Set in a turn-of-the-century Tiffany & Co. ring and flanked by European-cut diamonds, this 7.84-carat oval-cut Kashmir sapphire sold for $1.35 million Tuesday at Bonhams New York. Click through this slideshow to see the top 5 lots from ...
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Cui Jian (2nd right), a Chinese rock star, talks with the senior artists of Huayin Laoqiang Opera on the stage. [Photo/ifeng.com] Chinese singer Tan Weiwei and five senior artists of Huayin Laoqiang Opera jointly performed on a TV show on ...
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Their ages range from six to 17, and next week they will pay a special tribute to the thousands of their fellow Chinese countrymen who gave their lives during World War I. The award-winning Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra, based in ...
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Niubi Village ensconces among mountains in the Mount Danxia hinterland. [File photo] Scenery along the world's longest high-speed railway from Beijing, on the vast North China Plain, southward to Guangzhou, over the Yellow River and ...
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Witnessed the launch of the John Lewis Christmas advert which brought to life The Man on The Moon. It appeared in John Lewis branches, online and on its customers' television screens as well as trending on social media. Sales across the ...
The diamond’s original name, the “Blue Moon,” came after the expression “Once in a blue moon,” Sotheby’s said. Click here to see a larger image of the Blue Moon of Josephine. Geneva--World auction ...
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The SEMA Show takes place November 3 - November 6, 2015 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For a few days, the auto industry's focus drifts away from reality and into a fantasy world of big, wild, extreme builds of all shapes and colors. ...
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A full moon blazed in the sky, signifying the Lantern Festival across China. Particularly for this festival, lanterns break out of the typical round and red mold, taking on shapes limited only by the imagination. At Bejing's Olympic ...
China claimed more spots than any other country in the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards for 2015, with 16 eateries on the list, including Shanghai's Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet at No 3. The event was supported by the Singapore Tourism ...
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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 23 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
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More than 30 poets from China and abroad, including Germany, France, Iran and the United States, gathered at Beijing's China Millennium Monument on Sunday to celebrate the annual Mid-autumn festival and recite their works about the moon at ...
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This Art Deco-style Oscar Heyman ring is made in platinum and set with a 13.93-carat cushion-cut orange sapphire surrounded by 2.44 carats of diamond baguettes. It’s a period that’s so popular, and has enjoyed so many ...
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Healthy lighting … it’s not just for your home. In fact, it’s not just for the planet earth! Or humans, for that matter. Here are five innovative biological correct lighting applications currently helping humans and ...
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Geneva--This fall, the largest cushion-shaped fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at auction will go up on the block at Sotheby’s, with a chance of setting a new auction record. The 12.03-carat diamond, named the “Blue ...
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MillerCoors is closing its brewery in Eden, North Carolina due to sales decline as there has been a visible shift in consumer preferences from mainstream beer to crafts beer. The Eden brewery was the first to brew Miller Genuine Draft. ...
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