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This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing. Here is the news.

Police forces in China will start a year-long nationwide anti-terrorism operation.

The Ministry of Public Security says China is knitting an anti-terrorist security network with patrols by armed police, helicopters and vehicles loaded with riot guns. But, the ministry says, China needs to prepare its people to fight the war on terror, thereby mobilizing its most powerful weapon.

The ministry says terrorist activities have extended from western China's Xinjiang to major cities across the country, and from violence against law enforcers to carnage affecting civilians. Those terrorist activities can happen anywhere anytime highlighted the fact that the guard can never be let down.

The ministry says China needs to wage war on terror to keep the momentum of counterstrikes; and preparing the general public is not only necessary but also effective in the fight against terror.

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Developers of China's Domestic Operating System "OS" are itching for a niche in the world's biggest PC market, as Windows 8 was banned from being installed on Chinese government computers.

Large OS developers such as "China Standard Software Company" and "NFS China" have fresh opportunities, but their products face long and tough tests.

Windows 8 was banned from all desktops, laptops and tablet PCs purchased by central state organs last week. But it is not clear whether other Windows products were prohibited as well.

China's ambitious OS makers, who are developing products based on Linux, took immediate action in response to the government ban.

China Standard Software Company says there are differences between Windows and Linux, but they are trying to make consumers feel almost the same when using their products. The company is a joint venture of China Electronics Corporation and China Electronic Technology Group Corporation, two state-owned enterprises.

Another OS maker NFS China is affiliated with the Software Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is also marketing its products featuring "high security and special design for Chinese consumers".

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Over 1.4 million Chinese students who studied overseas have returned to China after graduation in the past 35 years.

China's Ministry of Education says around 3 million people had pursued degrees in foreign countries between 1978, the beginning of China's opening-up policy, and the end of last year.

Among the more than 1.6 million people who have not returned, 1 million are still studying or doing research abroad.

Along with its rising strength and economic development, China's demand for talents is on the rise. The ministry predicts the number of students studying abroad and graduates returning to China will continue to grow.

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China's cultural authorities have trumpeted the central government's investment in protecting intangible cultural heritage in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

A white paper "Progress in China's Human Rights in 2013" was issued recently by the Information Office of the State Council, China's Cabinet. The white paper claimed Tibet's religion and traditional customs are protected.

Over the past nine years, China's central government and the regional government of Tibet have jointly invested almost 130 million yuan, or around 21 million U.S. dollars, in preserving cultural heritage in Tibet.

Cultural authorities in Tibet says more than around 150,000 cultural relics, pictures, audio and video recordings have been protected since Tibet started a census on intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

In addition, over 1,000 kinds of intangible cultural heritage items, including traditional music and dance, local arts and crafts, as well as traditional medicine and folkways have been documented.

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When Zhang Yang went on maternity leave last April, she also signed up for an online learning course. While looking after her 1-year-old child takes up most of her time, Zhang is happy to continue her online classes in art history with Peking University.

Zhang has found the course fascinating as she also took the same subject in college. She says the classes are amazing because sometimes class discussions are held with people from other parts of the world.

Initiated in western countries, online courses involve widespread participation and open access through the Internet. Users in China form one of the largest student groups.

In April this year, the Ministry of Education set up its xuetangX.com, an online education center under Tsinghua University. This platform is based on edX jointly set up by the United States' Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012.

Tsinghua University started to work with and provide courses to edX in May last year, and launched its first online courses last October.

So far, the university has provided 25 online courses through its own website, and now through xuetangX.com. It has more than 120,000 registered users.