MADRID? Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Jonas Van Genechten (IAM Cycling) won the seventh stage of the Vuelta de Espana (Tour of Spain) on a day which only exploded into life on the last 30 kilometers of the day.


From Maceda to Puerto de Sanabria? it was another hilly stage? although not as testing as Thursday's due to lower temperatures.


The start to the day was relatively calm as the peloton looked to save strength ahead of the difficult mountain stages which lie ahead and it was not until the last 30 kilometers that things sprang to life with a series of attacks on the final third category climb? which ended 18 kilometers from the finish line.


A group of five riders? including Luis Sanchez Leon and Simon Clarke was able to open a gap of 40 seconds before the main group reacted and slowly dragged them back.


However Sanchez and Clarke were able to hang on to a narrow lead until the last kilometer to set up an agonizing finish which saw them finally caught with less than 200 meters remaining.


That set up a frantic sprint which was claimed by Jonas Van Genechten to give a valuable win to his team? which will fold at the end of the season.


There was a crash in the final kilometer involving Alberto Contador (Tinkoff)? whose bad luck continues? after he was forced to withdraw from the Tour de France through injury. The Spaniard will not lose any time? but rode over the line with cuts and grazes on his leg and shoulder and a possible hand injury


Earlier in the day Rene Taaramae (Katusha) was forced to retire from the race following a collision with a team director' s car which broke his bicycle.


Saturday sees a rare flat stage with a sting in the tale with the first category climb of the race? which takes the riders 181 kilometers from Villapando to Valle de Sabero and a mountain top finish which should have its effect on the general classification.


BEIJING Antonio Candreva Jersey , April 17 (Xinhua) -- A book containing articles and interviews of authoritative figures that shed light on the plan to establish Xiongan New Area has been published by the People's Publishing House, the publisher said Monday.


Among the articles is the full text of an interview with Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli on the establishment of the new area.


The plan for Xiongan was officially announced on April 1. The new zone will span Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin counties in Hebei Province, eventually covering 2,000 square kilometers, with a population of 2 to 2.5 million.


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From left: TFBoys members Jackson Yi, Karry Wang and Roy Wang

LIANG Shanshan considers herself a mother of two: one child is her biological son, the other is a 16-year-old Chinese teen pop star she has never met.


She is a “mother fan” and part of a group of women in their mid-20s to 60s whose maternal instincts are set off by China’s boy band sensation TFBoys (The Fighting Boys).


The band has won millions of Chinese followers since their 2013 debut, rapidly amassing a following ardent enough to buy a giant ad in New York’s Times Square for a band member’s birthday.


Liang says her feelings are no fleeting fancy. Just like a real mother, her devotion to TFBoys’ singer Roy Wang (Wang Yuan) is unwavering.


“Our fandom isn’t shallow,” she says, adding: “I intend to follow him through his entire career.”


While younger fans are attracted to the teenagers’ boyish good looks, Liang and her friends are drawn to their cherubic personas and wholesome values, with songs that explore the trials of growing up (“Practise Book for Youth,” “Imperfect Kid”).


Some, like 24-year-old Yang Andan, even make annual pilgrimages to Wang’s hometown of Chongqing in China’s southwest.


“The more I learn about Wang, the more I like him,” Yang said.


Liang’s family has embraced her fandom. Her 4-year-old refers to TFBoys as his “big brothers,” and her husband accompanies her to concerts to see Wang, describing him as their “kid.”


Nearly a quarter of TFBoys fans are at least 30 — double the band members’ ages, according to a Sina survey.


In some cases the obsession with TFBoys is a symptom of empty nest syndrome, said Anthony Fung, a Chinese University of Hong Kong professor who studies pop culture.


“The older fans may have kids who are grown up, so now they’re looking for someone else to be at the center of their attention,” he said.


Affluent Chinese women, many of whom have only one child to spoil thanks to decades of the one-child policy, are more than happy to splash out on their celebrity children.


To celebrate the birthday of TFBoys member Jackson Yi (Yiyang Qianxi) in November, fans flew a cake-shaped hot air balloon over New York and held a party on a cruise ship in Shanghai.


A recent university graduate who works at a Beijing-based Internet company, Yang said she has learned a lot from the singer nearly 10 years her junior.


Every year, she gathers with fans in Chongqing to coat the streets with TFBoys posters in celebration of Wang’s birthday, spending several sleepless nights on enormous decorations.


“Every time I see him I feel like I haven’t seen enough,” Yang said. “But my heart hurts thinking about how hard he works. I hope he’ll have more time to rest.”


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