Tuesday May 21 2013

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Han Zongqing, a farmer from Dongling village in Fate town, Shulan city, displays corn seeds he bought this year. Han is one of many farmers in Northeast China's Jilin province who have been thrown into a panic by the massive variety of corn seeds available on the market. (Ding Luyang / China Daily)
Zhu Shanlu, Party chief of Peking University, shows a stone relief, a gift from John Hennessy (left), president of Stanford University, at the Stanford Center at Peking University on Wednesday. (Sun Linlin / For China Daily)
A teacher shows children the correct sleeping position in a kindergarten in Kaifeng, Henan province, on Monday to mark World Sleep Day, which falls on Wednesday. (Kai Feng / for China Daily)
A woman takes an umbrella at the Century Avenue metro station in Shanghai. The umbrellas are available to commuters free of charge on rainy days. (Dong Jun / for China Daily)
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Brian Goorjian, coach of the Dongguan Leopards, says his instructions are sometimes lost in translation. (Zheng Qi / for China Daily)
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