A former textile factory in Beijing's Chaoyang district is taking on a new look and is set to become a hub for the capital's creative industries. Covering an area of 120,000 square meters, Laijin Creative Industry Park is built on the ...
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Famous folks like Jack Ma attract a lot of cash when their paintings are sold at charity auctions. 'Real' painters sometimes are less than thrilled, Deng Zhangyu reports. E-commerce tycoon Jack Ma shook the nerve of China's art world ...
With a history spanning more than two centuries, Peking Opera is regarded as the jewel in the crown of Chinese culture. Born in Beijing in the mid-19th century, it absorbed facets of a variety of performing arts from different provinces ...
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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 ...
Tags: stone carving, carvings on wood, carvings on rocks, folk art
2015 Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo & Industrial Cooperation Summit was held in Urumqi on August 12, 2015. The 1st Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo will last for 5 days, theming on “building the Silk Road Business Platform, ...
Two of the best known Taiwanese personal computer (PC) vendors, Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus), are aggressively targeting the mobile-device market, especially the smartphone segment, by launching several new cellphone models in ...
Tags: PC Vendors, Smartphone
The Qixi Festival is here! Have you ever been caught up in a situation that leaves you clueless on what item to buy for your boyfriend or girlfriend? The ancient Chinese were never baffled by this problem. Here are some classic gifts for ...
Tags: Jade pendants, comb, Hairpins, Jade bracelet
Chinese cuisine, widely seen as representing one of the richest and most diverse culinary heritages in the world, is a reflection of the distinctive and profound Chinese culture. Some of the food, though ordinary and familiar to us, is ...
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With its streamlined design featuring BASF’s exclusive “Mid-night Glimmer” coatings, Chevrolet-FNR concept car has made its global debut at Shanghai GM Gala Night before Auto Shanghai 2015. The car’s special design ...
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Honda Motor will begin sale of the all-new JADE RS, a new addition to the JADE lineup at dealerships across Japan on 28 May this year. Powered by newly-developed 1.5-liter direct injection Vtec Turbo engine, the all-new JADE RS features ...
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Online shopping has arrived in North Korea, though it's as isolated from the rest of the world as the country itself, and the vast majority of North Koreans lack the technology to use it. The state-run site, called Okryu, offers a range ...
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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Summer, the 7th term of the year, begins on May 6 and ends on May 20 this year. Start of Summer signals the transition of seasons. On this day, the ...
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AkzoNobel’s Decorative Paints business is helping to recreate one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World – the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China. Built during the Ming Dynasty, the original pagoda was mostly destroyed ...
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The jade used since ancient times in China is nephrite, which in its pure state is white but may be green, cream, yellow, brown, gray, black or mottled due to the presence of impurities, chiefly iron compounds. Chinese used the generic term ...
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The limited-edition “Falco,” Italian for falcon, embodies “future dreams from the Arabian desert.” Vicenza, Italy--Each year, Roberto Coin’s stable of animals gets a little bit larger and 2015 is no ...
Tags: black diamonds, white diamonds, Arts