As for the actual recycling, doing that responsibly at this point generally means taking it to plants in the United States or Europe, not the streets of China or Africa.

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For the first time in years, Uighurs from the west of China, the traditional money-changers, have reappeared on the streets of Beijing, and people are eager to buy dollars from them.

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Photos posted online by semi-official China News Service showed hundreds of residents gathered in the streets after the quake, some clothed in pajamas or wrapped in bedding.

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It is hard to say whether it is the streets of Beijing or the state-run media that are more tightly controlled in China, but it cannot bode well for Mr Li that attacks against him are allowed to see the light of day in both places.

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Tens of thousands of middle-class citizens, galvanised by China's rapidly developing social media, took to the streets to complain about what they feared was the dangerous location of a chemical plant about 20km from the city centre.

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