What comes to mind when we speak of cultural exports from China to the United States? Bruce Lee, the giant panda, or kung fu? Without a doubt, these cultural symbols are successful exports of Chinese culture, but another form of Chinese ...
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Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon took audiences by storm when it was released 15 years ago. Now, 15 years after Ang Lee's international hit won four prizes at the 73th Academy Awards, the impressive Chinese wuxia (martial ...
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Hong Kong filmmaker Stephen Chow may be the king of comedy films in China, according to a new survey. Toutiao.com, the website of a popular cellphone application, gathered data from its nearly 300 million users to show Chow's influence on ...
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Hong Kong-based musicians Robynn and Kendy released their first Mandarin album, titled If I Am Not Perfect, in Beijing on Sept 16. The duo — Robynn Yip and Kendy Suen — became popular on the mainland in 2014 after ...
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Crude oil shipments by Kirby's inland barge fleet continued to slide in the third quarter of 2015, as did the price that transporting those volumes can command, executives said during the company's Q3 earnings call Thursday. Kirby moved ...
Chevron on Friday revised slightly lower an earlier future production target due to prolonged but uncertain lower oil prices, while at the same slashing its capital spending for 2016 by 25% compared to this year. The company now sees ...
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Noble Energy's two long-awaited deepwater Gulf of Mexico fields came on stream ahead of schedule in late October and should reach peak in the next couple of weeks, the company's CEO said Monday. The Dantzler and Big Bend fields, in water ...
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On Friday 30 October 2015, Australia’s leading complementary healthcare product-maker Blackmores and Australian dairy group Bega Cheese announced the two companies would be teaming up to produce and sell infant formula for consumers ...
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The Palace Museum in Beijing unveiled a plan on Tuesday to control the number of visitors after dealing with overwhelming crowds for years. According to Shan Jixiang, director of the museum, the draft plan sets an upper limit for daily ...
Asian giant gears up to pull out all stops to halt the fall in inbound tourism, Yang Feiyue reports. China will step up efforts to reverse the decline in the number of inbound tourists. A total of 33,500 modern public restrooms will be ...
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Rebranding on March 4th as Hotel Jen Upper East Beijing, Traders Hotel Upper East Beijing marks the first property in mainland China to adopt the new Hotel Jen brand by Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. Catering to a new ...
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Four islands in Fiji, Greece, the United Kingdom and Canada were put up for auction on China's largest online shopping platform Taobao, with three of them sold within 12 hours. Any Chinese citizen who put up a 1,000 yuan ($159) deposit ...
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According to Ashland Specialty Ingredients, paint is changing. Yesterday's "house paint," a functional necessity to cover drywall, wood or masonry, must today be an "architectural coating" that allows owners to express their personal style. ...
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On April 12th, Chinese and foreign journalists from CRI viewed the peonies at the National Flower Park of China. As the peonies go into full bloom, tourists from all over the country flock to view them. For many of the foreign ...
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Luoyang has introduced the Internet Plus mode to its hotels and restaurants. For this year's Peony Cultural Festival, some restaurants began using O2O strategies. O2O means "online to offline" strategies to encourage users who seek ...
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