18th century glided clock. [Photo provided to China Daily] A Tai Ping You Xiang bronze and an 18th century glided clock are among the highlights of Poly International Auction's autumn sale next month. The clock is an example of ...
Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China plans to raise its average life expectancy by two years to 70 in five years, a local official has said. Medical services in rural areas will be greatly improved to achieve this goal, Zeng ...
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A 10,000 yuan ($1,571) reward is being offered to whoever can translate the Sanskit scripture written on a prized collection of 171 Pattra-leaf sutras that will be exhibited at the 3rd Taihu International Buddhism, Tourism and Culture Expo ...
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"Cloud Tibet", China's first Tibetan language search engine, is on course for release in August next year, the developer said on Tuesday. Development team head Tselo said the basic architecture had been finished and significant ...
People living near the ancient salt pan located at the connection point between the southwest regions of Tibet and Yunnan, still maintain the traditional way of evaporating brine in the sun to make salt by hands. According to the ...
An exhibition named Extremely Beautiful Tibet kicked off on Wednesday at Yanhuang Art Museum in Beijin, capital of China. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the exhibition ...
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Tensions between the two Asian giants, China and Japan, are running high after the Japanese government tried to block China's application to UNESCO to list documents relating to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and "comfort women", or the 200, 000 ...
Tibetan moviemakers are increasingly moving away from themes of scenery and mysticism to tell people stories. The Tibetan-language movie Tharlo has been nominated in four categories for this year's Golden Horse Award, a prestigious annual ...
Tags: movie, Cutting Cliches, culture
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. ...
Workers repaint the Potala Palace during an annual renovation of the magnificent ancient architectural complex in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Oct 21, 2015. Workers carry paint at the Potala Palace ...
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In 2014, the Ministry of Commerce sincerely implemented the spirits of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the third and fourth plenary sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee, persisted in seeking progress ...
Holding a string of Buddhist prayer beads, 80-year-old Lhasa resident Doje sits in a park crooning in a crowd gathered for a performance of famous Tibetan opera Padma Obar. As the opera starts, the crowd falls silent in anticipation. ...
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China stock markets keeps decreasing since mid-June, and the index was even lower than 3600, and therer are the biggest stock suspension of trading for China A Shares. But the sales of Dongfeng Yufeng buses are increasing in the same ...
An art institution is founded at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts to explore and revitalize the cultural heritage of ancient Silk Road. The Silk Road Art Research and Creativity Center echoes the Chinese government's ambitious ...
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The curator of the world's first yak museum sparked a Tibetan cultural craze when he visited Peking University on Mar 13 to give a two-hour lecture. Wu Yuchu, curator of the Yak Museum of Tibet, introduced the social and cultural ...