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Pudong sees the largest pearl market open

Date: by cactus; Tags: Shanghai

Shanghai opened its largest pearl market in Pudong yesterday at a cost of more than 20 million yuan. The 1,600-square-meter Yada Pearl Market at the Science and Technology Museum sells several thousand kinds of pearl provided by the pearl-raising farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, said Ding Meiming, manager of the Shanghai Yada Pearl Marketing Business Administration Company Ltd. Ding sa ... View Details

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Heavy rains, snow kill 40 in Yunnan

Date: by craig; Tags: Yunnan

Severe flooding and snowstorms have claimed 40 lives in the western regions of China, as weather authorities warned residents to brace for more rainfall and snow Flooding claimed five more lives on Tuesday, increasing the death toll from Monday's 35, and left 43 people missing in Yunnan province, the local civil affairs office announced last night. More than 60,000 residents were evacuated, ... View Details

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Lijiang: Dream garden away from modern cities

Date: by orchid; Tags: Lijiang Travel

This phototaken on Oct. 23, 2008 shows tourists reflected by mirrors in ancient Lijiang city, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The ancient city of Lijiang, listed by the UNESCO in 1997 as a world cultural heritage site, is a dreaming garden for people longing for a haven of peace different from today's modern cities. The 800-year-old city, located on the northwestern tip of Yunnan, is famous for ... View Details

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