Manchu women have long had a reputation for being tall and slender. This may be because in former times they wore platform-soled shoes, tall hair styles and close-fitting cheongsams. There is a legend behind the height-enhancing shoes ...
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In ancient China, engagement was an important social rite where man and woman confirm marital ties, next only to official marriage in significance. Marital ties were made by following "parents' order and on the matchmaker's word". However, ...
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Oshkosh Defense has signed a contract with the Department of Defense to replace the US military’s aged HMMWVs with a lightweight vehicle through the joint light tactical vehicle (JLTV) programme’s engineering, manufacturing and ...
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LiveItEveryday,the identity-centric clothing line developed for people who align themselves with the company's belief,"Give as we go to make a contribution beyond ourselves",launched this week just in time for the holidays. The ...
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Ashok Leyland Defence Systems has unveiled a new Armoured Troop Carrier (ATC), STALLION 'Kavach', at the IFSEC & Homeland Security India Exhibition at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, New Delhi. The new vehicle is designed with ...
Fitness model Linda Vu will be giving a Wing Chun Kung Fu demonstration and modeling Dilliard's newest active wear featuring Nike, Puma and Under Armour at Meadow's mall in Las Vegas from 2 – 4pm Saturday October 20th, 2012. Linda ...
Following an Air Force Times report that a U.S. servicemember was unable to obtain American-made boots after having been twice issued Chinese-made ones, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to step up ...
Shield dance,also known as men's rattan shield dance or rolling and blocking shield,has been spread in towns like Longyuankou and Yan'ge in south Yongxin County of Jiangxi Province.The saying that"If you do not practice shield dance,you ...
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Temple fairs have been a part of daily life in Beijing for hundreds of years becoming especially popular during the Qing dynasty. Scattered all over the city so residents could easily make their way to the nearest, some fairs were held as ...
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The Nama are about 50,000 or 60,000 people that live in two western districts of Yunnan Province: Lanping and Weixi. 750 years ago, when the Mongolian troops commanded by Kublai Khan conquered the Dali Kingdom, many of their inhabitants ...
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The Jino ethnic minority lives mainly in the Jino Town of Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The expression Jino refers to an ethnic group that respects the mother's brother as a prominent person in ...
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Computerworld-Israeli and Palestinian forces have found a new means of wartime propaganda-social media. As the two forces continue to clash,firing rockets on each other,they've also launched a war of hashtags,English-language tweets and ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) presented Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) with the annual AAFA Friend of the Apparel and Footwear Industry Award during a reception in Washington, D.C., ...
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Mattress Direct and Protect-A-Bed reported that the recently presented a $4,000 check to Home for our Troops, a national non-profit organization dedicated to assisting severely injured veterans and their immediate families. To coincide ...
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Ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) maker Sensor Electronic Technology Inc (SETi) of Columbia, SC, USA has been awarded a program from the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop a self-contained portable water purification ...
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