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BEIJING， Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Global leading coffee shop chain Starbucks partnered with Chinese Internet giant Tencent to make WeChat mobile payment available in all its coffee shops in China， Tencent announced Thursday.


Starting from Thursday， customers can pay by WeChat in about 2，500 Starbucks outlets across China， according to the strategic agreement inked by the two companies.


Before this， customers could only pay in cash， bank cards or Apple pay.


International accounting firm PwC revealed in a recent global survey that nearly one-third of Chinese respondents preferred mobile payment.


Meanwhile， the two companies will roll out a digital gift-giving service on WeChat early next year， allowing WeChat users to send and receive Starbucks digital gifts and then cash in them at offline outlets.


Starbucks will be the first retail brand to use the digital gift-sharing service， supported by the social network's 846 million monthly active users.


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Yilan Hall, with a history of over 260 years, is a cluster of buildings built in the ancient architectural style of Jinshan Temple in east China's Jiangsu Province. It was the preferred place for reading for Emperor Qianlong, an 18th-century emperor of the Qing dynasty.


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Lyu Xinjie, the park's Party chief, said the restaurant was closed and relocated in April last year, while restorations of the 200-square meter area Comprar Botas Mujer UGG Classic Sheepskin Short 5825 Chestnut , or one-third of the complex, were carried out to reproduce the site's former appearance.


He said operation of the restaurant had impeded the protection of the historical building, and also posed safety risks.


Replicas of study furniture as well as paintings and calligraphy favored by Emperor Qianlong were arranged in the hall. Professionals from the Palace Museum created illustrations to help visitors better understand the building's history.


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First built in the 12 century during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), Beihai Park is Beijing's oldest and best-preserved imperial garden. The park covers 68.2 hectares with a lake taking up more than half of the area.


The gardens in the park were built to imitate renowned scenic spots and architecture from various regions in China. Plans to inscribe Beihai Park on UNESCO's World Heritage List were proposed as early as 2005.


Lyu said the park is the oldest Chinese imperial park. It has also witnessed more than 850 years of change in Beijing.


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Brazil is battling to contain an outbreak of the Zika virus, which has been linked with birth defects and the paralysis-causing Guillain-Barre syndrome.


The US centers for disease control and prevention has warned pregnant women against traveling to Brazil and 21 other countries where the virus is present.


Officials in Rio said measures were being taken to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water, which is a breeding ground for the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus.


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The Olympics will be be held from August 5-21, during Brazil's dry season, and officials say this will mean the mosquito is less prevalent.


The Zika outbreak also comes as Rio prepares for its annual carnival celebrations, which begin on February 5.


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"This is the worst time to deal with an epidemic of a virus we know very little about," she said. "The government is trying to raise awareness and fight the mosquito but we won't achieve control in the short term under the current circumstances."


Bellei added that the virus could easily spread to other countries by infected visitors.


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Zika originated in Africa and is thought to have spread to Brazil by tourists in 2014.


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