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Video: Magician Danny Hall can't make the lines disappear but can help entertain the thousands of commuters using public transport to shuttle between Olympic venues in London.

Hot words: The many ways in English to describe a resounding success. For example, China's badminton team performed a clean sweep at the Olympics, claiming all of the gold medals.

Pictures: Horse couriers, who for centuries have been transporting goods through the dense mountain forests of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, are slowly disappearing, as more people now opt to rely on cars and motorcycles.

Culture: People of the Yi ethnic group have a tradition of wearing colorful headgear, much of which is inspired by their original totems, or plant and animal. Yi people are mainly found in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region as well as Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.

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Study: Science journal brands Britain the laziest country in the world.

Discussion: What bothers you most about China?

(China Daily 08/08/2012 page2)