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Shangri-La
China Travel Guide - Travel in Yunnan

Shangri-La

Shangri-La (Xiāng gé lí lā 香格里拉) is the "Eden in dream". Since it first appeared in British novelist James Hilton’s Lost Horizon in the 1939, it has been associated with the mystique of a place which could not possibly exist here on Earth. In Tibetan, Shangri-La means the "sun and moon in heart", an ideal home only found in heaven. There the lofty and continuous snowy mountains, endless grasslands, steep and grand gorges, azure lakes and the bucolic villages always leave a deep impression on visitors.

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Travel in Shao Xing
China Travel Guide - Travel in Zhejiang
 

altLocated in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province (zhè jiāng shěng 浙江省), Shaoxing (shào xīng 绍兴) is an ancient city that possesses beautiful scenery. Known as the city of river, the city of bridge, the city of calligraphy, and the city of soul, Shaoxing attracts tourists from around the world.
The city’s network of rivers and bridges give Shaoxing another name - the Oriental Venice (dōng fāng wēi ní sī 东方威尼斯). Experience this one-of-a-kind Chinese town by taking a boat trip along the winding canals and rivers. The Orchid Pavilion is one of Shaoxing’s main attractions. Here is where the noted calligrapher Wang Xizhi (wàn xī zhī 王羲之) grew up and later created his renowned style of calligraphy.

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Minsk World
China Travel Guide - Travel in Guangdong

   Minsk Aircraft Carrier
Located in Shatoujiao (shā tóu jiǎo 沙头角), Shenzhen City (shēn zhèn shì 深圳市), Minsk World (mín g sī kè háng mǔ shì jiè 明思克航母世界) is the first military theme park taking aircraft carrier as body in China and even in Asia. It was built with the retired aircraft carrier of the former Soviet Union-Minsk and becomes the pioneer in the tourism with unique aircraft carrier and rich military cultures. Minsk World, with the theme idea of “Experience aircraft carrier, approach to the sea and happy military port”, will create a brand-new military theme Eden where you can experience much you have never experienced.

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How can expats import their personal cars to China?
China Living Tips - Legal Related
As to non-residential permanent visitors' cars for personal use, please see Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China for Supervising the Import and Export of Articles for Personal -residUse of Nonential Permanent Visitors (Order of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (No.116)).

Pay taxes according to the rules.

Taxes:

a. Tariff rate: 25%; value added tax rate: 17%;
 consumption tax rate: 12% for cross-country vehicles installed with spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary
internal combustion piston engines with a displacement between 2.5 and 3.0 liters (please see also Announcement of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (No.25 of 2006).

b. Calculating formula: amount of tax= duty-paid price*tariff rate; amount of value added
tax= (duty-paid price+ actual tariff levied+ actual consumption tax levied) * value added tax rate; amount of consumption tax= [(duty-paid price+ actual tariff levied)/ (1- consumption
tax rate)] *consumption tax rate.
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Yuan Dynasty
Learn Chinese - History and Culture

Yuan Dynasty
By the mid-thirteenth century, the Mongols had subjugated north China, Korea, and the Muslim kingdoms of Central Asia and had twice penetrated Europe. With the resources of his vast empire, Kublai Khan (hū bì liè 忽必烈, 1215-94), a grandson of Genghis Khan (chéng jí sī hàn, 成吉思汗 1167?-1227) and the supreme leader of all Mongol tribes, began his drive against the Southern Song (nán sòng 南宋). Even before the extinction of the Song dynasty (sòng cháo 宋朝), Kublai Khan had established the first alien dynasty to rule all China–the Yuan (yuán cháo 元朝, 1279-1368).

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势如破竹 (shì rú pò zhú)
Learn Chinese - Chinese Idiom

altIn the late stage of the Three Kingdoms period (sān guó 三国), Sima Yan (sī mā yān 司马炎), the ruler of the state of Jin ( jìn guó 晋国), conquered the Kingdom of Shu (shǔguó 蜀国) and then took control of the Kingdom of Wei (wèi guó 魏国). However, Sima Yan was a man great ambition .Soon after the previous successes, he began to plan to put the Kingdom of Wu (wú guó 吴国) into his pocket so as to unify China as a whole. He called his civil and military officials to discuss the plan to destroy the Kingdom of Wu. Most of them thought that it would be difficult to try to destroy the Kingdom of Wu with one action because the Kingdom of Wu was still powerfull. So it would be better to wait until fuller preparations were made.

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Daily Figurative Slangs (9)
Learn Chinese - Practical Chinese
每日惯用语(9)
   
翅膀(长)硬了 Grow strong wings
【注音】chì bǎng (zhǎng) yìng le
【解释】小鸟儿的翅膀长硬了,就要离开父母独自觅食了,人长大了,就要离开父母,独自闯生活了,徒弟学会了手艺,就要离开师傅去闯营生了。当然父母有权利抱怨儿女们长大了就不要爹娘了;师傅们也有权利发“教会了徒弟饿死了师傅”这样的牢骚。
When little birds grow strong wings, they’ll leave their parents to seek food on their own, the same with human being. When children grow up, they’ll leave home to build up their own life independently. When apprentice grasp the skill, they will leave their master to establish their own business or career. It’s certainly understandable that parents grumble about kids growing up and they are not in need anymore; and that masters complain with “apprentice taught, master starved”.
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Biotech & Pharm China 2010
Events & Exhibitions - Medical & Health

Biotech & Pharm China 2010Date: Jun.02-04,2010
Industry: Medical & Health
Venue: Shanghai International Exhibition Center
City: Shanghai, China
Web: www.biotech-china.com

Event Profile
Biotech And Pharm China 2010 was able to confirm its credentials as the leading biotech
showcase in Asia. No fewer than 121 companies from 11 countries exhibited their products

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CPhi China 2010
Events & Exhibitions - Medical & Health

CPhi China 2010Date: Jun.02-04,2010
Industry: Medical & Health
Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Centre(SNIEC)
City: Shanghai, China
Web: www.cphi-china.com

Event Profile
CPhi-China 2010 Will have its presentation along with, ICSE – International Contract Services
Expo – China and P-MEC – Pharmaceutical Machinery & Equipment Convention – China, at

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China Agricultural University
Study in China - Colleges and Universities

The International College of Beijing (ICB) is an integral part of China Agricultural University (CAU). ICB was founded on April 20th, 1995, as the result of a joint venture educational program between itself and the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD). The agreement reached between UCD and Chinese educational authorities, which led to the creation of the International College of Beijing, is now recognized as being among the first bilateral educational programs authorized by the Chinese government. In April, 1988, ICB started the cooperation with the University of Luton, UK, and was formally accepted as one of the first joint venture educational schools by the Beijing Institute of Education. Recently a new joint venture educational program has been planning and preparing, which would help ICB develop better in the future.

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