The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted sources in China's embassy confirming the men were from China's southern province of Fujian who were in Iraq to help rebuild an Iraqi plant.
After lunch and a nap, they gather around the TV to watch China in the men's singles competition.
And because in China and India men higher up the social ladder find wives more easily than those lower down, the social problems of bachelorhood tend to accumulate like silt among the poorest people and (in India) the lowest castes.
The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted sources in China's embassy confirming the men were construction workers from China's southern province of Fujian who were in Iraq to help rebuild an Iraqi plant.
As a result, between now and 2050 the number of men in China aged 20 to 25 (ie, of prime military recruiting age) will halve.
And this despite the fact that, when both men are in China, they work in the same building.
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The main reason is that China has a tradition for women and men to get married at a certain age.
In men's floor competition, China's Zou Kai edged out Japanese rival and Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura for gold.
One of China's golds came Sunday in the men's badminton singles final when Lin Dan beat Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei.
More than 300 million people in China are regular smokers, most of them men, according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey conducted in 2009-2010.
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According to CASS, China in 2020 will have 30m-40m more men of this age than young women.
The kerfuffle also overshadowed China's team, which has won every major men's event since 2006, and also the surprising flaws of the Americans, who blundered their way to fifth.
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Sun Yang also added to China's growing gold tally with a win in the men's 1500-meter freestyle.
China beat South Korea to take the gold medal in the men's team table tennis final, and the bronze went to Germany.
According to China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, the men who died in Shanghai became ill with coughs and fevers before developing pneumonia.
Meanwhile, China added to their weightlifting gold rush when Liao Hui won the men's 69kg category.
The two men are not expected to meet while they are in China.
Last year, small and medium sized firms (SMEs) run by women in China were 8% more profitable on average than those run by men.
Top seeds Chen Qi and Ma Lin of China beat Ko Lai-chak and Li Ching of Hong Kong 11-6 11-9 7-11 11-8 8-11 11-5 to take the men's doubles gold in table tennis and keep China on track for another Olympic title sweep in Athens.
His bold statement might have been more of a publicity drive for Energia rather than a clear commitment to a program, but China, which has committed itself to a space program to land men on the moon by 2017 has also stated its interest in helium-3.
An official at China's embassy in Baghdad said her government "presumes" the men are Chinese but could not immediately confirm it.
With all due respect to Phelps, the most dominant performance in the pool should come from China's Sun Yang, the hands-down favorite in the men's 400-meter freestyle.
However, both men stressed the importance of the U.S.-China relationship.
In China there is another item to put on the list: for many young men owning a property is a prerequisite for attracting a wife.
Iraq also competed in the men's four, finishing fifth in a race won by hosts China.
The men's basketball team collected the team award after winning bronze in China.
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