First-time visitors to Shuibei village in Shenzhen, southern Guangdong province, may be a little disconcerted by the sight that greets them. That's because the dilapidated six-story buildings that line both sides of its narrow street seem at odds with Shuibei's high-end reputation as "China's No 1 jewelry village".
When Zhang Zhufu obtained the national certificate for jewelry appraisers in 1997, he felt proud of becoming a member of China's first group of professionals in the luxury-goods industry.
It was a Thursday afternoon when I first visited Shuibei, a village in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, well-known for its jewelry industry. In my imagination, the village was a cluster of delicately decorated modern buildings, but to my surprise, many of the jewelry stores are located on the ground floors of shabby old buildings.
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Central and local governments have responded to recent media reports and public concern over food safety, administrative streamlining, air pollution, and workers' rights.
The construction of the Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, was ordered by the Emperor Yongle during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to express his gratitude to his mother. The Grand Bao'en Temple, where the pagoda is located, literally means "Temple of Repaid Kindness".
A garden is being planned to celebrate Chinese horticulture and enhance the landscape at the soon-to-be-restored Great Pagoda in London's Kew Gardens.
Accompanied by his 12 cormorants in a small boat, Song Shuzhi set out in the early morning light to fish in Mata Lake, Huantai county in East China's Shandong province.
Wang Jianqiong likes to fry his food, but while at work in the China Global Atmosphere Watch Baseline Observatory, he must refrain from his favorite cooking method.
"A community of shared future for all humankind", a Chinese concept that has won recognition of the United Nations, can be a guide for the world in the 21st century.
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