Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

Video: Nonresident parents in Beijing have been signing a petition against a policy that will continue to limit their children's eligibility to take the national college entrance exam in the city.

Bilingual: US President Barack Obama took the official oath for his second term on Sunday at the White House in a small, private ceremony that set a more subdued tone compared to the historic start of his presidency four years ago.

Culture: China's vast western region is accessible to travelers along the classic Silk Road, although historically, the trade route was never called that until a German geographer gave it that romantic name in the late 1800s.

Travel: Scenery in Shicheng village, Wuyuan county, Jiangxi province.

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Pictures: Chinese Style in 2012

Discussion: Granting amnesty to China's corrupt officials?

(China Daily 01/23/2013 page2)