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Reading for visually impaired people is never easy, but China Braille Publishing House is turning to a new technology to help. The multimedia print reader enables one to hear the content of the book that’s being read. With a “talking pen” positioned over a book with MPR codes, the reader is able to hear...
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Edited and translated by Ye Xin, People’s Daily Online The finals of the 62nd Miss World China Pageant Guangdong was held in Shenzhen on the evening of May 21, 2012. A total of 25 contestants competed in five round contests including fashionable dress, bikini, cheongsam and talent. Chen Xiao crowned the championship, Chen Ziyi...
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The launching ceremony of the Zhaoqing Branch of the Ministry of State Security of the People’s Republic of China (MSS) was hosted on the morning of May 18. Zhang Yuting, vice-secretary general of the Guangdong Provincial Government and Party secretary of the MSS Guangdong Department, attended the meeting. The new branch was set up...
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The U.S. Supreme Court told a lower court to reconsider whether some types of ideas can be patented, in a sign that further limits may be set on infringement lawsuits against technology companies. The court’s action yesterday marks the second time this year it ordered the federal appeals court that specializes in patent cases...
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<!–enpproperty 2012-05-22 09:57:19.0Toyota Camry hybrid comes to ChinaToyota, Camry, hybrid, HEV, autochina11076383New Energy Vehicles2@webnews/enpproperty–> The new Toyota Camry hybrid made its official Chinese market debut in Guangzhou, Guangdong Monday, auto.qq.com reported. The car will be sold by Guangqi Toyota, and is priced between 319,800 and 364,800 yuan ($50,734-$57,872), the same as its predecessor. The...
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Intermediary agencies raise fees in run-up to region’s ban next year Fees for expectant mainland mothers who want to give birth in Hong Kong have more than doubled this past month in anticipation of next year’s hospital ban on nonresidents. Maternity clinics in the special administrative region will be banned from accepting nonresidents in...
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Thai and Chinese authorities in Thailand told a news conference that the syndicate, based in China’s Guangdong province, scammed at least 150 persons, cases that added up to more than Bt100 million. The suspects were arrested on May 9 and brought to Thailand for investigation. A Thai female suspect named Fahmon Chomponma said a...
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<!–enpproperty 2012-05-21 14:04:12.0Liu Wei in Shenzhen, GuangdongPublishers’ new vision for visually impaired readersvisually impaired people ,China Braille Publishing House ,multimedia print reader , book11022002Companies2@webnews/enpproperty–> Reading for visually impaired people is never easy, but China Braille Publishing House is turning to a new technology to help. The multimedia print reader enables one to hear the...
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Sales of Chinese cabbages have plummeted after more than 120 tons of the vegetable were found to contain formaldehyde during an inspection in Guangzhou, Guangdong’s provincial capital, a week ago. Lin Yetao, an executive from the Jiangnan wholesale vegetable and fruit market, said cabbage sales and prices have slumped in the past week. Daily...
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Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Hong Kong/Guangdong Joint Liaison Group on Combating Climate Change (JLGCCC) held its first meeting in Guangzhou today (May 21). The meeting was jointly held by the Guangdong Development and Reform Commission (GDDRC) and the Environment Bureau, as directed by the Director of the GDDRC, Mr Li Chunhong, and the...
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