BEIJING - AUGUST 06: A Chinese worker sits on the scaffold outside the National Aquatic Center, known as Water Cube on August 6, 2009 in Beijing, China. The Olympic Green has already become the most popular scenic spot of Beijing in the past year. China will hold various activities to mark one year anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

BEIJING - AUGUST 06: A Chinese worker sits on the scaffold outside the National Aquatic Center, known as Water Cube on August 6, 2009 in Beijing, China. The Olympic Green has already become the most popular scenic spot of Beijing in the past year. China will hold various activities to mark one year anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games.

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  1. A woman pushes a child in a stroller past a night club and restaurant called Chocolate in Beijing on September 17, 2009. China plans to cater to the country's rising number of chocoholics with the opening next year of a Willy Wonka-style theme park in Beijing, complete with a replica Great Wall, according to state media. The 'world chocolate dream park', reminiscent of Roald Dahl's beloved book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', will feature a life-size edible Terracotta Army, Great Wall and versions of famous paintings and is due to open in January 2010, located on the Olympic Green, which also includes the iconic Bird's Nest stadium and the Water Cube aquatics centre used during the Beijing Summer Games last year.

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