BEIJING TODAY
Back to fashion their mark Pages 12-13
Rice for Obama grandma’s kids
Beijing’s best temple fairs Pages 20-21
Page 3 Shanxi teens seek work in Myanmar find nightmare
Page 4 Exhibition brings loft living to local hotels
Page 8 Briton dedicated to teaching the country’s poor
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY January 23, 2009 – January 29, 2009
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NO. 399 CN11-0120 HTTP://BJTODAY.YNET.COM CHIEF EDITOR: JIAN RONG NEWS EDITOR: YU SHANSHAN DESIGNER: YANG GEN
Simmer away office stress
Barak Obama’s oath of office created a greater stir worldwide than any former president’s. Celebrations extended around the world, especially into his grandmother’s country Kenya. In Beijing, a rice donation program was held by the Embassy of Kenya and Chinese organizations. Collected rice will go to 80 orphans adopted by Sarah Hussein Obama. The above watercolor painting of Barak and Sarah Obama by Chinese painter Yu Chengsong was displayed at the event.
NGO puts local migrant children on stage
For Obama’s inauguration and the event see Pages 5 and 9.
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