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正DANCE DRILL Armed police officers learn an ethnic dance from volunteers in Hefei,east China's Anhui Province,on July 30,as part of this year's Army Day celebrations.Army Day,which marks the founding of the People's Liberation Army(PLA),the principal body of China's armed forces,on August 1,1927,is observed by the PLA as well as the country's armed police force.     

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正A WAlK FoR PEACE ANd REMEMBRANCEQueen Margrethe II of Denmark walks across Peace Square during her visit to the Memorial Hall for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Forces in Nanjing,capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province,on April 27.     

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正HOMEWARD BOUNDWeary passengers travel aboard a train heading from Nanjing,east China’s Jiangsu Province,to Chengdu,southwest China’s Sichuan Province,in the early hours of January 16 during a 26-hour ride.The annual travel rush around the Chinese Lunar New Year,also known as Spring Festival,began on     

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正TRADITIONAL FUN Students of a primary school in Changchun,northeast China’s Jilin Province,take part in a makeshift dragon boat race to celebrate both International Children’s Day and the Dragon Boat Festival,which fall on     

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正GIVING BLOOD,GIVING LIFE A man volunteers to have his blood drawn at a mobile blood drive in Bozhou,east China’s Anhui Province,on June 12.Many people across the nation stepped up to donate in celebration of World Blood Donor Day,which falls on June 14     

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正CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATION Chinese soldiers march during the opening ceremony of the Peace Mission 2014 multinational anti-terror drill in Zhurihe,north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,on August 24.Some 7,000 troops from five of the six member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization—China,Russia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan—participated in the six-day exercise.     

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正REVERBERATIONS Students take a break outside makeshift school rooms in a village in earthquake-hit Kangding County,southwest China’s Sichuan Province,on November 23.A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Kangding,a region with a predominantly Tibetan population,on November 22,followed by a second 5.8-magnitude quake that hit the same area three days later.As of November 26,the two quakes had killed five and injured 76.The Central Government has allocated a relief fund of 50 million yuan($8.14 million)to Kangding.     

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正JOINT MARITIME DRILLS A task force launches a simulated assault on a"hijacked"ship off the coastal city of Qingdao,east China’s Shandong Province,on April 23,as part of multi-national maritime drills.Warships,helicopters and marine corps from eight countries were organized in the water near Qingdao for exercises that focused on joint search and rescue operations.     

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正READING CHINA A man leafs through a new book at an exhibition booth of China during the London Book Fair 2014 on April 8. The three-day book fair opened that day, attracting nearly 1,500 publishing houses from over 100 countries and regions.Saviours Emergency responders conduct a rescue operation at the flooded Xiahaizi Coalmine in Qujing City,southwest China’s Yunnan Province,on April 7.Twenty-two miners were trapped underground by a flood early on that day.     

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正EXTENDING WARM GREETINGS Middle school students in Xingtai,north China’s Hebei Province,display greeting cards in celebration of World Hello Day on November 19.Everybody can participate in World Hello Day,which falls on November 21 every year,simply by greeting 10 or more others.The holiday,which originated as a response to the 1973 Arab-Israeli War,aims to demonstrate the importance of     

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正ALIVE AND KICKINGGiant panda Juxiao cuddles one of her newborn triplets at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou,capital of south China’s Guangdong Province,on August 10.Born to their 12-year-old mother on July 29,the cubs are the world’s only known panda triplets to survive birth to date.     

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正WELCOMING ThE YEAR OF ThE hORSE A glimmering steed lights up Wangfujing Street in downtown Beijing on January 9,creating a festive atmosphere showcasing traditional Chinese culture.As the 2014Spring Festival approaches,people are preparing to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year,which arrives on January 31 this year.     

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正Merry Christmas!A huge fir tree goes up at the north end of Qianmen Street,south of Tiananmen Square in Beijing,on December 18.Many shopping malls and restaurants across the country are decorated with Christmas trees,with Santa Clause greeting customers at the entrance and songs such as Jingle Bells gracing their ears.Even a few Chinese are buying Christmas decorations to adorn their homes for the Western holiday.     

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正A TRIBUTE TO MAOVisitors appreciate a statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at the National Museum of China in Beijing on December 24,where Mao’s calligraphy works and contemporary artists’sculptures and paintings of him are currently on exhibition.December 26,2013,marks the 120th anniversary of Mao’s birth.People     

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正FRANCE People wearing World War II British uniforms stand in front of 22,000 British national flags on June 6 in Asnelles,Normandy,during a ceremony marking the70th anniversary of the D-Day landings that helped defeat Nazi forces     

Taking Down Tobacco

正More efforts are needed to reduce smoking in public areas Among the many things in the world at which China ranks number one,there is none more notorious than the number of smokers within its borders.The number of Chinese smokers totals at 300 million,roughly equivalent to the U.S.population,and one third of the global smoking population.The