The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. End of Heat, the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sep 6. End of Heat implies that most parts in China are getting rid of the ...
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A new study has found that metal from the almost 5 trillion cigarette butts littered annually across the world may be leaching into the food chain. Published late last week by the online journal, Tobacco Control, Iranian scientists ...
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The natinal flags of the People's Republic of China and Republic of Korea. [File Photo: CFP] The first round of talks between China and South Korea over their overlapping claims on exclusive economic zones in the Yellow Sea is due to get ...
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The neoclassical chamber group from Taiwan, Cicada, creates music to bring attention to the protection of nature. [Provided to China Daily] When Jesy Chiang went to an industrial area in Taiwan, she had a preconceived notion - the place ...
Huian, located in East China's Fujian province, boasts a long-standing history of stone carving that dates back to 1,600 years ago. Its beautiful coastline has a well-preserved fortress in rocks built centuries ago. Heavenly Crafted, an ...
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Despite the fact that there are over one million multimillionaires in China, the number of luxury yacht sold in China is low. But why? Cultural differences is partly the problem. Modern use of the term designates two rather different ...
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Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and cfor heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Core to Scania’s operations is to provide solid parts and service support as well as ...
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Chinese authorities are planning to build more nuclear power plants along the eastern coastline with safety guaranteed. They are also mulling the possibility of nuclear power plants in the inner part of the country. The National ...
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Fonterra farmers’ sustainable dairying initiatives are back in the spotlight with the launch of the Co-op’s third Farm Focus series on YouTube. The latest series draws attention to the use of solar energy to power a cowshed ...
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DALLAS – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $485,000 to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for testing water quality along the state’s Gulf Coast. The sampling results will ...
DALLAS –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $485,000 to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for testing water quality along the state’s Gulf Coast. The sampling results will ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the third edition of a report, Climate Change Indicators in the United States. The report pulls together observed data on key measures of our environment, including U.S. and ...
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Softer coastal freight rates for shipping domestic thermal coal from northern to southern ports in China has put seaborne-traded cargoes at a slight price disadvantage, and renewed downward pressure on CFR South China prices, said traders ...
Like salmon in reverse, long-snouted Bandringa sharks migrated downstream from freshwater swamps to a tropical coastline to spawn 310 million years ago, leaving behind fossil evidence of one of the earliest known shark nurseries. That's ...
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The metals giant Sinosteel has already invested US$1.4 billion in West Australian Oakajee iron ore project in order to revive steel industrial in Australia. For more than twenty years, miners tried hard to develop a port near Geraldton ...
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