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Han Meilin's Influence of Cultural Traditions
Jan 3, 2017Through his six-decade career, Han Meilin-who is well-known as the chief designer of Fuwa, the good-luck mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008-has always turned to Chinese cultural traditions for inspiration. The 80-year-old began ...
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8 Things You May Not Know About Autumn Equinox
Sep 22, 2016The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 22 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
Tags: Autumn Equinox, solar terms
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China Realizes Universal Power Access
Dec 25, 2015China has realized universal power access when the last remote group of 39,800 people became able to light their homes with electricity. The light came on Wednesday in Gomang and Changjiang villages in the northwestern Qinghai province, ...
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Buddha Statue Still Not Returned to China
Dec 16, 2015After eight months of patient, indirect and difficult contact with the Dutch collector, the villagers of Yangchun in south-east China's Fujian province failed to get back the mummy Buddha statue of Patriarch Zhanggong which was stolen in ...
Tags: Buddha Statue, cultural relics
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Summit Explores Ways to Preserve Traditional Villages
Dec 16, 2015Qiandongnan'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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Dutch Collector Puts Conditions on Stolen Buddha Statue's Return to China
Dec 11, 2015The Buddha statue on display at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest in March. [Photo/Xinhua] A 1000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside, now in possession of Dutch private collector Oscar van Overeem, ...
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China Pins Growth Hopes on Consumption, Service
Dec 6, 2015As demand for exports continues to slip and the real estate sector cools, China expects consumption and the service sector to help pick slack. The nationwide shopping spree on Single's Day (Nov. 11) offered solid proof of the spending ...
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Venerable Villages on Mount Danxia
Nov 26, 2015Niubi Village ensconces among mountains in the Mount Danxia hinterland. [File photo] Scenery along the world's longest high-speed railway from Beijing, on the vast North China Plain, southward to Guangzhou, over the Yellow River and ...
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When a Good Samaritan Becomes The Target for Extortion
Oct 29, 2015On the morning of Sept 8, a student in Anhui province was bicycling outside her college campus when she spotted an old lady down on the ground, screaming. She stopped to help. The "granny", as women in their senior years are often ...
Tags: Samaritan, Target for Extortion, students
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Culture Insider: 8 Things You May Not Know About Autumn Equinox
Oct 29, 2015The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 23 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
Tags: 8 Things, Autumn Equinox, Culture Insider
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Great Wall Is Disappearing at a Tremendous Speed
Jun 29, 2015Though the Chinese government promulgated the "Great Wall of Protection Ordinance" in 2006, the world famous ancient stone fortification is still disappearing at a tremendous speed, especially the parts in forsaken mountain areas. ...
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Nippon Paint Launched Society Care Programs to Embodied The Company's Spirit
Jan 7, 2015Nippon Paint China boosted its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program in 2014, with the launch of its "Society Care" programs in nine big cities around China. These charitable programs drew the participation of over 1,000 voluntary ...
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Farming Is Mostly Left to The Over 60's as About a Third of Its Population
Dec 30, 2013In Tieshiya village, farming is mostly left to the over 60's as about a third of its population have gone to work in towns or cities. Villager Zhou Douquan is worried, very worried. "Farmers make little profits from their land. Most ...
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Chevron to Reverse a Ruling Requiring It to Pay $9.5 Billion for Pollution
Dec 26, 2013Chevron filed a motion with a court in Ecuador Monday seeking to reverse a ruling requiring it to pay $9.5 billion for pollution in the country's Amazon basin region. The US oil giant, which claims it was the victim of a trial riddled ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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IIX Marked The Successful Completion of Its Technical Assistance Project with EBC
Oct 24, 2013Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), a leader in social sector development through impact investment, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, marked the successful completion of its technical assistance project with East Bali Cashews ...
Tags: Impact Investment, Food