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Culture: Pingfeng, elegant Chinese folding screens, are an ancient invention and an essential part of traditional Chinese furniture. The earliest common use of a pingfeng dates back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).

Slideshow: Ding Jiangshan, a 56-year-old farmer in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has devoted 30 years to exploring green energy. Among his inventions are an automatic rope-making machine, a solar-powered sweeper and an exercise bicycle that generates electricity.

Video: The latest edition of The Week looks at the best (read: worst) medal-winning celebration at the Olympics, as well as a man who lost his hand and found a heap of trouble, and a wacky animal adventure.

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Pictures: The cutest couples at the London Games.

Discussion: Is China a society ruled by guanxi, close connections?

(China Daily 08/06/2012 page2)