From a Christmas exhibition in Times Square, Hong Kong:

By Reuters via ENN:

China managed to cut its energy intensity — the energy used per unit of GDP — by 3.46 percent cut in January-September compared with a year ago. With power output falling by its biggest-ever margin last month and steel production tumbling, it is set to improve on last year’s 3.66…

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Aside from the slick design, features include:

• Add word to your vocab list.
• Lots of examples that invite you to learn other words.
• Mouse-over pinyin.
• User participated/generated sections that include answers to questions such as “How to use 搞 and 弄？”

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Above: Huangpu River LCD Boats.

Via China in 12 Frames, a collaborative photoblog. (Via dreams.)

Excerpts from Sohu Education, original author 沪江英语:

打水漂
Means: a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water.

打水漂游戏
Means: spend (esp one’s money) in a careless wasteful way

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Photo credit: Gedawei.

See the entire batch of Guangzhou 1978 photos here, via ESWN.

Update:
Red Leatherman over at Boing Boing points out that the size of the pumpkin shot is the result of an optical illusion — a photographer with a large lens would not stand that close to it.

The real size can be seen from the pumpkins in the background of the photo (it’s not that big).

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