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      &lt;b&gt;NOTE 13 INCOME TAXES&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;
      The Company&amp;#8217;s VIEs and subsidiaries incorporated in the PRC are subject to PRC enterprise income tax (&amp;#8220;EIT&amp;#8221;). Before January 1, 2008, the PRC EIT rate was generally
      33%. In March 2007, the PRC government enacted a new PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, or the New EIT Law, and promulgated related regulations, Implementation Regulations for the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law. The New EIT Law and Implementation Regulations became effective on January 1, 2008. The New EIT Law, among other things, imposes a unified income tax rate of
      25% for both domestic and foreign invested enterprises registered in the PRC.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;
      All the subsidiaries and VIEs are subject to an EIT rate of
      25% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. No provision for PRC taxes was made for Heilongjiang Shuaiyi and Harbin Baixin which had no taxable income in the PRC.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;No provision for other overseas taxes is made as none of Nutrastar, New Resources and Oriental Global has any taxable income in the U.S., British Virgin Islands or Hong Kong, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The Company&amp;#8217;s income tax expense consisted of:&lt;/p&gt;
              &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 10pt; font-family: times new roman,times,serif;" width="100%"&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;For the Three Months&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;For the Six Months&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;Ended June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;Ended June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none #000000; "&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid #000000; ; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none #000000; ; border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium; border-top-style:none; border-top-width:medium" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid #000000; ; border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none #000000; " width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid #000000; ; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none #000000; ; border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium; border-top-style:none; border-top-width:medium" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid #000000; ; border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;td style="border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td style="border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td style="border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td style="border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Current income tax &amp;#8211; PRC&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                2,120,129
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                1,729,994
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                3,399,869
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                2,881,396
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Deferred&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                2,120,129
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                1,729,994
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                3,399,869
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                2,881,396
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;/table&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes determined at the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate to the Company&amp;#8217;s effective income tax rate is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
              &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 10pt; font-family: times new roman,times,serif;" width="100%"&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;For the Three Months&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;For the Six Months&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;Ended June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;Ended June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none #000000; ; border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium; border-top-style:none; border-top-width:medium" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none #000000; ; border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium; border-top-style:none; border-top-width:medium" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Pre-tax income&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                8,082,938
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                6,631,027
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                12,777,362
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                10,732,007
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;U.S. federal corporate income tax rate&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                34%
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                34%
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                34%
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                34%
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Income tax computed at U.S. federal corporate income tax rate&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                2,748,199
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                2,254,549
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                4,344,303
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                3,648,882
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Reconciling items:&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160;Loss not recognized as deferred tax assets&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                119,306
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                107,736
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                185,841
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                210,536
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160;Change in fair value of warrants&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                (59
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                (49,228
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                (59
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                (47,858
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160;Rate differential for PRC earnings&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                (753,489
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                (612,273
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                (1,193,597
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                (1,008,926
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              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; Non-deductible expenses and non-reportable income&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                6,172
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                29,210
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                63,381
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                78,762
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Effective tax expense&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                2,120,129
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                1,729,994
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                3,399,869
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              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                2,881,396
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The Company had deferred tax assets as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="12%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="12%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;December 31,&lt;/b&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="12%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
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              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="12%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="12%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="12%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Net operating losses carried forward&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="12%"&gt;
                1,465,407
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="12%"&gt;
                1,300,492
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Less: Valuation allowance&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="12%"&gt;
                (1,465,407
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="12%"&gt;
                (1,300,492
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Net deferred tax assets&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="12%"&gt;
                &amp;#160;
                -
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="12%"&gt;
                &amp;#160;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
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      As of June 30, 2013 and December 2012, the Company had $4,310,020
      and $3,824,976, respectively, of net operating loss carry forwards available to reduce future taxable income which will expire in various years through 2030. Management believes it is more-likely-than-not that the Company will not realize these potential tax benefits as the Company&amp;#8217;s U.S. operations will not generate any operating profits in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the Company recorded a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets.
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    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;As of June 30, 2013 and December 2012, the Company had no material unrecognized tax benefits which would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in future periods and ddid not believe that there will be any significant increases or decreases of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. No interest or penalties relating to income tax matters have been imposed on the Company during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, and no provision for interest and penalties was deemed necessary as of June 30, 2013 and 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
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