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Introduction:
Today’s story takes place in geography class. Teacher Ma and her students are talking about different geographic areas such as the Pacific Ocean, the continental United States, and Hawaii. Sounds pretty boring, right? Wrong! It’s never boring when Cindy’s up to her tricks.
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(Source: chineseculture.about.com)
Ding Cong
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Ding Cong, born in 1915 in Shanghai, currently is the director of the Cartoon Committee of the Chinese Artists’ Association. Ding first had his cartoon works published in the early 1930s.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he worked assiduously as an editor, a scenic designer, an art teacher, and a poster painter in Hong Kong and Southwest China. His works entered many exhibitions under the category of cartoon. From 1945 to 1947 he turned out numerous sarcastic works revolving around the theme of the “struggle for democracy,” and had them published in Shanghai.
After the establishment of the PRC, he worked as an editor for a pictorial. After 1957, for more than twenty years, his cartoon works were rarely seen by the public for various reasons. It was only after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the CCP that his career as a cartoonist resumed.
His recent publications include Selected Cartoon Works of Ding Cong; Illustrations of Lu Xun‘s Novels; Ding Cong’s Illustrations; Ding Cong’s Painting; Things in the Past-Sarcastic Painting of Ding Cong; One Hundred Pictures of Interesting Ancient Scenes; The New Rendering of One Hundred Pictorial Parables; Cartoon Works of Ding Cong: Volumes I, II, and III; the English, French, and German versions of Ancient Interesting Scenes; and the English version of Current Interesting Scenes.
（Source: chinaculture.org）
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Reputed as the pearl on the fields beyond the Great Wall, the Sand Lake is located 56 kilometers north of Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is a famous scenic spot combining the lush southern-type fields with desert scenery. The Sand Lake covers an area of 8.2 square kilometers, of which 12.7 square kilometers is desert. The unique scenery of the lake is composed of sand, water, reed, bird, hill and lotus.
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The Sand Lake is divided into two parts, with sand on the south and water on the north. The reed marsh stretching in the lake is a paradise for thousands of various bird species, including white crane, black marabou, and swan. When spring comes, bird eggs of various colors lie here and there among the reed, making a great spectacle.
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Since the Sand Lake is abundant in fish, restaurants here all prepare a special fish feast. Fresh bighead fish of over 10 kilograms is served to tourists. Tourists can also catch fish in the lake if they wish.
A desert of 2,000 hectares covers the south part of the Sand Lake, and the desert and the lake set each other off and form a pleasant contrast. Tourists can take a yacht or swim in the lake as well as ride a camel or enjoy sand skiing or take a tour in cable car in the desert. They can stay in the Mongolian tent for a night in the desert.
(Source: chinaculture.org)
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