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Photographer – Yang Yueluan

Weekly Photos: Nov 7-13

China

Chinese celebrate traditional Lantern Festival

Sales of holiday snack spike across China

China has seen a boom in the sale of handmade yuanxiao, traditionally eaten at Lantern Festival.
Charities 'must boost transparency'

Government-backed charity groups must improve transparency or risk losing donors and public trust.
Gun crimes spark calls for action

Experts are calling for stricter controls on guns in the wake of a series of shooting tragedies.

Rate of rise in Web use falls

German firms seeking growth in China

Although it is widely speculated that China's economic growth will slow this year, Breslein is still optimistic about future growth, as his home country braces for zero growth this year.
SAIC revives Shanghai brand

With production suspended for two decades, the once-famous Shanghai brand car is expected to be revived by SAIC Motor Corp headquartered in the eastern metropolis of China.
Diners have beef with 'slime'

Customers want McDonald's to release more information on so-called "pink slime", after the company officially denied the use in its hamburger products in China, but McDonald's had no plans to make further comment on the issue.

Culture festival held in E China

Enter the dragon babies

A boom in births accompanies the Year of the Dragon's arrival - as do shortages created by the surge.
Takeoffs of tomorrow

Experts imagine future airport experiences to be faster, easier and even fun.
Flying the nest

Fifteen-year-old Jenny Chen from Beijing is packing her bags for a study tour of the United States.

'Cats' played in Vienna

The write stuff

Li Tusheng is multitalented but his calligraphy works are particularly valued, and his latest 10-volume book was 10 years in the making.
Threads of life

Father-and-daughter team helps keep ethnic art alive for future generations.
Mane attraction

Traditional stone lions still take pride of place in Chinese architecture.

Vanity Fair picks Hollywood's leading ladies

Madonna dazzles in Super Bowl

Madonna dazzled football fans when she performed during the Super Bowl halftime show.
Actor and enfant terrible brought down by drug case

Zhang Mo is in hot water after he was detained for 13 days for allegedly taking drugs. And it's not the first time that he's been in trouble.
Jackie Chan purchases executive jet

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan purchased Legacy 650 executive jet and a delivery ceremony was held in Sao Jose dos Campos, February 3, 2012.*last storyspot*

Arsenal can't seem to win, but Wenger's not giving up

Brazil's preparations hit by more strikes

Construction workers' strikes at Brazil's World Cup venues continue to plague preparations for the 2014 showpiece, with the northeastern city of Salvador hit by a stoppage in demand of improved wages on Wednesday.
Ali's trainer Dundee dies

MILWAUKEE - There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday party.
Fergie targets Manchester derby

MANCHESTER, England - Sir Alex Ferguson has already pinpointed the Manchester derby in April as the cornerstone of his team's attempt to regain its Premier League title.

Beijing moon trek

French photographer uses Traditional doors to capture the spirit of the capital.

The good old days

Popular Chinese movie recalls beautiful memories of youth.

Status hard to swallow

Baijiu maker wants to be seen as affordable as prices rise.

Banding together

Website offers small western businesses a chance to purchase Chinese goods in small quantities.

On high ground

Mountain attractions take Chinese beauty to new heights.

Guess work

Ancient Chinese word game infused with essence of culture continues to delight in modern times.

Dual track

Music man hears the sounds from two continents.

Guardian of the bund

She knows every story behind each building along the 2-km stretch of the Bund built during the last century.

Chen Weihua

Luxury shoppers ring alarm bells

Zhu Yuan

Individual efforts count in social progress

Forum

My children are for experiments

Was Einstein a fraud?

Why men use prostitutes

Faster than light- Is this claim trustworthy?

Single-minded man

Veto boosts Syria peace initiatives, experts say

UN resolution looking for regime change 'will only escalate crisis'.

German firms seek China growth

Eastern expansion is the name of the game for firms as crisis hits Europe.

Europe cold snap claims more lives

Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday.Heathrow Airport cancels half flightsBig freeze kills over 260

Riots linked to crime and subversion

Tibetans reject recent acts of violence and message of division and hatred.

China-Europe

German firms seeking growth in China

Wen, Merkel visit tunnelling equipment Co

Merkel and Wen pose in front of a model of a tunnelling system during their visit to a plant of the Herrenknecht Tunnelling Equipment company.
Merkel visit to deepen bilateral relations

Merkel will deepen Sino-German ties during her upcoming official visit to China.Merkel: Open dialog between partners Strong Sino-German ties
Sino-German ties mark 40th anniversary

China's biggest trade links with Europe, ally in science, culture and education.

Europe's cold snap claims more victims

Bargain bins for European equities open

For good reason, of course. Investors are still nervous about the future for European equities.
Heathrow Airport cancels half flights

London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday cancelled 50 percent of flights after a heavy snowfall overnight.
Freezing weather kills 17 in Italy

Record Siberian cold wave hitting Italy caused at least 17 deaths, Rai state television said on Sunday.

Hot wave hits Lima

Iranian FM says G5+1 not arbitrator

Iran's FM Ali-Akbar Salehi: G5+1 (including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) is not the arbitrator on Iran's nuclear issue.
Military blocs 'have no role in Asia'

Vice-FM Zhang Zhijun rejected moves to deliberately strengthen military alliances in Asia.
Castro appears at book launch

Fidel Castro presented two volumes of his memoir entitled Guerrilla of Time in a ceremony that marked his first public appearance since last April.

Syria in danger

WTO ruling on China not justifiable

The World Trade Organization should allow its members to take measures for the purpose of protecting the environment.
Avoiding civil war in Syria

China's veto to a UN resolution backing a regime change in Syria was consistent with its approach to international issues.
Trade essential for growth

China's cooperation with EU will help promote eurozone and solve the debt crisis in a sustainable and long-term way

This guy's a real mensch

Seeds of sweet fragrance

November has been the busiest season for members of Zhangshan village, in Zhejiang province's Songyang county.
The merry monk of Hangzhou

Murals depicting the life story of a somewhat eccentric but immensely-adorable ascetic who lived in the Southern Song Dynasty now adorn the walls of the famed Lingyin Temple.
Dog sled race

Dogs compete at the Quebec Winter Carnival dog sled race in the streets of Old Quebec in Quebec City January 28, 2012.

Want weird weather? Come to Oklahoma!

After one of the strangest local weather days in memory, an Oklahoma woman with a sense of humor asked on Twitter earlier this week.
Jets grounded for Korea college exam

Jets will be grounded across South Korea and anxious parents will pray while their children take annual exams that could lead them to one of the country's top universities and eventually a good job for life.
Stolen wedding album returned 17 yrs later

A wedding album which went missing when a caravan was stolen in Northern Ireland 17 years ago has mysteriously reappeared at the home of its owners.
Strapped county sacks Santa to save $660

Faced with the difficult task of balancing a budget in austere times, officials in New York's Suffolk County said they had to sack Santa Claus.

E-paper

Staking its claim

High-end restaurant Morton's is on fire in the East as it looks to open more locations.

Chinese celebrate traditional Lantern Festival

China has seen a boom in the sale of handmade yuanxiao, traditionally eaten at Lantern Festival.

Government-backed charity groups must improve transparency or risk losing donors and public trust.

Experts are calling for stricter controls on guns in the wake of a series of shooting tragedies.

Rate of rise in Web use falls

Although it is widely speculated that China's economic growth will slow this year, Breslein is still optimistic about future growth, as his home country braces for zero growth this year.

With production suspended for two decades, the once-famous Shanghai brand car is expected to be revived by SAIC Motor Corp headquartered in the eastern metropolis of China.

Customers want McDonald's to release more information on so-called "pink slime", after the company officially denied the use in its hamburger products in China, but McDonald's had no plans to make further comment on the issue.

Culture festival held in E China

A boom in births accompanies the Year of the Dragon's arrival - as do shortages created by the surge.

Experts imagine future airport experiences to be faster, easier and even fun.

Fifteen-year-old Jenny Chen from Beijing is packing her bags for a study tour of the United States.

'Cats' played in Vienna

Li Tusheng is multitalented but his calligraphy works are particularly valued, and his latest 10-volume book was 10 years in the making.

Father-and-daughter team helps keep ethnic art alive for future generations.

Traditional stone lions still take pride of place in Chinese architecture.

Vanity Fair picks Hollywood's leading ladies

Madonna dazzled football fans when she performed during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Zhang Mo is in hot water after he was detained for 13 days for allegedly taking drugs. And it's not the first time that he's been in trouble.

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan purchased Legacy 650 executive jet and a delivery ceremony was held in Sao Jose dos Campos, February 3, 2012.*last storyspot*

Arsenal can't seem to win, but Wenger's not giving up

Construction workers' strikes at Brazil's World Cup venues continue to plague preparations for the 2014 showpiece, with the northeastern city of Salvador hit by a stoppage in demand of improved wages on Wednesday.

MILWAUKEE - There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday party.

MANCHESTER, England - Sir Alex Ferguson has already pinpointed the Manchester derby in April as the cornerstone of his team's attempt to regain its Premier League title.

Columnists

UN resolution looking for regime change 'will only escalate crisis'.

German firms seeking growth in China

Merkel and Wen pose in front of a model of a tunnelling system during their visit to a plant of the Herrenknecht Tunnelling Equipment company.

Merkel will deepen Sino-German ties during her upcoming official visit to China.Merkel: Open dialog between partnersStrong Sino-German ties

China's biggest trade links with Europe, ally in science, culture and education.

Europe's cold snap claims more victims

For good reason, of course. Investors are still nervous about the future for European equities.

London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday cancelled 50 percent of flights after a heavy snowfall overnight.

Record Siberian cold wave hitting Italy caused at least 17 deaths, Rai state television said on Sunday.

Hot wave hits Lima

Iran's FM Ali-Akbar Salehi: G5+1 (including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) is not the arbitrator on Iran's nuclear issue.

Vice-FM Zhang Zhijun rejected moves to deliberately strengthen military alliances in Asia.

Fidel Castro presented two volumes of his memoir entitled Guerrilla of Time in a ceremony that marked his first public appearance since last April.

Syria in danger

The World Trade Organization should allow its members to take measures for the purpose of protecting the environment.

China's veto to a UN resolution backing a regime change in Syria was consistent with its approach to international issues.

China's cooperation with EU will help promote eurozone and solve the debt crisis in a sustainable and long-term way

This guy's a real mensch

November has been the busiest season for members of Zhangshan village, in Zhejiang province's Songyang county.

Murals depicting the life story of a somewhat eccentric but immensely-adorable ascetic who lived in the Southern Song Dynasty now adorn the walls of the famed Lingyin Temple.

Dogs compete at the Quebec Winter Carnival dog sled race in the streets of Old Quebec in Quebec City January 28, 2012.

After one of the strangest local weather days in memory, an Oklahoma woman with a sense of humor asked on Twitter earlier this week.

Jets will be grounded across South Korea and anxious parents will pray while their children take annual exams that could lead them to one of the country's top universities and eventually a good job for life.

A wedding album which went missing when a caravan was stolen in Northern Ireland 17 years ago has mysteriously reappeared at the home of its owners.

Faced with the difficult task of balancing a budget in austere times, officials in New York's Suffolk County said they had to sack Santa Claus.

E-paper

Newspaper

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan purchased Legacy 650 executive jet and a delivery ceremony was held in Sao Jose dos Campos, February 3, 2012.last storyspot

Merkel will deepen Sino-German ties during her upcoming official visit to China.Merkel: Open dialog between partners Strong Sino-German ties