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Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in Beijing Under Renovation: According to administrative office of Temple of Heaven in Beijing, on May 7 the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in Temple of Heaven was closed for renovation, which will be officially started on May 17.

Mum's the Word for Chinese in New Trend: Mother's Day is yet another Western occasion to become popular among Chinese people along with Christmas and Valentine's Day.

China to build giant panda museum: China plans to build a new giant panda museum which aims to be the biggest of its kind to introduce efforts to save the endangered animal and its habitat. The main theme of the 5,000 square meter (53,800 square foot) museum in Chengdu, capital of the southwest province of Sichuan, will be "man, panda and the harmony of nature."

Crime time for Chinese net users: Around 20% of the world's hijacked computers sending out spam, attacking websites and hosting unsavoury material are in China, says a report.

Chinese families become smaller: China's reform and opening up has not only brought about great changes to the economy and society, but also transformed Chinese marriages and family structure in an unprecedented way. Population expert Tang Can believes that in the last thirty years Chinese families have shown diversified patterns. The scale of family is becoming smaller and the marriage functions of families are being gradually weakened.

Labor Camps That Operate Outside the Courts: Here in a bleak stretch of eastern China, Mr. Li, 40, spent two years in a prison called Shandong No. 2 Labor Re-education Camp. Mr. Li, who spoke on condition that only his surname be used, and other followers of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong have been jailed here despite never having a lawyer or a trial—rights granted under China's criminal law.