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A herdsman attends to his cattle on desert land in Garissa district in northern Kenya, August 5, 2011.[Photo/Xinhua]

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US Vice-President Joe Biden visits China August 17-22.

Li Xing, China Daily's assistant editor-in-chief and veteran columnist, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Aug 7 in Washington DC, US.

Robots are not new to industrial manufacturing. They have been in use since the 1960s.