A line-up of prominent speakers has been arranged for a Harvard University-related summer program for Chinese high-school students next month.

The speakers at annual HAUSCR Summit for Young Leaders in China (HSYLC) would include New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, former head of Google’s China operations Kai-Fu Lee, and Chinese TV host Shui Junyi, said program spokesman Du Jing on Sunday.

About 7,000 high-school students had applied for the course, for which the fee is 3,600 yuan (530 U.S. dollars), but only 600 had been accepted, said Du.

The program is operated by the student-run Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR) and will be held simultaneously in Beijing and Shanghai from August 12 to 23.

It would offer seminars, classes and extracurricular activities to promote critical thinking and foster “social entrepreneurship and citizenship,” according to the HSYLC website.

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Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often called the Lunar New Year, especially by people in mainland China and Taiwan.

Here is the picture from Tom Carter,taken in Beijing

2009  is “The year of  the ox” according to the Chinese animal sign.Ox ,牛,is pronounced NIU in Chinese，the same as the NEW.So Happy Niu Year to the world!

Taken in Jiansu and Shanghai these are two pictures by China Photo group member Richard Duarte.

Taken in Shanghai, China:

Beijing Bikes:

These two photo from Dbf were taken in Beijing.

这两张图片都是Dbf在北京照的.

The first one was taken in Da Bei Ku

第一张的地点是在北京的大北窟

The skyscraper in the second picture is the Sohu Modern Town

第二张图片里的建筑是Sohu现代城

This picture is from Antonio in an army base in Taizhou.

这张图片是Antonio Ho在台州的一个陆军基地照的.

Soldiers couched in a circle to light candles to form a shape of the Olympic rings.

在图片中,五个陆兵士兵们蹲在地上用蜡烛拼出一个奥运五环.

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You can see our video about the items here!:

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Or if you can’t stomach eight minutes of Dawei talking to Yanzhi’s disembodied voice, or if you don’t have a facebook account, you can always just look here to see the items available:

These are the commemorative Olympic pins Lenovo sent me. They are an extremely limited edition of six pins featuring little children using computers, and we’d really like to auction these pins to raise some money in support for Coffee and helping her leg.

Next are the landmark coins:

This set of coins is limited to 80,000 and features famous landmarks acrosss Beijing and China, including the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall. The coins come with a certificate of authenticity that they are licensed official Olympic Beijing products.

The last set of coins we are offering are the flower coins:

This limited set of 30,000 coins features a number of plants and flowers with a special meaning in Chinese culture, including bamboo, orchids, plum blossoms, and chrysanthemums.

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China Daily Photo: Forbidden City Beijing

Lonnie is headed for Beijing next week while David takes on Qi Qing Yan in Guangdong, so it seemed appropriate to post a spectacular Beijing preview. Dalian photos and commentary later today!!

Today’s daily photo comes from Ken Leaf and was taken at the Forbidden City:

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China Daily Photo: Beijing Train Station

Today’s photo is from Ken Leaf and was taken in Beijing:

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China Daily Photo: Beijing Summer Palace

Today’s photo comes from Graham Mulligan of the China-Canada Education Association and was taken at the Beijing Summer Palace: