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The 23rd Qingdao Int’l Beer Festival

People drink beers during the 23rd Qingdao International Beer Festival in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 25, 2013. The 16-day 23rd Qingdao International Beer Festival closed on Sunday, in which more than 300 kinds of beers attracted about 4 million people from home and abroad.

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Fees charged for returning train tickets in China

Fees charged for returning tickets will also be changed. Passengers will be charged a rate equal to 5 percent of their ticket's price if they return the ticket 48 hours or earlier before the train's departure. A 10-percent rate will be charged if a return occurs within 48 hours leading to the departure but 24 hours before it. A return within 24 hours before departure is subject to a 20-percent rate.

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Attendance at the School Athletics Opening Ceremony

It is time of year at Guangxi(广西Guǎngxī) Normal University (located in Guilin(桂林Guìlín)), when the weather dries out, the sky is seemingly died an inky(inky means black or very dark blue) blue and street vendors selling juicy slices of watermelon are replaced with vendors selling thick pieces of sugar-cane covered in black husk(a husk is the outer covering of a grain or a seed), it's also the time of year when our university holds its annual school-wide athletics championships(a championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport).

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