Monthly Archives: August 2009

Funeral Customs

Funeral custom of ancient times has undergone many changes along with history. However, in some remote mountain areas, it has remained since several hundred years or even thousands of years ago by the people inhabited there. A number of small villages in Yunnan Province are such places. When elderly people pass away, the deceased will [...]

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Shanghai or Hong Kong: Who is the future economical center of China?

Hong Kong’s industry was out many years ago. With the wholesale migration of manufacturing activities to the mainland, domestic exports have slipped into economic oblivion. Re-exports of goods made on the mainland, the main engine of economic growth in the 1990s, is fast dissipating as more and more shipments are diverted to ports in Shenzhen [...]

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54-layer Pancake

A young man squeezed into the elevator at the last moment before its closing, holding something in his hand. In the crowded room, the man closed his eyes and opened the mouth, gave out a contented sigh. "Level 54", he said in intoxication, and after that started to eat the things in the hand. The [...]

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