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Tibet the higher the world second airport opened to the traffic in the province

The airport of Kangding, the higher the world second airport, is himself open to the traffic Wednesday in a Tibetan region of the province of the Sichuan in the southwest of China.

China and Denmark call the international community to face the climatic change

China and Denmark called Wednesday to an effort of the whole international community facing the challenge thrown by the climatic change.

China / Japan 30th birthday of the Treaty of Peace

The Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and its homologous Japanese Taro ASOS sent mutually themselves of the messages of congratulations Thursday on the occasion of the 30th birthday of the signing of the Treaty of peace and friendship between the two countries.

Opening of the manor of the Prince Gong during the Olympic games of Beijing

The manor of the Prince Gong (Gong Wang Fu), the biggest royal home and the better preserved of Beijing, old of more than 230 years, opened Wednesday to the public after a renovation of two and half years.

The national Library of China is going to reissue the works under the dynasties of the Ming and Qings

The National Library of China is going to reissue old 556 works in the setting of the efforts destined to preserve the traditional culture and promote complicates the academic research.

Chinese garment sewn by hundred families

One can say that the garment sewn by child hundred Chinese families is a folk costume typical of China.

Chinese Garden

The art of the garden belongs for the same reason as the calligraphy or poetry to the Chinese sacred arts. The garden is all at once a place of life and entertainment in which one likes strolling and a "magic" place, a midget cosmos in which one tries to recreate the picture of an ideal nature.

The History and Changes in Agriculture 2

The History and Changes in Agriculture 2

Cultivated land is continually being lost to urban and industrial use. China accounts for 20% of the world's population but only 7% of the arable farmland. Moreover, the population is growing while the land is shrinking.