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Children play with dragon boats made of boxes during an event to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at Zihao kindergarten in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Tang Ke)

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Children play with dragon boats made of boxes during an event to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Jianzhong)

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Children learn to make Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during an activity to celebrate upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at Ruizhi kindergarten in Liping, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Daifu)

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Children learn to make sachets during an activity to celebrate upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at Beibao primary school in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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Children learn the tea art during an activity to celebrate upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at Beibao primary school in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

Children take part in an activity to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at Beibao primary school in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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A girl learns to perform sugar-figure blowing during an activity to celebrate upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at the Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum in Beijing, capital of China, June 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

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A man makes sugar painting during a cultural festival of the Dragon Boat Festival in Yanqing District of Beijing, capital of China, June 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Tourists make "zongzi", a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a contest in Zhuquan Village of Yinan County, east China's Shandong Province, June 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Yanbing)

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A boy makes a dragon boat model at a museum in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)

Sad story..very sad...


Jiang Yue's cousin Xu Xiang is interviewed by media outside the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, the United States, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Gao Shan)


Holly Davis (2nd R) appears with her lawyer at the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, the United States, June 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Gao Shan)

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PHOENIX, the United States, June 15 (Xinhua) -- American woman Holly Davis was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday in a court in the western U.S. state of Arizona for the murder of a Chinese student after a rear-end collision in 2016.

A judge in Maricopa County Superior Court sentenced Davis to 25 years with no possibility of early release for second-degree murder in the January 2016 fatal shooting of Jiang Yue, a 19-year-old Chinese student who got scholarships to study at Arizona State University.

Jiang was driving her car when she was rear-ended by Davis in the Arizona city of Tempe. Davis then got out of her Volkswagen Passat, walked up to the door of Jiang's car and opened fire.

The shooting killed Jiang, who was in the driver's seat, and injured six others after Jiang's car veered out of control into the intersection and struck an oncoming car. Davis fled the scene and was later taken into custody by police.

Davis has been in jail since her arrest.

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Here a link to the above story. There is a statement by the victim's cousin on video



I just don't understand how the shooter pleaded this down to 2nd degree murder.

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Here a link to the above story. There is a statement by the victim's cousin on video

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I just don't understand how the shooter pleaded this down to 2nd degree murder.

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People sometimes act emotionally before they even think that results disastrous. For this reason, I think civilians should not be armed. The fire arms hurt you more than they protect you. Wish her soul rest in peace!

Feel hot? Maybe it's a good choice to enjoy the cool in this water forest in Central China.

Participants attend a training for dragon boat race on the Wuyang River in Zhenyuan county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, June 16, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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It is beautiful place for the venue of dragon boat race. the architecture match the occasion of remembering the Qu Yuan drowning because of heart broke that the king didn't listen to his advice resulting in the his beloved Chu state conquered by neighboring state . ON hearing it the villager row their boat and dump dumpling into the river to prevent the fish from eating the flesh
The occasion is remember with eating Zongzi or Bakchang in Hokkien. For me it is the best kind filling dark pork meat slightly sweet with either egg or dry shrimp. It is neither sweet nor savory

My grandma’s bak chang / zong zi (glutinous rice dumpling)


There’s something to be said about recipes that are passed down in families. Somehow, your fondest memories of food are always what you ate growing up, and everything else that you eat later on in life is compared to those memories.

I grew up eating my grandma’s (I call her ‘Nai Nai’ 奶奶) bak chang, and this to me, has always been the best kind I can get anywhere. I’m sure everyone else will claim that their family’s version is the best though!



For those of you who are not familiar with bak chang (肉粽): These babies are glutinous rice dumplings, wrapped in bamboo leaves. They’re also known as zong zi (粽子). There are many versions, including a sweet version made with alkaline water, and eaten with a sweet sauce. I haven’t had the sweet version for a good few years now, I must really learn how to make them (my grandma only makes the savoury pork ones).

They’re traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Jie 端午节), which usually falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar – which falls on the June 23rd this year. They are eaten to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Miluo river after his country’s capital (Chu state) was captured by the Qin state. The villagers then threw rice dumplings into the river, to keep the fish and evil spirits away from his body. And now, these rice dumplings are eaten every year as a way of remembering Qu Yuan. (Thank you and for educating me.)

Readers are seen at a parent-child reading library of Taiyuan Library in north China's Shanxi Province, June 17, 2018, the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)

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Readers enter a parent-child reading library of Taiyuan Library in north China's Shanxi Province, June 17, 2018, the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)

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Readers are seen at a parent-child reading library of Taiyuan Library in north China's Shanxi Province, June 17, 2018, the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)

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Children make dragon boat lanterns during a folk custom activity to greet the Dragon Boat Festival at a museum in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 17, 2018. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)

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Children taste "zongzi", glutinous rice with various fillings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a folk custom activity to greet the Dragon Boat Festival at a museum in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 17, 2018. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)

Pupils of Xinghua primary school pick shocks of wheat in Luanxian County, north China's Hebei Province, June 17, 2018. The school organized a farming experience activity for students Sunday. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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Pupils of Xinghua primary school learn to sow a field with corn in Luanxian County, north China's Hebei Province, June 17, 2018. The school organized a farming experience activity for students Sunday. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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Pupils of Xinghua primary school plough a field in Luanxian County, north China's Hebei Province, June 17, 2018. The school organized a farming experience activity for students Sunday. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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Tang Jinhua and Yu Xiaohan (Front) of China compete during the women's doubles semifinal match against Chow Mei Kuan and Vivian Hoo of Malaysia at the U.S. Open Badminton Championships in Los Angeles, the United States, on June 16, 2018. Tang Jinhua and Yu Xiaohan won 2-0. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong)

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Ren Xiangyu (R) and Ou Xuanyi of China compete during the men's doubles semifinal match against Jung Jae Wook and Kim Jae Hwan of South Korea at the U.S. Open Badminton Championships in Los Angeles, the United States, on June 16, 2018. Ren and Ou won 2-0. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong)