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[Metro & Sports]

• The Culture Centre of the Shanghai Expo, known as the "permanent seashell structure", has finished construction and outfitting, marking the completion of all five main buildings for the event, according to the Expo's official website.
• Beijing roast duck, one of the most famous Chinese dishes, will be on the menu for visitors at the Shanghai World Expo, according to managers of Beijing's renowned Quanjude restaurant chain.
• Local officials say Beijing requires up to 50 new burial sites in the next decade to maintain sufficient room for the city's deceased. The comments were made ahead of 'tomb sweeping day', the peak season for Chinese residents to visit the dead this weekend.
• China had 340-thousand millionaires in 2009, the fourth highest number in the world in spite of an 11 percent decrease from the year before, according to the 2010 edition of "The Wealth Report" released by Citi Private Bank

[China's Champion] "The Art of Paper-Cutting: East Meets West" Underway in Beijing
China and Switzerland are countries that share a traditional folk art��paper cutting. They have much in common in this regard, but also some differences. Now a paper-cutting exhibition "The Art of Paper-Cutting: East Meets West" is underway at Tsinghua University in Beijing. It showcases both the similarities and differences between the two countries' styles of paper cutting.

[Tour Tips/Chinese Stories]:
Hong Kong singer-actor Leslie Cheung's fans have been gathering at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong to mark the seventh anniversary of his death.
"Let's Fall in love", China's first inspirational musical film for youngsters, has recently finished shooting is planning to have its premiere before the summer holiday.
Nevada state medical officials have filed a formal complaint against Michael Jackson's doctor, saying he twice failed to mention delinquent child support payments on applications to renew his medical license.

[Cultural Voyage] International Students Favering China as Internship Destination
Work experience, or an internship, is an important step for someone who is going to leave school and find a job. A new trend is emerging among international students in which more and more are choosing China as their internship destination, and at the same time making the world a smaller place.

[Strange News]

• A couple who met while running a marathon has held a marathon wedding in Changzhou, east China��s Jiangsu Province with 40 other long distance runners on Saturday.
• Authorities say a Virginia woman pretended to be an FBI agent and conned her neighbors into taking jobs as her assistants.
• Britain's spy agency says it's firing some James Bond-generation agents because they've failed to master social networking, such as Facebook, and other Internet technology.

[Real China]  Candied Sweet Potato
You may have tried a candied apple before, but how about a candied sweet potato? In this week's Chinese Kitchen, Kelda Yuen is joined by Chef Jiang and Candice Lee to teach us how to make this popular southern Chinese dessert that's sure to arouse your sweet tooth.