Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

Pictures: Highlights from the 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival in California.

Buzzword: Smartphone nanny, which refers to a smartphone or tablet computer that is given to a child to keep them entertained or distracted.

Culture: Discover the history of the courtyard of the Gan family residence in Nanjing.

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Pictures: Ten sets of traffic lights have been installed on a road stretching about 1 kilometer in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, drawing complaints from motorists.

Discussion: The world will continue to have reasons for both hope and pessimism in 2013. Which issues are most likely to result in change? What influence will these changes have?

(China Daily 01/08/2013 page2)