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China Plans Mass Production of Sea-Rice

Oct 17, 2016

China's "father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping is planning to expand its production of sea-rice at a newly founded research center in Qingdao, a port city in the eastern province of Shandong, local sources said Saturday. Within three ...

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Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

Oct 12, 2016

Firstly of all, traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine use different ways of organizing the information based on the same symptoms, same signs and same patient. Let me take an example. Diagnosing the same patient with a lump in ...

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8 Things About Cold Dew

Oct 9, 2016

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, (Chinese: HanLu), the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 23. At this time, temperatures are much lower than in ...

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Sketches of Art

Sep 28, 2016

Sketching has been a basis of fine art teaching and a criteria to judge an artist's skills. A sketching art exhibition at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing is showing sketches that are not only as a classroom exercise but also as ...

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London Design Festival Welcomes Nanjing Pavilion

Sep 27, 2016

London Design Festival sees top designers from around the world converge in London to put their craft on show. Following success at the 2015 Milan Expo, Nanjing Creative Design Center will now launch Nanjing Week at annual design events ...

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8 Things You May Not Know About Autumn Equinox

Sep 22, 2016

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 22 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...

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Art Festival Draws Artists and Experts to Beijing

Sep 21, 2016

The Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing launched on Sunday the Golden Fall International Art Festival throughout September and October that includes several exhibitions and seminars involving artists and scholars from home and abroad. ...

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2016 Silk Road International Arts Festival Opens

Sep 14, 2016

A grand concert in Xi'an marked the opening of the 3rd Silk Road International Arts Festival on Sept 7. More than 200 performances by artists from 80 countries and regions will appear at the festival, which runs through Sept 21. Shaanxi ...

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6 Things You May Not Know About End of Heat

Sep 14, 2016

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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"Very Hot Drinks Possibly Carcinogenic"

Jun 30, 2016

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said drinking very hot liquids could cause cancer but added no conclusive evidence showed that coffee is probably carcinogenic. Based on limited data which have shown a positive links ...

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Benin Students Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

Jun 8, 2016

The Confucius Institute at Abomey-Calavi University in Benin has celebrated the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival that falls on June 9 this year. On the occasion, four mixed teams of the Confucius Institute ...

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Mangrove Forest in SW China Endangered

Jun 8, 2016

The vast tracts of mangrove forest in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been almost erased by the immense construction of marine reclamation lands and industrial plants. The sharp decline of the mangroves and marine ...

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Int'l Cartoonists Illustrate Beijing

May 3, 2016

Ten cartoonists from seven countries were invited to make illustrations of Beijing for the event "World's Artists Illustrate Beijing," launched on April 28 and lasting till May 3. Their production process includes trips to the Great Wall, ...

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Spring in The Eyes of Chinese Artists

Apr 29, 2016

Spring is a season when everything wakes up from the long and dull winter. The air becomes warmer, the grass greener, the flowers bloom, and everything is so fresh and flourishing. You can always get a good picture no matter how you hold ...

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China Increased Culture Spending in 2015

Apr 29, 2016

China spent big on culture in 2015, with a total of 68.3 billion yuan (10.5 billion U.S. dollars) spent on cultural undertakings, an increase of 17.1 percent from 2014, according to a report released by the Ministry of Culture on Apr 25, ...

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