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Video: With London's hotels full and even cruise liners on the River Thames being used as temporary accommodations, green spaces are being called into use as campsites.

Hot words: Nimby is used to describe people who oppose a proposal for a new development close to their homes. It stands for "not in my backyard".

Bilingual: It takes more than just practice to become an Olympian. Keri Glassman, founder of Nutritious Life Meals, offers insight into the diets of top athletes.

Culture: Discover the beauty of Xanadu, an area in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region that captured the hearts of Venetian traveler Marco Polo and English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and has officially joined UNESCO's World Heritage List.

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(China Daily 08/03/2012 page2)