Minister for Defence Material Jason Clare today announced that two Australian companies will manufacture the Standard Combat Uniform worn by Australian Defence Force members. The Standard Combat Uniform is the disruptive pattern camouflage ...
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Israeli and Palestinian forces have taken to the Internet to accelerate their wartime propaganda via social media. As the forces continue their conflict on the ground, they’ve also launched a war of hashtags, English-language tweets ...
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The shadow puppet play, also called "shadow play", is a drama form in which the player holds the human figures that are engraved by the animal hides with colored paintings, and reflected on the curtain through the light, singing and dancing ...
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The battle array of shielded soldiers is a kind of ancient fighting art practiced only in north China. Dating back several hundred years to the Ming Dynasty, the battle array is kept alive nowhere else than Shilipu Village of Shahe city in ...
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The Federal Court has ordered Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd to pay a total of $23 million in penalties for engaging in cartel conduct in breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (now the Competition and ...
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Speech by the Commander of XPCC Established in 1954, undertaking responsibilities of guarding the frontier and cultivating the frontier areas entrusted by the state, XPCC is a special social organization implementing direct planning by ...
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By Qassim Khidhir Hamad. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. There has been an ongoing conflict between Iraqi ...
The Baoan broadsword is a traditional handicraft of the Baoan minority. It is mainly produced in Liuji, Dajiahe Township, Jishishan Baoan, Dongxiang and Sala Autonomous County, Gansu Province. For a long time, the Baoan broadsword forging ...
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China is universally acknowledged as the birthplace of kites. Kites originated in the Spring and Autumn Period over 2,000 years ago. Legend has it that the wooden bird made by the ancient philosopher Mozi was the earliest kite. Later, his ...
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The Sheepskin Raft is also called the Sheepskin Raft on the Yellow River because it is popular only along the banks of the Yellow River. The raft has a long history in China. According to Book of Waterways, it was first used in the ...
Tata Motors Defence Solutions has delivered 21 Light Armoured Troop Carrier vehicles to Gujarat Police Force in India. Powered by a 4X4 All-Wheel drive system, the new Light Armoured Troop Carriers come with protection on all sides and ...
Baishaxiyue is called "Baishixili" or Bieshixieli in Naxi language. According to legend, it is from the music pieces of the Yuan Dynasty. It is said that when Kublai Khan, the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, led his south ...
Dixi Drama, usually called "sorcerer's dance in a trance ", is a kind of local drama spreading in Anshun City of Guizhou Province, whose birth is closely related to the station troops in Anshun who came from Anhui Province, Jiangsu ...
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' Making sacrificial offerings to QinghaiLake is a folk customs activity of rich religious features. It is also a cultural phenomenon, comprising multiple folk customs while expressing people's good wishes to exist harmoniously ...
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Mud Cuckoo, in Chinese we call it "Ni Gugu", is a traditional little clay sculpture in Xunxian. It is also a little toy. It has gained its name from its two main characters. Firstly, it is made of clay. Secondly, it is a kind of whistle. ...
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