Critics are queuing up to praise Natalie Portman in her latest movie Black Swan, the opening picture at this year’s Venice film festival, with one review saying the performance “elevates her … to a major star.”

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Sanya Phoenix International Airport recently stated that its passenger traffic rose 39.9% year on year to 5.38 million in the first half of 2010.

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According to statistics released by Yunnan province’s tourism bureau, tourism revenues rose 13.2% year on year to 41.5 billion yuan in the first half of 2010.

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It has been said that admission fees to tourist attractions in China are the highest in the world but it’s worth noting that some hotspots are free of charge, including West Lake, Jinji Lake, Juzizhou Islet, Phoenix city and North Sea Silver Beach.

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Daniel Zeendeer, an official at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and has lived in Beijing and Yunnan for 4 years.

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A 600-year-old Catholic Church was found in a small village of Sangyu, located along the ancient roads of western Beijing. This church, which could be dated back to the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), brings a foreign flavor to the ancient village.

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Mount Wutai is not for casual tourists who are willing to spend just a few hours there before rushing to the next county for more photo opportunities.

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Shanxi is well known for its abundant coal production. But the province of 34 million people and 156,000 square kilometers in area offers much more than natural resources.

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A press conference for the CPC anniversary film Jian Dang Wei Ye was held in Beijing on Wednesday, September 1, to reveal its partial list of actors, according to the production company, China Film Group Corporation.

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The world premiere of Bob Dylan’s latest exhibition of paintings opened Thursday at Denmark’s National Gallery.

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