The Chinese and Kenyan governments have signed three agreements on the financing of China-aided projects in the East African nation. The three deals on a total funding of 152.4 million U.S. dollars were signed in Nairobi on Wednesday by ...
Tags: China-aided projects, FOCAC
Trinley (right) performs at the Norbulingka Park in Lhasa during the Shoton Festival.[Photo provided to China Daily] Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, ...
Tags: Trinley, ancient art, Tibetan Tradition
The 20-year cost of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator's compliance with the US Clean Power Plan could be as little as $5.8 billion to as much as $104 billion in today's dollars, depending on which strategies are pursued, ...
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A map which illustrates the "One Belt, One Road" initiative of China. [File Photo: Weixin] China released new regulations on maps on Monday to boost development of geographic information industry. Included in the new regulations, which ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 14, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Premier Li Keqiang held talks with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Massimov in ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday unveiled its major economic tasks for 2016, the first year of the country's 13th Five-year Plan. To reduce housing inventories, more migrant rural workers should be issued with urban-residency ...
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China's cabinet, the State Council,approved major hydropower and nuclear power projects on Wednesday, vowing to continue developing clean energy to secure steady economic growth. The approved projects are the Wudongde hydropower station ...
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China's cabinet, the State Council, decided on Wednesday to further streamline administration by "separating" business licenses from administrative permits to create a more favorable business environment. The pilot reform, which allows ...
Qiandongnan's Xijiang village, the country's largest ethnic Miao community. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY It is like taking a walk back in time. Women from the Dong ethnic group in the 800-year-old Huanggang village are dyeing shiny traditional ...
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Bravo Sports Corp. has made its first acquisition since itself being acquired this summer. The Santa Fe Spring, CA company said it acquired Pro-Tec, a 42-year-old maker of helmets and other protective gear for skate, snow and wake boarders, ...
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Great Seed produced a documentary after their 5,000 -kilometer journey across Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan provinces to explore the ancient art of papermaking. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As the country is paying more and more ...
Tags: paper culture, Culture Heritage, intangible cultural heritage
Hu Kaihong: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the news briefing held by the State Council Information Office. The Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ("FOCAC") will ...
The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards program that governs utility emissions will remain in effect while the US Environmental Protection Agency, under instruction from the US Supreme Court, continues to review the rules, an appeals court ...
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On November 29, MOFCOM Vice Minister Gao Yan attended the 9th China-Japan Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection General Discussion Forum held in Tokyo Japan and delivered a keynote speech. Gao pointed out that at present, the ...
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The 8th Round of China-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty negotiations were held in Brussels on November 30-December 4, 2015. The Chinese delegation is consisted by ten ministries and departments including the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry ...