The 14th Asia Arts Festival, which will formally kick off in November in Quanzhou, the largest city in southeastern Fujian province, unveiled its logo and mascot on Monday. Selected from 517 entries, the logo was co-designed by the Fine ...
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Guests from both the Chateau de Chambord and Summer Palace attend the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Oct 20, 2015. An exhibition on the culture and history of French royal castle, the Chateau de Chambord, opened at the Garden of ...
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Nantianmen, or the Southern Heavenly Gate at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Obsessed with natural landscape in Zhangjiajie, China Photographers' Association member Shao Bailin has been there several times to capture the breathtaking ...
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On the evening of October 1st, The Night of Heritage Light will illuminate several UNESCO World Heritage Sites within the UK and Ireland, in acknowledgement of the UNESCO International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 (IYL ...
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In view of rising imports of batik textiles, Indonesia's Ministry of Trade has issued a regulation requiring all importers of batik-patterned fabrics to register with the ministry and seek special permit for import. Addressing a press ...
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LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2015 broke all registration and trade-show records with double-digit growth marking the largest staging in its 26-year history, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman, president and chief ...
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The Yihe Mansions in Nanjing recently received an award by UNESCO for its protection of historical buildings in the Asian-Pacific region in 2014. This is the only awarded project in China. The Yihe Mansions have 26 historical buildings ...
The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) has become a patron sponsor of the International Year of Light 2015 (IYL 2015), an initiative led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ...
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The China Packaging Tour is all about sightseeing – the kind of sightseeing that will pay you back in business contacts and new opportunities for business growth. China has the largest population in the world - around 1.35 billion ...
Australia said it had made "substantial" progress on UNESCO benchmarks for protection of the Great Barrier Reef Sunday in a report aimed at staving off a world heritage downgrade. Environment Minister Greg Hunt said a progress report ...
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Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, will provide a full propulsion package for a new passenger ferry being built for the Germany based Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH. The contract was signed in ...
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UNESCO announced yesterday in Azerbaijan's capital, formally approved the Chinese abacus is included in the UNESCO human non-material cultural heritage list. This is the 30th item be listed in this project in our country. Written by ...
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Deal continues education and research partnership in water and sanitation. Suez Environnement and Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education have renewed their agreement to cooperation in education and research in water and sanitation for ...
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The scent of diesel, rusting anchors and fish slurry hung in the humid air of the harbor. I was in Puntarenas on the western shore of Costa Rica, waiting to leave on a scuba-diving trip to Cocos Island – often called an "underwater ...
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The world is faced with a global fertilizer shortage, experts say, placing even more strain on food prices. In the last few decades, an increasing reliance on industrial fertilizers has led to surging demands for the largely ...
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