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Nadun carnival celebrates harvest in Qinghai

Date: 2008-08-27

People perform during the Nadun (meaning entertainment and celebration) carnival in Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Southwest China's Qinghai Province August 25, 2008. The annual festival is to celebrate the ongoing harvesting season and pray for better fortune in the next year. The Nadun carnival has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of China.

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WELCOME, WORLD

Date: 2008-08-07

There were cheers, and there was applause. The Olympic torch climbed the Great Wall Thursday, the last day of China's seven-year wait. The red Chinese national flag, with the five yellow stars, fluttered everywhere, welcoming one and all to the Olympic Games.

Beijing was awash in colors, giving it the look of a grand festival on the eve of the Games' opening ceremony. But this, a

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Qiang culture fights for world heritage status

Date: 2008-07-28

Photographer Cheng Weidong felt a sense of great relief when he managed to reach Taoping village in Sichuan province a week after the deadly May 12 earthquake.

He thought it was a miracle that much of the 2,000-year-old Qiang minority group village, renowned for its ancient stone towers and blockhouses, was in good shape. After all, Taoping is just 17 km away from the epicenter o

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