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Culture: Discover the art of kangweihua, which are paintings traditionally drawn around the walls of brick-built beds known as kang. It was common in villages in Shanxi province up until the 1980s.

Video: The latest episode of Superbodies 2012 looks at how the muscles react during a dive.

Bilingual: Find out which countries are rewarding athletes with large sums of cash for Olympic success.

Buzzword: Escape call, which is a planned call or beep from a co-worker or friend that allows you to feign an emergency to escape a boring meeting or bad blind date.

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Pictures: Selection of entries for the 24th National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.

Discussion: Do mosquitoes like certain blood types?

(China Daily 08/01/2012 page2)