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Chengdu alley among world's most beautiful

CNN has announced a list of the most beautiful streets in the world－and among the 21 is a narrow alleyway in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) style wooden houses and shops, replete with red lanterns and traditional signage give the street an ambience steeped in history. While it was restored into its current form in 2004, the 550-meter-long street traces its history back some 1,800 years, making it one of the oldest shopping streets in Sichuan.

State memorial ceremony to be held in Nanjing

Friday marks the sixth National Memorial Day for the Nanjing Massacre. A State memorial ceremony will be held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, according to a statement released by the local government. On Dec 13, 1937, Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing, then capital of China, and killed more than 300,000 Chinese people in six weeks. The number of registered survivors of the massacre fell to 78 following the death of two survivors last week, the Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders said. In February 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec 13 as the National Memorial Day for Victims of the Nanjing Massacre.