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Photo: Silver is synonymous with the Miao and Dong ethnic groups. The glittering metal is also the highlight of a unique multimedia drama in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in the southeast of the Guizhou province. Zhu Xingxin shares some colorful images of the show.

Opinion: The plight of mighty foreign brands like Fonterra will make the search for safe milk powder even harder for urban Chinese parents who still have little faith in domestic products because of a series of tainted milk scandals.

Bilingual: Paris, the most visited city in the world by many counts, has been suffering a spate of pickpocketing - and one of its main targets appears to be that relatively new group of tourists, the Chinese. Petty crimes against Chinese nationals have jumped 22% in the city this year, according to Paris police.

Buzzword: A digital wildfire is essentially a false rumor that spreads very rapidly in the online universe, typically through social media. It's a piece of misleading information that can rip through the public consciousness at breakneck speed, and the ramifications can be serious, even potentially dangerous.

(China Daily USA 08/12/2013 page3)