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Tennis player Li Na of China speaks during a press conference in Doha on February 21, 2011 ahead of the WTA Qatar Ladies Open that will take place from February 21-26.

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Liu Xuan interacts with fans during a promotion for her new album in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 20, 2011. The 31-year-old former Chinese Olympic champion and now a pop singer, held a promotion campaign for her new album "Way of Beauty" here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei)

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BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- The Shanghai section of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway began a joint trial on Sunday. The project includes testing the new-generation bullet trains and its power system.

The Shanghai section of the route covers 645 kilometers and connects Zaozhuangxi in Shandong province to Hongqiao in Shanghai. The track linking Zaozhuangxi and Bengbu in Anhui province has finished its test run. Trains travelling that section can reach speeds of 486 kilometers per hour. The trial is expected to be completed by May.

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Staff in panda costumes transfer six-month-old panda Taotao to the training field in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 20, 2011. Giant panda Caocao and her child Taotao, the first giant panda born in a traing field for wildness, are now stepping up to a new phase of training as the six-month-old Taotao not only well handled basic skills such as walking, climbing trees and looking for food in nature, but also cultivated the sense of alert and expeling the different in king. (Xinhua/Chen Xie)

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Ouyang Changqing (left), former finance chief of Poyang county, talks to a reporter on Feb 17. He was sacked after a low-ranking subordinate allegedly embezzled money equal to a quarter of the county government’s annual income. ZHOU MI / XINHUA

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A woman checks her family’s reserve stock of medicines in her house in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, on Sunday. ZOU ZHONGPIN / CHINA DAILY
Survey shows confusion over prescription meds, neglect of over-the-counter drugs

BEIJING - About 70 percent of Chinese families improperly use medicine, according to a survey conducted by China Nonprescription Medicines Association.

The survey, which polled 10,000 people and was released on Sunday, concluded that a majority of the populace tends to go to drugstores to buy medications for minor sicknesses instead of seeing a doctor. It also said that more than half of the respondents had no understanding of why over-the-counter medicines should be their first choice at pharmacies, and that more than 40 percent of them mistook pain-relief drugs for over-the-counter medicines.

Worse, about half of those polled did not know the meaning of "over-the-counter", according to the survey.

"The lack of knowledge about drugs among the public may lead to serious consequences," Bai Huiliang, the president of the China Nonprescription Medicines Association, told China News Service.

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All Nippon Airways (ANA) jetliner carrying a pair of giant pandas arrive at the Narita International Airport from China in Narita city, suburban Tokyo on February 21, 2011 to display at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. The Tokyo metropolitan government, which runs Ueno Zoo, will pay a giant price tag of 950,000 us dollars per year for the next decade to lease the animals. The money is to be spent on wild animal protection in China.

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Women covered with body piercings and feathers attend a performance at a bar in Guiyang, in southwest China's Guizhou province on February 20, 2011 to watch a man hook himself to the ceiling with chains to attract customers. Young Chinese party-goers each paid 40-yuan (six USD) for tickets to watch the performance.

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A man (C) with hooks secured in the flesh of his back is pulled into mid-air by chains attached to the ceiling at a bar in Guiyang, in southwest China's Guizhou province on February 20, 2011 during a performance to attract customers. Young Chinese party-goers each paid 40-yuan (six USD) for tickets to watch the event.

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Men check the fleet of official cars which will transport delegates who will attend the upcoming National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People Political Consultation Conference (CPPCC) events in Beijing on February 20, 2011. China's parliament will have its annual session in March, as leaders face mounting public discontent in recent years over hot-button issues including persistent reports of abusive government officials, environmental damage and now surging inflation.

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XIANGTAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 20: Rescue crews attempt to dismantle the crashed vehicle in search for trapped passengers on February 20, 2011 in Xiangtan, Hunan Province of China. Four people died and fourty were injured on Sunday after heavy fog caused a 16-vehicle pileup on the Shanghai-Kunming Highway.

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XIANGTAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 20: Rescue crews transport an injured passenger from the crash site on February 20, 2011 in Xiangtan, Hunan Province of China. Four people died and fourty were injured on Sunday after heavy fog caused a 16-vehicle pileup on the Shanghai-Kunming Highway.

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"Let the Bullets Fly" actress Zhao Ming's

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BEIJING - The capital began a five-year action plan over the weekend aimed at cracking down on traffic violations and bad driving habits in a bid to ease the city's worsening traffic situation.

Over the next five years, traffic police will crack down on drunk driving, running red lights, the illegal occupation of emergency lanes and bus lanes, driving without a license, and six other traffic violations. Bad driving habits, such as forcibly overtaking another vehicle and forcing it into another lane, will also be targeted.

Punishments include fines and points. Once drivers have 12 points their licenses will be suspended and the drivers will need to restudy traffic regulations and pass a test to get their licenses back.

"The plan needs the participation of all citizens, so we can improve the capital's image and people's awareness of traffic laws and regulations, as well as the city's traffic service, management and environment," said Zhou Zhengyu, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government.

Li Shaoming, deputy head of Beijing traffic management bureau, said at a meeting on Saturday that if traffic violations or bad driving habits cause vehicles to stop on the road for one minute, they can lead to a kilometer of congestion.

The city will also create some 250,000 parking spaces, near residential communities, hospitals and schools to relieve the shortage of parking lots, Li said. Parking fees in residential areas will be lowered.

The action plan is another effort to reduce Beijing's chronic congestion, following the decision last year to restrict the proliferation of vehicles on the streets by limiting the number of car license plates issued.

Li Xiaosong, deputy director of Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, said: "If the restriction on car registrations is a 'hard' measure, the action plan laid out at this time is a 'soft' one."

Lu Huapu, a transport expert at Tsinghua University, told the Beijing News that enhancing awareness of good and bad habits on the road will help the traffic flow become smoother.

Li Chenguang, who works at a telecommunications firm in Beijing, said he welcomes the plan. "But more detailed measures should be made to ensure its efficient implementation."

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China's President Hu Jintao (R) gestures to Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev during an official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 22, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) shakes hands in a meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Zhongnanhai leaders compound on February 22, 2011 in Beijing, China. President Nursultan Nazarbayev is on a visit to China from to promote strategic partnership between the two countries through February 23.

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China's state-owned Shanghai Stock Exchange President Zhang Yujun attends the Brazil-China Emerging Market Forum in Sao Paulo February 22, 2011. BM&FBovespa and China's state-owned Shanghai Stock Exchange signed an agreement on February 21, 2011 that could open the door for future tie-ups between two of the world's largest exchange operators.

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CHONGQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22: Debris is seen after a gas explosion on February 22, 2011 in Chongqing, China. A gas explosion in a canteen of the People's Court of Dadukou district in Southwestern China's Chongqing Province has injured 3 people. The blast happened around 7am local time on Tuesday morning, shattering windows in nearby buildings.

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XI AN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 21: Children receive treatment at Tangcheng Hospital on February 21, 2011 in Xian, Shaanxi Province of China. It's reported that about 100 children were sick after having lunch at the Beibeile Kindergarten on Tuesday. An initial investigation blamed the accident on suspected nitrite poisoning, doctors said.

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Chinese actress Jia Xiaochen poses during the presentation ceremony of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards February 22, 2011. Jia played her role in "Gallants" which won the Best Film award.

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Hong Kong actress Miriam Yeung poses with her Best Actress award during the presentation ceremony of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards February 22, 2011. Yeung won the award for her role in the movie "Perfect Wedding".

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Twenty-six vehicles are damaged in a series of car crashes that occurred on the East China Sea Bridge in Shanghai on Tuesday morning, leading to the deaths of three people and injuries for 15 others. The bridge was blocked after the crashes, resulting in a line of vehicles that stretched for 30 kilometers. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

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A rescuer helps save two fishermen after their boat sank on the South China Sea on Monday. Seven of the eight crew members were saved by the First Rescue Flight Team of the South China Sea. The other was rescued by the crew of another fishing boat. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Four trucks overturn when a 120-meter-long overpass ramp collapses in Shangyu, East China’s Zhejiang province, on Monday. Three drivers were slightly injured and no deaths were reported. Traffic on the main section of the highway resumed and authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

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Jia Jingchuan, a 27-year-old production technician for Wintek, poses in a cafe in Suzhou, Jiangsu province February 18, 2011. Jia is one of the Chinese workers at a factory making touch screens on contract for Apple who have urged the U.S. company to help address their grievances over a chemical poisoning they said could still harm their health. Wintek, the Taiwanese company that owns the factory in east China's Suzhou industrial park, has said it used hexyl hydride, also called n-hexane, from May 2008 to August 2009, but stopped after discovering it was making workers ill. Workers showed Reuters a Chinese-language copy of the letter, signed by five workers claiming to represent employees, meant for Apple CEO Steve Jobs. An English version had been sent to Apple. The poisonings were mentioned in a recent report from Apple, which sources many of its strong-selling iPhones, iPads and other devices to contract manufacturers in China. That report said 137 workers had been hospitalised because of poisoning but had all recovered, a conclusion also offered by Wintek. Apple declined to comment on the workers' letter and referred a reporter back to its supplier report. Picture taken February 18, 2011.

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