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Rape Flowers in Full Bloom

YICHANG (Xinhua) — Tourists cheer in a field of cole flowers in front of the Three Gorges dam, in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, March 24, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu> news@theasian.asia

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Jin Air Makes Maiden Flight to Yinchuan, China

YINCHUAN, China — A plane of South Korea’s Jin Air stops at Hedong Airport in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on March 24, 2012. Jin Air opened a direct route between Seoul and Yinchuan on March 24, aimed at promoting business and travel ties between the two…

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Major news in Japan on March 23 2012: Cops took trip rather than probe stalker

Top news in <Japan Times>: Cops took trip rather than probe stalker

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Major news in China on March 23 2012

Top news in <People’s Daily>: Growth of China’s national defense expenditure reasonable

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Three-Year Drought Leaves Reservoir Dried-Up

KUNMING, March 22, 2012 (Xinhua) — A villager walks on the dried-up bed of the Xinba reservoir in Shilin County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 22, 2012. A severe drought has lingered in Yunnan for three consecutive years, leaving 3.2 million people and 1.65 million livestock short of water. A…

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“Who Is Big Enough to Take This?”

SHENYANG, China (Xinhua) — A citizen walks past a gigantic high-heel shoe at a department store in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, March 22, 2011. The high-heel shoe, three meters long and 2 meters high, is 15 times larger than a real one. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhang Wenkui> news@theasian.asia

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