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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Cheng_Hung-Wen_Biography|24" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" />
      <page pageid="10" ns="0" title="Cheng Hung-Wen Chinese Poem" />
      <page pageid="14" ns="10" title="Template:Cheng Hung-Wen Calligrapher Calligraphy &amp; ART TOP01" />
      <page pageid="16" ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:時" />
      <page pageid="18" ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:高雄燈會藝術節" />
      <page pageid="19" ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:夢緣" />
      <page pageid="20" ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:遠征" />
      <page pageid="21" ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:緣思" />
      <page pageid="22" ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:故鄉" />
      <page pageid="23" ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:浪漫之旅" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>