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 A crackdown on Beijing's black taxis - private vehicles illegally carrying passengers for money - kicked off on Monday in a bid to stop the disarray in public transportation and improve the capital's traffic system.

 A proud Shanghai celebrated the opening of the 2010 World Expo on Friday with a lavish riverside display of fireworks, fountains and laser lights that rivaled the stunning launch of the Beijing Olympics in its extravagance.

The invention of lamps and lanterns has close relationship with the fact that people got to undersdand and made use offire. The invention of lamps and lanterns presupposes human being’s cognition and preservation of fire. Darkness has never been our friends since remote past. It does not only limits people’s vaious activities but also makes good chances forbeasts to attack people.

Dragon is the symble of the whole chinese nation in chinese culture. It is a deified animal worshipped by the Chinese people from the time immemorial. But what is it?

Some people think that the Yangzi crocodile is the archetype of the dragon. However, most people hold that dragon is a combination of many animals. And the abilities of those animals have been collected to it.

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Chinese poetry can be divided into three main periods: the early period, characterised by folk songs in simple, repetitive forms; the classical period from the Han Dynasty to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, in which a number of different forms were developed; and the modern period of Westernised free verse.