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Tibetan supporters twirl their prayer beads in front of the legislature during a hunger strike in protest against the Chinese government, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Taipei, Taiwan. Instead of celebrations, Tibetans around the world have chosen Feb. 22, 2012, the Tibetan Lunar New...

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Tibetan monks sit with a portrait of their spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama, in front of the legislature on a hunger strike in protest against the Chinese government, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Taipei, Taiwan. Instead of celebrations, Tibetans around the world have chosen Feb. 22,...

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A lone student shoots hoops on the courts of Taiwan's Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. In achievement-oriented Taiwan, where studying is a favorite sport among young people, the basketball courts of National Taiwan University is normally a pretty lonely place,but all that is...

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A worker from the state-owned Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) walks past a retired low-pressure turbine rotor on display at the second nuclear power plant in Wanli, New Taipei City, on February 20, 2012. Taiwan's nuclear regulatory authority, the Atomic Energy Council, said the island's...

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TO WITH STORY: Basket-NBA-Knicks-Lin-Taiwan-China,FOCUS by Amber Wang A Taiwanese fan watches television news showing a childhood photo (screen top R) of New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin in a restaurant in Taipei on February 17, 2012. Lin, the first US born NBA player of Taiwanese...

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TO WITH STORY: Basket-NBA-Knicks-Lin-Taiwan-China,FOCUS by Amber Wang Taiwanese fans watch television news of New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin in a restaurant in Taipei on February 17, 2012. Lin, the first US born NBA player of Taiwanese descent, has captured attention worldwide and...

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Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong, left, toasts with his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin during a luncheon in the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan...

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Falung Gong practitioners meditate in protest outside of the Taipei 101 building as visiting Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong attends a luncheon inside hosted by his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to...

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Activists hold banners and placards during a protest where an inter-ministerial committee meeting on the issue of beef imports from the U.S. is held at the Council of Agriculture in Taipei February 21, 2012. The meeting is about Taiwan's ban of ractopamine, a growth enhancer that...

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An activist shouts slogans in front of an anti-U.S. beef sign during a protest where an inter-ministerial committee meeting on the issue of beef imports from the United States is held at the Council of Agriculture in Taipei February 21, 2012. The meeting is about Taiwan's ban of...

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Local journalists look at the water piping during a visit to the second nuclear power plant in Wanli, New Taipei City, on February 20, 2012. Taiwan's nuclear regulatory authority, the Atomic Energy Council, said the island's three nuclear power plants in operation are safe after the...

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Fire fighters take part in a drill outside Taipower Kuosheng nuclear power station unit two in Wanli, New Taipei City, northern Taiwan February 20, 2012.

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Employees stand behind a cooling pipe inside Taipower Kuosheng nuclear power station unit two in Wanli, New Taipei City, northern Taiwan February 20, 2012.

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Fans of NBA Knicks' Taiwanese-American Jeremy Lin react as they watch him play against the New Orleans Hornets at a local sports bar in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Beyond his strong play, there has been enormous interest in Lin because he was undrafted out of Harvard and is...

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CORRECTING ARTIST Visitors admire a Joan Miro painting at the Taipei Fine Art Museum on May 15, 2009. Some 82 paintings and photographs from France's Pompidou centre on exhibition until July 18.

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In this picture taken on June 17, 2011 Chang Yung-fa, the founder of Evergreen Group, speaks during an interview in Taipei. On February 7, 2012 Taiwan tycoon Chang Yung-fa, the founder of Evergreen Group, one of the island's leading conglomerates, pledged to donate all of his wealth to...

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Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong, left, displays a glass art gift from his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin, right, during a luncheon in the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between the...

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Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong waves as he arrives at a luncheon hosted by his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin, in the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between the two sides of the...

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A woman looks at an Internet website in Taipei on February 6, 2012 showing Taiwanese comedian A-Ken dressed up as Apple's late founder while praising the virtues of a tablet from Taiwan-based Action Electronics that runs on Google's Android operating system during a 20-second commercial.

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Beijing's mayor Guo Jinlong listens to Taiwan's Honorary Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan's (unseen) speech in Taipei February 16, 2012. Guo, with a delegation of Beijing officials, is on a 6-day trip to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between Taiwan and China.

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Beijing's mayor Guo Jinlong (L) shakes hands with Taiwan's Honorary Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan in Taipei February 16, 2012. Guo, with a delegation of Beijing officials, is on a 6-day trip to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between Taiwan and China.

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Visiting Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong (L) and Taiwan's former vice-president Lien Chan gesture during a meeting in Taipei on February 16, 2012. Guo flew to Taiwan amid a protest launched by dozens of Falungong followers and Tibetant activists, officials said.

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Visiting Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong (L) shakes hands with Taiwan's former vice-president Lien Chan in Taipei on February 16, 2012. Guo flew to Taiwan amid a protest launched by dozens of Falungong followers and Tibetant activists, officials said.

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Theresa Chu, a lawyer representing Taiwanese followers of the Falungong spiritual movement which is outlawed in China, shows documents to reporters inside the High Court before filing a lawsuit against Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong on alleged human rights violation in Taipei on February...