In lively colors of green, blue, orange and red, six sculptures of Alhambra Towers by celebrated Spanish artist Cristobal Gabarron are on exhibit in the open square of Beijing's Today Art Museum. This is Gabarron's first solo show here. ...
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The announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine has triggered a new debate on traditional Chinese medicine, and reminds us that modern medical science depends on inspiration from every possible source. A Chinese scientist winning ...
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The 14th Asia Arts Festival, which will formally kick off in November in Quanzhou, the largest city in southeastern Fujian province, unveiled its logo and mascot on Monday. Selected from 517 entries, the logo was co-designed by the Fine ...
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Oct 10 marked the 90th anniversary of the Beijing Palace Museum's founding. Besides opening four new sections to tourists this month - mainly the Cining Gong, the Cining Gong garden and the Shoukang Gong - the museum is holding a series of ...
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The discovery of 47 human teeth in a cave in Hunan province by Chinese scientists has unearthed new evidence that the earliest modern humans lived in East Asia. The teeth and a number of animal fossils were excavated from Fuyan Cave in ...
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When the 13th-century Italian merchant and traveler Marco Polo finished his famous book The Travels of Marco Polo, he couldn’t have imagined that seven centuries later his adventures in China would be adapted into a seven-hour film. ...
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Shanghai's efforts to bring art to the people are paying off, as more than 4 million people are expected to participate in the ongoing China Shanghai International Arts Festival. The 17th annual festival runs through Nov 16, with 46 ...
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Famed pianist Zhu Xiaomei gives a recital during the Beijing Music Festival and she plays one of Bach's major works, Goldberg Variations. An annual musical event not to be missed took place at Wangfujing Church on Oct 13. Since 2006, the ...
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Traders of mined diamonds are divided over how to best respond to the growth of their laboratory-grown counterparts. Last week, India’s Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) became the second exchange to ban trading of man-made diamonds, ...
Spectra Packaging has created new containers for Auld Sharkey's eco-friendly pet care products range. Made out of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), the new containers in Spectra's popular Broadway oval design come with Aptar's Small ...
Director Yi Zhenxing (right) and actor Jia Nailiang attends a press conference. The Internet hit series Surprise continues to surprise. The grassroots-themed serial has been watched 2 billion times on Youku.com, one of China's largest ...
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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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The opening session for the 3rd annual Symposium on China Studies took place Monday at the Regent Hotel Beijing. Over 40 senior sinologists and Chinese scholars were present in the event. Hosted by China's Ministry of Culture and the ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced the launch of its Ametrix ASYX 2.0 light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires, offering a wide range of asymmetric, scalable and controllable solutions for architectural indoor ambient and outdoor ...
US-based cider maker Angry Orchard has introduced a new glass christened the Orchard Glass, designed for hard cider. Cider is a beverage that caters to unique taste that lies somewhere between wine and beer. The cider makers wanted to ...
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