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Beijing Olympic – Celine Dion cancels Beijing concert

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

The highly anticipated Celine Dion show on April 13 in Beijing might be canceled because the singer is suffering from a throat infection, Chinese media reported on Tuesday.

Dion is currently on a world tour promoting her latest album, “Taking Chances.” She postponed a number of concerts scheduled over the weekend in Australia due to the infection, local newspaper the Sunday Herald Sun reported.

According to the Beijing News, Dion’s husband, Rene Angelil, who is accompanying her on the tour, said doctors told Dion there was likely sandy weather in Beijing in April, and that she should avoid singing outdoors. Dion was set to play at the city’s Workers’ Stadium.

The Beijing show’s organizer, Emma Entertainment, has not yet announced the concert’s cancellation, though Galaxy Group, the organizer of Dion’s show in Kuala Lumpur has posted a postponement on its Web site for a planned April 8 show through April 13, the date of her Beijing concert.

The Beijing News report says this is evidence of a Beijing cancellation.

Emma Entertainment will release a press notice later Tuesday, the report says.

No information shows Dion’s Shanghai concert scheduled for April 11 will be interrupted.

(Source: ebeijing.gov.cn)

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Cir – Lesson 643

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

YANGON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — Over 3,000 students sat for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination held in Myanmar for the 2009-10 exam year, sources with the Yangon-based British Council said on Tuesday.

As the IELTS exam marks are recognized by universities in the United States, the number of candidates increased year by year from 1,097 in 2005-06, 1,380 in 2006-07, 1,400 in 2007-08 and 2,600 in 2008-09, the sources said, adding that nowadays the number of candidates sitting for exam for pursuing further study in Australia with the majors of medical doctor and nurse stood the majority.

Among the candidates, over 1,200 were qualified for studying in Singapore, over 960 for Australia, 360 for England and 60 for America during this year, it said.

IELTS, sponsored by the Cambridge University, International Education and Development Program and British Council, charged 145U.S. dollars for the exam fees.

The IELTS exam is used to be held at the British Council in Yangon every year but now the new exam center went to the second largest city of Mandalay this month, it added.

Over the past decade, most Myanmar students sought further study abroad for advanced education and the move has become widespread among youths in the country.

Among the Myanmar students who study abroad, over 50 percent are from Yangon, 30 percent from Mandalay and 15 percent from other parts of the country, education officials said.

The students pursuing education in foreign countries range from20 to 30 years of age, taking up 50 percent of the youths in the country, followed by those between 16 and 20, under 16 and 30 above. Of them, ordinary graduates stand the majority.

(Source: xinhuanet.com)

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China Travel – Mogan Mountain

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

As the residual part of Tianmu Mountains, Mogan Mountain is situated in Deqing County, Zhejiang Province. Legend has it that this is the place where Moye and his wife Ganjiang cast their famous swords. The elevation of the highest peak Tower Hill in the mountain range is 758 meters above sea level. The scenery is very beautiful and it is reputed as the Elegant and Beautiful Resort in the Sun. Mogan Mountain is famous for its four features (coolness, grassiness, clearness and tranquility) and three peculiarities (bamboos, spring water and clouds), and it is reputed as the Cool and Refreshing World and the No. 1 Mountain to the South of the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River. It is therefore called one of the four best summer resorts in China (the other three summer resorts are Lushan Mountain, Beidai River and Jigong Mountain). It is 60 kilometers away from the southeastern city of Hangzhou and 200 kilometers away from the northeastern city of Shanghai. Its temperature is 6-7 °C lower than those of Shanghai City and Hangzhou City.

Mogan Mountain has a development history of more than 2,000 years. Its natural landscape is particular. With thriving bamboos, towering Japanese firs and Song-Dynasty maidenhair trees, the springs and waterfalls here and there, vegetation covers about 92% of the surface of Mogan Mountain.

The climate of Mogan Mountain has plenty of rain and mist, and the fog after rain is particularly wonderful and beautiful: the part below the mountainside is wrapped in cloud and mist, the top of the Tower Hill is floating on the cloud, just like the island in the sea or the castle in the air.

The central scenic spots of Mogan Mountain include the Tower Hill, Zhonghua Hill, Jinjia Hill, Wuji Hill, Mogan Hill and Paotai Hill, etc. Visitors can appreciate not only the sunrise and the sea of clouds, but also the waterfalls and the clear springs. The human culture and the landscape of Mogan Mountain are rich and colorful, and it was once known as the Watery Region and Buddhist Kingdom during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Hundreds of villas were built within scope of the resort greenery and thriving bamboos in the last years of the Qing Dynasty and early years of the Republic of China. These villas have different styles and Mogan Mountain is therefore reputed as the Architecture Museum of the World.

(Source: chinaculture.org)

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