November 11, 2011 morning, 13 domestic and overseas famous contemporary painter, in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,Golden Whip Stream,launched a seven-day Painting trip"God painted Zhangjiajie"It is reported that oil painting masters, in addition to the Golden Whip Stream, Tianzishan, Baofeng, Tianmenshan and other scenic spots in creation, the artists will be painting and into the Yongding Yinjiaxi Town and Luo River, experience the local customs, for improvisation. After the event, will select 100 outstanding works, held in Changsha "God painted Zhangjiajie" famous oil painting exhibition, and published in "Chinese Oil Painting", "Chinese oil painters" and other professional journals.

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TAIPEI, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Taipei Cross-Strait Travel Fair opened here Friday, with tourist operators from Taiwan and the mainland eagerly participating, while officials said that the fair would help promote healthy and orderly tourism development across the Taiwan Strait.The fair, the sixth of its kind, has attracted about 800 tourist operators and officials from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the Chinese mainland. More than 200 booths are set up for the mainland's tourism operators, while Taiwan counterparts command 120 booths.Zhu Shanzhong, honorary deputy head of the mainland-based Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association (CTEA)， said at the opening ceremony that "the Taipei Cross-Strait Travel Fair has become an important window for showing the mainland's tourism resources, an important composition for cross-Strait tourism exchanges, and a fine channel for Taiwan compatriots to better learn and understand the Chinese mainland."Yinama Naisierding, president of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tourism Association told Xinhua that "we not only bring tourism products to the fair but art performances. We hope that our Taiwan compatriots can gain a deeper understanding of Xinjiang through our introduction and art performances, so that more Taiwan tourists come to Xinjiang."The Chinese mainland Thursday eased restrictions on package tours to Taiwan by making it easier for residents living in different parts of the mainland to travel together with family to the island. Under old rules, a mainland resident could only join a package tour to Taiwan in the place where he or she held a residence permit, or hukou in Chinese.Now, a mainland resident can also join a package tour in places where his or her lineal relatives hold residence permits, said a statement from the National Tourism Administration (NTA).In addition, the NTA's new policy also allows travel agencies to organize tours for a group of people holding different residence permits if they work for the same corporation or organization.Lai Se-chun, head of the Taiwan Strait Tourism Association Friday expressed appreciation for the new policies at the opening ceremony of the travel fair, saying that she believed cross-Strait tourism exchanges could reach new highs through mutual efforts from both sides.Statistics from the CTEA show that the number of Taiwan tourists who traveled to the Chinese mainland in 2010 reached 5.14 million, up 14.64 percent from the previous year. And they spent 5.74 billion U.S. dollars during their Chinese mainland trips.From January to August of 2011, the number of Taiwan tourists visiting the Chinese mainland reached 3.54 million, up 2.46 percent from the same period of last year.Meanwhile, the number of Chinese mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan in groups has reached 2.82 million since mid 2008, when the authorities in Taiwan lifted a ban on mainlanders' traveling to Taiwan. Moreover, since June 28, 2011, mainlanders have been allowed to travel in Taiwan as individual tourists.Chuang Yu-Meng, a senior official with the Taichung tourism bureau told Xinhua at the fair that he expected an increasing number of mainland tourists to travel as individuals to Taichung after the more recent law change, as Taichung city is not only a good tourism destination in itself, but an important transport hub. From there, it is easy to reach other famous destinations, such as Ali mountain and the Sun Moon Lake.Chuang and his colleagues brought tourism brochures and distinctive Taichung food such as pineapple cakes to the travel fair as promotion.

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Changsha Mayor Zhang Jianfei attends the opening ceremony of the activity "Moved by Changsha · Blessing Changsha" and shakes hands with foreigners. The activity "Moved by Changsha · Blessing Changsha" was held on November 11. Over 100 foreigners in Changsha toured around the city. Changsha Mayor Zhang Jianfei attended the opening ceremony. Zhang hoped that foreigners' visit to key construction projects will enable them to have a better understanding of Changsha, and better adapt themselves to this beautiful city that is full of vigor, picturesque scenery, profound historic and cultural essence, and modern flavor. He also invited foreigners to offer suggestions for the city's development. The 11 key visited projects have exerted great influence on Changsha's development, including key water control project of the Xiangjiang River, Yanghu Wetland Park, Planning Exhibition Hall of West Changsha Pioneering District, Guangming Village, and Orange Isle. Some projects have been finished, while some are under construction. Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Google will launch its new music service next week, U.S. media reported on Friday. In an emailed invitation, Google said it will hold an event called "These Go to Eleven" next Wednesday in Los Angeles, which is expected to be the debut of Google Music, tech news website The Verge reported. Google is reported to be adding new features over the current version of its music service, such as a MP3 music store with connection to its social network Google+. According to a separate report from technology news site CNET on Friday, Google has not yet got licensing deals with all four of the major labels -- Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI. Google introduced a beta version of its music service called Music Beta in May, enabling users to upload their entire music libraries for free to Google servers and stream songs from any browser or Android-based devices. Since the search giant failed to come to license agreements with major music labels at the time, Music Beta is essentially a massive cloud storage hard drive.

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The original old Dong village folk in Western Hunan(Tongdao County)

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ZJJ Tianmenshan Tongtian Avenue has 99 turns symbolizing that the Heaven has nine palaces. It is worth the title – Wonder of highway in the world. Through Tongtian Avenue, One reaches directly the Tianti – celestial ladder. The grand celestial-like scene came into view.Translated by Sophia

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