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On this Day in Chinese History; 6 November

This day, 6 November, in 1995, Professor Wang Xuan, Dean of the Peking University Founder Technology College, won the year’s “UNESCO Science Prize”, prompting that organisation to point out that the Chinese computer phototypesetting system developed under the leadership...

On this Day in Chinese History; 5 November

This day, 5 November, in 1991, a high-level Vietnamese delegation paid an official visit to China, leading to the issue of a joint communiqué announcing the normalisation of relations between the two countries. Both sides agreed that in the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 4 November

This day, 4 November, in 1972, a grand acceptance ceremony was held in Tokyo’s Ueno Park to welcome Kang Kang and Lan Lan, a pair of giant pandas from the Beijing Zoo, to settle in Japan. The senior Japanese...

On this Day in Chinese History; 3 November

This day, 3 November, in 1987, UNESCO presented an award to Yuan Longping at its Paris headquarters in recognition of his cultivating high-yield hybrid rice. The “UNESCO Science Prize” was established in 1968 and is awarded every 2 years...

On this Day in Chinese History; 2 November

This day, 2 November, in 2017, the concept of, “Building a community with a shared future for mankind”, proposed by China, was included in the “Further Practical Measures for the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space”, and,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 November

This day, 1 November, in 1991, the Chinese government published a white paper entitled, “The Human Rights Situation in China”, in which it was pointed out that since countries have huge differences in their historical backgrounds, social systems, cultural...

Chengdu; Pandas, Poets & Lost (Extra Terrestrial) Worlds

Fully a month has passed since I took in Sanxingdui, yet, to be honest, the potential magnitude of that I saw is still sinking in. But then, I’m a believer… 进入三星堆已经过去了整整一个月,但说实话,我所看到的潜在的规模仍然在不断加深。但是,我是一个信徒…… The Nanjinger’s recent visit to Chengdu for business happily afforded...

The Magical Properties of the Indestructible Golden Ginkgo

Ginkgo trees are old. Like really old. Older even than the city of Xuzhou in northwest Jiangsu. That it be the oldest in the Province, dating back 6,000 years, makes it a fitting home therefore for forests of ginkgo. 银杏树很老了。就像真的老了一样。甚至比江苏西北部的徐州市还要古老。它是该省最古老的,可以追溯到...

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