towels made in China. click to open |
 | A Chinese merchant sleeps while waiting for customers at a textile market in Shanghai October 13, 2005. China and the United States failed on Thursday to find a formula to regulate China's booming textile shipments, immediately prompting American manufacturers to seek curbs on imports of towels made in China. click to open |
 | Chinese shopkeepers prepare their merchandise at a textile market in Shanghai October 13, 2005. China and the United States failed on Thursday to find a formula to regulate China's booming textile shipments, immediately prompting American manufacturers to seek curbs on imports of towels made in China. click to open |
 | A Chinese shopkeeper at a textile market in Shanghai October 13, 2005. The US still hopes it can reach an agreement that would regulate booming clothing and textile imports from China but is disappointed that Beijing rejected a 'very generous proposal' this week, the chief U.S. negotiator said on Friday. click to open |
 | Chinese shoppers and foreign visitors, left, walk in front of mannequins with Chinese made clothing Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 in Shanghai, China. A European Union trade delegation was in China on Thursday to fix an agreement on textile quotas that has left tons of garments stranded at ports, an official said. An agreement reached in June imposed quotas on cheap Chinese imports into Europe to protect European textile producers. But it has resulted in a pile-up of Chinese-made sweaters, pants, bras and other garments at European ports. click to open |
 | Neighbors walk through the tradtional houses with apartment complex under construction as background Friday, Aug. 19, 2005 in Shanghai, China. China faces a potential property 'bubble' whose bursting could leave banks with huge losses, the central bank said in a report signalling that efforts to curb rising real estate will continue. click to open |
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