There was a welcome fall of seasonable snow in north China.

华北地区喜降瑞雪。

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Laba garlic is a custom in north China, especially in North China. As the name suggests, garlic is made on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

泡腊八蒜是中国北方，尤其是华北地区的一个习俗。顾名思义，就是在阴历腊月初八的这天来泡制大蒜。

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It's a very popular festival activity in north China.

它在中国北方是一个非常流行的节日活动。

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South Korea and the United States have been urging China to join them in punishing North Korea in the United Nations Security Council.

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He also visited a cemetery for Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War, when China supported its Communist allies in North Korea.

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Officials at the Chinese Foreign Ministry and at the North Korean embassy in Beijing could not be reached because of a holiday in China.

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Minor has 1, 000 restaurants across 13 Asian countries and is the fastest-growing, multi-branded restaurant operator in North China.

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It really does take something to make a government bond a Giffen Good, something previously only observed with wheat noodles in North China and rice in South China.

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In environmental news, Xinhua flags up a survey by the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences showing that only 22.2%of shallow groundwater in the North China Plain is drinkable because of pollution.

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