Luoyang Heluo Culture and Tourism Festival 2015 kicked off on September 19. Art troupes from more than 12 countries, including Russia, Spain, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Turkey, Hungry, India and so on, brought the audience amazing shows of ...
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Researchers in the USA have been working on gallium nitride phosphide (GaNP) as an absorbing material for solar power [S. Sukrittanon et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p153901, 2015]. The aim of the team from University of California San ...
In the last 15 years, since the launch of the "Meet in Beijing" Arts Festival, there have been more than ten thousand artists, coming from hundreds of different countries in the world, who have participated by presenting their talents at ...
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A report by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry shows that 1,094 of the city's historic gardens and parks lack of overall protection and are particularly at risk, even facing permanent disappearance. Although "Regulations ...
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Street performers say licenses provide a place to show off their talentsand some much-needed social recognition, reports Li Xueqing in Shanghai. One Friday afternoon in September, Xing Zhenhua opened his guitar case and began singing in ...
Li Yundi, a famous Chinese pianist, became the youngest juror in the history of the International Chopin Piano Competition, often referred to as the Piano Olympics. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, Li recalled how being invited to ...
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Glass, one of the oldest man-made materials, carries a history of more than 2000 years in China. The earliest glass ware in China was shaped as small ball, and was used only as a decoration on the sword of nobleman. Glass boomed in China ...
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When The Heaven & Earth Totem/China Beat concert opens on Oct 19 in Beijing's popular bar area of Sanlitun, the audience will experience something which is more like a shamanic ritual. "I hope our post-ancient rhythms can lead our ...
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"I was told to be prepared for the audience to leave, but no one left - no one ever made a sound." Zhu Xiaomei, the pianist who left China in disappointment more than 30 years ago, said she gained a lot of confidence in the country after ...
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With a history spanning more than two centuries, Peking Opera is regarded as the jewel in the crown of Chinese culture. Born in Beijing in the mid-19th century, it absorbed facets of a variety of performing arts from different provinces ...
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The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
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In order to better serve Southern California and the surrounding Southwestern United States, US Coatings recently opened a warehouse and industrial tint center in Los Angeles, California. In addition to increased stocking and distribution ...
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Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng and Australian Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on behalf of their own government in Canberra, Australia on June 17. Australian Prime Minister ...
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With the implementation of high profile sugar and soft drinks taxation in France in 2012, in Mexico in 2014 and Berkeley, California in January of this year, the global debate concerning the purpose and efficacy of excise tax proposals on ...
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BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) inaugurated their world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Maoming, China. The plant will be run by BASF MPCC Company Limited (BMC), which ...
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