1.   Mrs Burger, a little dumpling of a woman in linen trousers and a smock, like a Chinese peasant, was listening and smiling.

2.   And northern Chinese peasants wear dog fur caps to keep their ears warm.

3.   His motorcade into Guilin swept past lush green fields of rice being cultivated by bent Chinese peasants in pointed straw hats.

4.   Tens of thousands of Chinese peasants and villagers already have been relocated, as new towns rise on riverbank heights to replace the low-lying buildings exploded into rubble.

5.   The invitation-only show includes originals and reproductions of spectacular handmade clothing worn by Chinese peasants and those who ruled them.

6.   The raid broke up what investigators say was a smuggling ring poised to earn millions off the hopes of dirt-poor Chinese peasants.

7.   Chick left a science job to draw tracts after he heard how communist revolutionaries won over Chinese peasants with mass distribution of cartoon booklets.

8.   Superstitious Chinese peasants once believed that earthquakes, floods and famines foretold the death of an emperor.

9.   Two Chinese peasants who hacksawed the valves on natural gas wells to steal gas that they sold were executed Wednesday amid calls for severe punishment for similar crimes.

10.   A Chinese peasant who hacked the head off a statue of Buddha and then carted it away has been sentenced to death, reports reaching Beijing Friday said.