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Born in August this year weighing 75 grams, a baby giant panda was finally named "Saihin" after the zoo received more than 120,000 name suggestions in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan



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That's a cute little guy!

Guys, I'm having issues with my computer. No pix for now. Perhaps later. Sorry!

bd popeye said:

Guys, I'm having issues with my computer. No pix for now. Perhaps later. Sorry!

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Actually it was a household wide issue with my wi-fi...All our devices were either not working or moving at the speed of slow..A little re-booting and by the ISP and myself and....all is well now.

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A robot called Yi Jia is presented at a tech exhibition marking 40 years of China's reform and opening up in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 18, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yazi)

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A staff member shows the souvenir sheet marking the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up at the post office of Liaoning provincial archives in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 18, 2018. China Post released a set of commemorative stamps and one souvenir sheet marking the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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A visitor takes photos of a cheetah at the Zhengzhou Zoo in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Dec. 18, 2018. Zhengzhou Zoo has welcomed five couples of cheetahs from South Africa for the first time recently. (Xinhua/Li An)

Sunrise at the construction site of a bridge over the Yangtze River in Zigui County, Central China's Hubei Province.

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The confluence of Xiangxi Stream, a tributary of China's greatest river, and Xiling Gorge, one of the Three Gorges, is a tourist attraction renowned for its magnificent scenic beauty. (Photo/IC)

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Chinese researchers wait to leave by snowmobile in Antarctica Dec. 18, 2018. China's 35th Antarctic expedition on Tuesday sent 37 members of two inland expedition teams to the Kunlun and Taishan stations. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

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Thirty-seven Chinese researchers pose for photos before departing for China's Kunlun and Taishan stations in Antarctica Dec. 18, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

Competitors dance on a provincial dance contest in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 18, 2018.

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A total of 46 dancing performance presented by 390 competitors gained awards in the event. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

A customer checks in at a "future hotel" by scanning his ID card and face in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 18, 2018.

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A robot is on the way to serve dishes at a "future hotel" in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 18, 2018.

Chinese internet giant Alibaba's first "future hotel" FlyZoo Hotel, loaded with artificial intelligence (AI) and robots that automate a series of procedures like check-in, lights control and room service, opened in Hangzhou, where Alibaba is headquartered. (Xinhua/Long Wei)

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A robot serves dishes at a "future hotel" in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 18, 2018.

Despite the cold, students at a primary school in Northeast China's Jilin city this week enjoyed themselves skating on a ice rink built by the school.

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Students race each other on the ice rink at a primary school in Jilin city, Jilin province, Dec 18. [Photo/IC]

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Students demonstrate their ice skating moves on the ice rink at a primary school in Jilin city, Jilin province, Dec 18. [Photo/IC]

Three teachers at the school spent a week building the 50-meter-long, 40-meter-wide and 12-centimeter-thick ice rink on the playground. It’s helped to create a winter wonderland for students. [Photo/IC]

Guangzhou fan exhibit showcases craftsmanship. The fans combine Cantonese craftsmanship and Western esthetic tastes. (all Photos provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

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A total of 163 pieces or sets of exquisite fans made in China between the 18th and 20th centuries for foreign markets have been exhibited at Guangdong Museum in Guangzhou.

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Made of materials such as ivory, silver, lacquer, hawksbill turtle shell, embroidery or sandalwood, these fans come in various shapes and show every stage in the history of export-oriented fan making.

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The fans, born amid the foreign trade in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), were mostly made in Guangzhou, which was known as Canton back then, by combining Cantonese craftsmanship and Western esthetic tastes.

China and Japan hold the tenth round of high-level consultations on maritime affairs in Wuzhen of Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, from Dec. 17 to 18, 2018. During the consultations, China and Japan have agreed to promote pragmatic cooperation in the marine field in accordance with the consensus of making the East China Sea a sea of peace, cooperation and friendship. (Xinhua/Yin Xiaosheng)

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Hostel owner Zhang Xinyu works at her hostel in Zhujiajian of Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 16, 2018. Homestay tourism is booming as the local government has made constant efforts in reinventing the rural areas. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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Tourists drink tea at a hostel in Zhujiajian of Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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Tourists drink tea at a hostel in the ancient town of Heqiao in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 6, 2018.

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A hostel is seen in the ancient town of Heqiao in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 19, 2018. Homestay tourism is booming as the local government has made constant efforts in reinventing the rural areas. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Students practice soccer skills at Xiema Town Central School in Xiema Township of Baokang County, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 18, 2018. Xiema Town Central School, a rural boarding school located in remote mountainous area of Hubei Province, is the first soccer-featured pilot school in Baokang.

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The school built a football pitch in 2015, and added soccer into its curriculum, providing students with an access to more chances of playing soccer, as well as helping young footballers chase their dreams. (Xinhua/Yang Tao)

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Football instructor Zheng Yu demonstrates soccer-playing at Xiema Town Central School in Xiema Township of Baokang County, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 18, 2018.

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Students display trophies of the soccer team at Xiema Town Central School in Xiema Township of Baokang County, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 18, 2018.