MADRID Men's Nike Air Max 98 Gundam White Red UK Sale , Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona vice president, Josep Maria Bartomeu denied rumors that the club had spoken to Manchester City striker "Kun" Aguero.


Two defeats in two games for Barca have started the rumor mill and Aguero's name was published in the Spanish press on Wednesday with the pro-Barca newspaper, Diario Sport insisting that club had maintained contacts with the Manchester City striker who has been in outstanding form this season.


Bartomeu acted quickly to deny this saying, "there is no contact with him and I am in a position to deny that."


He also ruled out any chance of Leo Messi returning to action before the end of the year.


"He has not been given the OK and we are going to follow his recovery closely," he said, adding that after a series of muscle problems this season Messi had to Nike Air Max 93 UK , "leave the doubts behind, forget his injuries and ensure that he gets back to his top shape."


The vice president also insisted that despite recent stories of massive financial offers to buy Messi, the striker had no intention of leaving the Camp Nou.


"He wants to finish his career with Barcelona and nobody has ever made any enquiries about buying him, which is a sign that the player himself has been able to dissuade those who could have an interest."


Andres Iniesta is another player whose future looks to be at the club despite the fact he has yet to sign an extension to his contract, which expires in summer 2015.


"There is no other option other than him staying at Barca, he has many years ahead of him and he is very important Nike Air Max 180 UK ," said Bartomeu.


Finally, he was questioned about moves to sign a new goalkeeper to replace Victor Valdes, who will be leaving Barca at the end of the current season.


"We are not going to do that until he confirms he is leaving. When he does that we will take the necessary steps, which are clear for us," he explained.


Meanwhile Barca defender Carles Puyol's injury problems appear to be continuing. The central defender is likely to miss the forthcoming Copa del Rey game away to Cartagena as the result of a buildup of fluid on his troublesome knee.


By Xinhua writer Liu Xin


BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- A pair of worn Nike Air VaporMax UK , black shoes has accompanied Joel Bellassen all over the world.


Sitting at the window in a hostel at Beijing International Studies University, the 64 year-old Frenchman said he doesn't recognize where he is, although he has been to 24 provinces and autonomous regions during his 200-plus trips to China and speaks Mandarin like a native. "It's easy to find skyscrapers in almost any large city in this country," he said. "But it's hard to distinguish one from another."


Bellassen is General Inspector of Chinese Language at France's Ministry of National Education. He traveled to Beijing this time on an academiCc tour and to give a speech on the theme "Current difficulties of teaching Chinese as a foreign language."


He always has the Xinhua Dictionary and a Contemporary Chinese Dictionary in his bag. His favorite Chinese story is "Kong Yiji," written by Lu Xun.


"I love the ending of the story. Kong Yiji may have been dead," Bellassen said. He is obsessed with this kind of uncertainty.


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In 1973 the two countries restored cultural exchange programs, which had been halted by China's Cultural Revolution. This gave him a chance to take his first China journey with 29 other college students.


"It was like going to the moon," Bellassen recalled. "My grandmother tried to persuade me to stay in Paris because China was comparatively underdeveloped."


"But I did not change my decision," he said. "Who would give up an opportunity to go to the moon just because of the harsh conditions?"


Despite restored cultural exchanges Nike Air Max 270 UK , 1973 was still during China's Cultural Revolution. "I visited all of my classmates after we finished our exchange program in China," he said. Though many Chinese people at the time thought foreigners were coming to China for political reasons, Bellassen said neither he nor his classmates took part in political movements before, during, or after their China stay.


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Arriving in China after a 22-hour flight, Bellassen caught his first sight of Beijing. A few people were riding bicycles late at night, he recalled. A portrait of Chairman Mao hung on the airport's terminal building.


In the 1970s, Chinese people were still curious about foreigners. "One day I went to Wangfujing, Beijing's commercial district, to buy a pair of shoes Nike Air Max 97 UK ," he said. He attracted hundreds of people's attention in the street. "But even my close Chinese friends turned away from me, which really made me puzzled," Bellassen said.


In order to understand China and the Cultural Revolution, Bellassen and his French classmates applied for permission to travel to rural communes and factories and work there, but they could not get permits because they were foreign.


When it came to his second academic year in 1974, he was given a chance to go to Sijiqing People's commune in Beijing's western suburbs and live with local farmers and workers.


"At first Nike Air Max 97 Ultra '17 UK , I could not bear the breakfast of cornmeal porridge," he said. "In the first few weeks, I only ate meat three times." Eventually though, he changed. "The ordinary cornmeal porridge made me forget about baguettes and cheese and I came to know the authentic life in China."


Even now living in Paris, he still prefers Chinese breakfast.


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