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As China prepares for National Day festivities, planners decorating Tian’anmen square are using 3D-printed models to coordinate elaborate flower displays.
国庆将至，设计师们在天安门广场的花卉布置中使用了3D打印技术来丰富花展。

A suspected Chinese jewelry thief accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of diamonds across the world has been arrested in Switzerland during another robbery, Interpol said on last Friday.
国际刑警组织12日证实，涉嫌在世界多国作案，盗窃价值数百万美元珠宝的中国籍珠宝大盗在瑞士犯案时落网。

Liu Xiang, a Chinese Olympic gold medalist and world champion in 110m hurdles, is said to have registered for marriage on September 7, 2014, according to news spreading across the internet.
据网络流传的消息，前奥运会110米跨栏金牌得主、世界冠军刘翔已于2014年9月7日领证结婚。

Taiwan movie star Kai Ko made a public apology last Friday afternoon for his drug abuse after being released from detention in Beijing.
台湾电影明星柯震东吸毒被拘，获释后于上周五下午在北京召开了公开道歉会。

The ice bucket challenge — "raising awareness" of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — has gone viral among China’s celebrities from tech executives to movie stars.
冰桶挑战—一项旨在让更多人知道“肌肉萎缩性侧索硬化症”（ALS）的活动在中国风靡，从科技大佬到电影明星都纷纷响应。

The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games opened in east China’s Nanjing on August 16 with more than 3,700 athletes from around the world taking part in.
第二届夏季青年奥林匹克运动会8月16日在南京开幕，来自世界各地的3700多名运动员参加了开幕式。
 

Ye Peijian, a senior adviser of the China Academy of Space Technology(中国空间技术研究院) said, "Firstly, it requires an initial velocity from the carrier, and secondly, it can be accelerated by the spacecraft’s own fuel. There are many other ways to do it as well, such as taking advantage of the gravity of other planets(行星). In a word, they can achieve such velocity by combining both external and internal forces,"

Rescuers are battling frequent aftershocks(余震) and heavy rains to search for survivors(幸存者) in the rubble(瓦砾) after a 6.5-magnitude(震级) earthquake rattled southwest China’s Yunnan Province Sunday, killing at least 398 people and injuring 1,801 others. More than 12,000 houses have been toppled and 30,000 damaged in the quake zone(地震灾区). The quake has also cut(切断) traffic(交通), electricity(电路) and telecommunications(通讯) in Ludian County.

The British Royal family has released a photo of Prince George to mark his upcoming first birthday.
为庆祝乔治小王子即将到来的周岁生日，英国王室公布了一张小王子的照片。