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Travel in China

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The Miaoying Monastery is situated on the north side of Fuchengmennei Street in the West City District of Beijing. The Whiter Dagoba in the monastery was first built in 1096 of the Liao Dynasty and was considerably expanded and elaborately redecorated in 1271 during the reign of Emperor Shizu (Kubla Khan) of the Yuan Dynasty. A passage from Chats of a Visitor to the Capital (Chang'an Kehua), written during the Ming Dynasty, describes the dagoba in these words: ��From the corners of the buildings hang pestle-like jade ornaments. Stone b...

Traditional Culture

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The origin of Chinese writing can be traced back to ancient China although we are not certain of the date of its invention. According to reliable reference books, Chinese writing has at least a history of four thousand years. It is generally believed that people made records by tying a knot in a rope. This way of recording was replaced by the invention of letters by Cheong Tchi. Yet, we cannot assume that there were no written words before Cheong Tchi. Cheong only combined the invented words of his predecessors with slight changes. At the s...

Chinese Cuisine

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In China, people think different teas prefer different tea wares. Green tea prefers glass tea ware, scented tea porcelain ware while Oolong tea performs best in purple clay tea ware. In its long history, tea wares not only improve tea quality but also by-produce a tea art. Skilled artisans bestow them artistic beauty. Tea wares consist of mainly teapots, cups, tea bowls and trays etc. Tea wares had been used for a long time in China. The unglazed earthenware, used in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces for baking tea today, reminds us the earlie...

Learning Chinese

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Tianjin University Library grew out of Beiyang University Library which was set up in 1895, the same time of the founding of the university. It is the oldest among China's university libraries. After a hundred years' development, it now becomes one of the modern, with research function libraries which stand forefront in scale, collection, equipment's and service among China's university libraries. It has set up close material exchange relations with 100-odd universities and research organizations nation wide and abroad. Our library has...

Life Guide 

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Investment & Law 

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The plaintiff: BeiJing AoRun office equipment technological company The defendant: BeiJing Spaceflight AoRun Electronics co, Ltd. Cause of the case: dispute of computer software' copyright and trademark transference. Initial Ruling of Beijing Higher People's Court: the defendant is ordered to give the plaintiff transfer fee 5 million RMB, and pay the overdue penalties. The plaintiff states: According to the transfer of software copyright and trademark right agreement signed by both sides in 1997, it transferred professional pri...

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