Trinley (right) performs at the Norbulingka Park in Lhasa during the Shoton Festival.[Photo provided to China Daily] Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, ...
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Cho Seong-jin won the 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in October.[Photo provided to China Daily] It's a cold Saturday afternoon and the Beijing Concert Hall is packed. Cho Seong-jin has arrived for his ...
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The US fuel oil hi-lo, the spread between US Atlantic Coast 1%S fuel oil and US Gulf Coast 3%S fuel oil, fell below $1/b Thursday for the first time since October on an expected lack of demand for power generation. Platts assessed USAC ...
Liu Yongfu, director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, briefs the media on China's plans to achieve the goal of poverty alleviation in the next five years on Tuesday, Dec.15, 2015. [Photo: ...
China's emerging industrial sectors, inspired by technological innovation and innovative policies, have developed rapidly in 2015. The boom in telecommunication, high-tech manufacturing, e-commerce, new energy and other emerging ...
China's annual economic growth could be between 6.6 percent and 6.8 percent next year, with employment and consumer prices remaining stable, a government think tank forecast on Wednesday. However, with growing downward pressure due to ...
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A design drawing of Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) in Shantou, south China's Guangdong Province. [Photo: Xinhua] Construction began Wednesday on a technology institute cooperation between a Chinese and an ...
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At the opening of the second World Internet Conference on Wednesday, China made sure its voice was heard: Every country has the right to create its own Internet governance model, and the cyber sovereignty of all nations should be respected. ...
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After eight months of patient, indirect and difficult contact with the Dutch collector, the villagers of Yangchun in south-east China's Fujian province failed to get back the mummy Buddha statue of Patriarch Zhanggong which was stolen in ...
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Tsethang serge, considered the finest of all Tibetan traditional fabrics, has reemerged decades after disappearing from the market. Traditionally reserved for lords and high-ranking monks, Tsethang serge has been a symbol of status in ...
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Master Tian Qiumao is performing Chen-style tai chi. Dozens of Chinese tai chi masters recently demonstrated different schools onstage at a news conference for the World Tai Chi Forum in Beijing. The four-day forum will kick off on ...
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Shanghai's new home market continued to grow last week with increases seen in transactions and supply, according to latest market data. The area of new homes sold, excluding government-funded affordable housing, jumped 24.7 percent to ...
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Hu Kaihong: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the news briefing held by the State Council Information Office. The Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ("FOCAC") will ...
Over 15 years after the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (the "FOCAC"), China-Africa economic and trade cooperation has become a highlight in international cooperation with Africa and a model of South-South ...
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Senior officials of Jiangxi Province and high-profile staff of People's Daily Online attend the press conference. [Photo/People's Daily Online] More than 40 journalists from home and abroad are invited to a media tour to east China's ...