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China's water conservancy investment hits record high in Jan.-Aug. periodChina invested a record 985.6 billion yuan (about 137.09 billion U.S. dollars) in the construction of water conservancy facilities during the first eight months of this year, an official said Wednesday.A total of 23,600 water conservancy projects were launched during this period, also a historical h...
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Covered Bridges: Taiping BridgeTaiping Bridge, Longnan County, Jiangxi Photographer: Wu WeipingWhether it is the unexpected encounter and romance on Waterloo Bridge, or the heartbreaking parting on Madison County‘s Roseman Bridge, bridges are often meaningful symbols in artistic works as well as silent listeners in...
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9th Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture (Shenzhen) Explores Urban CosmologiesThe 9th Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture (Shenzhen) is co-curated by architecture and urban planning scholar Andong Lu, young architect Zigeng Wang and design curator Aric Chen. Continuing the principle of "the city is the exhibition site, the exhibition is the practice", the prim...
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Covered Bridges of China: Wuxing BridgeThis light grey covered bridge may look very ordinary, but it is actually very special since it is the only bridge in China that is built over the boundary between two cities!The Wuxing Bridge was built during the reign of Emperor Daoguang (1822) of the Qing Dynasty. This five-span covered bridge wi...
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Covered Bridges of China: Huilong BridgeLook at this single-span timber arch bridge. Does it seem very simple and ordinary? But will you be surprised if I tell you this plain bridge is constructed without a single iron nail or clamp, yet survived unscathed after a flood?The Huilong Bridge, situated in Youyang County, Chongqing, was built...
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Victor Sassoon, one of the earliest foreign explorers of ShanghaiIn 1932, British real estate tycoon Victor Sassoon, one of the earliest foreign explorers of Shanghai, built an “Eden Garden” on today’s Hongqiao Road. This red-brick villa with semi-exposed wooden framework and a spire has an obvious rural British flavor. The lush grove nearby became its natural...
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