McLane, a Texas-based supply chain services provider and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has entered into an agreement to acquire Meadowbrook Meat Company (MBM) for an undisclosed amount. McLane chief executive officer Grady Rosier ...
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Xinjiang is one of the birthplaces of the carpet in the world. The Xinjiang Carpet, also called Orient Carpet, is a traditional national industrial artwork of Xinjiang an famous around the world thanks to its long history and high level of ...
For more than 5,000 years, people have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. The two-week festival marks the start of the lunar calendar and is the most important of Chinese holidays. Festivities start with the new moon on the first day of ...
In the border region of western Yunnan, where China is linked with Myanmar by common mountains and rivers, there is a large expanse of beautiful land, Tengchong, which is known as "an emerald in the depth of great mountains." ...
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"Family tree" (or "pedigree chart") is a special chart representing family relationships and important events of family members in a conventional tree structure. Family tree is a special cultural legacy of China, being one of the 3 ...
LOCATED in the northwest of Shanghai, Jiading District enjoys a deep historical and cultural heritage, as many historic sites and relics have been preserved here. Of all the different kinds of heritage, customs and traditions sometimes are ...
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Birthed from two decades of travel through Asia and Europe, The Tailored Nest now brings globally-sourced Dutch wax textiles to the wholesale market through its wide selection of vibrant bedding and home furnishings. These one-of-a-kind ...
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CIGNA & CMC Life Insurance, a joint venture between CIGNA and China Merchants Group, has introduced a new health insurance product to provide high quality health coverage in China. Dubbed Pearl Plan, the product further expands the ...
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The promotion of Ms. Armelle Gruère from Statistician to Senior Market Analyst, and the promotion of Mr. Andrei Guitchounts from Economist to Director of Trade Analysis was approved by the member governments of International Cotton ...
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U.S. cotton industry leaders met this week with senior U.S. government officials to discuss the serious financial losses accruing in all industry segments as a result of massive defaults on cotton export contracts. Industry leaders ...
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With mixed emotions and expectations, retailers jumped into the Thanksgiving shopping weekend with Black Friday sales promotions that saw equally uneven results. Sid's Bikes NYC's Eastside Manhattan store entered the Black Friday fray for ...
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Simon Property Group,Inc.the world's leading retail real estate company and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers,Inc.announced they plan to develop two new upscale outlet centers in Charlotte,North Carolina and Columbus,Ohio. The announcement ...
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The Chinese Way of Life is quite unique and very different from that of Western cultures in both Traditional and Modern China. Come and take a look! Traditional Way of Life Like all societies of the past, Traditional China had a ...
Over a century ago, Oscar Wilde joked that America's only tradition was its youth. This was a distinctly European joke; Asians could not have found it funny. In Chinese culture, tradition is not just the most important thing, it is the only ...
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Distribution and population: The Hui ethnic minority is descended from the Arabic and Persian merchants who came to China during the 7th century. With a population of 643,238, the majority of the group lives in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous ...
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