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A painter works on an oil painting next to a portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong in his studio selling the portraits of U.S. President Barack Obama (bottom L), China's President Hu Jintao (top C) and late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (top R), at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Sixteen-year-old painter Wang Jingang works on nine pieces of decorative paintings at the same time in a studio at REUTERS/Jason Lee
A painter works on a portrait in a studio at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee
A woman decorates frames outside a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, April 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee
A two-year-old boy, the son of a vendor, watches cartoons at a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Painters work on oil paintings in a studio at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, April 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee
A vendor waits for customers in a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 26, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee
A vendor sleeps while waiting for customers outside his gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee