A person in the know revealed that Amazon.com Kindle e-book reader and Kindle Fire tablet computer will be on sale in Mainland China from June 7, 2013, both on website of Amazon China and retail shops under Suning Commerce Group Co., Ltd. ...
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The S&P/ASX200 has closed down 2 per cent at 5062.4, as slower Chinese manufacturing activity in May combined with signs that the US Federal Reserve could start rolling back its bond-buying program to send the local sharemarket to its ...
Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, is looking to build a joint venture in China in a bid to cut back capital expenditure amid global expansion, said people in the know. A formation of a joint venture in China will not only help cut ...
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Focus Media Holding Limited (NASDAQ: FMCN) announced today that it has been combined with Giovanna Acquisition Limited (hereinafter Merger Sub) according to a merger plan issued on December 19, 2012. Thus Focus Media has become a ...
The Qingming Festival Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice, usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian ...
The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or ...
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The EcoChic Design Award is a sustainable fashion design competition educating and enabling emerging designers to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste. Now in its fourth cycle, The EcoChic Design Award 2013 is expanding to ...
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ThyssenKrupp, a German multinational conglomerate corporation has planned to cooperate with Ansteel, who is the second largest steel maker in China to construct a new hot dip galvanized production line for expansion. This joint venture ...
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In 2012, Marimekko signed a partnership contract with Hong Kong-based Sidefame with the objective of opening a total of 15 Marimekko stores in China by the end of 2016. The first of these was opened in Hong Kong in May 2012 and this year ...
APPLE has issued an apology to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. A statement Apple posted in Chinese on its website on Monday said the ...
When the Manchu ruled China during the Qing Dynasty, certain social strata emerged. Among them were the Banners (qí), mostly Manchu, who as a group were called Banner People. Manchu women typically wore a one-piece dress that ...
Tags: Cheongsam, cheongsam design, sleeveless dresses, Apparel
Modern use In the 1950s, women in the workforce in Hong Kong started to wear more functional cheongsam made of wool, twill, and other materials. Most were tailor fitted and often came with a matching jacket. The dresses were a fusion of ...
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has signed its first Chinese partnership with Shangpin.com, China's leading online retailer. Shangpin.com is China's first online retailer to sell in-season contemporary and designer ...
China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition (cippe), a regular gathering in petroleum and petrochemical industry and a high-quality exhibition which gets the authentication from UFI in Mainland China, ...
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Clinical diagnostics company BioChain has licensed Epigenomics' methylated Septin9 marker, designed for the blood based detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). Under the license, BioChain will offer Septin9 assay as a service to customers ...
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