Beijing Today (March 9, 2007)

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BEIJING TODAY

From the galleries of Beijing to the world.

A new Taiwanese generation invents itself.

Investigating Colombo.

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Flames claim Ming palace

Photographs taken Wednesday show all that remains of the main gate of Chuanzhugong (‘The Lord of Sichuan’s Palace’), a 600-year-old national-level protected monument in Tongren, Guizhou, after fire broke out in the early hours of that morning. The palace, parts of which date back to 1375 in the early Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), was formerly the best-preserved and most complete antiquity in the area. In 2000, provincial authorities allocated over 500,000 yuan to pay for a complete renovation of the structure, before handing over management of the palace to local authorities, who leased it out to a local business to be used as a teahouse. Xinhua Photos

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Overseas volunteers for Olympics Page 2

Hospitals bursting under golden pig baby boom Page 4

Beijing to ban begging prior to 2008

Olympic efforts to curb Beijing’s smelly taxis Page 5

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True grit – and how to survive it. Page 18

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