"Cloud Tibet", China's first Tibetan language search engine, is on course for release in August next year, the developer said on Tuesday. Development team head Tselo said the basic architecture had been finished and significant ...
Skyscraper cities were the focus of a major international forum held in New York when AkzoNobel showcased its latest performance coatings technologies for the construction industry. During the annual Council on Tall Buildings and Urban ...
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Mercedes-Benz along with its joint venture partner Beijing Benz Automotive has started the production of GLC SUV at their production facility in Beijing, China. The new GLC SUV is the second localized SUV model at the assembly lines, ...
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1. Liulichang Street Location: South Xinhua Street, Hepingmenwai, Xuanwu District, Beijing. Liulichang Street of Chinese Culture is a 750 meter long collection of all kinds of Calligraphy, art, antiques and paintings that China has to ...
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The 2nd International Tourism Exhibition was successfully held on 26th, September, during which many ideas and concepts were introduced for the first time. Now let's take a look at them one by one. Highlight One: the main venue imitates ...
Pingyao in Shanxi Province, was China's financial capital back in the Qing Dynasty. But when modern banks stormed the scene, Pingyao fell out of favor and got left in the proverbial coal dust. Virtually forgotten by the masses for about a ...
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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The 2015 International Beijing Design Week (BJDW) kicked off on Wednesday, highlighting designs that are open and inclusive, and devoted to improving people's lives. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of ...
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Following the success of Secret Garden, the best-selling coloring book for adults, coloring books and products sales have been booming in China. Even The Assassin Nie Yinniang, a film screened in late August, published a coloring album as a ...
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The modern city, with its arrays of skyscrapers, vistas of glass and steel, and commuting masses, can be a dehumanising experience. But some architects are determined to reimagine the city as a cradle of connection, a haven of tranquility, ...
Since June, a conservation program has surveyed and made records of 281 traditional Chinese villages, said the center responsible for the program Wednesday. Pu Jiao, vice director of the Research Center for Conservation and Development of ...
The announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine has triggered a new debate on traditional Chinese medicine, and reminds us that modern medical science depends on inspiration from every possible source. A Chinese scientist winning ...
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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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The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) returned to positive territory after a slight dip in August, and has seen growth in six of the nine months of the year so far. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects ...
Groupe Renault’s industrial design team has cleebrated Le Corbusier by designing and creating a project for a 21st century car inspired by the architect’s modernist principles and theories The interwar period saw the birth of ...
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