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BEIJING Cheap Rams Hats , Oct. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- The first thing Zhang Ning, an office worker in Shanghai, does each day is check her social networking app WeChat and the weather app on her cellphone.
She takes her iPhone everywhere and said she feels anxious without it. Like most young Chinese, cellphone apps have become an essential part of her lifestyle due to their convenience.
"Whatever you need, you just touch your device, and you get what you want," said Zhang, 28, sustainability consulting director with Yemann Architects in Shanghai.
Using different apps, Zhang shops online, keeps her accounts, browses recipes and reads tips on how to keep healthy.
"I can't live without my cellphone," she said jokingly.
With smartphones used by most of the country's young generation, cellphone apps have become part of their lives.
However, the popularity of certain apps differs markedly from one city to another.
According to the Horizon Research Consultancy Group of Beijing, one's habit of using cellphone apps reflects the diversity of Chinese cities.
For example, for those living in metropolises such as Beijing and Shanghai, navigation software is necessary, while those from small cities tend to use smartphones more as video game machines.
In general, social networking apps top the popularity list in big and small cities, according to the survey. Among 1,973 respondents aged 18 to 32, 53.8 percent of those from big cities use social networking apps often, while in third- and fourth-tier cities, the figure is about 41 percent.
In big cities, cellphones are also widely loaded with apps for consumption, sports and tourism, while in small cities, they are used more as entertainment providers, for such things as listening to songs and watching videos.
For example, Zhang finds practical applications such as taxi hailing and restaurant recommendations to be convenient and essential. Without them, she said, it's "hopeless" to hail a cab in rush hours or locate a suitable restaurant to meet friends from across the city.
However, she uses cellphone apps differently when she is on business trips to small cities. When she tries to look for local restaurants with the help of dianping, a Chinese daily deals and local reviews site, she found only a few choices and comments. Instead, she asks locals to recommend good restaurants.
Su Jing, 24, who spent two years in Shanghai for graduate study and now works for a State-owned enterprise in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, agrees.
"If I were still in Shanghai, I would use a lot of apps. But in a small city like Jiujiang, my lifestyle is different," Su said. "Without some apps, I can still lead a comfortable life."
She doesn't need an app that offers information and coupons about cinemas, as there are only a few cinemas in the city. The fame of good restaurants spreads by word-of-mouth, so she doesn't have to do research on her phone.
Besides social networking apps, her leisure time in a smaller city has allowed her enough time to use apps that compare goods prices of different supermarkets.
But for those like Zhang in big cities, the fast paced life gives them only short leisure times, including while waiting for a bus or a subway train.
Most of the time, they prefer to use social media like WeChat and its interactive games, which helps them connect with their online community.
According to Zhang, her best friends live in different cities, but they feel close to each other due to the use of micro blogs and WeChat. Even though she has friends in Shanghai, it's not easy to meet as they are all busy.
"It's easy to share your game scores on social networking sites. You are playing games alone, but you are actually not. It breaks the distance and space, and we feel connected to each other," Zhang said.
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NEW DELHI, March 9 (Xinhua) -- German ambassador to India Michael Steiner Monday criticized a professor in his country for rejecting application of internship by an Indian student over alleged rape problem in Indian, calling it "discriminating generalization".
"Let's be clear: India is not a country of rapists," Steiner wrote in a letter published by the local media.
Steiner said a high quality public debate on rape is going on in India, while advising the professor to "learn more about the diverse, dynamic and fascinating country", local daily The Hindu online reported.
"In India, the Nirbhaya case has triggered a lively, honest, sustained and very healthy public debate... of a quality that wouldn't be possible in many other countries," he was quoted as saying in his open letter to Dr. Annette Beck-Sickinger, professor of biochemistry at Leipzig University, who has refused to accept an Indian student for an internship because of India's "rape problem".
Nirbhaya is the popular name given to the victim of the 2012 Delhi gang rape by the Indian public.
Steiner asked the professor to correct her simplistic image " particularly unsuitable for a professor and teacher."
"Yesterday, we celebrated International Women's Day at the German Embassy here in Delhi with many local activists including many men. Your oversimplifying and discriminating generalization is an offense to these women and men ardently committed to furthering women empowerment in India; and it is an offense to millions of law-abiding, tolerant, open-minded and hard-working Indians," said the envoy.
India has plunged into a intensive debate about violence against women, after the BBC recently aired a film based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape.
The Indian government has banned the film because it included an interview with one of the six rapists in the shocking gang rape.
A 23-year-old medical student was brutally raped by the rapists in a moving bus in south Delhi. She died of internal injuries days after the crime.
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