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Chinese bid farewell to quake-killed peacekeepers

Chinese leaders and people Wednesday bade farewell to eight peacekeeping police officers who were killed in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Haiti last week. Top leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang joined thousands of members of the public at the ceremony held at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in western Beijing. People were standing in long lines outside the ceremony hall in the winter chill, wait...

China Shaolin-Chinese Traditional Culture

About Shaolin Dengfeng City, Henan Province, Shaolin Temple is located 13 km northwest of the Yue Song Á ª birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin kung fu birthplace, and therefore, "birthplace of Zen Buddhism, martial arts destination," said. Shaolin Temple was built in Northern Wei Wo nineteen years (AD 495), the Northern Wei Emperor Xiaowen of the Indian monk Ba Tuo and Chijian placement, because Shaoshi Shan monastery built in the dense forest Suiming called "Shaolin Temple" ...