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Video: Over the past four weeks DJ Clark has wandered the parks of Beijing looking for potential new Chinese Olympic sports. In the last video of the series, he reflects on Beijing's 348 parks and speaks to the person in charge of their upkeep and development.

Pictures: Highlights from the London 2012 closing show.

Buzzword: New guy gene is the internal mechanism that triggers extra politeness in new employees until they're up to speed on office politics.

Bilingual: The Miss Italia beauty contest's swimwear section bans bikinis, with contestants asked instead to wear more sober all-in-one costumes.

Culture: Young women of the Yi ethnic group gather to celebrate the Torch Festival. The festival, which falls on June 24 every year according to the lunar calendar of the Yi ethnic group, is the most important traditional holiday of the Yi people.

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(China Daily 08/16/2012 page2)