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Photo: Zhang Yuanzhen, a 92-year-old Taoist priest, performs martial arts for tourists at Tiantai Mountain in Hanzhong city, Shaanxi province, on Saturday. Zhang became a Taoist priest when he was 18 and later learned martial arts and Taoist medical skills. He came to stay at Tiantai Mountain in 1989. He is in good health and can climb more than 2,000 stairs everyday.

Video: The Nationwide Song and Dance Festival of Latvia has kicked off in Riga, the nation's capital. The festival started on June 30 and will last a week. It will see a large number of performances by street artists, choirs and orchestras.

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Life in China: What are the consequences of marrying a Chinese woman? A blogger named "North America Brother Cui" posts an article about the six consequences for a foreigner if he marries a Chinese woman because of the many cultural differences.

News talk: Recent research on marriage in China revealed there is a disproportionately larger number of unmarried females with advanced degrees than males. However, the overall percentage of single men is still alarmingly high in most provinces.

(China Daily USA 07/02/2013 page3)