Pictures of the Week: May 25 – 31, 2002

Thousands of Chinese children perform an exercise routine at Tiananmen Square in Beijing
GOH CHAI HIN / AFP

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Thousands of Chinese children perform an exercise routine at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, in conjunction with the International Children's day celebrations. Chinese health officials have sounded alarm bells over the prevalence of increasingly fat, weak, and easily-tired children, many of them the pampered product of the country's one-child policy. A recent survey also revealed that the stamina, flexibility and strength of Chinese children had all dropped since 1995

Friday, May 31, 2002