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Shanghai’s visa-free policy

Tourists admire the skyline in Shanghai, which allows foreigners to visit for up to 72 hours without a visa. Since the new policy was implemented in January, some 8,300 foreign transit passengers have made use of the policy, according to the city's border inspection department.

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Song Ci: “Magnolia flowers” I晏几道：木兰花1

晏几道：木兰花Yan Jidao (1040-1112): to the tune "Magnolia flowers" I
东风又作无情计，艳粉娇红吹满地。Once again the eastwind makes heartless plots, rouge and powder blown down and covering the ground.
碧楼帘影不遮愁，还似去年今日意。The curtain of the green balcony is not able to cover my sadness, just like the year before.
谁知错管春残事，到处登临曾费泪。Who knows what damage such wrong pipes do to spring; climbing every hill, I once shed useless tears.
此时金盏直须深，看尽落花能几醉。In such times we cannot but fill the golden cups, stare at the falling flowers and make us drunk.
 

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Trip to Crown Cave

Sandy surprised me with an invitation for a farewell trip with all of my colleagues(your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job); I was very surprised and touched of.

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Pre-school Education学前教育

Pre-school education（学前教育xuéqián jiàoyù） is an important component（组件zǔjiàn） of education cause in China. In urban（城市的chéngshì de） areas, pre-school education is mainly kindergartens of 1 to 3 years, which could be full time, part-time, boarding or hour-reckoned. In rural（农村的nóngcūn de） areas, pre-school education is mainly nursery（托儿所tuóérsuǒ） classes and seasonal kindergartens in addition. In the aging, minority, remote and poor areas, besides the normal preschool education, there are irregular education with various forms such as children activity centers, game groups, mobile aid centers, and mobile service called "caravan"（大篷车dà péngchē）.

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Two days trip!

The trip was meant to farewell my foreign colleagues. We all had a great time together. The weather was fantastic(you describe something as fantastic or fantastical when it seems strange and wonderful or unlikely). We left the Guilin(桂林Guìlín) City at around 10:40AM and after a drive of about and hour and half, we arrived at the scenic spot of Guanyan(冠岩Guānyán) cave. One can either call it Guanyan cave or as some call it Crown cave, because the shape of the hill where the cave shapes like a crown. Instead of climbing the hill to the cave, we enjoyed the beautiful country scenery whilst traveling on the mono rail. The mono rail is simple to drive. The hills, the rivers and the singing of the birds around the mono rail make it a perfect picture scene.

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Classics category (jingbu经部)

The section of Confucian Classics (jingbu 经部) is the first of the four traditional categories (sibu 四部) into which Chinese literature was divided. The term jing 经 "warp" designates a book with canonical claim, often written by representants of philosophical traditions or religious groups, like the Mojing 墨经 "Mohist canon”, Daodejing 道德经 "Classic of the way and the virtue". Some other books with the title "classic" were called so in order to underline its importance and to attract a wider readership, like theShanhaijing 山海经, or the Chajing 茶经.

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