A NEW museum for the late Soong Ching Ling, Honorary President of the People’s Republic of China, began construction yesterday.

Being built inside the Soong Ching Ling Mausoleum in Changning District, the museum is expected to open next June.

Born in 1893 in Shanghai, Soong was the wife of Dr Sun Yat-sen, who fought to establish the Republic of China.

After the establishment of the People’s Republic, Soong devoted herself to charitable causes, focusing especially on the welfare of women and children. Many charity foundations are named after her.

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Some exhibits displayed in the museum will be on show to the public for the first time,Its collection of crafty gifts by local artists ranged from felt iPod cases to black stationery, funky jewelry and two owl T-shirts mausoleum officials said.

Manufacturing in China rebounded in August, easing fears of a steep correction to the economy, analysts said.

The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a major indicator of economic activity, rose to 51.7 percent in August, up 0.5 percentage points from the July figure, and reversed a three-month fall in the growth rate, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said on Wednesday.

The index considers 50 to be a benchmark figure and the dividing line between economic expansion and contraction. Anything above 50 indicates expansion.

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Neither is news on the job front in the European Union good with the unemployment rate hitting an almost two-decade high.

A research note from the Industrial Securities said the rebound showed domestic demand is playing an increasingly important role, with the nation relying less on foreign trade for growth.

"China’s recovery in the third quarter is helping prevent the world from a double dip recession," the note said.

Zhang Liqun, a researcher at the State Council’s Development and Research Center, said he believed the PMI rebound indicated that China’s economy was not likely to see a steep correction.

"But attention should be paid to the big rebound in the Input Price Index (IPI), which might increase pressure on companies’ costs."

The IPI jumped 10.1 points last month to 60.5.

"Overall, the leading indicators in August point to some near-term strength in manufacturing activity and a rebound in input cost pressures," said Peter Redward, head of Emerging Asia Research at Barclays Capital.

"Looking ahead, we expect a further pickup in the headline PMI in September before moderating in October."

However, Lu Zhengwei, chief economist of Industrial Bank, said he believed the rebound was largely due to seasonal factors.

Historically, the PMI tended to rise month-on-month from August to September, after declining from May to July.

"Without seasonal factors, the rebound is quite weak and should not be regarded as a signal for economic recovery," Lu said.

Despite the improved PMI statistics, most economists believe China’s economic growth will continue to slow in the coming months.

"We expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth to slow further, bottoming at 8 to 8.5 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter as the impact of the property tightening becomes more apparent and export growth slows," said Wang Tao, head of China Economic Research at UBS Securities.

"But the new investment programs announced this year will help push up investment and GDP growth from the first quarter of 2011, and we expect the growth to be 9.5 to 10 percent for the whole year," Wang added.

THE Venice film festival opened yesterday with jury president Quentin Tarantino, who must ultimately decide who walks away with the coveted Golden Lion award at the closing ceremony on September 11, saying his time on the island would be more work than play.

"There’s a lot of really exciting movies, exciting directors. It’s a fantastic line-up," he said. "I’m keen with anticipation. I’ve been on a few juries and I love it. It’s a joy to me. But it’s work. We’re not here for vacation."

The opening movie was "Black Swan," starring Natalie Portman as a ballet dancer in New York whose position is threatened when a beautiful newcomer arrives.

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Festival director Marco Mueller has opted for youth in his choice of directors of the 23 competition films, and he will also hope the presence of Hollywood mavericks can make up for the expected shortage of A-list celebrities this year.

Venice, the world’s oldest film festival and one of its most prestigious, sees the premiere of "Essential Killing," in which actor and painter Vincent Gallo stars as an Afghan Taliban fighter who is captured but escapes on his way to a secret detention centre in Europe.

The subject matter, and Gallo’s reputation as an uncompromising, eccentric artist, make it one of the more eagerly anticipated movies in competition.

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And Julian Schnabel directs "Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto in "Miral," about an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war.

THE Venice film festival opened yesterday with jury president Quentin Tarantino, who must ultimately decide who walks away with the coveted Golden Lion award at the closing ceremony on September 11, saying his time on the island would be more work than play.

"There’s a lot of really exciting movies, exciting directors. It’s a fantastic line-up," he said. "I’m keen with anticipation. I’ve been on a few juries and I love it. It’s a joy to me. But it’s work. We’re not here for vacation."

The opening movie was "Black Swan," starring Natalie Portman as a ballet dancer in New York whose position is threatened when a beautiful newcomer arrives.

The thriller, directed by Darren Aronofsky,I remove the laptop from my cheap laptop bags bag and set it in its own tray officially kicked off the annual celebration of cinema on the Lido waterfront where stars, fans and reporters rub shoulders for 11 days.

Festival director Marco Mueller has opted for youth in his choice of directors of the 23 competition films, and he will also hope the presence of Hollywood mavericks can make up for the expected shortage of A-list celebrities this year.

Venice, the world’s oldest film festival and one of its most prestigious, sees the premiere of "Essential Killing," in which actor and painter Vincent Gallo stars as an Afghan Taliban fighter who is captured but escapes on his way to a secret detention centre in Europe.

The subject matter, and Gallo’s reputation as an uncompromising, eccentric artist, make it one of the more eagerly anticipated movies in competition.

Actor and director Casey Affleck presents documentary "I’m Still Here", about his brother-in-law actor Joaquin Phoenix’s decision to retire in 2008 and reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician.This leather 17 laptop bag makes a perfect addition to anyone’s outfit. It offers a protected laptop compartment, a number of

A TV chat show appearance last year as a mumbling, shaggy-haired guest had industry watchers wondering if Phoenix’s new act was a hoax,christmas stationery manufacturer International Greetings has appointed John Charlton as a non-executive director of the and already critics are debating whether "I’m Still Here" is more "mockumentary" than documentary.

And Julian Schnabel directs "Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto in "Miral," about an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war.

TOP-SEEDED Rafael Nadal got a stern test from 93rd-ranked Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia at the US Open and needed three minutes short of 3 hours to defeat him 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3.

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Nadal’s match ended at 11:34pm on Tuesday, and left the top-seeded woman, Caroline Wozniacki, to finish out the night with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Chelsey Gullickson in the only meeting of the five on the feature court, spanning almost 14 hours, that didn’t have much drama.

"The matches before me were so long.,dior bags cheap, Nobody expected that," said Wozniacki, who traded off between watching Nadal, reading a magazine and running in the gym while she waited. "But a win is a win. It doesn’t matter what time I get on. As long as I win, I’m happy."

By the time Nadal took to the court, the sun had long gone down, though it remained hot. Gabashvili also did plenty to keep things uncomfortable for this year’s French Open and Wimbledon champion.

Needing a US Open title to complete his career Grand Slam, Nadal has long had a knack of making even the easy matches look hard. That’s especially true on hard courts, where every violent stop,I continued my journey past the old “10th Street High School,” admiring how my former bags for school district has taken gentle care of my old “middle school. and every precise change of direction, comes with a vicious squeak that screams of the toll taken on the Spaniard’s body. Against a game first-round foe, this one looked and sounded every bit that tough.

There were a total of seven break points through the first 32 games and neither player could convert. Nadal did what great players do – winning a few more key points in both the tiebreakers to take a two-set lead.

But not until Gabashvili netted a forehand on ad-out in the seventh game of the third set did Nadal find a crack in his opponent’s service game, and the opening he needed to close it out in straight sets.

Rafa said he was happy with his own service game, in which he faced only one break point and topped out at 131mph.

While many experts are giving him as good a shot at break through at the US Open, he knows he needs to amp up his serve to do it. It has been a long-term project.

"All my life, I’ve worked a lot on my serve," he said. "Not (just) this summer, all my life."