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A farmer wades through a rice paddy, followed by his water buffalo, on June 15 in the Guangxi region of southern China. China produces 30 percent of the world's rice.
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An elderly woman waters her vegetable garden in the southern Chinese town of Longyan in Fujian Province.
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A worker rests for a moment from her job of picking cherries at an orchard northwest of Beijing on June 10. Farms and orchards around China's big cities are disappearing because of urban expansion.
A woman pays for a portion of pork at a market in Beijing. China produces half of the world's pork.
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A butcher takes a nap as she waits for customers to buy her pork products in a market in Beijing.
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One can sample many different specialty foods from throughout China at Beijing's famous Donghuamen Night market.
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Patrons eat dinner at Donghuamen Night market.
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A woman sells grains and rice in a market in Beijing.
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An elderly woman pushes a shopping cart next to an aisle featuring meat products in a supermarket in Beijing,
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A couple peruse the flour aisle in a Beijing supermarket.
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Like many Chinese families, the Lin family, seen hereÊin Beijing's Ritan Park on June 11, have seen their diets change rapidly with China's growing prosperity. While grandmother Cao Jialian remembers the days of food rationing, father Lin Yong loves to eat meat every day, and daughter Lin Xingni likes fast food, such as McDonald's.
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