A man threatens to jump from the fifth floor as firemen place an airbag on the ground to save him at a shopping center in Beijing, June 1, 2007. The man was the contractor for a decoration project in the shopping center and claimed that the center owed him and his employees 2 million yuan. Eight hours later, he was persuaded to leave the building and agreed to negotiate further with the shopping center. [Yi Yafei/The Beijing News]