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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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New initiatives to help Chinese opera survive

Cao Jia, 27, does administrative work at a travel agency in day time. But when he is off duty at night, he dons heavy makeup and extravagant costumes, acting females in real life who are of diversed ages, backgrounds, personalities and professions in Chinese operas.