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China Daily Europe | Updated: 2014-10-03 07:53

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Celebration race: A dragon boat slices through the water on Liujiang River, at Liuzhou, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, during a race organized to celebrate Chinese National Day on Oct 1. Xinhua

Celebration dance: Dancers from a local youth art group perform at a reception held by the Chinese embassy in South Africa marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Provided to China Daily

Celebration toast: Guests celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Chinese embassy in Nairobi. Second from right is China's Ambassador to Kenya, Liu Xianfa, toasting Justin Muturi, speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya. Wang Xinjun / for China Daily

Getting the picture: Bust of a Woman by Pablo Picasso is unpacked in Changsha, Hunan province. Works by European artists, including Picasso and Auguste Rodin, will be on show in the city's Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum. Bai Yu / Xinhua

Honorary degree for Mo: Ivan Ilchev, rector of Sofia University, Bulgaria's oldest, presents an honorary doctorate to Mo Yan, China's Nobel Laureate in Literature, as he becomes the first Chinese person to receive such an honor from the university, founded in 1888. Wang Xinran / Xinhua

(China Daily European Weekly 10/03/2014 page5)

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