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China has closed one of the country's largest file-sharing sites in what it says is a fight against copyright infringement, but could be seen as another measure aimed at controlling what content the country's Web users can find online.
The file-sharing site BTCHINA — a major source of overseas movies, television shows and games in the country — has been closed since Friday, and another site, VeryCD.com, was down Wednesday. A report in the Southern Metropolis Daily said other file sharing sites would be closed in the coming days.
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said BTCHINA did not have a license to distribute audio and video content. "SARFT has deleted our site's registration and shut down our site," a notice on the BTCHINA site said.
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There have already been around 400 tons of leaves that have fallen alongside the streets of Shijingshan District this winter. Instead of being mixed with domestic waste and buried on landfill sites like in the past, the leaves have been used to feed oxen and sheep at a livestock farm whose owner came to sanitation stations and asked for the leaves. This not only helps the livestock pass the winter, but it also saves the sanitation stations from covering the costs of clearing, transporting and burying the leaves. Reporters learned that the Shijingshan District Santitation Center has used this method to process the fallen leaves for the second consecutive year.
Reporters learned that the leaves lying along the streets of Shijingshan District mainly fell from Populus lasiocarpa, Populus simonii, Chinese toon and pagoda trees. "The leaves we collected were buried at landfill sites in Mentougou District in the past, so we not only covered the high costs of clearing and transporting leaves, but also paid landfill sites fees. There was inevitably some air pollution such as dust that was kicked up during the transportation process," said Gao Fei, an official from the Shijingshan District Sanitation Center.
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Many foreign policy analysts in America and around the world perceive a growing alliance between Russia and China to counter U.S. influence. By looking at the diplomatic statements of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the increasing amount of trade and joint military exercises between Russia and China, it is easy for an American to come to this conclusion. But this simplistic analysis overlooks the sentiments of many Russian academics and ordinary citizens who fear the superpower rising on Russia's doorstep.
The photo : "Chinese soldiers help Russian lady" was described as threat in Russia Blog
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Confucius Institutes around the world are now facing a short of teaching materials due to lack of translators and channels for publication and sale, said Xu Lin, director of the Confucius Institutes Headquarters on Sunday.
Compared with Germany-based Goethe Institute and Spain-based Cervantes Institute, Confucius Institute is lagged behind in aspect of providing effective Chinese teaching materials, Xu said at the closing ceremony of the 4th Confucius Institutes Conference.
She explained that both the Goethe Institute and the Cervantes Institute have their typical teaching materials such as The Sorrows of Young Werther and Don Quixote. "But Confucius Institute do not have any kind of this material."
"Confucian Analects, for example, the most famous masterpiece by Confucius, has not got a translated version that is translated by Chinese and is accepted by world readers," Xu said.
Currently, a total of 282 Confucius institutes have been set up around the world, and there are about 40 million Chinese language learners.
In addition to Confucius Institutes, China also launched Air Confucius Institute based on the network of China Radio International in 12 countries. Confucius Institute online also kicked off in 2008 and even since has attracted over 10 million clickers from 149 countries.
Considered as a channel of spreading Chinese culture around the world, the Confucius Institute is also a demonstration of China's rising soft power, Xu said.
"We should make further researches on how to launch Chinese classes in primary and middle schools in local communities, and how to help foreigners learn Chinese culture," Xu added.
Confucius Institutes Conference started in 2006. This year's conference attracted about 1,000 delegates from China and 87 countries and regions.
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A Japanese show the photos of Nanjing Massacre, new evidences.
Japanese news paper show the daily report of real Nanjing Massacre.
Thousands of Chinese and foreigners gathered here Sunday to mourn people killed by invading Japanese troops 72 years ago in the Nanjing Massacre.
Siren sounded at 10 a.m. as 5,000 people gathered on the square in front of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre, mourning the dead in silence and presenting wreaths.
Later the bell tolled as the crowd prayed for world peace.
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