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How to see three Scandi countries in three days

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Tunisian students invent smart walking stick to help visually impaired

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Graffiti artist turns Lagos city into his canvas

One artist is transforming Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, into a colorful place one wall at a time. And in doing so, he is also changing perceptions of the value of street art.

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Graffiti artist turns Lagos city into his canvas

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Historical block shines in Chinese modern city

As a city located beside Qiantang River in South China, Haining city in Zhejiang province has all the characteristics of a water town. The Nanguanxiang historical and cultural street in Haining is the most typical scenic area reflecting the beauty of a water town.

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Historical block shines in Chinese modern city

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WOW| A city I knew & a city I know

When I started to learn English, my teacher said to me that if a foreigner asks you where your hometown is, you can tell him you live nearby the Yangzi River, which is well known all over the world, instead of this county’s name—Zhongxian in Chongqing, because even the best knowledgeable people perhaps know Chongqing, but Zhongxian, one of its small counties, still makes no concept in many people’s mind.

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New York City begins to set up zoning regulations in Times Square

​Workers had started to paint New York's Times Square into different colored zones from Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, as part of the city's effort to regulate pedestrian flow and street performers activities.

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Saudi Arabia wants Seoul street named after Riyadh

Saudi Arabia is apparently miffed that a street in Seoul is named after the capital of archrival Iran and wants a street named for its own capital here.

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Beijing's Zhongguancun focuses on serving innovation, start-ups

Beijing's Zhongguancun, one of the country's leading technology hubs, plans to upgrade its core 7.2-km-long street area into one serving innovation and business start-ups, they announced Sunday.

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China Focus: Beijing street preserves memory of heroic general

A bronze sculpture appeared on the northern end of Linge in the heart of Beijing this weekend, in memory of its namesake, the late general Tong Linge.

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"Furious 7" movie to premier in China

"Furious 7," the latest installment of the street-racing "Fast and Furious" franchise, will hit Chinese cinemas on April 12.

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More Taiwanese college grads become vendors

Low wages and high unemployment rate have prompted more Taiwanese college graduates into peddling, according to Taiwan's statistics authority.

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Thai mass demonstration to proceed despite House Dissolution

Thailand's anti-government protester leaders said on Monday that they will proceed mass street demonstration as planned despite the dissolution of House of Representatives.