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Updated: 2013-08-06 07:12

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Photo: Martial arts masters pose during the Tianshan Mountain Cultural Week in Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Saturday. Representatives from 11 factions of Chinese martial arts displayed their skills during the week.

Bilingual: Despite a rise in credit card fraud, the most commonly used PIN is still 1234, followed by 1111 and 0000. Research has found that one in 10 pins is so obvious it would take criminals just one attempt to guess them correctly, the Daily Mail reported in Britain.

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Buzzword: To sodcast means to play music loud enough that other people can hear it, particularly in a public location - for example, on a crowded bus through a mobile phone speaker. Sodcasters are terrified of not being noticed.

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News Talk: China's urban patrol officers, or chengguan, have long been burdened with a reputation following numerous conflicts with street vendors reported by the media. Often, it is temporary workers who take the blame and are fired. A photo collection on our online forum provides an insight into the life of a temporary worker within the urban patrol system.

(China Daily USA 08/06/2013 page3)

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