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07.22.08 |
China Post |
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Beijing
to Feel the Strain From Visitors |
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There
is little doubt at ordinary Beijingers' enthusiasm for next month's
Olympic Games. But a whole series of problems that have proven tough
to fix could give visitors an Olympic-sized headache, and may put
many off coming altogether. |
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07.18.08 |
CBN News |
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Dogs:
Main Course or Man's Best Friend? |
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Experiencing new cultures, meeting new people, and sampling local
cuisine are some of the most satisfying parts of traveling overseas.
Sometimes we end up dining on lobster and caviar, other times the
offerings are pig's feet and thousand-year-old eggs. But during
August and September, one thing definitely won't be on Beijing's
menus: dog. |
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07.18.08 |
China View |
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Ten
Recommended Beijing Shopping Streets |
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Beijing
is a great place for shopping. From the latest fashions to fine arts
to more types of tea than you can think of, it is most likely that
it can be found in the capital. Here are 10 streets for great
shopping as recommended by Xinhua. |
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07.18.08 |
Weird Asia News |
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Possibly The World’s Dumbest Criminal |
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Typically criminals are either very smart or very stupid. Zhou, a
burglar from HuBei Province, China, proves through his recent crime
that he has to be the dumbest criminal ever. Zhou decided to break
into a house in a nice neighborhood in HuBei. He was successful in
taking about $65,000 in random jewels and cash. |
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07.15.08 |
Asia News |
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More
Than 1.4 Million Left in Poverty by Earthquake |
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The May
12 earthquake has cast more than 1.4 million people into total
misery, especially in more than 4,000 remote villages in
southeastern Sichuan. Fan Xiaojian, head of the government office
for poverty assistance, explains that "in many counties, the
hard-won anti-poverty achievements in the previous two decades
disappeared within seconds". |
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Learn Chinese Now
现在学汉语
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People Of China |
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The Nu People:
Visit the Nu
people, and you will find a warm, friendly people. Most of them live in homes
which are either plank-houses or bamboo-slip houses. The downstairs is used only
for storage of goods and animals, and the top floor is used for living. Divided
into 2 rooms, one room is the bedroom, and the other is used for cooking and
entertaining guests. Because the floors are often made of numerous planks or
pieces of bamboo, their homes are literally called "house propped on the ground
by thousands of legs." |
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The Nu People
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