President Xi Jinping and Britain's Prince Andrew unveil a plaque as they attend the opening of the UCL Institute of Education Confucius Institute annual conference in London on Thursday. Alastair Grant / Associated Press Classrooms make ...
Tags: Confucius Institute, cultural exchanges, business, arts
Chinese Vice-Minister of Commerce Gao Yan and the Minister of Finance of Afghanistan Eklil Ahmad Hakimi jointly presided over the 2nd Meeting of China-Afghanistan Joint Committee of Economics and Trade in Beijing on June 26. Both sides ...
Tags: engineering, trade, investment, human resource development
Ancient classics provide lessons that are still relevant today Dressed in the style of the Han Dynasty that ruled China 1,800 years ago, 6-year-old Chen Quanjin is chanting ancient Chinese classics with several other children about the ...
Tags: Traditional Roots, Dizigui
We all know of China's long history. It's a history that dates back as early as 1200 BC. A major part of China's history is its education through teachers. School education in China has a long history. In the spring and autumn periods ...
Tags: Teachers'Day, teachers'payment
Western dances are increasingly slipping into Chinese fitness routines. Chen Nan gets a feel for the moves, once taboo in China. Belly dancing. Pole dancing. Salsa. Foreign dance styles are twirling into China with nimble steps, ...
Tags: Western dance, Latin dance
Performance footwear, apparel and equipment maker Under Armour and the America's National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced a multiyear global partnership that makes Under Armour the title partner of the NBA Draft Combine and ...
Mark Roush assumes the office of President of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), the international leader in lighting education, standards, publications and professional development. Roush succeedes Paul Mercier. ...
Tags: lights, lighting, Illuminating Engineering
Shadowman Sports has reached an agreement with USA Football to provide Shadowman tackling systems for use at U.S. National Team events including Regional Development Camps, National Development Games and the International Bowl. Shadowman ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced that it has helped improve the lighting performance and energy efficiency in a campus recreation facility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. By replacing almost 400 lighting ...
Tags: LED Solutions, LED luminaires
Politecnico di Milano, the largest technical university in Italy, has selected DesignConcept, design and product development software, and Diamino, the marker-making software by Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions ...
Tags: soft materials, technical textiles, composite materials
The educational product for pre-school and upwards has already sold 30,000 units across Hungary and Slovakia. Radosza Rings, a series of 3D logic games designed for children, is looking for a distributor to launch the product across the ...
Tags: Radosza Rings, 3D logic games, Toys
Patagonia launched a cross-country mission with a message of reducing overall consumption. The Worn Wear Mobile Tour, kicking off April 2 in Ventura, CA, and ending May 12 in Boston, is the brand's attempt to encourage customers to make ...
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UK based construction service provider Balfour Beatty has been awarded £80m contract to construct the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC) in Coventry for the University of Warwick, England. The facility will include art ...
Tags: Balfour Beatty, the NAIC, Auto Parts
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), will announce the opening of the application period for 2014-2015 Presidential Innovation Award for ...
Tags: classrooms, teaching methods
The Dow Chemical Company and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) are partnering to invigorate chemistry education and support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in the nation’s schools. Dow ...
Tags: science, scientific society, teaching materials, Construction