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Actors perform the musical play Love U, Teresa! in Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 30, 2010. The play commemorating Teresa Teng, a late pop singer of China's Taiwan, made its debut in Hong Kong on Thursday

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A worker puts the final touches to a decoration for the new year celebration in Dalian, in northeast China's Liaoning province on December 31, 2010, ahead of the 'Year of the Rabbit', based on the Lunar New Year calendar. New Year's revellers around the world welcomed 2010 in a blaze of fireworks and parties, while much of Asia we officially mark the Year of the Rabbit in early February.

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China's legendary singer Cui Jian performs during a concert on December 31, 2010 ahead of the new year celebrations in Beijing. New Year revellers around the world welcomed 2010 in a blaze of fireworks and parties.

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Protesters gather to voice support for jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo (pictured at R with wife) in Hong Kong on January 1, 2011. Liu, a writer and one-time professor, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Christmas Day in 2009 on subversion charges after co-authoring Charter 08, a bold petition calling for political reform in one-party Communist-ruled China.

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Police stand guard during a protest to urge for the release of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and political prisoners outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong January 1, 2011.

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Fireworks explode above Taiwan's tallest building, Taipei 101, on January 1, 2011 to celebrate the New Year. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Taipei to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of China.

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Chinese models pose in a thermal spring during a snow festival at the National Stadium, better known as the Bird's Nest during the 2008 Olympic Games, on December 31, 2010 ahead of new year's celebrations in Beijing. New Year revellers around the world welcomed 2010 in a blaze of fireworks and parties.

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Child performers prepare to take part in an attempt to create a record for the largest dragon and lion dance in Hong Kong on January 1, 2011. The Guinness world record was set after 1,111 lions gathered for the traditional martial-arts dance performance.

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A family pose for photos with inflatable numbers as they attend a New Year party in Hong Kong on January 1, 2011. New Year revellers around the world welcomed 2010 in a blaze of fireworks and parties.

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A temple worker, right, arrange the lotus flower shape candles set by worshippers at a temple to mark the New Year celebrations Saturday Jan. 1, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

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bd popeye said:

Unbelievable that the driver had 20 little kids stuffed in that thing!^^^ Ridiclous!

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VoIP decision means Skype now illegal
08:54, December 30, 2010

The Chinese regulator has declared Internet phone services other than those provided by China Telecom and China Unicom as illegal, which is expected to make services like Skype unavailable in the country.

The decision was criticized as a measure to protect the duopoly of state-owned telecom carriers, media reports said yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said all VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) phone services are illegal on the Chinese mainland, except those provided by telecommunications carriers China Telecom and China Uniom. The ministry gave no timetable on when the ruling takes effect.

VoIP is an Internet-based service that helps people save on phone calls. For example, a call to Japan or South Korea costs about 3.99 yuan (60 US cents) a minute, compared with 10 US cents a minute or even free for Skype users.

The decision is expected to make Skype, UUCall and other similar services unavailable in China.

"It's ridiculous," said Kan Kaili, a professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. "VoIP is a popular technology worldwide."

Skype was not available to comment yesterday.

The ruling is designed to protect the state-owned carriers, a Xinhua report said.

Source: Shanghai Daily

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Looks like netizens in PRC may not have access to cheaper alternatives once this measure is enforced.

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China's head coach Gao Hongbo watches his players during a training session in Doha, January 1, 2011. The China national soccer team is preparing for the AFC Asian Cup which will be held from January 7-29, 2011.

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Li Na of China acknowledges spectators after winning her third round women's singles match against Angelique Kerber of Germany in the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on October 7, 2010. Li defeated Kerber 6-2, 6-0.

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Hong Kong leading pro-democracy activist Szeto Wah sings during a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park to mark the 18th anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in this June 4, 2007 file photo. Szeto Wah, former lawmaker and chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China since 1989, suffering from lung cancer and died in a Hong Kong hospital January 2, 2011 at the age of 79, local media reported on Sunday.

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A worker labors on rabbit decorations at an office building in Beijing, China, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday urged China to maintain stable and relatively on the rapid economic development and also promote social harmony and stability while he attends a new year celebration dinner with his political advisors.

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An employee of Singapore Mint displays a 5 troy ounce 999.9 fine gold Year of the Rabbit commemorative coin during its launch in Singapore January 1, 2011. The S$12,600 ($9,810) coin, with a limited mintage of 200, is launched today to welcome the Chinese Year of the Rabbit which begins on February 3.

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A well padded boy stands next to his mother who sells sugarcane juice at a street in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010.

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The 'Collaboration Builds Friendship and Winners' float sponsored by Taiwan's China Airlines rolls down Colorado Blvd down Colorado Boulevard in the 122nd Rose Parade, January 1, 2011 in Pasadena, California.

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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou waves the national flag in front of Presidential Office in Taipei on January 1, 2011. Tens Taiwan's main opposition said it will challenge the ruling party's victories in a key local poll in late November, claiming that an election-eve shooting led to an unfair result.

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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (R) and first lady Christine Chow Mei-ching sing Taiwan's national anthem during the New Year's Day flag-raising ceremony in front of the presidential office in Taipei January 1, 2011.

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A man bites into the ubiquitous Beiijng winter candy snack, known locally as Tang Hu Lu, on January 2, 2011 on the second of a three-day New Year public holiday in China. The carmelised fruits on a stick, most commonly used being the Hawthorne fruit as seen here, are a taditional favourite for all ages from young to old. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chinese Executive-Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Spanish Vice President and Minister of Finance Elena Salgado smile as they pose prior to talks on January 4, 2011 in Madrid. Keqiang is on a three-day official visit in Europe, starting with Spain and including also Britain and Germany. China is confident Spain will recover from its economic crisis and Beijing will buy Spanish public debt despite market fears of an Irish-style bailout, a top Chinese official said January 3.

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Tennis players Venus Williams of the U.S. (L), Li Na of China (2nd L), Aravane Rezai of France (2nd R) and Maria Kirilenko of Russia pose before firing a noonday gun in Hong Kong January 4, 2011, one day before they take part in the Tennis Classic in the territory.

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Members of China's national soccer team participate in a training session at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Doha January 4, 2011. The team is preparing for this month's Asian Cup.

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US tennis legend John McEnroe (R) receives flowers as he takes part in a press conference in Hong Kong on January 4, 2011. McEnroe is in the southern Chinese city to play in the Hong Kong Tennis Classic on January 5-8.

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Workers at a traditional chinese medicine store prepare various dried items for a customer at a shop in Hong Kong on December 29, 2010.

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The Customs officials inspect bunches of joss sticks, the first batch of the mainland's exports to Taiwan under the trade deal, at Xiamen Customs in Xiamen city, East China's Fujian province, Jan 1, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Yao Wei (C), general manager of the Pipeline Branch of Petro China Co Ltd (PBPC), pushes a button to make the pipeline begin operating at a plant in Mohe county, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Jan 1, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

Flow of oil solidifies countries' cooperative economic relations

MOHE, Heilongjiang - Some 42,000 tons of crude oil passed through an oil pipeline linking Russia's Far East to Northeast China in the first 24 hours since it began operating on Saturday, an industry insider announced.

The pipeline, which originates in the Russian town of Skovorodino in the country's Amur region, enters China via the county of Mohe and ends 927 kilometers south in the city of Daqing.

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A 91-year-old war veteran was reunited with his family on Thursday in Yibin, Sichuan province, following a 70-year separation that began when he left home to join the army.

Yan Ji'an was a soldier in the Chinese Expeditionary Force that joined British and US troops in resisting Japanese military advances into Yunnan province from 1942 to 1945.

Upon his return from Myanmar in 1942, Yan Ji'an decided to settle down in Mangshi, Yunnan province, where he got married and started a family.

He is now a grandfather as well as a father of four. While his life has been full, he has longed to return to his roots.

His wish was made possible when he received 12,000 yuan ($1,818) in private donations from an online campaign set up to help veterans who served in World War II.

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3 police officers, 1 suspect dead after gunfight in east China; 6 others injured
English.news.cn 2011-01-04 21:49:59

JINAN, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen and an auxiliary police officer were shot dead Tuesday while investigating a murder case in east China's Shandong Province, with six others, including two civilians, wounded in ensuing gunfire.

Four officers were gunned down at around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday after knocking on the door of a home belonging to a murder suspect's brother in Tai'an City of Shandong.

After the initial shootings, the two gunmen hijacked a car and fled the scene, said a spokesman with the government information office of Tai'an City.

They later hijacked four other vehicles -- shooting two of their drivers while doing so -- before their car was hit by a police vehicle.

The gunmen continued to fire after police cornered them, wounding more police officers.

One gunman finally shot himself and died. The other was arrested by police.

Editor: Zhang Xiang

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A crashed vehicle which was hijacked by two gunmen is seen metres away from a damaged police car shortly after a gunfight in Tai'an, Shandong province January 4, 2011. Two policemen and an auxiliary police officer were shot dead Tuesday while investigating a murder case in east China's Shandong Province, with six others, including two civilians, wounded in the ensuing gunfire, Xinhua News Agency reported. One of the gunmen shot himself and died while the other was eventually arrested. Picture taken January 4, 2011.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi as she welcomes him before a bilateral meeting at the State Department in preparation for the upcoming visit of China's President Hu Jintao, in Washington, January 5, 2011.

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People play on a frozen lake seated in a traditional contraption of chairs fitted for the frozen surface as a skater gives them a push at Shichahai in central Beijng on January 5, 2011. While its been a relatively mild winter for Beijingers in the north, where traditional outdoor winter activities remain popular as ever, frigid weather in south and central China has forced the emergency evacuation of about 58,000 people and caused 1.35 billion yuan (204 million USD) in economic losses, the government said. Building in background are the ancient Drum (R) and Bell (L) Towers, some of the oldest buildings from imperial times still standing in the Chinese capital.

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China's Zhang Ling of Team Asia-Pacific returns to France's Aravane Rezai of Team Europe at the Tennis Classic 2011 in Hong Kong on January 5, 2011. Rezai beat Zhang 6-3, 6-0 in the exhibition contest featuring teams of one male and two female players representing Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Russia.

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Mourners pay their respects at a memorial to legislator Szeto Wah at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on January 5, 2011. Szeto Wah who died on January 2 from lung cancer age 79 was a long time legislator who helped many student leaders escape China following the 1989 crackdown by the Chinese military

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Teoh Lee Lan, the sister of Teoh Beng Hock, cries as mother Teng Shuw Hor holds his picture as they leave the courtroom in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur January 5, 2011. A court in Malaysia on Wednesday said that it could not determine whether the 2009 death of an ethnic Chinese opposition official Teoh was due to homicide or suicide. The open verdict delivered by the court threatens to raise political tensions in the Southeast Asian country.

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A truck driver lost control on a bridge in Northwest China's Qinghai province and managed to avoid plunging to the bottom of the 200-foot deep gorge, UK's Telegraph reported. Thanks to a single punctured tyre and some torn sheet metal near the diesel tank, the truck somehow managed to cling on to the concrete barrier, albeit upside down. The driver was plucked to safety by rescuers. [Undated photos posted online at Yahoo Autos]

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi is welcomed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) at the United Nations headquarters in New York, January 6, 2011.

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A child who was diagnosed with having excessive lead in his blood cries as he receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, January 6, 2011. More than 200 Chinese children have been poisoned by lead from battery plants located too close to houses in the east of the country, state media said on Thursday, the latest in a string of heavy metal pollution cases.

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A woman walks past ornaments displayed for Chinese New Year, or Year of the Rabbit, which begins in early February, in Beijing on January 4, 2011. Chinese President Hu Jintao said on the eve of new year stabilising prices and creating employment would be key areas of work for the government in 2011.

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Ice scupltures are displayed at the annual Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on January 5, 2011. Fairy tale palaces, towering pagodas, and even an Egyptian Sphynx -- all carved from ice -- are among the sights at this year's Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, as the annual event, now in its 26th year, pulls crowds from across China and even a few visitors from overseas, drawn to the unique visions of an international roster of sculptors who illuminate their creations with multicolored electric lights encased in the translucent ice.

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A man holds a billboard advertising for domestic house servants outside a fast food restaurant in Hong Kong on January 6, 2011. Hong Kong lawmakers have given the final approval for the city's first minimum wage, but critics say it is too low for many low-income people struggling to make ends meet in the financial hub.

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Some 100 new couples kiss during the national flag ceremony in front of the presidential office in Taipei on January 1, 2011. Taiwan's main opposition said it will challenge the ruling party's victories in a key local poll in late November, claiming that an election-eve shooting led to an unfair result.

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Passengers alight from a Taiwan Railways' Taroko Express tilting train at the Taipei Main Station January 6, 2011. The Taiwan Railways Administration said on Thursday it has ordered 136 rail cars worth T$10.6 billion ($362.9 million) from Sumitomo Corp, Japan's No. 3 trading company, and rail equipment maker Nippon Sharyo.

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Smoke comes out of a building on fire in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 6, 2011. The cause of the fire was not immediately known

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Villagers perform a lion dance for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 3 this year, in Hongxingqiao township, East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 5, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Villagers brew homemade wine for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 3 this year, in Hongxingqiao township, East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 5, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A farmer measures a big daikon she has harvested in east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 6, 2010. The two daikons weigh 6.2 and 5.75 kilograms respectively.(Xinhua/Guo Bin)

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Policemen ride through the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on Jan 5, 2011. The so-called "intelligent police vehicle," equipped with a camera, can run up to 20 kilometers per hour, which is equivalent to jogging speed. Being small and convenient, the vehicle can easily help police patrol among crowded and tight places. Whether it will become an official police vehicle is still under discussion. [Photo/CFP]

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