There will be 7.5 million smart meters installed in Japan, including replacement of conventional electric meters, in 2015, hiking 104.9% on year, according to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and industry (METI). Japan will liberalize ...
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The availability of energy usage data and the creation of software platforms with data analytics have recently given way to new forms of analytical demand-side management (DSM). Behavioral and analytical DSM, which focus on consumer ...
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Hundred-meter Long Peony Painting Set New World Record in Luoyang. It took Qiu Shilou about 10 years to finish the Chinese traditional realistic painting Ode to the Peony. This painting has just hit the world record as world's longest ...
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1. Liulichang Street Location: South Xinhua Street, Hepingmenwai, Xuanwu District, Beijing. Liulichang Street of Chinese Culture is a 750 meter long collection of all kinds of Calligraphy, art, antiques and paintings that China has to ...
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The history of video art is still relatively short, emerging in the 60s and 70s along with the rise of television's ubiquity. But video art tends to be a far cry from the sitcoms, commercials and movies that we associate with the 2D medium. ...
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On April 12th, Chinese and foreign journalists from CRI viewed the peonies at the National Flower Park of China. As the peonies go into full bloom, tourists from all over the country flock to view them. For many of the foreign ...
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A documentary about Chinese geography and culture that has been two years in the making will be premiered to coincide with President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States. China From Above, a 100-minute film covering geographic ...
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The first China (Guizhou) International Folk Crafts and Cultural Products Expo opened Thursday in Guiyang, Guizhou province and will run through Wednesday. More than 150 craftsmen from 31 countries will show their crafts and skills. The ...
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An exhibition displaying old royal craftsmanship began on Friday at China's former imperial palace. The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is displaying 43 sets of cultural relics, including antique clocks, embroidery and ...
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Anticipation among history buffs is running high ahead of the opening up of the western section of the Forbidden City. Officials with the Palace Museum in Beijing are set to open the western part of the Imperial Palace compound for the ...
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The interior of Shoukang Palace. The western section of the Imperial Palace compound will be opened to the public on Oct 10, the first time in 90 years. This area used to be the place where empresses lived. The large western part ...
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From the luxurious bedrooms of the mothers of kings to personal worship areas filled with Buddha statures, the Palace Museum is showing us a different side of imperial China. Deng Zhangyu reports. Visitors to the Forbidden City can now ...
Oct 10 marked the 90th anniversary of the Beijing Palace Museum's founding. Besides opening four new sections to tourists this month - mainly the Cining Gong, the Cining Gong garden and the Shoukang Gong - the museum is holding a series of ...
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Endless budget and an expansive interior is not a luxury that many homeowners are afforded with when it comes to home renovations and makeovers. Most of us tend to work with a pretty tight budget cap and are always on the lookout for that ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced the third member of its Matrix Platform family of integrated LED products. The 24V constant-voltage LUXEON XF-3014 CV flexible LED strips distribute extremely uniform light across ...
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