Setting his feet in China over 700 years ago, the famous Italian explorer Marco Polo described Dunhuang in his detailed chronicle as a major pivot on the ancient Silk Road, creating an unprecedented connection between this oriental city of commerce and Europe’s trade empire, Venice.Centuries later, as the ancient Silk Road is being promoted and reinvigorated by the Chinese government as the “Belt and Road Initiative,” the dust-laden history of trading and cultural exchanges between Venice and Dunhuang is once again being unearthed by experts and scholars from China and Italy, who have launched...
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CHONGQING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality will start refunding tax to overseas tourists from March 1, according to the Ministry of Finance.Overseas tourists can obtain VAT rebates at certain ports of departure on purchases from specific shops.Overseas tourists who stay on the Chinese mainland for fewer than 183 days can claim back up to 11 percent on goods bought at designated department stores.The minimum purchase for the rebate is 500 yuan (79 U.S. dollars) at one store in one day. The refund is valid when the purchase is made within 90 days before departure...
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Chinese scientists have found a gene that could be key in breeding a higher-quality type of rice and allowing the production of the grain to increase by at least 7 percent, Xinhua reported. The gene lgy3 was extracted from long and slender grains by a research team led by Fu Xiangdong from the Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It will increase both grain quality and yield potential of rice.Then, by injecting the new gene into NPT1, an existing gene found in some rice varieties, rice yield potential can be improved while also improving the q...
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China’s Long March 11 carrier rockets will be deployed for the country’s first sea launch mission later this year, their developer China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Feb. 27, Science and Technology Daily reported.
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A notice released from China’s Ministry of Education has ordered primary and middle schools to stop favoring applicants with special talents, such as those in sports.The notice asked schools to stop enrolling students based on their special talents and to cancel such admission projects by 2020.It’s seen as a response to growing calls for a fair education system, since the program allows a certain number of students to win extra points for special skills, which is seen as a shortcut by some parents to make their children get ahead of other students.In 2014, the ministry issued a document, requi...
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