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[News Review]Geopolitics in China

Both China and Russia have vetoed the resolution that US and UK proposed on Myanmar crisis. As Burma's biggest neighbour, China plays the most crucial role.This year, China has been very active diplomacy that the possibility and importance of establishment of a global coexistence...MORE

[Biz Strategy] 36 Strategies 

The book ’36 Strategies’ is a unique collection of China’s Ancient outstanding military thinking and rich experience of battles... MORE

[Social Issue]

Moon cakes Crisis 

With the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Holiday week approaching, Moon cakes are sent to more and more people, in Beijing, almost all the major road congestion was increasing. Are these people sending the cakes or sending some favours?...MORE

[Book Review]

The 36 Startegies of the Chinese for Financial Traders

Arts

[Antique] Zisha teapot

 Zisha teapot has a long history, appeared early Northern Song Dynasty, 1,000 years ago. Tea pot mainly originally is from in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. And it has been playing a signification role in China tea culture... MORE

[Fashion]

Jiang Qiong Er is an artist, entrepreneur, designer, architect, and gallery owner. Beyond categorization, she ignores the constraints of genre and is propelled by an inexorable talent, which has taken her into unexpected areas of creativity and production...MORE

[Literature]

The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun, a famous writer

The True Story of Ah Q, a representative work of Lu Xun, is a masterpiece of modern Chinese literature. The story was written in 1921 and set in 1911 - a period of early Chinese democratic revolution...MORE

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Leisure

[Travel] Zhou Zhuang

Some people say the reason Zhouzhuang attracts some many tourists today is because of Chen Yifei – An artist... MORE

[Food] Apple

Do you know apple is popular nutrient-rich fruits, also is a panacea for the some of diseases? ... MORE

[Game] Kongming Lock

Kongming lock is a traditional Chinese intellectual toy, it was invented by Zhu geliang, one of China’s famous strategists in the history in Three Kingdoms Period (AD 220)... MORE

[Humour]The Deal

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[In history]Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is a popular Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty.

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in the Gregorian calendar), a date that parallels the Autumn Equinox of the solar calendar. This is the ideal time, when the moon is at its fullest and brightest, to celebrate the abundance of the summer's harvest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar (the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year), and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. 

Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as:

• Barbecues outside under the moon 

• Putting pomelo rinds on one's head 

• Carrying brightly lit lanterns 

• Burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang'e 

• Planting Mid-Autumn trees 

• Lighting lanterns on towers 

• Fire Dragon Dances 

Shops selling mooncakes, before the festival, often display pictures of Chang'e floating to the moon.

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[People of this week]

Mr. Hongbing Song, the author of the popular book: currency war, has become famous over night, is a polite, rather quiet middle-aged man.

A man is wearing shirt and glasses who seems to be an ordinary man and can be seen everywhere in the streets.

"Totally did not expect this book so popular," Song’s answer is clearly in people's expectations, "only thought few people who interest in finance and the economy, such as economics students would be interested in this book, as this book is very professional, 80% of the content is about the western history that is at least 300 years, 200 years ago…we have never expected so many people would like it....”

Song said, because I am not a professional writer, the position of the book is vague even before publishing. Writing occurred in the course of the evolving perspectives of the situation - sometimes to stand on the general public perspective, writing in the exciting; sometimes is from the imperial court high position, frustration or even suppressed Writing currency warfare the essence of struggle..

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