After cutting a palm leaf into three pieces and knotting them together, Hu Licheng quickly weaved the stomach of a cricket. "Hold this for me," he said as he handed the partly-finished handicraft to a boy near the gate of Jing'an Park in ...
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Light trucks play a pivotal role in the Chinese medium- and short-distance logistic service market. Along with the constant expansion of the market, The Chinese light truck sales has been exceeded one million units during recent years. With ...
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French sportsman Julien Vandelli didn't foresee that he would spend five years reading the abstruse ancient Chinese medical text Huangdi Neijing in a Chinese university, where he practices acupuncture and medical massage. However, the ...
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Opening night of the 18th Beijing Music Festival (BMF) took place at Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on Thursday with a concert under the baton of noted Chinese conductor Yu Long who stands as the founder and art director of BMF. ...
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In lively colors of green, blue, orange and red, six sculptures of Alhambra Towers by celebrated Spanish artist Cristobal Gabarron are on exhibit in the open square of Beijing's Today Art Museum. This is Gabarron's first solo show here. ...
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Longquan Monastery is located at the foot of the Fenghuangling (Phoenix Ridge) on the western outskirts of Beijing. First built in Liao Dynasty (907-1125), the monastery regains reputation as it embraces the Mobile Internet age. Every ...
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Erl is a small village in the northern part of Tyrol, Austria, which is more renowned for its cows than for double bass. But every summer, opera lovers - especially fans of the German composer Richard Wagner - from all over the world flock ...
The surprise choice of Go Away Mr Tumor instead of Wolf Totem as China's official entry for this year's Oscars has shocked local filmmakers, who say the Academy's rules 'aren't clear.' Xu Fan reports. Young Chinese director Han Yan was ...
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Father Francis Li Jianlin has been looking for investment opportunities and health insurance in his spare time, spurred on by a feeling of responsibility for the priests and nuns in his Catholic diocese in Xinxiang, Henan province. ...
Following the example of The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat, a special gallery featuring traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting in the Palace Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it will hold a world-class ...
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With a history spanning more than two centuries, Peking Opera is regarded as the jewel in the crown of Chinese culture. Born in Beijing in the mid-19th century, it absorbed facets of a variety of performing arts from different provinces ...
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Painting New China An exhibition at Beijing's Dadu Museum of Art, is dedicated to the "Red classic art" that was born between 1949 and 1976 to reflect social progress in agricultural reform and industrialization. The works on show mark ...
Famed pianist Zhu Xiaomei gives a recital during the Beijing Music Festival and she plays one of Bach's major works, Goldberg Variations. An annual musical event not to be missed took place at Wangfujing Church on Oct 13. Since 2006, the ...
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Further awareness will be created during The Gadget Show Live exhibition at Westfield Shepards Bush. To celebrate the launch of the Teksta Robotics Scorpion, the ultimate Teksta Scorpion Battle will take place later this month, along with ...
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Table tennis players share the stage with musicians in the PingPong Concerto in Beijing. Jiang Dong / China Daily In April 1971, members of a US table tennis team became the first American athletes to visit China before the two countries ...
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