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<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt"><b>June 30, 2013</b></font></td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt"><b>December 31, 2012</b></font></td></tr>
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<td style="width: 81%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Income tax payable in Mainland China</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,465,514</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,230,221</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Business tax</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">637,657</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">669,202</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Land VAT payable</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2,444,865</font></td>
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<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2,408,488</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Other levies</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-34,263</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">46,942</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt"><b>Total</b></font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">4,513,773</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">4,354,853</font></td></tr>
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