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![Jin Xing is China's most famous and succesful choreographer. [Photo supplied] (Unspecified)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201003/r524357_2933075.jpg "Jin Xing is China's most famous and succesful choreographer. [Photo supplied] (Unspecified)")
Shanghai Beauty tells story to Australia
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Chinese choreographer Jin Xing discusses the challenges of being a transexual dancer and former colonel in the world's largest military force.
![Many Samoans are relocating further inland, away from the beach, in the wake of the tsunami. [ABC] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201003/r524777_2938413.jpg "Many Samoans are relocating further inland, away from the beach, in the wake of the tsunami. [ABC] (ABC)")
Rebuilding Samoa
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Five months on from a tsunami which devastated Samoa, the people are rebuilding and the communities rebounding.
![Hainan Island in China's south, is known as 'China's Hawaii'. [AFP] (AFP)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201003/r522659_2908938.jpg "Hainan Island in China's south, is known as 'China's Hawaii'. [AFP] (AFP)")
Surfing China
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Surfers are looking not to the edge of civilization, but to the world's most populous country, in their search for the perfect wave.
![Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto employees have been accused of spying in relation to iron ore agreements. [ABC] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200907/r398616_1868795.jpg "Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto employees have been accused of spying in relation to iron ore agreements. [ABC] (ABC)")
Rio Tinto case tests relations
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Shanghai will soon be the scene of the trial of Australian Stern Hu and three colleagues, in a case which is likely to test Australia-China relations.
![The Prius recall comes after Toyota recalled more than 8 million other vehicles because of slipping floor-mats and sticky accelerator pedals. [Reuters] (Reuters)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201002/r512512_2781716.jpg "The Prius recall comes after Toyota recalled more than 8 million other vehicles because of slipping floor-mats and sticky accelerator pedals. [Reuters] (Reuters)")
Toyota's car troubles
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Toyota's recall of its Prius Hybrid has further damages the reputation of the company, already suffering after the recall of more than 8 million other vehicles.
![Trees go up in flames outside Wade and Simone Horton's house near Kinglake on February 7, 2009. [ABC News] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201002/r509522_2747757.jpg "Trees go up in flames outside Wade and Simone Horton's house near Kinglake on February 7, 2009. [ABC News] (ABC)")
Black Saturday scars run deep
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Michael Vincent returns to Kinglake to find out how the community is recovering after Victoria's deadly Black Saturday fires.
![Two pensioners sit side by side on a park bench. [www.photoxpress.com: Julian May] (Unspecified)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201002/r508792_2738614.jpg "Two pensioners sit side by side on a park bench. [www.photoxpress.com: Julian May] (Unspecified)")
Australia's population predictions
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New figures show Australia will be forced to look overseas for more new citizens, as rising health and aged care costs threaten to drive the country into debt.
![More than 600,000 spectators watch the two weeks of Australian Open competition, in an event worth an estimated $US61 million to the country's economy. [Reuters] (Reuters)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r503018_2670636.jpg "More than 600,000 spectators watch the two weeks of Australian Open competition, in an event worth an estimated $US61 million to the country's economy. [Reuters] (Reuters)")
Australian Open season
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The Australian Open attracts record crowds to Melbourne, in a competition described as the biggest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere.
![S'aoch village chief Mr Noi (left) and his son, Tuem are among a handful of people who are fluent in the 5,000 year old language. [Robert Carmichael] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r501348_2652149.jpg "S'aoch village chief Mr Noi (left) and his son, Tuem are among a handful of people who are fluent in the 5,000 year old language. [Robert Carmichael] (ABC)")
Cambodia's endangered languages
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The future of Cambodia's local languages looks bleak with warnings 19 languages face extinction within the next 90 years
![Bollywood superstar and two-time Oscar winner A.R. Rahman from India takes in the view near the Sydney Opera House on January 14, 2010. Rahman will perform as part of the 34th Sydney Festival on January 16 to promote cultural harmony and understanding with the Indian community. [AFP] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r498507_2622568.jpg "Bollywood superstar and two-time Oscar winner A.R. Rahman from India takes in the view near the Sydney Opera House on January 14, 2010. Rahman will perform as part of the 34th Sydney Festival on January 16 to promote cultural harmony and understanding with the Indian community. [AFP] (ABC)")
'Jai Ho!' diplomacy
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Tens of thousands of Australians packed out a free concert held by Indian musician AR Rahman, the Oscar-winning composer for the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
![Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, home to the 4,000-strong 1st Marine aircraft wing, is located right in the heart of the city of 90,000 people. [AFP] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r497735_2614359.jpg "Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, home to the 4,000-strong 1st Marine aircraft wing, is located right in the heart of the city of 90,000 people. [AFP] (ABC)")
Base strains US-Japan relations
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The future of a United States military base in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa is creating tensions in the Japan-US relationship, and confusion in Guam.
![A placard at candle lit vigil in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, where Indian student Nitin Garg was fatally stabbed. [AFP] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r495501_2590986.jpg "A placard at candle lit vigil in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, where Indian student Nitin Garg was fatally stabbed. [AFP] (ABC)")
Australia losing appeal
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As Australia works to repair its reputation as an education destination, new figures show student visa applications from India have fallen by 46 per cent.
![Builder works on post-tsunami construction at a refugee camp in Aceh. [Reuters] (Reuters)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200912/r491247_2550524.jpg "Builder works on post-tsunami construction at a refugee camp in Aceh. [Reuters] (Reuters)")
Lasting ripples
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The sheer scale of suffering from the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 - which continues today - has forced new considerations for delivering aid.
![Young Muslim women walk near the Baiturrahman grand mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in September. [Reuters/Tarmizy Harva] (Reuters)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200912/r490840_2546880.jpg "Young Muslim women walk near the Baiturrahman grand mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in September. [Reuters/Tarmizy Harva] (Reuters)")
Casting the stone
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Human rights groups in Indonesia are calling for intervention to stop a law that would see adulterers stoned to death in Aceh.
![Watery border. A fishing dinghy is moored by the shore of the Torres Strait island of Boigu, at the frontier between Australia and Papua New Guinea. [Australia Network: Jeff Waters] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200912/r488099_2519170.jpg "Watery border. A fishing dinghy is moored by the shore of the Torres Strait island of Boigu, at the frontier between Australia and Papua New Guinea. [Australia Network: Jeff Waters] (ABC)")
Wide open frontier
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There are claims Australia's northermost border, fronting Torres Strait, is underprotected and 'porous'.
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