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An aquarium has been given a head start over rivals after finding one of it’s newly arrived baby tortoises had two heads. The “Water World” aquatic farm at Wuwei town in Anhui, China, had ordered a shipment of baby tortoises from a local farm and found out that one of the babies had two-heads. But its still managing to grow fast, even though it was only 17 grams when it was found.

While its siblings grow at a the usual steady pace, this tiny creature is speeding ahead.

The reason for its extraordinary growth spurt is simple: having two heads mean it eats twice as fast.

The Ren building is a proposal for a hotel, sports and conference center for the “Better City, Better Life” 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. The building is conceived as two buildings merging into one. The two buildings meet in a 1000 room hotel, a building for living.

The building takes its form from the Chinese character for person 人 (”ren”) and combines two buildings (one symbolic of mind and the other symbolic of body). We love the poetic inspiration that reflects both site and cultural sensitivity

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The first building, emerging from the water, is devoted to the activities of the body, and houses the sports and water culture center.

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Tiananmen Square June 4, 1989

Tiananmen Square August 8, 2008.

China holds the current world record of executions with executing 1,010 people of 1,591 confirmed executions worldwide. Although the Beijing Olympic committee declared that hosting the Olympics will ‘help the development of human rights in China’.

• China executed more people in the last three months than the rest of the world did in the past three years, as per the human rights group Amnesty International.

• China currently uses capital punishment for many crimes, ranging from tax evasion, corruption and racketeering to murder.

• China is one of the few countries now using capital punishment, and its rate of executions is disproportionately more common than in any other.

• China has held more executions annually than any other nation; in 2006 it executed as many as ten times more people than the country ranked second.

• China’s use of capital punishment for minor crimes is often cited as one of the many human rights problems within the country

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An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world. It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century

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The huge inflows of investment to support the Olympics and recreate Beijing have had an important ripple effect on economic growth. From new construction projects to attracting the spotlight, the Olympics will have a lasting effect on China.

China has embraced the basic ideals of the Olympics with its own slogan, “One World, One Dream,” and has widely promoted a green and high-tech Olympics. To prepare for the games, China invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure alone from 2002 to 2006, transformed the cityscape of Beijing, made national stars out of PRC Olympic champions—such as high hurdler Liu Xiang and platform diver Guo Jingjing—and created a great sense of excitement and anticipation among the public.
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