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The top 10 historical and cultural celebrities of Xiangyang are: jade connoisseur Bian He of the Spring and Autumn Period, poet of the Warring States Period Song Yu, politician from the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Xiu, litterateur from the Eastern Han Dynasty Wang Can, politician and militarist of the Three Kingdoms Period Zhuge Liang, historian from the Eastern Jin Dynasty Xi Zaochi, Buddhist scholar from the Eastern Jing Dynasty Shi Daoan, compiler from the Southern Dynasties Xiao Tong, poet from the Tang Dynasty Meng Haoran, and calligrapher from the Northern Song Dynasty Mi Fu.襄阳十大历史文化名人分别为：春秋时期的玉石鉴赏家卞和、战国时期的辞赋家宋玉、东汉政治家刘秀、东汉时期的文学家王粲、三国时期政治家和军事家诸葛亮、东晋史学家习凿齿、东晋佛学家释道安、南朝编纂家萧统、唐代诗人孟浩然、北宋书画家米芾。

The Singapore International Film Festival will make a comeback next year after a two-year break, Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim said on Wednesday.通信和信息部长雅国易卜拉欣在星期三表示，停办两年的新加坡国际电影节，明年将恢复举行。

Archaeologists said a Neolithic Chinese city was excavated on Wednesday in east China's Anhui Province.考古学家表示，周三在中国东部的安徽省挖掘出一座新石器时代的中国城市。

China Association for Science and Technology has officially issued a document to approve the foundation of "Help Our Motherland through Elite Intellectual Resources from Overseas" Program Hubei (High-tech Zone in Xiangyang) Work Base. This is the first time that China Association for Science and Technology set up such a work base in a prefecture-level city in this province. This program (HOME Program — Help Our Motherland through Elite Intellectual Resources from Overseas), initiated by China Association for Science and Technology and 35 overseas famous teams of science and technology, was officially carried out in 2004 to construct a green channel for overseas high-end talents and projects serving economic and social development in Xiangyang.中国科学技术协会已经正式发文承认“海外智力为国服务行动计划”湖北（襄阳高新区）工作点的成立。这是中国科学技术协会第一次在湖北省的地级市成立这样的一个工作点。这个行动计划（海智计划——海外智力为国服务行动计划 ）由中国科学技术协会和35个国外知名科技团队共同发起，于2004年正式开展，打造海外高层次人才和项目为襄阳经济社会发展服务的绿色通道。

A painting by modern Chinese artist Huang Zhou was sold on Monday night at a Beijing auction for 128.8 million yuan (21 million U.S. dollars).现代中国画家黄胄的一幅画周一晚上在北京拍卖会上以1.288亿元（2100万美元）的价格被卖出 。

China's largest and most intact buildings in the "Chinese Baroque" architectural style favored in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been renovated and will open to tourists at the beginning of 2014, local housing authorities said on Tuesday.中国东北部的黑龙江省比较亲睐“中国巴洛克”建筑风格，当地房管部门周二表示，这种风格的中国规模最大、最完整的建筑都经过重新装修并且将在2014年初向游客开放。

No more rumors: Actress Barbie Hsu has confirmed her pregnancy.不再是谣言：女星徐熙媛已经确认她怀孕了。