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Letter to UK Politician From Mao Sells for $908,000
Dec 17, 2015Mao's letter bearing his and Zhu De's signatures.[Photo/China Daily] A letter from Mao Zedong appealing to the leader of the British Labour Party in 1937 for help against Japanese invaders has sold for 605,000 pounds ($908,000) at auction ...
Tags: Letter, Mao Zedong
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Peking Opera Gets a New Look
Dec 15, 2015Lots of Peking Opera characters like, from left, Sun Yujiao, Bao Zheng and Yang Yuhuan appear in the new animated movies. [Photo/Shanghai Daily] The Shanghai Institute of Visual Art has made 25 animated movies in a Chinese ink style about ...
Tags: Peking Opera, characters
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Letter From Mao Zedong to UK Politician to Go for Auction
Dec 2, 2015The file photo shows a fragment of a letter from China's Mao Zedong to former Labour Prime Minister Clement Atlee in 1937. A letter written by China's Mao Zedong asking a leading British politician for help in fighting Japanese invaders ...
Tags: Letter, Mao Zedong, UK Politician
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Venerable Villages on Mount Danxia
Nov 26, 2015Niubi 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 ...
Tags: Venerable Villages, Mount Danxia
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Director Creates Buzz Abroad Even Before Debut at Home
Nov 26, 2015Sun Li, the actress who plays the role of Zhen Huan in The Legend of Zhen Huan, portrays Mi Yue in the new series The Legend of Mi Yue. [Photo provided to China Daily] Director Zheng Xiaolong's upcoming epic series The Legend of Mi Yue ...
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Television Production Celebrates Great Sage
Oct 27, 2015Filming of the documentary, a joint Chinese-British television production, began at a ceremony marking the 2,565th anniversary of the philosopher's birth. Confucius had its world premiere in London on Wednesday during President Xi ...
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BASF's Anniversary Program in an International Press Conference Will Hold in Ludwigshafen
Dec 10, 2014BASF turns 150 in 2015. The company announced its anniversary program in an international press conference held in Ludwigshafen. In addition to celebrations and a historical retrospective, BASF has prepared a global co-creation program with ...
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Microsoft Bills Its Bing Search Engine as a Social One
Nov 5, 2013Microsoft bills its Bing search engine as a social one, and to keep it that way it’s renewing a partnership with Twitter to keep tweets appearing in Bing search results, the companies said Friday. Tweets have been featured ...
Tags: Bing, Twitter, search engine
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Australia's Remaining Car Makers Will Need to Increase Their Export Volumes
Sep 18, 2013Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott says Australia’s remaining car makers will need to increase their export volumes if they plan to secure further funding from his new government. Addressing journalists at a press conference at ...
Tags: Abbott, Australian Car Makers
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Office Furniture Owned by Pierre Elliott Trudeau Is up for Auction
Sep 16, 2013If you've ever wanted to work like a Canadian prime minister (or at least work behind the desk of a Canadian prime minister) here's your chance. A set of office furniture owned by the charismatic Canadian politician Pierre Elliott Trudeau ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Shelves
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Young Was Started out Working
Aug 13, 2013Young was started out working as an accountant before he turned into a successful businessman who travelled the globe to build his company (Simpac) into a significant UK player in the sourcing and supply of bags – from paper potato ...
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Shell Fired a Major Shot in What Its Commercial LNG Refuelling Stations
Jul 12, 2013CALGARY, Alta. - May 28 may have been a significant date in Canadian trucking history. That was when Shell fired a major shot in what many think is a fuel revolution, unveiling to the public the first of its commercial LNG refuelling ...
Tags: Transportation
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A Call to End Roaming Fees by 2015 Was Unanimously Approved
Jul 11, 2013The prospect of downloading data, sending text messages and making calls without incurring huge roaming charges while travelling in Europe came a step closer on Tuesday when politicians voted in favor of new legislation. A call to end ...
Tags: Abolishing Roaming
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Investors Expect to See All Ordinaries Index Retest 5000 Points by Christmas
Jul 1, 2013DESPITE deep reservations about domestic political instability and shaky conditions in the resources sector, professional investors expect local shares to shrug off May's malaise and see the All Ordinaries index retest 5000 points by ...
Tags: economy
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Politicians in a Swedish Town Proposed Building a Glass Enclosure in The Main Square
Jun 24, 2013Politicians in a Swedish town have proposed building a glass enclosure in the main square so that alcoholics and drug users can socialise without causing a public disturbance. The motion tabled this week by two local politicians in ...
