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Chinese Cities Cited as Models for Developing Public Transportation System

Dec 18, 2015

Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai were cited as models as experts discussed here on Thursday how to develop a "reliable" public transportation system in the face of growing urbanization. The participants of a symposium on ...

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Red Alert for Air Pollution Effective Saturday

Dec 18, 2015

A red alert for air pollution is going to take effect starting from this Saturday morning in Beijing. This is the second time this month that the highest level warning has issued for the Chinese capital. Emergency measures include an ...

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Survival Show May Air in Europe

Dec 18, 2015

Bear Grylls, British explorer.[Photo provided to China Daily] British explorer Bear Grylls' Chinese mainland TV debut has garnered attention from major European buyers, making it the first Chinese outdoors reality show to be sold ...

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Chinese Culture Talk in Indonesia Strikes a Chord

Dec 18, 2015

On Dec 10, Chinese musician couple Wang Jianxin and Li Fengyun gave a lecture to 600 students and teachers at Sekolah Harapan Bangsa School in Indonesia. [Photo by Liu Fang / Chinaculture.org] A series of lectures on Chinese classical ...

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Saving A Tibetan Tradition

Dec 18, 2015

Trinley (right) performs at the Norbulingka Park in Lhasa during the Shoton Festival.[Photo provided to China Daily] Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, ...

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South Korean Champion Thrills Beijing Audience

Dec 18, 2015

Cho Seong-jin won the 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in October.[Photo provided to China Daily] It's a cold Saturday afternoon and the Beijing Concert Hall is packed. Cho Seong-jin has arrived for his ...

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Ancient Town Ready for Internet Summit

Dec 17, 2015

Volunteers of the second World Internet Conference are shown wearing Chinese style blue coats while debuting at Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province. These volunteers will serve the conference from December 16-18. [Photo: Imagine China] ...

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2022 Olympic Committee Launched in Beijing

Dec 17, 2015

The launching ceremony of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is held on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. [Photo: bjnews.com] China has launched the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 ...

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Launch of Edupath APP in China for SAT Examinees

Dec 17, 2015

With the technical assistance from the American company "Edupath" based in California,the New Oriental Education and Technology Group launches a new app, which claims to able to help young Chinese students better tackle the SAT, at a ...

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Better IP Environment to Boost China's Cultural Industries: Tencent CEO

Dec 17, 2015

China's culture and creative industries have strong growth potential as the country improves its intellectual property protections, said Pony Ma, co-founder and chief executive of Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings. "We believe ...

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Letter to UK Politician From Mao Sells for $908,000

Dec 17, 2015

Mao'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 ...

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Chinese Folk Orchestra Concert to Be Staged in Shanxi Province

Dec 16, 2015

The Chinese folk orchestra concert, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, which was staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts on Nov 21, by China National Orchestra and Zhejiang National Orchestra, will now be staged in Shanxi ...

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Culture Insider: Ancient Chinese Table Games

Dec 16, 2015

A tomb found by archaeologists which has a history of 2300 years in Shandong.[File Photo] What did ancient Chinese do for fun? Obviously they couldn't surf the Internet or watch TV; in fact, ancient Chinese had many kinds of board and ...

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Avant-Garde Artists Eye Urban Life

Dec 16, 2015

Held inside Beijing's Solana shopping area, Antigravity is an avant-garde art show attempting to reverse people's perspectives of city life. It includes four art projects of artist group Mason of Grand Microcosm, London-based tattoo ...

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Malaysia China Cultural Center to Be Set up

Dec 16, 2015

File photo An agreement to set up a China Culture Center in Malaysia was signed by the two countries on November 23. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi and Malaysian Minister of ...

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