Ruins of a classical Chinese garden landscape of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) have been discovered at a construction site in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, according to Sichuan Daily on Sunday. Although the ...
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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Following a test period that started in 2014, Sweden’s ifoodbag has created a carrier bag that keeps goods, such as foodstuffs, frozen and chilled for up to 24 hours. While not yet available on the market, the company says it has ...
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America’s pork producer and processor Smithfield Foods is planning to set up a new $12m bacon slicing plant at its Cudahy facility in Wisconsin. The new 17,000ft2 plant will comprise four slicing lines that will help the company ...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that German apparel and footwear brands should promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing names of factories producing their products. “Supply chain ...
Polished diamond prices remained under pressure in February. Sentiment improved ahead of the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show taking place from March 2 to 6 but trading volume was low and liquidity tight in the ...
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China has imposed a ban on all imports of poultry, poultry products and eggs from the US, following detection of avian influenza in noncommercial flocks in the Pacific Northwest late last year, according to US Department of Agriculture. ...
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Sony Pictures has revealed it was largely unprepared for the hacking attack that took place last year. Michael Lynton, the chief executive of the firm, spoke to the Associated Press, describing the firm as being a ‘canary in the ...
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Peking Opera is an exciting and satisfying form of theater. As an art, it is well integrated, with story, singing, acting, gesture, costume, stagecraft, gymnastics and makeup all being very important. You couldn't get a job as a Peking ...
According to a new report by Markets & Markets, “Micronized PTFE Market by Application (Inks, Thermoplastics, Coatings, Grease & Lubricants, Elastomers), by Geography - Global Forecast to 2019,” the market has a projected value ...
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The tools used by self-dressing women to coil their hair into a bun In Zhaoqing City of South China's Guangdong Province, the smell of opening-up and reform can be felt here and there with the newly built western-style buildings, ...
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Da Shuhua is a 300-year-old tradition practiced during the lantern festival in Nuanquan town, Hebei province. It has been selected as the provincial cultural intangible heritage. Performers throw over 1,000 degree molten iron onto the cold ...
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Approximately 50,000 tones of sugar stored in a warehouse operated by Cargill and Biosev at Brazil's Santos port, affected by fire in the Teag terminal, has been destroyed. The terminal, known as TEAG sugar terminal, is a 50-50 joint ...
Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has launched its enhanced Check-Net print shops with significant printing capabilities that allow them to quickly print, encode and ...
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The Fine Bedding Company, a well-known brand from multi award winning British manufacturer Trendsetter Ltd, is bringing over 100 years of expertise to the hospitality sector, as it announces plans to develop actively in the market under its ...
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