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20110511【Cover Story】 Hole not on solid wall 故宫澄清凿墙盗宝传言 Spokesman Feng Naien at the Forbidden City Wednesday confirmed 7 art pieces, which were on loan from a museum in Hong Kong and on exhibition in Beijing, had been stolen from the Palace Museum, reported. Nine pieces were previously discovered missing and 2, which were damaged and dropped by thieves, were recovered, according to Feng at a press conference. Feng made an apology for not preventing the theft. He also clarified some Internet rumors concerning the incident, saying that the so-called wall with a hole is a decorative wall rather than a real one. 据中新网报道，故宫博物院11日就香港展品失窃一事召开新闻发布会，发言人冯乃恩向外界道歉，并对网上流传的凿墙盗宝等传言予以澄清。据透露，此次共有9件展品遭窃，其中两件被盗贼遗失且有损坏，目前是7件展品失窃。冯乃恩说，网民言传的墙洞其实是一堵很薄的装饰墙上有洞，并非实体墙。 【Top News】 Chinas April CPI up 5.3% 四月份CPI数据再破五 Chinas consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 5.3% in April from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. The April figure was down 0.1 percentage points from Marchs 32-month high of 5.4%, according to the NBS. Chinas producer price index (PPI), a main gauge of inflation at the wholesale level, rose 6.8% in April from a year ago, down 0.5 percentage points from the previous month. Food prices surged 11.5% year on year. Non-food prices rose 2.7% from a year earlier. 国家统计局11日公布4月份经济数据，衡量通货膨胀的重要指标消费者价格指数(CPI)同比增长5.3%，涨幅比3月回落0.1个百分点。此前，3月份CPI同比涨5.4%，创下32个月以来新高。衡量批发价格上涨情况的生产者价格指数(PPI)，4月同比上涨6.8%，涨幅比3月回落0.5个百分点。4月份食品价格同比上涨11.5%；非食品价格同比上涨2.7%。 Luxury brands eye HK listings奢侈品扎堆港IPO抢陆客 Foreign luxury brands are seeking Hong Kong stock market listings to boost their profile among Chinas fast-growing affluent class, especially those from the mainland, Information Times reported. Following in the footsteps of French skin care firm LOccitane, which started an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong last May, Italian fashion house Prada announced its plan to go public in Hong Kong by the end of June or in early July. British luxury shoemaker