The Xinjiang Uygur Muqam is a term referring to a variety of musical practices widespread among Uygur communities, one of the largest ethnic minorities in China. Born into a musical family, Ablimit Eysa is the 6th generation of the ...
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Chinese romance film The Last Women Standing has announced its release date during a press conference in Beijing. Touted as the must-see love story of the year, this romantic comedy shines with an all-star cast, including Golden Horse ...
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Tibetan moviemakers are increasingly moving away from themes of scenery and mysticism to tell people stories. The Tibetan-language movie Tharlo has been nominated in four categories for this year's Golden Horse Award, a prestigious annual ...
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The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number "6" was ...
As winter approaches, the museum will go into its off-season period.[Photo/Xinhua] For the first time, the Palace Museum in Beijing will allow sanitation workers enter its gates for free during the off-peak season, according to Beijing ...
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New Yorkers will find a new beer on shelves this fall from Smart Beer, the first organic beer company born and bred in New York. The brand, which is headquartered in New Paltz, in the heart of the Hudson Valley, will release its first ...
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In 2014, the development situation of China’s foreign trade was complex and severe. In January-April, the country suffered “double falls” of import and export which had not appeared for many years. The Central Government ...
According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities rose slightly, and prices of production means in circulation fell in a narrow range last week (August 17–August 23). Last week, ...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this week been finalised after negotiations began in 2010. The TPP centers on a free trade zone between 12 countries located around the Pacific rim including Australia, the US, New Zealand, ...
The Main Street Bridge is a vertical lift bridge that crosses the Welland Canal in downtown Welland, Ontario, Canada. Built in 1930, the bridge is the location of a historical intersection linking East Main Street which leads to Niagara ...
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The year of 2015 will be the turning point for color television technology, said Houjian Zhou, chairman of Hisense Technology on Sep. 15, 2015 at a press conference. According to Zhou, electrical technology has its own life cycle and LED ...
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The IATA reports that air freight volumes were broadly unchanged in August compared to a year ago, with freight tonne kilometres 0.2% higher. The August data shows a pause in earlier declines in air freight volumes, consistent with ...
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The new Opel Astra is setting standards in efficiency, design, connectivity, with technologies from higher segments – and for the total cost of ownership. In order to make full use of this brand-typical strength, the Opel engineers ...
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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 23. At this time, temperatures are much lower than in White Dew in most ...
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US based automotive retailer, AutoNation will not sell, lease or wholesale any new or used vehicle that falls under open safety recall. AutoNation is one of the largest automotive retailers in the US with 293 vehicle franchises across the ...
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