The announcer did not give a reason or say when the movie would be re-shown, Xue said.

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The author, Xinran Xue, who uses the name Xinran as a nom de plume, is an old hand.

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In August to September last year, China sent its one and only icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon) on a successful two-way test run of the NSR.

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Li Yin's charming "Flowers of the Four Seasons" (1649) and Xue Wu's exuberant "Wild Orchids" (1601) are by women artists who painted them to entertain and earn money.

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It has a research station in the Svalbard archipelago, the northernmost part of Norway, and is building a sister ship to the Xue Long, to go into service in 2014.

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There is another benefit for companies that buy back shares: they are likely to be able to raise equity finance later more cheaply, say Matthew Billett and Hui Xue from the University of Iowa.

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Photographer Xue Yutao said he was about one minute into the movie at a Beijing theater Thursday morning when a couple of theater employees walked in and told the audience that the screening would be postponed.

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