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My Historical Novel Is Coming Soon!

Edit Medium 01 Oct 2016

Somewhere around this time — it’s hard to say exactly when, because the tradition was mainly oral, and left few written records — the Yuezhi began styling themselves “Kushan” (Guishuang to the Chinese) ... Far to the east, the Han Chinese were tied up with their own border struggles against the Xiongnu and other steppe tribes.Alexander ... the Buddhist monks have accepted me as one of their own…”....

Honouring the dead

Edit Topix 01 Oct 2016

Until Oct 4, the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat is hosting its annual Buddhist festival -- "The Tenth Lunar Month Festival of Muang Nakhon", or Bun Duan Sib -- at Somdej Phra Srinagarindra 84 Park and Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Muang Nakhon Si Thammarat ... ....

Confucius Institute commended - For facilitating cultural ties between Ghana, China

Edit Graphic 01 Oct 2016

He said since the establishment of the institute at the University of Ghana in 2014, it had supported educational and cultural exchanges between Ghana and China through teaching and learning of the Chinese language and culture, noting that it was important to learn other people’s culture to better understand and relate with them ... Chinese medicine....

Irish students to start getting lessons in Chinese

Edit Belfast Telegraph 01 Oct 2016

Share Irish students to start getting lessons in Chinese ... http.//www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/irish-students-to-start-getting-lessons-in-chinese-35095117.html ... Children from Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers, Cork will see Mandarin Chinese being taught formally to senior students ... they would devise a Chinese language programme for them....

Commemoration of Chinese engineers who died during construction of No. 6 Drydock

Edit Independent Online 01 Oct 2016

Edward Scicluna attended the yearly commemoration of the two Chinese engineers who died while working on the construction of the No....

Chinese investors show interest in Nepal Special Economic Zone

Edit The Himalayan 01 Oct 2016

Following the Parliament’s endorsement of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Bill last month — which paved the way for the private sector to establish, operate and manage the SEZ — Chinese investors have shown interest to run such a zone in the country ... “As of now, a draft regarding investment of Chinese parties in SEZ has been forwarded to the Ministry of Industry (MoI) for its approval.”....

South Korea probes death of three Chinese fishermen in boat seizure

Edit Arabnews 01 Oct 2016

South Korea’s Coast Guard said Friday it was investigating the death of three Chinese fishermen in a fire on their vessel after it was boarded by a coast guard patrol for fishing in Korean waters. Disputes over illegal fishing have dogged relations between South Korea and China for years, and there have been numerous incidents of violent clashes between the coast guard and Chinese crew members....

Wealthy Chinese investors are going to make Britain's housing crisis even worse

Edit Business Insider 01 Oct 2016

However, Chinese investment has largely flown under the radar so far. "Our thesis – and this is supported by quite a lot of evidence – is that in many ways the international Chinese investment journey is probably just starting … The exciting thing about China is that there are 168 cities with more than a million people ... "The UK market, particularly post-Brexit, is really picking up [for Chinese investors]," he added....

Apple Reportedly Opening an R&D; Center in China

Edit Newsfactor 01 Oct 2016

is reportedly planning to open its first research and development center in China, allowing the tech giant to extend its reach in a vital market and maintain goodwill with the Chinese government ... A month after the suspension, Apple invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing ... But while Chinese consumers have embraced Apple's ......

China’s Yuan Joins IMF Reserves in First Revision Since 1999

Edit Bloomberg 01 Oct 2016

“SDR entry will pave the way for closer interaction between China’s capital market and that of the rest of the world,” Tommy Xie, an economist at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp ... For an explainer on the Chinese yuan, click here ... The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey is for the Chinese currency to decline 1.1 percent in the rest of this year to 6.75 a dollar....

Cruise passengers enjoy 15-day visa-free stay in China (Shanghai Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016

Foreign tourists can have a 15-day visa-free stay in China if they come by a holiday cruise and in a group organized by a licensed Chinese travel agency, the Shanghai Frontier Inspection Authority said this week ... China is short, making their Chinese visa application not worthwhile, officials said....

Ulfa-I warns Hindu body on China goods

Edit The Times of India 01 Oct 2016

The Paresh Baruah-led United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) on Friday threatened Hindu Yuva Chatra Parishad (HYCP) with 'dire consequences' if the latter continued to appeal for a ban on Chinese products in the state ... With expensive Indian products flooding the markets in Assam, people of the state are free to purchase and sell anything that is profitable, even Chinese products."....

Feature: Chinese language learning on the rise in Hungary

Edit Topix 01 Oct 2016

Balazs Sun Nursery, located in the remote suburbs of Budapest, is still somewhat of a rarity in Europe -- it is a private school which offers Chinese language education for children. Although there are only eight students in total, four of them are studying Chinese, some of them still toddlers ... ....

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