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I hope the central government will continue the favorable policy to leave all taxes for the use of Tibet to support our social and economic development."

Losang Jamcan, chairman of the Tibet autonomous region, responding to news that the central government will determine a reasonable share of revenue for local governments from the value-added tax, which will replace the business tax nationwide next month.

"Our teams have completed extensive data investigation, collection and examination for these two records, and we are delighted to verify that Xinhua Dictionary is the most popular dictionary and the best-selling regularly updated book."

Marco Frigatti, senior vice-president of records at Guinness World Records, confirming on April 12 that the book, published by China's Commercial Press, is the world's most popular and best-selling dictionary.

"We've found many cases in which defendants have injured others or crashed while driving under the influence of ketamine, as it often makes users delusional."

Fang Wenjun, a judge with No 5 Criminal Tribunal, which specializes in drug cases, says the fight against ketamine is becoming more serious.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 04/15/2016 page2)