The Chinese government's latest move to combat tax evasion by imposing a consumption tax on MTBE and aromatics is likely to raise gasoline blending costs and make imports of finished gasoline relatively more cost-effective, industry sources ...
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Cap was invented long ago in China. For example, in Chinese idioms, there are "Yi Guan Chu Chu" (neatly dressed both in clothes and in cap), and "Guan Mian Tang Huang (elegant and stately in dressing)", and so on. The "Guan" and "Mian" here ...
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Hui'an, a seaside county on the coast of Huidong Peninsula in Quanzhou of Fujian province, is home to a special group of people—Hui'an Women, who are best known for their unique clothing. Originated from the Minyue culture, Hui'an ...
Tags: unique clothing, central plain and sea cultures, unique adornment
Menba nationality has a close relationship with the Tibetan nationality. Its customs are strongly influenced by it, but are still unique in many ways. Costumes of the Menba nationality are usually made of pulu, a kind of woolen fabric that ...
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Gaoshan nationality in Taiwan, one of the ethnic minorities of China, has a population of more than 400,000. Descended from the Baiyue nationality in ancient China, Gaoshan nationality now comprises nine branches including Atayal, Amis, ...
GE Lighting continues to evoke the imagination of architects and lighting designers with LED luminaires that inspire new commercial ceiling landscapes. The Lumination™ LED Suspended Luminaire —a chic, ultra-thin fixture ...
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The river valleys and plains in the south and west of Yunnan Province are home to most ethnic minorities in the province. The areas where the Dai ethnic people live are mainly in tropical or subtropical zones that are best known for the ...
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Flint Group has announced the launch of its new series of solvent flexo lamination whites, OmniLam PT for the North American flexible packaging market. The OmniLam PT series of lamination whites has good opacity, bond strength, and print ...
The Yugurs, with a population of 10,569, mainly live in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County and Huangnihan Yugur Township of Jiuquan City, Gansu Province. The Yugur are descended from an ethnic group known in the Tang Dynasty as Huigu, who ...
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Chesapeake Bornem will install a four-color perfecting Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105-4-P+L, which will use the coating unit as a dedicated inline die-cutter. The press serves the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors and is ideal for the ...
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The new Luxeon T is intended by Lumileds to be the primary LED sold into high-power, directional SSL products such as downlights and MR16 and PAR retrofit lamps. Philips Lumileds has introduced the new Luxeon T series of high-power LEDs ...
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Germany-based Rotocontrol is set to demonstrate its new RSP single pass 100% security inspection machine, designed for compliance with the demanding security label inspection and finishing applications. The machine will be demonstrated ...
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Weber Packaging Solutions, a manufacturer and supplier of labels and labeling systems has purchased six PrintVision/Helios II 100% Inspection Systems from Israel-based Advanced Vision Technology (AVT). Weber Packaging will place the ...
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One of the largest minority groups in China lives deep in the remote, mountainous region on the borders of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces. It is the "Tujia" (literally "Soil Family") ethnic minority. Among well known Tujia ...
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Young women all wear short jackets, which are mainly white, black, and red, buttoned on the right, narrow-sleeved and high-collared. Adult women wear further shawls and aprons with plaited laces. In some areas, women wear close-fitting ...
Tags: pumi ethnic group, jackets, skirts, loose trousers