Film Director Awarded
A documentary titled Three Sisters , directed by Chinese film director Wang Bing, wins the Best Picture Award in the Horizon section of this year's Venice Film Festival
Protected Sea Zones
China's State Oceanic Administration releases a series of measures to select and protect areas as the base points of the country's territorial sea, a move to "ensure the country's maritime interests"
Student Village Officials
China has developed nearly 300,000 students into village officials, with roughly two thirds of them incumbent
Higher-Educated Soldiers
China will recruit more well-educated young people into the army, according to a national recruitment tele-conference
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"Europe is China's biggest export market. Reduced orders have added more pressure to some export-oriented enterprises, thus reducing the economic growth rate. But China is making adjustments to counter that. In the long run, China is still very likely to keep its economic growth rate at 8 percent for another 20 years."

Justin Yifu Lin, a professor with Peking University and former chief economist with the World Bank, at the 2012 Tianjin Summer Davos Forum on September 11

"Our country's traditional Chinese medicine service coverage is not wide enough, and the service quality is not very high yet. Increasing investments and policies should be focused on grassroots levels in order to push forward the healthy development of traditional Chinese medicine work."

Wang Guoqiang, Chinese Vice Minister of Health, revealing a national campaign to promote Chinese medicine services at the grassroots level at a meeting in Beijing on September 11

"The oversupply of TV series in our country is alarming. Just at such a seasonal trade fair, there are a total of 15,000 episodes on sale."

Wang Weiping, Deputy Director of the TV Drama Management Department under the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV, saying that domestically produced TV series should reduce output and ensure better quality, at the 2012 Spring Capital TV Program Promotion in Beijing on September 10

"It is urgent to end the relationship between the performance at Math Olympics and recruitment by schools. For math geniuses, they can choose to attend the training for Math Olympics on their own free will. It is time to let Math Olympics return to being a hobby for math lovers."

Liu Wei, a middle school math teacher in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, commenting on the recent ban by the Beijing Municipal Government on Math Olympics training in the capital

SPECIAL GIFTS
Students of Shanghai Mingzhu Middle School show their designs of different suits for teachers on September 7, as a gift for Teacher's Day, which falls on September 10 (CHEN FEI)
JOYOUS FESTIVAL
The Ninth China Folk Art Festival kicks off in Pingliang, Gansu Province, on September 12, with more than 600 folk artists attending (YANG XIN)
SAND MOVIE SHOW
A sculptor puts the finishing touches on two tragic figures of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Mansion, at a sand sculpture exhibition in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, on September 12 (XU YU)
SELECTION OF WONDERS
A visitor (right) selects Muslimstyle housewares at the Third China- Arab States Economic and Trade Forum on September 12 in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (WANG PENG)
 
SUCCESSFUL CAPPING A dome is fitted onto the second reactor building of the Taishan Nuclear Power Station on September 12. Located in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, the station has two European pressurized reactors, with a total installed capacity of 3.5 million kw ( WANG PAN)
A TIRE HUB A tire receives a quality examination under an x-ray in a workshop of the Shandong-based Triangle Group. East China's Shandong Province has been promoting the competitiveness of tire makers, and its tire exports in 2011 totaled $7.83 billion (GUO XULEI)
Faux Price War Initiator
Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of Jingdong Mall, one of the major online retailers in China, was strongly criticized for misleading consumers during a recent price war
Inflation Rebounds
The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2 percent year-on-year in August
Negotiation Over Friction
The Chinese Government sends a delegation to Europe to discuss trade frictions with the EU over solar panel imports
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Economy to Gradually Stabilize
In August, China's consumer price index rose 2 percent from a year earlier
Huawei's Expansion
Huawei, the world's second largest telecom equipment maker, is planning to tap into Britain's telecom industry by investing another £1.3 billion
Haier's New Deal
Haier Group, a Chinese electrical appliance giant, announces an offer for a full takeover of Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd., New Zealand's largest whiteware manufacturer
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  • AFGHANISTAN
    Prince Harry (left) is shown an Apache helicopter upon his arrival at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan on September 7. The 27-year-old prince is back in the country to fly attack helicopters four years after his previous deployment there as an on-ground air controller (XINHUA/AFP)
  • LIBYA
    A vehicle smolders after being set ablaze inside the U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi on September 11. An armed mob, protesting a U.S. made anti-Islam film, attacked the consulate, killing U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other diplomats (XINHUA/AFP)
  • NICARAGUA
    The San Cristobal Volcano erupts in Chinandega, some 150 km from the capital city of Managua, on September 8. Thousands of people have been evacuated from communities on the volcano's slopes (XINHUA/AFP)
  • KENYA
    Women make fashionable bags from recycled plastic in Nairobi on September 10. The handcrafts get high sales because of their durability and environmental friendliness (XINHUA/AFP)
  • RUSSIA
    President Vladimir Putin pilots a motorized hang glider as he takes part in an experiment aimed at preserving a rare species of cranes on the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia on September 5 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • BELGUIM
    Onlookers watch a parade featuring giant balloons of cartoon characters in Brussels on September 8. The parade celebrated a local comic book festival (YE PINGFAN)
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