A Chinese policeman holds a large bundle of poppies that have just been uprooted at Hengshi Village near Yongzhou, a city in central China's Hunan Province, April 30, 2004. The police uprooted more than 1,500 poppies illegally cultivated at the village on Friday.

A Chinese policeman holds a large bundle of poppies that have just been uprooted at Hengshi Village near Yongzhou, a city in central China's Hunan Province, April 30, 2004. The police uprooted more than 1,500 poppies illegally cultivated at the village on Friday.