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Another year gone, and time to reflect back back on a turbulent 2006. Every year seems to bring a different flavor to Imagethief. If 2004 was the wide-eyed beginnings and 2005 was hitting its stride, 2006 was the year it settled into some kind of... ...full story at Imagethief

from Imagethief on Mon, Feb 26 2007

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04 Dec 07 visit Happy New Year!  »  YouTube videoThis video was finished a few days after New Year 2006. It is a slideshow of pictures of me, my family and friends throughout the year 2005. The song is "Dunhuang" by the Twelve Girls Band. I hope you enjoy reliving 2005 with me!
30 Mar 07 visit Macao sees rise in population in 2006  »  Xinhua The resident population of China's Macao Special Administrative Region was estimated at 513,427 by Dec. 31, 2006, representing an increase of 29,150 over 2005, or a year-on-year growth of 5.8 percent, according to official statistics issued Thursday.
12 Jan 07 visit 2006 – A Year of Reforms in China  »  china.org.cn The year 2006 marked the first year of implementation of the Chinese government's 11th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2006-2010), and witnessed the institution of several major systematic reforms, particularly in relation to...
06 Mar 08 visit The Year of (Eating) the Rat  »  Ben's Blog In 2007 we saw the coming of the year of the pig, the main source of protein for China’s mass population. In 2006 it was the year of the dog, and dog ownership in China skyrocketed like never before. 2005 brought us the year of the “cock,” and I don’t ...
18 Feb 07 visit Happy new year! 新年快乐!  »  Imagethief Imagethief wishes all readers a happy new year, and a prosperous year of the pig.I am in Singapore on vacation this week, but will try to drop by from time to time.-Will
25 Apr 07 visit The year 2006, baby names, and surname ranks  »  Danwei National Language Resource Monitoring & Research Center (Network Media), and the Commercial Press have issued a "Chinese Language Inventory 2006" that sums up all of last year in four words. Here's the list, with a translation by People's Daily Online...

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