The Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair offers a forum for knowledge and discussions within the area of design and architecture – Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks. The forum will have a theme this year of “Sustainability ...
Panera Bread has announced that it will serve clean bacon on its sandwiches and salads that is free of artificial preservatives, flavors, sweeteners and colors from artificial sources prohibited by the company’s No No List, and ...
Salone del Mobile 2016 records an unprecedented number of visitors Salone del Mobile.Milano 2016 was attended by a total of 372,151 visitors. That is a 4% increase in the numbers since the 2014 edition – when the biennial Kitchen ...
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HTC has just announced its UK rollout plans for the HTC Vive VR system, revealing when and where you'll be able to go hand-on with the device. The Taiwanese manufacturer has teamed up with Dixons Carphone plc, which means that the Vive ...
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Brandreth's collection includes the original star of the 1970s Paddington animated TV series, Harry Corbett's 1950s Sooty and a Fozzie Bear donated by Jim Henson. Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth has gifted his extensive collection of famous ...
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Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, will offer 72-hour visa-free entry for international transit passengers starting Jan. 1, 2016. The policy covers travelers from 51 countries, including 37 in Europe, six in the ...
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China's pavilion at the Milan Expo, featuring a floating bamboo roof, wins an eco-friendly award from the expo's organizers. Photos provided to China Daily Qingdao will get a reconstruction of a Chinese trade pavilion that made waves in ...
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On December 1, Arts Brookfield debuted a visually stunning installation created by the award-winning design firm Rockwell Group. Luminaries is a reimagined holiday tradition—a spectacular lighting display that follows the glass ...
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During the Tang Dynasty (618 – 690 and 705 – 907 AD), the city of Chang'an (now present day Xi'an) had the largest population of any urban center, a bastion of cosmopolitan life. Emperor Gaozong relocated the imperial court to ...
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Government officials, publishers and library professionals in the US and China gathered on Monday in Seattle to launch a joint exhibit on Chinese braille publications. They also shared ideas on how the government and community could ...
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A report by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry shows that 1,094 of the city's historic gardens and parks lack of overall protection and are particularly at risk, even facing permanent disappearance. Although "Regulations ...
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As Cining Gong in the Forbidden City is set to be unveiled to the public, some of those behind its painstaking restoration process share their experiences. Wang Kaihao reports. It is a closed part of the Palace Museum, also known as the ...
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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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On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
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With the seventh stop on the Bassmaster Elite Series tour complete, total attendance records have already been shattered before the tour’s final events, reports B.A.S.S. LLC of Birmingham, AL. The Huk Performance Fishing Bassmaster ...