Speller Kun Jacky Qiao, 12, of Shanghai, China, reacts after spelling correctly his word in Round III of the 2009 National Spelling Bee in Washington, May 27, 2009.

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng (R) looks at a gift present by Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu during a meeting in Shanghai May 23, 2009.

Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu (L) presents a gift to Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng during a meeting in Shanghai May 23, 2009.

Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu (L) shakes hands with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng at a meeting in Shanghai May 23, 2009.

Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu (L) and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng speak during a meeting in Shanghai May 23, 2009.

Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu (L) shakes hands with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng at a meeting in Shanghai May 23, 2009.

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Chinese workers constructing a part of the 1,318 kilometers Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail link, in Bengbu, eastern China's Anhui province on May 22, 2009.

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Chinese workers construct a part of the 1,318 kilometers Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail link, in Bengbu, eastern China's Anhui province on May 22, 2009.

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Chinese workers construct a part of the 1,318 kilometers Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail link, in Bengbu, eastern China's Anhui province on May 22, 2009.

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Chinese workers construct a part of the 1,318 kilometers Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail link, in Bengbu, eastern China's Anhui province on May 22, 2009.

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Chinese workers construct a part of the 1,318 kilometers Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail link, in Bengbu, eastern China's Anhui province on May 22, 2009.

Migrant labours work at a construction site in downtown Shanghai May 18, 2009. Delays by local governments in raising financing are hampering implementation of China's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package, the state auditor's office said on Monday.

Migrant labourers work at a construction site in downtown Shanghai May 18, 2009. Delays by local governments in raising financing are hampering implementation of China's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package, the state auditor's office said on Monday.

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Customer buy snacks Wednesday May 13, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Resilient demand from Chinese shoppers helped push retail sales up 14.8 percent in April, but a paltry rise in industrial output sapped hopes for a fast recovery.

A woman leaves a hotel in Shanghai, May 7, 2009, where passengers on a May 1 flight from Mexico City had been kept in quarantine.

A woman (C) leaves a hotel in Shanghai, May 7, 2009, where passengers on a May 1 flight from Mexico City had been kept under quarantine.

Two women leave a hotel in Shanghai, May 7, 2009, where passengers on a May 1 flight from Mexico City had been kept in quarantine.

A woman leaves a hotel in Shanghai, May 7, 2009, where passengers on a May 1 flight from Mexico City had been kept in quarantine.

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An AeroMexico flight lands in Shanghai's Pudong airport on May 5, 2009 to bring home dozens of Mexicans quarantined under strict swine flu measures.

Passengers wear masks at Shanghai Pudong International airport May 2, 2009.

Women wear masks at Shanghai Pudong International airport May 2, 2009. Hong Kong confirmed Asia's first case of the new H1N1 flu virus, formerly known as swine flu, in a Mexican traveller on Friday, prompting authorities to seal off the hotel where the 25-year old man had been staying.

A passenger wears a mask as she arrives at Shanghai Pudong International airport from an overseas flight May 2, 2009.

Passengers wearing protective masks arrive at Shanghai Pudong Airport April 30, 2009.

A passenger arrives from Mexico at Shanghai Pudong airport April 30, 2009. Countries worldwide have ramped up their border and airport checks and many are advising against non-essential travel to areas where the virus has been found, especially Mexico where it has proved most deadly.

A passenger arrives from Mexico at Shanghai Pudong airport April 30, 2009. Countries worldwide have ramped up their border and airport checks and many are advising against non-essential travel to areas where the virus has been found, especially Mexico where it has proved most deadly.