A brown poodle puppy looks over the bars of its cage as it waits to be sold at the Tongzhou dog market in Beijing October 11, 2008. The increasingly affluent China's post-1990 boom in pet dog ownership has seen exotic breeds from around the world displace old favourites such as the once ubiquitous Pekingese from Beijing city streets. [Agencies]
A dog seller holds a Chow Chow dog that is for sale for around 3,000 yuan ($440) in an alleyway at Beijing's central Bird and Flower market October 1, 2008. A pet dog boom in China's capital has seen exotic-looking breeds such as chow chows, poodles ad labradors become popular, while older, more familiar breeds such as the capital's Pekingese are no longer so sought after. [Agencies]
Beijing resident Zhongxin Liu sits with his Pekingese dog Lily on a bench in the garden of his central Beijing apartment compound October 7, 2008. Beijing's Pekingese dogs were the top dogs in the city they are named after for 12 centuries, but have plummeted in popularity over the past decade as exotic new breeds make their way to China. [Agencies]
The increasingly affluent China's post-1990 boom in pet dog ownership has seen exotic breeds from around the world displace old favourites such as the once ubiquitous Pekingese from Beijing city streets.
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